This article is about the sitcom starring Shawn and Marlon Wayans. For information about their entire family, see Wayans family.
The Wayans Bros. is an American sitcom television series that aired on The WB from January 11, 1995, to May 20, 1999. The series starred real life brothers Shawn and Marlon Wayans. The series also starred John Witherspoon and Anna Maria Horsford (season 2 onward).
Shawn and Marlon Williams (Shawn Wayans and Marlon Wayans) are brothers who live in an apartment on 117th street in Harlem. Shawn owns a local newsstand, where he and his brother Marlon work on a daily basis.
In the show's second season (in 1995), the newsstand and Pops' Joint, the restaurant owned by their father, John "Pops" Williams (John Witherspoon) were moved downtown into the fictional Neidermeyer Building, in Rockefeller Center, where Dee Baxter (Anna Maria Horsford (onwards from Season 2) works as a security guard.[1]
Season 2 transitions
Many transitions were made in season 2:
Shawn's former girlfriend, Lisa Saunders (Lela Rochon), did not return for the rest of the series.
Monique (Paula Jai Parker), a local shopkeeper and Marlon's love interest, did not return after the eleventh episode. Parker first appeared as a love interest of Marlon's in the Season 1 episode "Pulp Marlon". She was only a guest star for the one episode.
Lou (Jill Tasker), the former security guard, left after the seventh episode and was replaced by Dee Baxter (Anna Maria Horsford).
White Mike (Mitch Mullany), Shawn and Marlon's ghetto white neighbour, appeared for six episodes of Season 2. He was slated to appear as a recurring character for the rest of the series. But the actor Mitch Mullany ended up getting his own show Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher.
Shawn formerly worked for APS, yet in Season 2, he works at his newsstand.
Marlon was working with Pops at the diner, but in Season 2, he worked at the newsstand with Shawn.
Pops' Joint was a standalone restaurant, and he hired Marlon and Benny, the cook, during Season 1. However, in Season 2, the eatery was moved into the Neidermeyer Building, in Rockefeller Center. It also revealed that Pops' Joint was a historical landmark for the nation's leaders and activists of the Civil Rights Movement.
Cast
Main
Shawn Wayans as Shawn Williams, a womanizing, stylish and responsible young bachelor and Marlon's older brother. He is an owner of his own local newsstand.
Marlon Wayans as Marlon Williams, Shawn's dimwitted, immature, sex crazed, unsanitary and lazy younger brother who also works at the newsstand
John Witherspoon as John "Pops" Williams, Shawn and Marlon's dysfunctional tacky father who owns his locally famed diner right by Shawn and Marlon's newsstand
Anna Maria Horsford as Deirdre "Dee" Baxter (seasons 2–5), the tough security guard and Shawn, Marlon and Pops' close friend
The Wayans Bros. was the first of the four sitcoms that aired as part of the original Wednesday night two hour lineup that helped launch the network (along with Unhappily Ever After, The Parent 'Hood and the short-lived Muscle). While in development, the series' working title was initially supposed to have been Brother to Brother, before the name of the series changed to The Wayans Bros.[2]
In the show's second season, in 1995 Pops' Joint (the restaurant owned by Shawn and Marlon's father, John "Pops" Williams) was moved into the Neidermeyer Building, where the location was changed from Harlem to Rockefeller Center, Manhattan.
The series was cancelled in 1999 due to declining ratings and was not given a proper finale.
While the series at least did not end on a cliffhanger ending, in the film Scary Movie (2000), Shawn Wayans' character says: "And The Wayans Bros. was a good show, man. It was a good-ass show, and we didn't even get a final episode."
Theme music and opening sequence
The show's official opening title began with Shawn and Marlon on the steps of a brownstone apartment building, donning afros and wearing 1970s preppy attire, moving in rhythm to an accompanying satirical music piece that's supposed to have a 1970s style "urban" sitcom theme song feel. Marlon forcefully smacks the camera, and then segues into "the real opening" of The Wayans Bros.
The scene then cuts to them with their normal clothes and trying to help an old woman who gets hit by a bus. The camera then shows the brothers inside the bus with the title of the show underneath them. The "second half" part of The Wayans Bros. theme song was changed twice throughout its four-year run (1995–1999). In the first two seasons, the show's theme song was A Tribe Called Quest's "Electric Relaxation".
In the third season, the theme song changed to a four-second hip hop beat. In the final two seasons, the show's theme song was changed again to a regular hip hop instrumental beat (which was produced by the Wayans Bros. & Omar Epps). In Brazilian reruns of seasons one and two episodes that have aired in SBT in 2015, this version replaced the seasons one and two sequence with the season three sequence.
Syndication
Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution handles syndication distribution of the series. In September 1999, after the series was cancelled by The WB, the series began airing in off network syndication nationwide.
The first season DVD cover for The Wayans Bros.
