April 15, 2005 | Posted by David B. at 6:54 PM

You only get one!

Mister Tea

This has been floating around the internet for a while now, including over at Stereogum, but I'm sure there are plenty of people out there who haven't seen it and are, you know, disrespecting their mamas. If this is you, it's not your fault - if you haven't seen the following video, how would you know not to?:

Mr. T - Treat Your Mother Right

I thought about waiting until Mother's Day to unleash this for Robots readers, but I was way too excited.
To write about it now would be to take away the pure joy you'll experience from seeing it for the first time. So sit back, relax, and enjoy. Just be sure you call your mom afterwards to tell her what M stands for.
[I tried finding a good Mac version, and the best I could do was this. Click on "watch now" and it should play a rough Quicktime version.]

Comments

I found a vhs copy of this in a video store about 4 years ago for $2. Glad to see it has finally made it beyond my 3 a.m. drunken viewings

Posted by: reg at April 15, 2005 7:57 PM

A mash-up with Jay-Z's "December 4th" would be incredibly moving.

Posted by: erklie at April 15, 2005 8:10 PM

the combination of those skin tight pants and those steroid eyes is very un-nerving!

Posted by: griff le riff at April 15, 2005 11:14 PM

Reminds me of that burger joint rappin' "teach ya to flip bugers" video. And those darn Dancin'Football players...

Posted by: 5543 at April 16, 2005 4:03 PM

Anyone else catch that Howard Stern where T gets angry-as-Hulk when Howard said something about his mom? Considering that video was probably made in 86 and the Stern episode was shot in 96, that brother keeps it real.

Posted by: DeSandro at April 17, 2005 8:29 PM

So when is Peaches doing a cover of this?

Posted by: Skatelip at April 19, 2005 12:19 PM

The whole "Be somebody or Be Somebody's Fool" video that this was lifted from is BRILLIANT. Its the most weirdly 80's thing possible. Little known fact: the lyrics for Treat Your Mother Right were written by Ice T. Seriously.

Posted by: jrobie at April 19, 2005 3:10 PM

Those drums &$*#&$)in' rock. So 80's.

Posted by: Gary at April 20, 2005 11:01 PM

Where can I pick up a pair of those Camo Nut-Huggers? That Shit's Tight!!!

Posted by: K-Gee at April 27, 2005 12:45 AM

no work para me. I shure it funny. :)

Posted by: Funky at May 1, 2005 3:38 AM

Posted the "Mother" lyrics (at least as well as I could hear them).

Posted by: Stewf at May 7, 2005 11:52 PM

It makes me wanna learn to dance.

Posted by: FOOL at May 12, 2005 7:46 AM

It makes me wanna treat my mother right

Posted by: Mr T at May 13, 2005 10:06 AM

you gotta do somethin about this spammer
so annoying

Posted by: -skot- at July 4, 2005 1:43 PM
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