Episode 1125 - Kenya Barris

WTF with Marc Maron Podcast

Marc Maron

Comedy

4.6 • 29.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2020

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

Kenya Barris retreated from the abusive situation in his childhood home by listening to party records and reading comic books. Those early influences shaped his understanding of who he is and prompted the creation of Black-ish years later. Kenya talks with Marc about how much he learned from comedians like Patrice O’Neal and Dave Chappelle, how his childhood friendship with Tyra Banks led to his first big success in show business, and how an encounter with Jeffrey Katzenberg and a Ferrari was a spark for his new Netflix show #blackAF. This episode is sponsored by Patreon, HBO Max, Space Force on Netflix, and SimpliSafe.

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0:00.0	Fuck the game!
0:01.0	Alright, let's do this.
0:11.0	How are you, what the fuckers?
0:12.6	What the fuck buddies?
0:13.6	What the fuck in the ears?
0:16.4	What the fuck next?
0:17.4	What's happening?
0:18.4	I'm Mark Marin.
0:19.4	Today, on the show I talk to Ken Yabaris.
0:22.0	He's the creator of Blackish and the writer of Girls Trip as well.
0:27.0	He's also got this new comedy series on Netflix called Black AF.
0:32.6	As fuck, right?
0:34.1	Right?
0:35.1	See, I know how to...
0:37.1	I'm not great with those.
0:38.2	I am not good.
0:39.2	I always have to look up the...
0:41.2	What do you call those?
0:42.6	When it's just Wetter's.
0:44.5	Someone gave me a...
0:46.4	O-D-A-T.
0:48.6	I didn't know what that was.
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