At that same time, Chicago based national cable superstationWGN began airing reruns of the series, airing the series until 2002 (when its broadcast syndication run also ended); WGN (both the local Chicago feed and the national superstation feed) aired The Wayans Bros. in first run form from 1995 to 1999, when WGN (whose local Chicago feed was an affiliate of the network) carried WB programming nationally to make The WB available to markets where a local affiliate did not exist (The Wayans Bros. is one of three WB series to have aired on WGN in both first run and syndication form; The Parent 'Hood, 7th Heaven and Sister, Sister being the others).
In 2006, reruns began airing on BET, after a four-year absence, where it ran until 2007. In 2007, reruns of the series aired on Ion Television, where it ran until 2008. Since then, several Viacom networks, including MTV2, VH1 and BET Her have run the series in continuous rotation. As of 2023, reruns air frequently on VH1. All five seasons of the show stream on HBO Max and BET+.
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This article is about the sitcom starring Shawn and Marlon Wayans For information about their entire family see Wayans family The Wayans Bros is an American sitcom television series that aired on The WB from January 11 1995 to May 20 1999 The series starred real life brothers Shawn and Marlon Wayans The series also starred John Witherspoon and Anna Maria Horsford season 2 onward The Wayans Bros GenreSitcomCreated byMarlon Wayans Shawn Wayans Leslie Ray David Steven SimonStarringMarlon Wayans Shawn Wayans John Witherspoon Anna Maria Horsford Lela Rochon Paula Jai Parker Jill TaskerTheme music composerAlan Cohn seasons 1 5 Kamaal Fareed Ronnie Foster Ali Shaheed Muhammad Malik Taylor original songwriters seasons 1 2 Tom Rizzo season 3 Shawn Wayans Marlon Wayans Omar Epps Eric Willis seasons 4 5 Opening theme Gimme A High Five The We re Brothers Song by Alan Cohn seasons 1 5 Electric Relaxation by A Tribe Called Quest seasons 1 2 Instrumental themes seasons 3 5 ComposerTom RizzoCountry of originUnited StatesOriginal languageEnglishNo of seasons5No of episodes101 list of episodes ProductionExecutive producersBilly Van Zandt Jane Milmore season 1 Rick Hawkins season 2 Phil Kellard amp Tom Moore seasons 3 5 Production locationsWarner Bros Studios Burbank California taping location Camera setupVideotape Multi cameraRunning time21 minutesProduction companiesBabyWay Productions Next to Last Productions Warner Bros TelevisionReleaseOriginal networkThe WBPicture formatNTSCAudio formatStereoOriginal releaseJanuary 11 1995 1995 01 11 May 20 1999 1999 05 20 Contents 1 Premise 1 1 Season 2 transitions 2 Cast 2 1 Main 2 2 Recurring 3 Episodes 4 Production 5 Theme music and opening sequence 6 Syndication 7 Home media 8 References 9 External linksPremise EditShawn and Marlon Williams Shawn Wayans and Marlon Wayans are brothers who live in an apartment on 117th street in Harlem Shawn owns a local newsstand where he and his brother Marlon work on a daily basis In the show s second season in 1995 the newsstand and Pops Joint the restaurant owned by their father John Pops Williams John Witherspoon were moved downtown into the fictional Neidermeyer Building in Rockefeller Center where Dee Baxter Anna Maria Horsford onwards from Season 2 works as a security guard 1 Season 2 transitions Edit Many transitions were made in season 2 Shawn s former girlfriend Lisa Saunders Lela Rochon did not return for the rest of the series Monique Paula Jai Parker a local shopkeeper and Marlon s love interest did not return after the eleventh episode Parker first appeared as a love interest of Marlon s in the Season 1 episode Pulp Marlon She was only a guest star for the one episode Lou Jill Tasker the former security guard left after the seventh episode and was replaced by Dee Baxter Anna Maria Horsford White Mike Mitch Mullany Shawn and Marlon s ghetto white neighbour appeared for six episodes of Season 2 He was slated to appear as a recurring character for the rest of the series But the actor Mitch Mullany ended up getting his own show Nick Freno Licensed Teacher Shawn formerly worked for APS yet in Season 2 he works at his newsstand Marlon was working with Pops at the diner but in Season 2 he worked at the newsstand with Shawn Pops Joint was a standalone restaurant and he hired Marlon and Benny the cook during Season 1 However in Season 2 the eatery was moved into the Neidermeyer Building in Rockefeller Center It also revealed that Pops Joint was a historical landmark for the nation s leaders and activists of the Civil Rights Movement Cast EditMain Edit Shawn Wayans as Shawn Williams a womanizing stylish and responsible young bachelor and Marlon s older brother He is an owner of his own local newsstand Marlon Wayans as Marlon Williams Shawn s dimwitted immature sex crazed unsanitary and lazy younger brother who also works at the newsstand John Witherspoon as John Pops Williams Shawn and Marlon s dysfunctional tacky father who owns his locally famed diner right by Shawn and Marlon s newsstand Anna Maria Horsford as Deirdre Dee Baxter seasons 2 5 the tough security guard and Shawn Marlon and Pops close friend Lela Rochon as Lisa Saunders season 1 Paula Jai Parker as Monique season 2 episodes 1 11 Jill Tasker as Lou Malino season 2 