By April MacIntyre Aug 20, 2007, 23:59 GMT
Starz InBlack presents two never-before-seen episodes of the Starz original series "Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Stand-up" on Monday, Aug. 27. The new episodes will premiere during a marathon of the second season on Starz InBlack that runs from 8 p.m. (ET/PT) on Monday through 6 a.m. (ET/PT) on Tuesday, Aug. 28.
The marathon coincides with the DVD release of the first season of "Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Stand-up" on August 28.
Back in April, Starz premiered Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Stand-up, an uncensored original comedy showcase that featured some of the nation's best under the radar comedians.
Warning, it's not for kids. It is adult fare, rude and funny as hell.
Executive producer and comic host Doug Williams cites the original Def Jam comedy as the spark that inspired his own career path. Williams labor of love show was brought to Martin Lawrence after a successful 1st season.
Lawrence is an unpredictable force of nature himself, and you get the sense he truly loves and appreciates other comics and has provided the humorous salve that unifies us regardless of ethnicity.
The 31 featured comedians cover the gamut of human behaviors and how it defines us. Broad stereotypical humor poking fun: Extreme white people who get too close to nature for their own good, black people who converse with movie screens, Mexican shirt buttoning eccentricities, a little something for everyone at all our expense.
The show's music director and featured playah is DJ Biz Markie who went mainstream when "Just a Friend," a single featuring rapped verses and out-of-tune singing hit big in the late eighties, it was the first hip hop/rap album I ever bought, followed up by his "The Biz Never Sleeps."
Markie is a sweet delight, sharing a cute ad-lib moment on one of the earlier shows playing the absentee baby daddy with the urban queen of comedy, Sheryl Underwood, who is back for the new episodes.
Other great acts in the past included Pierre, Annie McKnight, Marilyn Martinez, Jay Lamont, Tess, Jamal Doman, David Arnold, Ian Edwards (who is permanently crossed of Condoleeza Rice's Christmas card list), Vanessa Fraction, A.J. Jamal (has helpful tutorial on white versus black porn), Sexy Marlo, Sheryl Underwood, Corey Holcomb, Rod Man, Melanie Comarcho, Scruncho, Paula Bel, Gary Owen (yes I put the two white comics next to each other), Finesse Mitchell (who explains that African women need not apply to be his girlfriend), Mike Brooks, Iva La' Shawn, Lavelle Crawford, Dannon Green, Darryl Brunson, Evan Lionel, Ruperto Vanderpool, Donnell Rawlings (don't ask him to put his seat back upright), Roz, Joey Diaz, Alonzo Bodden, and AC.
Comedians featured in the new episodes include Finesse Mitchell ("Saturday Night Live"), Sheryl Underwood ("Comic View"), Reggie Steele ("Comedy Tonight!"), Gary Owen ("Comic View"), Lavell Crawford ("Comic View"), Rod Man ("Comics Unleashed"), Alonzo Bodden ("The Tonight Show") and Scruncho ("Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out").
For scheduling information visit http://www.starz.com/.
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