13 Things You Didn't Know About TV Show 'Martin'

The most characters he played on one episode is 6: himself, Roscoe, Otis, Sheneneh, Mama Payne, and Jerome.

Overall, he played 10 characters: Mama Payne, Sheneneh, Jerome, Roscoe, Bob From Marketing, Dragonfly Jones, Elroy Preston, King Beef, AND Otis

Martin was Actually filmed in Detroit while most shows were filmed in LA

Gina is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Wonder how she feels about VH1.

Gina and Pam were together in the movie ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ and have been working together since.

There are rumors of Martin Lawrence and Tisha Campbell having an affair off-screen that led to jealousy when she got married. Which then led to their rift and sexual assault charges.

Martin, Gina and Pam were all in House Party, which is why Kid was on one of the early episodes.

Cole look familiar? That’s the because he was Theo’s friend Cockroach on The Cosby Show.

This show is credited with the invention of the phrase “talk to the hand.”

Tisha Campbell also was on A Different World as a woman who was HIV positive

Martin sang two Jodeci songs over the course of the show.

The infamous Tommy Hearns episode is familiar to Martin as he was a real-life amateur boxer as a teen.

Hustle Man was the birth of Tracy Morgan’s career and he credits Martin with his role in it.

And here are a few bonus facts!

Mama Payne’s actual first name was Edna. Don’t sleep on Edna’s biscuits.

In the horrible season 5, Sheneneh was the only character Martin played who ended up appearing. And only her voice was heard.

Bruh Man was actually a college football star, part of the infamous SMU team that got punished with the death penalty. Then he transferred and caught the acting bug.