The Wayans Bros.

infobox television
show_name = The Wayans Bros.


caption = Opening title to "The Wayans Bros."
format = Sitcom
runtime = 30 Minutes
(with commercials)
creator = Shawn Wayans
Marlon Wayans
Leslie Ray
David Steven Simon
company = Warner Bros. Television
starring = Shawn Wayans
Marlon Wayans
John Witherspoon
Lela Rochon (Season 1)
Anna Maria Horsford (Season 2+)
Jermaine 'Huggy' Hopkins (Season 3–4)
Ja'net DuBois (Season 3–4)
Phill Lewis (Season 2–4)
country = USA
location = New York City
network = The WB Television Network
first_aired = January 11, 1995
last_aired = May 20, 1999
num_seasons = 5
num_episodes = 103
imdb_id = 0112220
tv_com_id = 2305|

"The Wayans Bros." is a situation comedy that aired from 1995 to 1999 on The WB. The series starred real-life brothers Shawn and Marlon Wayans, who both became famous on their brother Keenen's popular sketch comedy, "In Living Color" in 1992 when they were both cast members on the sitcom. The series also starred John Witherspoon and Anna Maria Horsford. Reruns of the show currently air on The CW.

ynopsis

Shawn Wayans and Marlon Wayans portray Shawn and Marlon Williams, two sibling brothers who live in New York City with their father, John "Pops" Williams (John Witherspoon) and the family restaurant's security guard Dee (Anna Maria Horsford).

Episodes

Music

The theme song was changed twice throughout its four-year run (1995-1999). In the first two seasons, from early 1995, until 1996, the show's theme song was A Tribe Called Quest's "Electric Relaxation". In the third season (1996-97), the theme song changed to a song with a fast beat. In the final two seasons (1997-1998 & 1998-1999), the show's theme song was changed again to a regular hip hop instrumental beat (which was produced by the Wayans Bros. & Omar Epps.)

Trivia

*"The Wayans Bros." was originally a pilot for NBC.

*In the show's second season, Pops' Diner was moved into the Neidermeyer Building, where the location was changed from Harlem to Rockefeller Center, Manhattan.

*Before working together on the show, John Witherspoon (Pops) and Anna Maria Horsford (Dee) played Ice Cube's parents in the 1995 movie "Friday".

*The inside of Shawn and Marlon's apartment usually features posters of album covers by various hip-hop artists, including The Notorious B.I.G., Method Man, Ice Cube, Rampage and Ghostface Killah.

*In "Scary Movie", Shawn Wayans' character mentions that cancelling TV shows makes people go crazy; he claims "The Wayans Bros." was a good show.

*In the episode "Unspoken Token", the cast parodied the sitcom "Good Times". DuBois reprised her role as Willona Woods, and Johnny Brown and Bern Nadette Stanis made special appearances as Bookman and Thelma, respectively. John Witherspoon also appeared in a "Good Times" episode as Officer Lawson in 1979.

*In one episode Shawn broke down the fourth wall by replying, "Tell that to the Wayans family."

*After every episode of the Wayans Bros a picture was shown of young Shawn and Marlon, with Shawn saying "Look up Marlon, say cheese."

Cast

*Shawn Wayans — Shawn Williams
*Marlon Wayans — Marlon Williams
*John Witherspoon — John "Pops" Williams
*Anna Maria Horsford — Deirdre "Dee" Baxter (1996-1999)
*Ja'net Du Bois — Grandma Ellington (1996-1998)
*Phill Lewis — T.C. (1995-1998)
*Jermaine 'Huggy' Hopkins — Dupree (1996-1998)
*Jeremy Hittel — Carwash (1996-1999)
*Jill Tasker — Lou Malino
*Lela Rochon — Lisa Saunders

DVD releases

The first season of "The Wayans Bros." was released on DVD in February 2005. It is unlikely that more season DVDs will be released due to the first season's poor DVD sales. Fact|date=August 2008