"The Wayans Bros." (1995)TV series 1995-1999

Creators:

Leslie Ray
David Steven Simon

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | unknown

Release Date:

11 January 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

The wacky escapades of brothers Shawn and Marlon Williams, along with their wise but eccentric father.

Plot Keywords:

African American | Character Name In Title

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Marlon Wayans	...	Marlon Williams (99 episodes, 1995-1999)
Shawn Wayans	...	Shawn Williams (99 episodes, 1995-1999)
John Witherspoon	...	John 'Pops' Williams (99 episodes, 1995-1999)
Anna Maria Horsford	...	Deirdre 'Dee' Baxter (76 episodes, 1996-1999)

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Company:

Warner Bros. Television

Quotes:

Marlon Williams: Shemales... Can't live with them, can't live without them.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Scary Movie (2000)

Doesn't stand up to the test of time

As an after school show I'm sure this was successful but out of context (13 years later) it doesn't offer anything. I'm a huge fan of the wayans bro's but without a good set of writers they don't have the same independence as Will Smith in fresh prince. I like John Witherspoon (Pops) too and think he made a huge contribution to the success of boondocks but after seeing him take off in that it really makes you see that he was a bit flat on this.

Maybe I'm being silly in trying to critique an after school show as a comedy but its certain that the actors in this show are suffering from a lack of something that they all found later on in other projects.