@@mr.busster8424 the last scene showed that Levy and the other scummy lawyers were the biggest bad guys because they end up funneling all of that drug money to their developer pals. Guys like Clay were slick (and certainly criminal) but they were playing around with like $20k at a time while guys like Levy were funneling and laundering millions of dollars. Levy almost certainly kept some for himself aside from his legal fees. Levy just had to make sure he kept cycling new drug kingpin clients so that he could keep the money rolling in before they go to prison or die.
@@mr.busster8424 they are both evil men, no doubt. But the reason I see Levy (and his ilk) as worse is because they were shown to be the biggest beneficiaries of all of the drug money that was being laundered and used to fund their projects. Clay saw what was going on and wanted a small piece for himself. But unlike Levy and the developers, Clay actually had to go to trial (and albeit be found not guilty)
True definition of a hustler. Never touched a gun or drugs. He hustled the robbers, drug dealers, politicians, and constituents with smarts and his tongue.
Dinglie Danglie Doodle No, worst idea ever. Taking a popular or unique character from a TV series and basing a spinoff around it rarely works and serves little purpose other than running that character into the ground to the point where the viewer loathes the mere sight of it because of its predictability.
Me at the end of season 1: “Damn this show is really opening my mind” Me after finishing the show: *saying “sheeeeeeeeeit” in my head repeatedly for three hours*
I love how Clay Davis' voice constantly modulates to whoever he's talking to. He's all polished and subdued when he's talking to the white politicians and uptown influence peddlers like Carcetti, and can literally pivot in an instant to his "just-another-brother-from-the-block" mode when talking to Burrell, or the black political players and community leaders, or when he's shining Stringer Bell on. All humble and unassuming, prefacing many of his thoughts with a "Look, mah brother..." I think this was exemplified when he and Burrell tried leaning on Daniels to get him to lay off investigating Clay's aide after busting him cold carrying $25K from a known drug den.- When he stumbles and realizes he's in trouble, when it's clear his ass is in the crosshairs and needs to look righteous and rally his base, he launches into full-on "Baptist Preacher Mode;" every sentence flying out of his mouth has the cadence and passion and affectations of speech of a pastor delivering a sermon to his loyal flock. I half expect that at any moment, he's gonna bust out a *"CAN I GET AN 'AMEN' UP IN THIS HOUSE OF GAAAAWWWWWD?!?!?!'"* Clay Davis reminds me a lot of the late Marion Barry; DC and Baltimore share a lot of cultural and political DNA, after all. Barry could be venal, reckless, clumsy, and fatuous. He ran the city dead into receivership, assed up the infrastructure, fucked things up until the streets had so many potholes it looked like it'd been hit with airstrikes. Ended up getting back-seated by an interim federal management group to un-fuck it all, and was later (and quite infamously) busted smoking crack in a hotel room with a $500-a-night hooker. Every time the local press and political wonks counted him out, he came back swinging. Did 26 months in the pen, walked out and held a press conference like he was Nelson flippin' Mandela. Easily won back his old City Council seat in Ward 8 (his most strident support base) and worked his way up to mayor again. For all his faults, he had a ground-up, atomic-level understanding of DC, its politics, the people who lived there, where all the buttons and levers were, and what to say (and who to say it to, or about) to sway the passions and prejudices of his constituents. He understood the political game in DC like few others ever have.
@@infinityinfinityinfi OP’s assessment is spot and I like what you added about the chameleon effect. I think the most clear example is at 1:46 when he comes out of the grand jury all high and mighty thinking he was in the clear. Then he realized the trap that had been set and froze like a deer in headlights. Then BAM in the blink of eye, he immediately turns on the charismatic, charming politician mode. I don’t like to casually throw this word around like people in the true crime world, but that’s some straight up sociopathic behavior.
The only white person he talked to was Carcetti, and he was far from subdued ("I'm hungry enough to eat the horse you rode in on"), so I don't know what you're talking about
How can you make a TV show this God damn good? Every single character has more depth than you could dream up, comparing characters from The Wire to characters on regular TV shows would be like comparing a crappy 8-bit 240p picture to a brand new 4K movie.
