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Channel 4. Stream now. In the summer of 1992, comedian Martin Lawrence was riding high, following

his recent role in the Eddie Murphy movie Boomerang.

Plus, the 27-year-old host of HBO's Def Jam Comedy series had a new sitcom that was about to be released on Fox.

In the show, Lawrence plays a Detroit-based radio host, as well as several other characters, including his mustachioed mother, Mama Payne,

Jerome, a fading loudmouthed Detroit pimp, and his annoying neighbor, Shannaneh. Martin explained

the inspiration for the Shennay character during an appearance on the Arsenio Hall show.

It's the Rinaldway girl, you know, the neighborhood, L.L. Koojays roundaway girl, the girl with the earrings and the women that, the young girls that always have their hairdo, and just know how to coordinate everything that they dress. I just got much attitude. How you doing Arsidi Hall? How you do? Oh, look at Arsadio. He looked good, darling. When Martin was released in August 1992, it was the next step in a revolution on television.

I'm Kathy Kinsora, and this is History of the 90s, a podcast about a decade that changed the world.

On this episode, we're talking about some of the best black sitcoms as we continue

our look back at the golden age of black TV. You may remember from our last episode about

in living color, the success of the Cosby show and its spin-off a different world in the 1980s

caused TV networks to start looking for more black programming.

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