This 1989 Paramount Pictures production features "African-American" icons, whose worldwide influence is UNmeasurable!
This line-up includes Eddie Murphy, which this series has centered on; Redd Foxx, whose filthy standup comedy helped "pave the way" for others of his ilk; Richard Pryor, whose fame & fortune was just as substantial as his drug addiction, which ate up his face in a fire; Arsenio Hall, who made barking like a dog, especially for black males, a popular culture; Stan Shaw whose been in a number of films as the ignorant but happy to go along with black man trope; the intriguing Della Reese, a jazz singer turned actress in the 60's who became a female minister in the 80's; Jasmine Guy, who for some reason was casted a lot back in the day, even though some might say she had a bit of a butch personification; the seductively attractive Lela Rochon, etc.