The show was written by people who were actually involved in one of the worse recessions in Baltimore's history...that's why the characters are so in depth and interesting because they are loosely based on real people
Fun Fact: Senator Clayton R. Davis is purportedly inspired by Former Maryland State Senator Larry Yong. Young was expelled on ethics charges (and subsequently acquitted) in 1998.
"Well I ain't gonna lie to ya, I'm gonna do the same daaamn thing tomorra, and the day after that and the day after that until they got me laaaaid out at Marches Funeral Home and truck me off to Mt Auburn." 😂
I'm glad they kept clay's character in tack and didn't right him off the script. He's no different from corporate lobbyist that run our democracy as we know it. The writers that created the Wire could do a series on lobbyist and the affect they play on our national policies.
His court rant shows how idiotic the people are when it comes to politics, he was guilty as sin and he fed them horse shit, they ate it and said thank you.
Clay Davis shows us the importance of campaign finance oversight. It might be “unseemly” but using campaign fund to remodel your dog’s house or taking large donations from drug cartels is not okay.
Great video! Love the final clip showing Clay and his mega-buck lawyer raising their hands in victory! LOL. It amazes me how people will claim The Sopranos as the best series ever. Huh? Compared to the The Wire? Shiiiiiiiiit.....The Sopranos is little more than a shallow mashup of Good Fellas and The Simpsons.
@@6699230 Not true. Before the Sopranos, HBO was already breaking open a new golden age of television with a gritty show called "Oz". The Sopranos is a rrepetitive comedy routine compared to The Wire.
when he was in spike lee's 25th hour and busted ed norton for heroin and said shiiiiiiiiiieeet you knew he was gonna not only get more roles but people were gonna ask him to do that !!!! it made the whole scene gold !!!
I wish he found out how close he was to getting hit by Stringer's "hitters" the detail overheard him talking about on the wiretap who were "good with it".
"I'll take any motherfucker's money if he givin it away!"
+myklee Randy was first)
Classic
@@DeadlyMeetings Namond
I live by these words now
Clay Davis the biggest gangster of the entire series
agreed. Season 1 he closed the detail. Then he scammed Sobotka, Stringer, escaped the Grand Jury and he was going to scam Marlo
Nope. Clay was small potatoes next to Levy.
@@mr.busster8424 the last scene showed that Levy and the other scummy lawyers were the biggest bad guys because they end up funneling all of that drug money to their developer pals. Guys like Clay were slick (and certainly criminal) but they were playing around with like $20k at a time while guys like Levy were funneling and laundering millions of dollars. Levy almost certainly kept some for himself aside from his legal fees.
Levy just had to make sure he kept cycling new drug kingpin clients so that he could keep the money rolling in before they go to prison or die.
@@mr.busster8424 they are both evil men, no doubt. But the reason I see Levy (and his ilk) as worse is because they were shown to be the biggest beneficiaries of all of the drug money that was being laundered and used to fund their projects. Clay saw what was going on and wanted a small piece for himself. But unlike Levy and the developers, Clay actually had to go to trial (and albeit be found not guilty)
Ya
"I'm out there doin the lords work for you Irv" LOLOL
XDDDD ACCURATE AS FUCK
I can't even lie that shit was funny as hell 🤣
😂😂😂
Such a selfless man wasn't he
I love how this dude brings the Lord into all of his shenanigans. LOL!
"And it's your people up in my shit! Not no Feeeeeeeeeeeds!"
are you the real Slim Charles??
kobestarr Yeah, I can prove it. Know who killed Cheese? That was me.
Slim,
String told you to take out Clay Davis, but you was like Sssshhheeeeeiiiitttt!!!!
+Slim Charles I liked that hit on cheese that was 4 prop joe
ITS MUTHAFUCKAS FROM MY OWN CITY!
The whole "Sheeeit" was just an ad-lib that caught fire
I've seen him as a cop in a Spike Lee film saying it that way as well.
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True definition of a hustler. Never touched a gun or drugs. He hustled the robbers, drug dealers, politicians, and constituents with smarts and his tongue.
they gonna come talk to me about money laundering....in WEST Baltimore???..sheeiiiittt
I love that fucking quote...lol.
Bodah Visionz he was gold in that scene! “Tiny-ass Korean groceries” “I’ll take any motherfúcker’s money if he GIVIN’ it away!” 😆
@@erikfreitas7093 from laundromats n shit?
arguably the most entertaining character in "The Wire"
WHERE DO YOU THINK IM GONNA RAISE CASH FOR THE GOD DAMN TICKET
Clay needs his own series, titled shiiiiieeeeet. What a fucking actor, man.
