Keenen Ivory Wayans: “I Want to Do Stand-up Again”

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Keenen Ivory Wayans, a visionary trailblazer in comedy and professional springboard for his siblings, helped change what America finds funny.

The director, writer and producer is responsible for creating the groundbreaking sketch comedy TV show In Living Color and the films I’m Gonna Git You Sucka and the first two installments of the Scary Movie franchise. The 55-year old eldest brother of Damon, Kim, Marlon and Sean is now back on the small screen as a guest actor on TV Land’s sitcom Happily Divorced, which stars Tichina Arnold (check your local listings).

BET.com chatted with Wayans about his plans to return to stand-up along with another comedy legend — Eddie Murphy — and why In Living Color 2.0 has been shelved indefinitely.

That's an interesting take on his work. What upcoming projects do you have planned?
Actually, Eddie and I talked after the special about doing stand-up again. So that’s something that I want to do. Continue that conversation with him and kind of egg him on. I’m definitely going to do it.

You and Eddie Murphy are going to do stand-up concerts?
Not together, but it will be like both of us getting on stage again to have fun. We want to get our smiles back and reignite that spark. Stand-up is a really fun medium to play in and keeps you sharp and funny. And if you’re not doing it because you’ve got to make money, it’s a really great creative form. For he and I both, I just think it would be something really fun to do at this stage in our careers and see what comes out of it.

That would be a major comedy event. Eddie hasn’t done stand-up in 26 years. Will you have to persuade him to do it?
No, Eddie’s ready. We said we’re going to give ourselves two months to write, get back in touch and see if we’re serious or not. My brothers and I have been talking about doing a Wayans Brothers tour that would be me, Damon, Sean and Marlon. If I were to do it, that would be my agenda. With Eddie, if he wanted to do his next concert movie I would love to be there as a friend and be a sounding board to help him put it together. Whatever creatively we decide to do, it will be a fun conversation.

Wow, so when can audiences expect the stand-up return of Eddie Murphy and Keenen Ivory Wayans?
Now, if either Eddie or me really got serious, nothing would happen for at least a year. [Laughs] Nobody would want to film anything that we come up with in two months.