Robert Townsend Recalls Making Hollywood Shuffle With a Credit Card

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@grassroots8226 9 ай бұрын

Hollywood Shuffle is one of my favorite films. Thank you Robert & Keenan!

@MrSimZOldSchoolRev 9 ай бұрын

When Jerri Curls hair started to dry up and the cop started to throw away his activator 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I was in tears

@samwest1097 9 ай бұрын

Ay man! Give mah activator man!

@defoegrinda 9 ай бұрын

YOU KILLED COOKIE HEAD JENKINS🤣🤣

@elizabethowens9203 5 ай бұрын

I have an insane amount of respect for Robert Townsend. He truly is Hollywood royalty. When my parents divorced and I would spend the weekends with my dad, Hollywood Shuffle on VHS was one of the many movies we bonded over. One of the greatest movies in my lifetime.

@Wade7Jordan 9 ай бұрын

Completely agree there should be a movie on how he made Hollywood Shuffle, and I wouldn't mind a prequel to The Five Heartbeats

@billionaire33 9 ай бұрын

Roberts Brit English is amazing.

@andrewharris7517 9 ай бұрын

Robert Townsend...Nuff Said

@ReedMySole 9 ай бұрын

By any means. We all have 1080p cameras and laptops at our fingertips. Determination.

@above97 9 ай бұрын

Everybody isn’t talented tho. Can’t be having just any and everybody making movies

@localone1597 9 ай бұрын

Townsend is the man! He's definitely one of the most underrated writers/directors ever. The great thing is that his movies and shows always had positive messages.

@AerrinT80 9 ай бұрын

The ending of Hollywood Shuffle is golden. Man, I love that movie.

@sethbrundels 9 ай бұрын

this is low key a master class on independent film making

@phineqx 5 ай бұрын

“if you’re not a man of your word, what good is your signature”. Might’ve been the realest Gem I’ve heard about this game.🔥🔥🔥🔥

@milkgotmoney 9 ай бұрын

I love hearing stories of humble beginnings and just FIGURING IT OUT!! Got a dream, get to it and make it happen!

@ahmedsirour 9 ай бұрын

If ever there was a living embodiment of my former school-Clark Atlanta University's-mantra, "I'll Find a Way or Make One", this story and Robert Townsend is it!

@MrBlkmac11 9 ай бұрын

"Cause Ho3's Got To Eat Too" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 One of THEEE funniest lines EVA!!! Classic, Classic movie. This laid the ground work for I'm Gone Git You Sucka, In Living Color, AlLL his HBO Specials that were hilarious. A true comic genius who doesn't get his flowers🎉🎉

@midnite22767 9 ай бұрын

Hollywood Shuffle is pure genius. I remember how revolutionary and groundbreaking this film was and is. If you enjoy movies or film making, you must watch this film. Robert doesn't get enough credit for making this movie. Thank you Robert!

@LLISA1234 9 ай бұрын

I couldn't begin to state the laughs I have had from this movie from childhood to date... And now having seen this I don't know which one I love more- the movie or the story about how the movie was made. They are both incredible.

@rkms5606 9 ай бұрын

and STILL have on rewatches

@miguelcabral1836 9 ай бұрын

I grew up in this and Partners, in Crime. This was next level. If they had done something, independent of the system, they would have replaced the system but I know they didn’t want to be sacrificed. They did something that cannot be replicated, because that feeling, no longer exists 😢

@stryfetc1471 9 ай бұрын

Old girl face was in shock!....I thought the video froze until I noticed everyone else still moving!....😂

@bobbythespaceghost9934 5 ай бұрын

He's one of my all time favorite people. Legend!

@MrSimZOldSchoolRev 9 ай бұрын

What a classic movie ❤🙏🏾🔥

@Vonslik69 9 ай бұрын

Anne- Marie Johnson was already a working actress in the early 80's? She played Todd Bridges girlfriend on an episode of Diff'rent Strokes in 1984 and she played Ernest Thomas's wife on What's Happening Now in 1985?

