its not unusual to be loved by anyone beretta smith shomade: and so when fox comes around and says, how can we gain audience? oh, black people. so they initiate a series of shows that target an audience that had not been targeted. malcolm venable: martin lawrence is this increasingly mega popular comedian on the scene. martin lawrence: i know big bird been out of business but what the fuck is up? jacqueline coley: if you want to just compare martin and the fresh prince, martin in no way ran away from its blackness. he hosted a black radio show. martin: what up? jacqueling coley: .he had gina, his live in girlfriend. tawny newsome: it was the blending of sketch with traditional narrative sitcom. cedric: martin lawrence played, many, many characters on that show. martin: jerome in the house! cedric: from jerome to roscoe. gina: what do you want? roscoe: i want you to get a smaller head but i ain t got no control over that.
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