Robert Townsend (2011)

Genres - Comedy, Music  |   Sub-Genres - Sketch Comedy, Standup Comedy, Variety Show [TV]  |   Run Time - 60 min.  |   Countries - United States  |  
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Synopsis by Andrea LeVasseur

Actor, director, writer, and producer Robert Townsend presents this second volume of his classic HBO variety show Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime. Originally aired in 1991, the show helped launch the careers of comedians Shawn Wayans and Marlon Wayans. This collection of comedy sketches features his Western parody "How the West Was Won" and his soap-opera parody "The Bold, the Black, and the Beautiful." Also stars Sinbad, David Allen Grier, John Witherspoon, and Paul Mooney.

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African-American, collection, sketch-comedy, stand-up-comedy, variety-show