Dinglie Danglie Doodle
No, worst idea ever. Taking a popular or unique character from a TV series and basing a spinoff around it rarely works and serves little purpose other than running that character into the ground to the point where the viewer loathes the mere sight of it because of its predictability.
It's a joke, just hyperbole. I really don't expect a series with that title, you know.
Breaking Bad did it with Better Call Saul
@@Fakename70 Flo which was a spinoff from Alice is a good example
@@fuzzytimes187
Mork & Mindy maybe would've worked on its own, but, it made zero sense as a Happy Days spin-off.
At least 20 characters in this series could have their own show
Facts!
Honestly!
Dude even tries to con his own lawyer lmao
"Save that silver-tongue bull**** for the jury!" 🤣
The way he gamed Stringer was beautiful. And then he beat those charges 😂
"Its takes money to make money, Strang"
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Playing them always games
"I bled that motherfucka"
"I'm hungrier enough to eat the horse you rode in on." LMFAO
Me at the end of season 1: “Damn this show is really opening my mind”
Me after finishing the show: *saying “sheeeeeeeeeit” in my head repeatedly for three hours*
I love how Clay Davis' voice constantly modulates to whoever he's talking to. He's all polished and subdued when he's talking to the white politicians and uptown influence peddlers like Carcetti, and can literally pivot in an instant to his "just-another-brother-from-the-block" mode when talking to Burrell, or the black political players and community leaders, or when he's shining Stringer Bell on. All humble and unassuming, prefacing many of his thoughts with a "Look, mah brother..."
I think this was exemplified when he and Burrell tried leaning on Daniels to get him to lay off investigating Clay's aide after busting him cold carrying $25K from a known drug den.-
When he stumbles and realizes he's in trouble, when it's clear his ass is in the crosshairs and needs to look righteous and rally his base, he launches into full-on "Baptist Preacher Mode;" every sentence flying out of his mouth has the cadence and passion and affectations of speech of a pastor delivering a sermon to his loyal flock. I half expect that at any moment, he's gonna bust out a *"CAN I GET AN 'AMEN' UP IN THIS HOUSE OF GAAAAWWWWWD?!?!?!'"*
Clay Davis reminds me a lot of the late Marion Barry; DC and Baltimore share a lot of cultural and political DNA, after all. Barry could be venal, reckless, clumsy, and fatuous. He ran the city dead into receivership, assed up the infrastructure, fucked things up until the streets had so many potholes it looked like it'd been hit with airstrikes. Ended up getting back-seated by an interim federal management group to un-fuck it all, and was later (and quite infamously) busted smoking crack in a hotel room with a $500-a-night hooker.
Every time the local press and political wonks counted him out, he came back swinging. Did 26 months in the pen, walked out and held a press conference like he was Nelson flippin' Mandela. Easily won back his old City Council seat in Ward 8 (his most strident support base) and worked his way up to mayor again.
For all his faults, he had a ground-up, atomic-level understanding of DC, its politics, the people who lived there, where all the buttons and levers were, and what to say (and who to say it to, or about) to sway the passions and prejudices of his constituents. He understood the political game in DC like few others ever have.
I'm so glad that someone else noticed his chameleon effect like that.
@@infinityinfinityinfi OP’s assessment is spot and I like what you added about the chameleon effect. I think the most clear example is at 1:46 when he comes out of the grand jury all high and mighty thinking he was in the clear. Then he realized the trap that had been set and froze like a deer in headlights. Then BAM in the blink of eye, he immediately turns on the charismatic, charming politician mode. I don’t like to casually throw this word around like people in the true crime world, but that’s some straight up sociopathic behavior.
The only white person he talked to was Carcetti, and he was far from subdued ("I'm hungry enough to eat the horse you rode in on"), so I don't know what you're talking about
It's called code switching
We call that code switching
Where does Clay Davis keep his gardening tools?
In a sheeeeeeeeed.
How can you make a TV show this God damn good? Every single character has more depth than you could dream up, comparing characters from The Wire to characters on regular TV shows would be like comparing a crappy 8-bit 240p picture to a brand new 4K movie.
what about breaking bad though?
