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Now Lewis - who is known as the Mother of Black Hollywood - will go on to co-star with Vanessa Bayer and Molly Shannon in the Showtime comedy “I Love That for You,” premiering April 29. “So when they called me and told me about a show called ‘Black-ish,’ and they said Laurence Fishburne’s name, I said, ‘Baby, you had me at hello.’ ” Jenifer Lewis and “Black-ish” hubby Laurence Fishburne go all the way back to 1993’s “What’s Love Got to Do with It.” ABC “We became like sister and brother on the set of ‘What’s Love Got to Do with It,’” she said. Lewis and her “Black-ish” hubby Laurence Fishburne - who also served as one of the show’s executive producers - go all the way back to the 1993 Tina Turner biopic “What’s Love Got to Do with It,” in which they played mother-in-law and son-in-law. The former first lady of the United States of America was there with the family, embracing us with her everythingness, darling … She said to me, ‘My mama told me to tell you hello.’ And honey, you couldn’t speak to me for days after that.” “When Michelle Obama came onto the set, you could hear a pin drop,” she said.

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ABCįor Lewis, the final season’s episode guest-starring Michelle Obama was a highlight of her series run. We did that with a lot of things.” Deon Cole (second from left) with “Black-ish” costars Jeff Meacham, Anthony Anderson and Marcus Scribner. “It was amazing to see the power of what we did. “Absolutely - 100 percent ‘Black-ish’ had something to do with that,” he said.

In fact, Cole credits “Black-ish” for helping to get Juneteenth - marking the freeing of the last US slaves on Jdeclared a federal holiday in 2021. And there were some black people on the set who didn’t know about it either.” “I remember shooting that episode … going over the facts and the history of it,” said Cole. I mean, they hit on all of it the multi-generational aspect of the show.” Jenifer Lewis, Laurence Fishburne, Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross represented the African-American experience on “Black-ish.” ABCĬole points to the show’s Juneteenth episode in 2017 as a real game-changer. “I’ve always said that the writers were the stars of ‘Black-ish,’ ” she said, “with them being able to combine the comedy and drama of issues like the N-word, police brutality, postpartum depression. Lewis credits “Black-ish” creator Kenya Barris for his “unafraid” vision as well as the show’s writers. Indeed, the “movement” that Cole describes includes “Black-ish” spinoffs “Grown-ish” - which has been renewed for a fifth season on Freeform - as well as the now-canceled “Mixed-ish.” “It opened the door for a lot of black shows to happen … We started seeing more black shows showing different perspectives of black people.” “Nobody else was telling those stories,” added Cole, 50. That’s what the f–k we did … We touched the souls of the people with our show.” Deon Cole (left) played Anthony Anderson’s co-worker in eight seasons of “Black-ish.” ABC We made them think, dance, sing and hope. “We did an excellent job entertaining people - and we did an excellent job educating people. “We made history - and I’m extremely proud of it,” Lewis, 65, told The Post. While Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross were the Emmy-nominated stars of ABC’s “Black-ish” for eight culture-changing seasons, Jenifer Lewis and Deon Cole were the sitcom’s secret weapons.Īnd as they say goodbye to their characters Ruby Johnson and Charlie Telphy - the mother and co-worker, respectively, of Andre Johnson (Anderson) - when the “Black-ish” series finale airs Tuesday (April 19) at 9 p.m., Lewis and Cole are more than proud-ish of the show’s legacy in representing the African-American experience. Netflix plans Juneteenth musical by Kenya Barris and Pharrell Williams

4Ĭensored ‘Black-ish’ episode to air on Hulu after being shelved by ABC in 2018 ‘Black-ish’ airing election-themed, partially animated special Oct. ‘Black-ish’ star Miles Brown talks to Jalen Rose about on-screen family, his famous dad

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