Charlie Murphy's Crash Comedy

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Charlie Murphy's Crash Comedy
Genre Sketch comedy
Created by Charlie Murphy
Directed byLance Rivera
Starring Charlie Murphy
Donnell Rawlings
Freez Luv
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes13
Production
Executive producers Charlie Murphy
Richard Murphy
Lance Rivera
Running time4 to 5 minutes
Release
Original network crackle.com
Original releaseMarch 16 (2009-03-16) 
June 12, 2009 (2009-06-12)

Charlie Murphy's Crash Comedy is a web sketch comedy series of four-to-five-minute episodes, created by Charlie Murphy and consisting of sketches, parodies and infomercials. [1] Crash Comedy is a production of Iron Weeds Productions and is distributed by Sony Pictures Television. Co-starring with Murphy are Donnell Rawlings and Freez Luv. The series premiered on March 16, 2009, on the streaming platform Crackle, with new episodes uploaded each Friday until June 12.

Contents

History

Murphy became well known as a comedian after appearing on Chappelle's Show (with his Crash Comedy co-star Donnell Rawlings). One of his sketches, "Charlie Murphy's True Hollywood Stories" involved him telling and acting out stories involving various celebrities. [2] Since Chappelle's Show ended in 2006, Murphy felt like no other sketch show was filling the void that was left by the show's exit. He believed Crash Comedy would, saying it's "sketch comedy without restrictions." [3]

Cast

Episodes

Season 1

TitleOriginal Airdate#
"Charlie & Lil Wayne"March 20, 20091
Murphy interviews "Lil Wayne," played by Jay Pharoah.
"Hood Hold Hairspray"March 27, 20092
The character Billy Mayz introduces Hood Hold Hairspray.
"Airline Security in 20 Years"April 3, 20093
Donnell Rawlings stars in this sketch about the disturbing future of airport security.

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References

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