Mad Men and Breaking Bad are its sole equals,@Hans Grubers Goatee. The Knick was exceptional, too.
The Oz, Sopranos and The Wire. Great times.
@Mark Green then you haven't watched it
The show was written by people who were actually involved in one of the worse recessions in Baltimore's history...that's why the characters are so in depth and interesting because they are loosely based on real people
Clay Davis airlines slogan "I'll take any motherf*****s money if he given' it away" that would be a very honest airline!
Isaiah Whitlock, Jr. is such an underrated actor. Not a wasted line or stunted delivery. He was perfect.
Isiah Whitlock Jr was born to play Clay Davis 😂
shiiiiiiiiiiet
“Aint no soul in the world that fucking ungrateful!” 🤣🤣🤣
"I'm sorry I gotsta leave up outta here before I lose my damn mind!!"
You think I'm done, you you you you think im done!
+Salvador Allende President of Chile.
yes I am
+Salvador Allende you are done when the CIA overthrow you!
I worked for the NYS Assembly for years. Seen a few politicians like this.
“Ain’t no soul in the world that f%%#ing ungrateful” hahahaha!!!
"Beat the feds like a step child" bro got bars too
1:09 was the moment I truly knew Clay Davis was a legend.
Clay was TOTALLY entertaining!!!!!
god damn it i laugh my ass off everytime clay speaks
+CaptainOfIndustry Shameful shit
Is it necessary to use the G D expression? Pretty offensive, no?
@@mitchelll3879 bruh relax
A Clay Davis compilation in my feed? Sheeeeeiiiiiiiiiiit
Fun Fact: Senator Clayton R. Davis is purportedly inspired by Former Maryland State Senator Larry Yong. Young was expelled on ethics charges (and subsequently acquitted) in 1998.
"The one that lays dem golden eggs! Hehehehehe!"
Almost 20 years old and it is just as shocking as if it was being ran for the first time. Timeless comedy.
At 2:01 when he says « you you youuuuuuuu think I’m done ». LMAO 😂😂😂
Makes me think he had a speech impediment in his youth and overcame it with rhetorics and conniving.
After seeing him I am adding SHEEEEEEEEIT to my vocabulary! This is so funny, he can talk the pants off of any one.
"crawl,walk,run"
lethal
4:22 My favorite line in the entire show!
“Tiny ass Korean groceries”! 😂
or landromats and shit ???
I die everytime I hear that line
shieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeitt
Clay could easily be a church preacher haha
"Well I ain't gonna lie to ya, I'm gonna do the same daaamn thing tomorra, and the day after that and the day after that until they got me laaaaid out at Marches Funeral Home and truck me off to Mt Auburn."
😂
I'm glad they kept clay's character in tack and didn't right him off the script. He's no different from corporate lobbyist that run our democracy as we know it. The writers that created the Wire could do a series on lobbyist and the affect they play on our national policies.
aint no soul in the world that ungrateful
I died 🤣🤣🤣
that *fuckin* ungrateful
The funniest shit EVER 😂😂😂😂
It’s a life changing moment when you first realize that politicians in real life are sketchier.
He was a hell of a character
"I come here to help, but y'all out for blood. I'm not answering no mo questions."
I need to watch The Wire again
A fantastic actor, i'm surprised this is the only show i've seen him on
He’s the Dr. on goodfellas when Henry picks up his brother
@@thamayor6324 shiiiiiiet I had no idea that was him
In a few Spike Lee joints. My favorite is 25th Hour.
@@MJones-ur1hp He's been in episodes of "Gotham" and "Madam Secretary" and was in the limited series "Your Honor".
Money laundering IN WEST BALTIMOORRRRRE SHIIIEEEEEET!!!
The BEST wire character in my opinion!!
His court rant shows how idiotic the people are when it comes to politics, he was guilty as sin and he fed them horse shit, they ate it and said thank you.
“Ain’t soul in the world that fu@kn ungrateful” 😅
God I love Clay's character. Such a shameless sniveling twit. Soooo freakin hilarious.
“All you ungrateful bitches!” “ClAy!” 😂
“You think I’m gonna be the scapegoat for the whole damn machine? Sheeeeeeeeiiiiiiiiii-“
Such an underrated talent. What a voice.
first time i saw the scene with clay saying "some kinda police shit, hell i don't know" i seriously laughed so hard i couldt breathe, haha
Clay Davis smooth as fuck.
