In this edition, King's guest is comedian/filmmaker Robert Townsend, who discusses the following topics, among others: the term "black filmmaker"; Townsend's childhood and comedic influences while growing up in Chicago; how his uncanny impersonating skills were developed and discovered; his stint with the Chicago Theater Company; a clip of his stand-up routines from his special "Robert Townsend and His Partners in Crime III"; what he learned about improvisational acting while working at Second City Theater; how he developed his stand-up act; acting in the Norman Jewison film, "A Soldier's Story"; a clip from his 1987 film "Hollywood Shuffle" of the protagonist Bobby Taylor accepting the Academy Award for the fictional film "Rambro: First Young Blood"; how he financed "Hollywood Shuffle"; a clip from his new film "The Five Heartbeats"; and Townsend's future plans.