@billionaire33 9 ай бұрын

Love that this is on The Roots page.

@chrishubbell3313 9 ай бұрын

As a Black Man of 56yo, I can tell you this movie is SOLID✊🏾 One of the finest films on the Black experience ever produced.🙏🏾 LEGEND.

@1apmorgan 9 ай бұрын

This was Awesome!!! Amaaaaaazing real life story 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🙌🏽❤️ Love it!!

@greengold7440 9 ай бұрын

Good interview. Very revealing and how a man keeps his words and people trusting him

@artistlovepeace 6 ай бұрын

I've watched Hollywood Shuffle at least five times. Such a beautiful and brilliant film.

@GeronFletcher 9 ай бұрын

They should make a movie ABOUT making Hollywood Shuffle

@stevelewis3292 9 ай бұрын

Truly insightful and inspiring.

@carloswright1890 9 ай бұрын

Brother Questlove thank you! Thank you for interviewing The Legend, Robert Townsend. This is very encouraging and enlightening to know that anything is possible!

@apollosungod2819 9 ай бұрын

Robert Townsend is a legend and more so with his story on how he made Hollywood Shuffle at that time. So after he made that movie was when HBO offered him a deal to make a comedy show on HBO which was amazing and just began the all stars of comedy and films that came from Robert Townsend's HBO comedy specials. Plus it is amazing how the then pornographic industry was able to help his film which many people just don't realize how expensive the editing process can become and back then the porn industry was still using film before switching to VHS.

@willieosler9259 9 ай бұрын

Batty Batty lol 🤣🤣 There's a 🦇 in my house! 😂😂, Winkie Dinkie Dawg! Lol,Hoe Cake 😂😂😂, Hollywood Shuffle is a instant Classic!! 🎉❤😂😊😅

@basedlogic9955 2 ай бұрын

This movie actually changed my life.

@TaraGeorge711 5 ай бұрын

Living Legend ❤ Hollywood Shuffle is a part of my childhood

@carllee9479 9 ай бұрын

Eddie and Robert were inspirations!

@DrBigFMC 9 ай бұрын

That English director sounding like Stewie Griffin 😂

@EliteEasyE 9 ай бұрын

Please ask him about BAPs. I never find anything on him talking about the film.

@MykeFord950 9 ай бұрын

Great story!!! Him & Melvin Van Peebles were true black trailblazers

@NinaElizaStratton 9 ай бұрын

Hollywood Shuffle is one of my favorite movies, and I haven't seen it in thirty years! I thought for sure Robert Townshend would be this huge director after that film, and he should have been. I was so naïve back then - I had know idea just how racist Hollywood was and still is.

@theo.n.e.records 9 ай бұрын

For those who don't know what selling your soul means, he just explained it.

@leeinkihei 9 ай бұрын

Can't like this enough thanks for sharing Robert and thanks Q

@youngw1ze 9 ай бұрын

This man is one of my comedy heroes....Eddie Murphy Raw..Hollywood Shuffle and I'm Gonna get you Sucka kicked off the black comedy wave that folks are still riding today...

@jasontaylor2237 9 ай бұрын

AMAZING STORY! it goes to show that if you believe and have a conviction in what you want to do you can do it. Robert is a legend in my book. One thing I would like to know is what happened. It seemed as though blacks were making great progress for a time in hollywood. Robert, the Wayans, Spike amongst others who were do well but it seems as though there is a drought now. Maybe I'm wrong or just out of the loop as I don't really watch TV or movies these days. I did see the Vince Staples have a show on Netflix.

@linpin1843 9 ай бұрын

I thought about Hollywood Shuffle when I saw the movie American Fiction.

@QLSProducer 8 ай бұрын

same...

@BobKnight-mm2ze 9 ай бұрын

I don't think I've seen Townsend really on any podcast...but we can be sure Vlad will try to have him in a few months. The good news is that all these years later one of the guys who played one of the "pimps" from that iconic incident that inspired Townsend to depict it in the movie, now has a youtube channel Zoom to Thailand, brother Richie Mac, after a solid Hollywood career. But so many people got a career jump start because of this movie.

