Why 'Williams'?


The show is called "The Wayans Brothers" so why are they named "Williams?"
By the way - this show is crap.

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It's pretty obvious why it's called the Wayans Bros stop being an idiot.

"I'm a Shotta by blood no relation"

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It's a good show. If you want to complain about their last name being different on the show then look at every show. "Andy Griffith" was "Andy Taylor" on the "Andy Griffith Show". Lucille Ball was "Lucy Ricardo" on "I Love Lucy".

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you got a good point there....

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I just started watching this and I was very surprised their last name was Williams.

sure their name is Wayans in real life, but not on the show. it's not a reality show so why do they do that?

can't they use their real name for the shows, is it cause they are characters? cause their names are Shawn and Marlon on the show.

same thing with the Jamie Foxx Show, on the show he is called Jamie King.

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I think you're half right.

I don't know all the particulars but, I believe, if you use their real name, like Jerry Seinfeld, you have to compensate that actor differently than if they were playing a different character.

It's not that you can't do it. It's that they choose to not do it.

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Thanks for explaining

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