Actress, Tisha Campbell stopped by BOSSIP’s “Don’t Be Scared” podcast to chop it up with hosts David, Danni and Jah. She opened up about her acting career and some of her most famous roles from films like “House Party”, “School Daze” to everyone’s favorite show, ‘Martin.’
‘Martin’ fans are well aware of the running joke throughout the series about Tommy and how he “ain’t got no job” however, Tisha revealed Tommy really did have a job in the series but “you ain’t got no job” was a joke on and off screen. According to Campbell, Tommy worked at the local Boys and Girls Club.
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Tisha Campbell revealed; “Tommy really did have a job, I’ll give you a hint,” said Tisha. “The woman I was gonna fight, she was Martin’s teacher; Beverly Johnson, in that episode that’s the first time you hear about Tommy’s job.”
She went on; The second time you see Tommy’s job is in the Christmas episode when he brings us to speak to children and Martin calls the little boy “water head,” she added.“So Tommy talks about him being in the Boys & Girls Club and he was a counselor at the Boys & Girls Club. That’s what he did for a living.”
Tommy not having a job, started out as a joke off screen, when ‘Martin’ writers became annoyed with Thomas Mikal Ford complaining too much on set. Campbell said, “Tommy was complaining, ‘I don’t think they’re developing my character enough, no one knows what I do for a job, they keep asking me what I do!’ So then they started putting in the script that Tommy has no job.”
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