By Karu F. Daniels, AOL Black Voices

Though he's one of the funniest comedians out there, Finesse Mitchell may have finally found his true calling with his latest occupational pursuit – as a relationship expert.

The former 'Saturday Night Live' star, who authors an advice column in Essence magazine, just released his first tome, 'Your Girlfriends Only Know So Much: A Brother's Take on Dating and Mating for the Sistas.' The light-hearted, comedic and brutally honest book is geared towards "women of color" ready to learn about dating from the best authority on men around: men.

On Nov. 6, the fine funnyman celebrated the release of the book at New York City's newest comedy hot-spot Comix, with a special late night show, featuring fellow comic Kyle Grooms.

In the introduction, the 35-year old Atlanta, Georgia native admits to not being a psychologist or licensed therapist but still is qualified to dole out advice. Why?

"For starters, I'm a black man. I'm more than thirty years old, a college graduate, and in a committed relationship. And ever since I got my first serious girlfriend, I've become somewhat of an authority on dating and relationships to my single, black, female friends."

From the same publishers who brought the world the bestselling 'He's Just Not That Into You' – Simon Spotlight Entertainment -- comes this hard-covered literary work, which can be required reading for some.

"You listen to your girlfriends all the time when it comes to figuring out your man or future man, but you also should be listening to me," Mitchell rations. "Because when it comes to black men, your girlfriends only know so much."

The proud member of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity and a University of Miami graduate, Mitchell is the strapping lad who rose to national attention playing a myriad of characters on the legendary sketch comedy series. Since he left the show last year, he's starred in a string of films, including the Tracey Edmonds-produced 'Who's Your Caddy' and the slapstick comedy 'The Comebacks.'

In January, he'll star alongside Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah, Ted Danson and Katie Holmes in 'Mad Money.'

"I'm being received really, really well," he said of life post 'SNL.' "I think the body of work I've made for myself has really kind of set me apart from some people."

Along with renowned scribe Julia Chance, Mitchell cranked out 'Your Girlfriends...' within the last three months of the seven month deadline. The idea was the brainchild of literary agent Makila Sands who hatched the plan after the Essence column became an overnight success.

"At first I said, 'Well who would be interested in reading this?,'" he revealed of his initial reaction to the idea. After some further thought, he said, "I said 'I'll do it' and it will be pretty much the things I can't say in the column."

"We put the book proposal together and we sent it out and we had six of the main publishers asking for meetings within the hour... and the rest is it," he proudly stated. "Now we're promoting the book."

Long way from BET's 'Comic View,' where he cut his teeth in comedy.

"When I said I wanted to go to school to play football, I went to the University of Miami," he added. "And when I said that I wanted to do comedy, I ended up on 'Saturday Night Live.' When I said, 'OK, I'll give writing a chance, I ended up with my own column in Essence magazine. And when I said I wanted to write a book, I ended up with Simon & Schuster."

So take a look at him now.

What does Finesse Mitchell want to do take on next?

"I want to do a cartoon. I'm working on something in '08' that's basically an animated project that I think a lot of people will get a kick out of."

And his relationship advice has worked for him, too.

Next year, he plans on marrying his longtime galpal Jessica Santos – who is a Black/Dominican beauty, not the white girl or Asian chick he joked about in the book. "We are making it official in '08," he shared.

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