`MALCOLM & EDDIE' STAR GOT HIS START AS A X-MAS ELF

`MALCOLM & EDDIE' STAR GOT HIS START AS A X-MAS ELF

LOS ANGELES (Wireless Flash) -- "Malcolm & Eddie" star Eddie Griffin has a shocking secret: he made his showbiz debut as a Christmas elf. Griffin admits his first role was in his first grade Christmas pageant playing an elf who shows Santa how to do the "Robot" break-dance move. The comedian's stand-up debut several years later was even more auspicious: the owner of the club booted him off stage for being too "raw." These days Griffin is keeping it real by playing a semi- autobiographical character in the new film "Foolish," which he also wrote. However, he admits the most un-autobiographical moment of the movie comes during a bizarre scene where his character -- while sitting on a toilet -- chats with the spirits of Redd Foxx and Sammy Davis, Jr. "Foolish" opens tomorrow (April 9).

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