The three-minute official “Listen & Laugh” trailer previews a show that puts the two longtime friends in conversations about music, movies, comedy and sports.
The announced “Listen & Laugh” schedule called for new episodes on Fridays at 6 P.M. Eastern and 3 P.M. Pacific, with full conversations on YouTube and audio through podcast platforms. A full-episode premiere date had not been announced. The teased guests included Dr. Dre, T.I., The Game, Regina King, Bill Burr, Stephen A. Smith and Lil Dicky, along with Cedric the Entertainer, Dana White, Michael Blackson, Funny Marco and O’Shea Jackson Jr. During Dre’s appearance, Epps turned the producer’s work with Eminem into a joke. Guests also used Cube’s gangster-rap image as material, and Epps set up another exchange by identifying the set as the original “Friday” porch. Cube corrected him.
Cube and Epps played Craig Jones and Day-Day in “Next Friday” in 2000, then reunited for “Friday After Next” in 2002. The podcast gave the pair another chance to collaborate as “Last Friday” moved toward production. They submitted the movie’s script in July, and Lawrence Lamont, who directed Keke Palmer and SZA in “One Of Them Days,” was named its director in October. California also selected the film for production tax credits on October 7, with Cube identified as its star, writer and producer.