4:54! Love the imitation of the legend himself!
SHEEEeeeeeeiiiiiit!
"You need to Put his ass on a foot-post so far out in the sticks that he gonna see the Philadelphia cops walking toward him." Explain this
They're in Baltimore, Philadelphia is an hour and 15mins away from B-More
I had to look at a map to realize how funny that Philly cops line was.
A foot post in the stocks means the cop would be walking with out a car
Wee Bey Understood This
@@trooper40below longer than 1 hour & 15 minutes.
Think of a conversation with Clay Davis, valchek, Marlo, Prop Joe, Avon and Frank Sobotka on the same table
Marlo and Frank Sobbokta walking out in the first 5 minutes maybe less.
Blue steel gentlemen.
Hell of a voice on this dude..aint seen him in a minute lately..the gift of gab is epic with this cat..sheeeeeeeeet...classic.
I’m gonna hold on to this moment lol
Did Dude get an Emmy for this ? I’m sheereeeeittt he was killing it hands down tho.
"Ah'm talkin' 'bout the people now!"
Clay Davis should have had his own show. Fantastic character.
Clay Davis shows us the importance of campaign finance oversight. It might be “unseemly” but using campaign fund to remodel your dog’s house or taking large donations from drug cartels is not okay.
He needs his own series
I’m gonna hold onto this moment…yeeeaaahhhh
Great video! Love the final clip showing Clay and his mega-buck lawyer raising their hands in victory! LOL. It amazes me how people will claim The Sopranos as the best series ever. Huh? Compared to the The Wire? Shiiiiiiiiit.....The Sopranos is little more than a shallow mashup of Good Fellas and The Simpsons.
Without the Sopranos there would be no Wire. Sopranos were groundbreaking.
@@6699230 Not true. Before the Sopranos, HBO was already breaking open a new golden age of television with a gritty show called "Oz". The Sopranos is a rrepetitive comedy routine compared to The Wire.
Glynn Turmsn, Frankie Faison, and Reg E Cathey...sheeeeeeeiiitttt!
Memphis had a politician named Roscoe Dixon (look him up) that Clay reminded me of.
Thank you for this.
“Y-y-y-y-y-y-y-you think I’m done!”
Clay was a smooth criminal.
Lol he played the part perfectly 😂 😂
@1:49 to 1:52 he turned that shit on quick. 😄😆😂🤣
"Hey bro, you think she's into me?"
Me: shiiiieeeeeet
We need a spin-off of clays Davis
Ayooo definitely one of my favorite characters 😂🤣😂classic
I aaaaaam Clay Davis😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
"Hellll NO! Ain't no soul in the WORLD that fuckin ungrateful!!"
2:21 My guy said he'll keep stealing money till the day he dies! And they still acquitted him! Now *that's* a politician!
when he was in spike lee's 25th hour and busted ed norton for heroin and said shiiiiiiiiiieeet you knew he was gonna not only get more roles but people were gonna ask him to do that !!!! it made the whole scene gold !!!
Such a great movie, too.
He's a master... simple as that..
I was really hoping just for a bunch of clips of him saying shiiiiiiieeet. Lol
Awesome! Clay Davis is hilarious. Well done on this vid!
Clay: SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIID!!!🤣🤣🤣💯
Clay Davis had been waiting for the other shoe to drop his whole life. Ssshhheeeeiiiittttttt.
That bastard was born with one hand in someone else's pocket.
The best part was the lady listening like please lord get this mf out my office.
Clay Davice and Maurice Levy are my favourites.
3:19 you could put a soul track behind this speech
You you you you you you you think I’m done ?!
I love how Sydnor and Davis met, but Sydnor was still halfway in awe
not no feeeeeds!!
Clay Davis:BE YO OWN PEOPLE!!!!!!!
I wish he found out how close he was to getting hit by Stringer's "hitters" the detail overheard him talking about on the wiretap who were "good with it".
Clay Davis' best lines:
1. Sheeeeeeiiiiiiiiiiiit!!!!
2. Repeat
“Ain’t no soul in the world that fucking ungrateful!!!!”
4:01 "Playoffs?!? ...playoffs?!?"