@QLSProducer 8 ай бұрын

We try to get the exclusives. Robert says in the full interview that he does not do podcasts. We are so grateful to have him.

@BobKnight-mm2ze 8 ай бұрын

@@QLSProducerWell that really was a good catch, congratulations.

@QLSProducer 8 ай бұрын

@@BobKnight-mm2ze We're simply grateful to Robert

@wmfsacmedia5806 9 ай бұрын

This is so freaking awesome!!!

@Fishandspaghettishow 9 ай бұрын

West side of Chicago stand up , the Goat ✍🏽✍🏽💪🏽💪🏽🫡🫡

@robertxxxgomez3273 9 ай бұрын

Greates indie comedy of all time

@DLOGKCALB 9 ай бұрын

Com on Donald man gimme a hotdog I'm hungry 😂😂

@dominiqueosorio-davis6781 9 ай бұрын

"What kind of Ho Cake you want, you want wine?".

@dominiqueosorio-davis6781 9 ай бұрын

"Goodbye Maurice...girl"

@rastagideon8236 9 ай бұрын

Love that movie.

@jollygreenjawn84 9 ай бұрын

Nowadays they all sell out Drake Ice Spice Nikki Minaj fantasia Taraji - they all sell out

@Marvin-ut4xs 9 ай бұрын

Classic film from my middle school days

@rayguard9470 9 ай бұрын

Classic!

@2KGrind09 9 ай бұрын

Absolute amazing film. This is also the 1st time I've heard of Kenyon being able to cook 😂

@1105kevin 9 ай бұрын

2024 and I'm just now watching Hollywood shuffle. I tried watching it in the past but could get past the first couple scene, I just didn't like it. But I watched this interview and found it on the roku channel and watched it all the way through for the first time and I laughed 😂 all the way through it, glad I watched it, great message and real funny👍🏾

@QLSProducer 8 ай бұрын

Funny how things have their place and time. Glad you (finally) enjoyed...

@brandonmuse5532 9 ай бұрын

This is inspiring

@PoyTroy 9 ай бұрын

Man I loved this movie. Was way to funny lol

@shaunsmalls536 9 ай бұрын

Legendary!

@hulonthesurvivor5884 9 ай бұрын

This is crucial!!

@hakeimwatts6987 9 ай бұрын

Attack of the street pimps lol

@hakeimwatts6987 9 ай бұрын

"toooooommmmmy"

@JMeez917 9 ай бұрын

he had 60 bands saved in the 80s....sheesh

@TruIsAwesome 9 ай бұрын

Illest story ever told

@Mrletitgo 9 ай бұрын

Who is the woman in this podcast I love her energy

@brovawinston 3 ай бұрын

Im shooting a independent Film in Philly right now, been doin videography since early 2000s, can say for sure to shoot a Film in 12 Days and for it to come out like that is a Feet for the Record Books. Im a Fast director editor myself, we do a few months but 12 Days, 12 Day, SMH Unbelievable

@ctbt1832 9 ай бұрын

Why don’t they let him talk and finish describing what it was about. Why do they have to keep interrupting the guest? Stop that. Where is Shay Shay?

@robertsessoms 9 ай бұрын

Almost every movie the Black man has a gun in his hand

@Brook11223 Ай бұрын

I am already laughing with that convincing English accent Townsend is pulling off in this interview. So is that Street Smart that Robert Townsend was auditioning for which starred Christopher Reeve, Morgan Freeman and Erik King. I wonder if Townsend was auditioning for Erik King's role.

@THAHOMIE_STEVE 4 ай бұрын

History ❤

@hesohit 7 ай бұрын

"there work at the post office" - kevin samuels use to say this all the time, i just found out he got it from this movie, i watch the whole movie today, winky dinky dog.