episodes 1 7 Recurring Edit Phill Lewis as Thelonious T C Capricornio seasons 2 5 Mitch Mullany as White Mike season 2 Ja Net DuBois as Grandma Ellington seasons 3 4 Jermaine Huggy Hopkins as Dupree seasons 3 5 Episodes EditMain article List of The Wayans Bros episodes SeasonEpisodesOriginally airedFirst airedLast aired113January 11 1995 1995 01 11 May 24 1995 1995 05 24 222September 6 1995 1995 09 06 May 15 1996 1996 05 15 322September 4 1996 1996 09 04 May 14 1997 1997 05 14 422September 17 1997 1997 09 17 May 20 1998 1998 05 20 522September 17 1998 1998 09 17 May 20 1999 1999 05 20 Production EditThe Wayans Bros was the first of the four sitcoms that aired as part of the original Wednesday night two hour lineup that helped launch the network along with Unhappily Ever After The Parent Hood and the short lived Muscle While in development the series working title was initially supposed to have been Brother to Brother before the name of the series changed to The Wayans Bros 2 In the show s second season in 1995 Pops Joint the restaurant owned by Shawn and Marlon s father John Pops Williams was moved into the Neidermeyer Building where the location was changed from Harlem to Rockefeller Center Manhattan The series was cancelled in 1999 due to declining ratings and was not given a proper finale While the series at least did not end on a cliffhanger ending in the film Scary Movie 2000 Shawn Wayans character says And The Wayans Bros was a good show man It was a good ass show and we didn t even get a final episode Theme music and opening sequence EditThe show s official opening title began with Shawn and Marlon on the steps of a brownstone apartment building donning afros and wearing 1970s preppy attire moving in rhythm to an accompanying satirical music piece that s supposed to have a 1970s style urban sitcom theme song feel Marlon forcefully smacks the camera and then segues into the real opening of The Wayans Bros The scene then cuts to them with their normal clothes and trying to help an old woman who gets hit by a bus The camera then shows the brothers inside the bus with the title of the show underneath them The second half part of The Wayans Bros theme song was changed twice throughout its four year run 1995 1999 In the first two seasons the show s theme song was A Tribe Called Quest s Electric Relaxation In the third season the theme song changed to a four second hip hop beat In the final two seasons the show s theme song was changed again to a regular hip hop instrumental beat which was produced by the Wayans Bros amp Omar Epps In Brazilian reruns of seasons one and two episodes that have aired in SBT in 2015 this version replaced the seasons one and two sequence with the season three sequence Syndication EditWarner Bros Domestic Television Distribution handles syndication distribution of the series In September 1999 after the series was cancelled by The WB the series began airing in off network syndication nationwide The first season DVD cover for The Wayans Bros At that same time Chicago based national cable superstation WGN began airing reruns of the series airing the series until 2002 when its broadcast syndication run also ended WGN both the local Chicago feed and the national superstation feed aired The Wayans Bros in first run form from 1995 to 1999 when WGN whose local Chicago feed was an affiliate of the network carried WB programming nationally to make The WB available to markets where a local affiliate did not exist The Wayans Bros is one of three WB series to have aired on WGN in both first run and syndication form The Parent Hood 7th Heaven and Sister Sister being the others In 2006 reruns began airing on BET after a four year absence where it ran until 2007 In 2007 reruns of the series aired on Ion Television where it ran until 2008 Since then several Viacom networks including MTV2 VH1 and BET Her have run the series in continuous rotation As of 2023 reruns air frequently on VH1 All five seasons of the show stream on HBO Max and BET Home media EditWarner Home Video released Season 1 of The Wayans Bros on DVD in Region 1 Warner Archive subsequently released Seasons 2 to 5 on DVD in Region 1 3 4 5 6 DVD Name Ep Release DateThe Complete First Season 13 February 8 2005The Complete Second Season 22 May 9 2017The Complete Third Season 22 November 7 2017The Complete Fourth Season 22 January 22 2019The Complete Fifth Season 22 March 26 2019References Edit Brown Preezy 2020 01 15 10 Most Memorable Episodes Of The Wayans Bros VIBE com Retrieved 2022 08 15 It s Comedy for WB Network Broadcasting amp Cable via HighBeam Research August 15 1994 Archived from the original on 2012 11 05 The Wayans Bros The Complete Fifth Season The Wayans Bros The Complete 2nd Season Is Coming to DVD at Long Last Shawn and Marlon Come Back to Disc This May from the Warner Archive TVShowsOnDVD Archived from the original on 21 April 2017 Retrieved 20 April 2017 The Wayans Bros The Complete 3rd Season Is Coming to DVD This Year MOD Available from the Warner Archive in Early November TVShowsOnDVD Archived from the original on 21 October 2017 Retrieved 20 April 2017 The Wayans Bros The Complete Fourth Season External links EditThe Wayans Bros at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Wayans Bros amp oldid 1140771608, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
