This is Fresh Air, I'm Terry Gross.

Our guest Robin Thede is the creator and one of the stars of the HBO comedy series,

A Black Lady's Sketch Show, which is nominated for five Emmys.

She spoke with our guest interviewer, Tanya Mosley, about the show and her career.

Tanya is the host of the podcast, Truth Be Told.

Here's Tanya with more.

For a long time, Robin Thede had this idea.

What if she created a comedy sketch show, solely written, directed, and starring Black women?

Believe it or not, that hadn't happened before then.

Now, a Black Lady sketch show is in its third season.

Here's a clip from the latest season, a sketch called Don't Rain on My Burrades,

where Thede plays a meteorologist giving the weather forecast in a way

that just about every Black woman would appreciate.

While Tosla looks like we have more showers and storms in the forecast for today,

as a cold front makes its way across the state, like a wide-tooth comb on Washington.

The rain continues on Tuesday, so I'm not recommending a Washington Ghost style.

Just yet, you need to go Washington, go bundle up with some Malaysian, Brazilian,

Peruvian, kinky straight, kinky curly.

It doesn't matter anywhere from five to eight packs.

You do it if you want to get on these IG levels of beauty.

You know what I mean?

By Wednesday, hump day, the winds are going to pick up and sew all your lace fronts.

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