TNT Crew Roasts Charles Barkley Over "Madea" Glasses

Even though this is the final year together, the Inside The NBA crew remains among the funniest on television. The addition of Jalen Rose just adds to the humor. On Tuesday, Rose was the first to crack on Charles Barkley's reading glasses. While Barkley was breaking down the Western Conference, Rose interrupted. "Are them welding glasses," Rose asked. "Looking like Madea." Madea is a reference to a character actor Tyler Perry played in several movies. She wore thick glass with big rims. Rose's comment immediately started an avalanche of jokes about Barkley. It prompted Shaquille O'Neal to chime in, "looking like Fred G Sanford. What am I eating tomorrow for Thanksgiving with them futuristic ass glasses." Barkley was referring to the role comedian Redd Foxx played on the 1970s series Sanford And Son. They later did a side by side of Barkley and Foxx's character named "Blind Benny" from the movie Harlem Nights. Benny work thick glasses, too. If that wasn't enough, even Erin Johnson piled on Barkley. He took it