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Blocc Party: An Insecure Podcast

8: Issa & Prentice Talk Mt. Rushmore of Black TV, Y2K Reality Shows & First TV Crushes

7/1/202659 min

This week, Issa and Prentice go inside the Black TV canon that shaped their personal lives – and the first season of Insecure. The two talk about childhood crushes on Kim Fields and Kadeem Hardison, paying homage to Black writing trees, Moesha’s influence on the Insecure writers’ room, the Flavor of Flav episode that birthed Issa’s villain origin story, and developing memorable main character energy. From The Jeffersons to Martin to the Real Housewives of Atlanta, Issa and Prentice celebrate the shows that paved the way for Insecure and a new generation of Black television.

This episode is presented by Gatorade Lower Sugar.

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Clips

First To Get Cancelled
Achilles Dick Debate
Reality TV Gone Too Far
Defining A Black Show
Write Leads Differently
Post-Obama TV Shift

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Speaker 10:00

    [upbeat music] Pepsi Prebiotic Cola in Original and Cherry Vanilla. [can opening] That Pepsi taste you love with no artificial sweeteners, only 30 calories, just five grams of sugar, and three grams of prebiotic fiber. [slurping] Ah. That great Pepsi taste with even more to love. Pepsi Prebiotic Cola, unbelievably Pepsi.

  2. Speaker 20:29

    [upbeat music] Welcome back to Uh Yeah, That's a Pepper Thing. [camera clicking] First up we've got Harrison wrapping his Dr Pepper in a tiny quilt so it feels at home. Aw. Oh, how tender. That's a Pepper thing. And over to Becca who's whispering affirmations to her can.

  3. Speaker 30:45

    You're sweet. You're unique. You're the best thing I ever poured over ice.

  4. Speaker 20:48

    She swears it makes it taste better. It's not a science thing, but it's a Pepper thing. Why do they all do it? All for that sweet, delicious, truly one-of-a-kind taste of Dr Pepper. It's a Pepper thing.

  5. Issa Rae· Host0:59

    [upbeat music] Hey, you made it. Welcome to another episode of Block Party. I'm Issa Rae.

  6. Prentice Penny· Host1:09

    And I'm Prentice Penny, and before we get into everything, we gotta address, uh, the response we got from you dropping about Achilles' dick, uh, in episode four.

  7. Issa Rae· Host1:21

    Apparently I'm a snitch.

  8. Prentice Penny· Host1:22

    So, yeah. If people don't know, Issa made a comment that the best dick in your life is usually not the dick you end up with, correct?

  9. Issa Rae· Host1:29

    Yeah.

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