vs. Black Cobra 3 (Redux) - Ep. 317

Black Cobra 3

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208: Black Cobra 2

The B-Raters vs. Black Cobra 2

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208: Black Cobra 2 Teaser

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Fred Williamson

Fred "The Hammer" Williamson

Fred "The Hammer" Williamson is probably best known for his role on that one episode of Murder She Wrote, but he appeared in other cinematic works along the way. 

In fact, Williamson has appeared in numerous B-movies, including several Black Cobra installments, Quentin Tarantino's From Dusk to Dawn, Children of the Corn 5, and many more.

Williamson is a former professional American Football player who took to the screen naturally.  His martial arts skills and large stature made him a shoo-in for lead roles in action and exploitation films.

  Fred Williamson's earliest TV work lead to a slew of roles in Blaxploitation movies throughout the 1970s, including Black Caesar and Boss Nigger.  While these roles cemented him as a solid lead in film, it also typecast him somewhat. In 1974, he opened Po' Boy Productions, which has made over 40 titles since it was founded.

Even today, Fred Williamson remains one of the most prolific, and in demand, black actors in Hollywood.  A reboot of Black Cobra is rumored and Williamson has no fewer than 10 projects either in the works or already completed and awaiting release (according to IMdB) at the time of this writing.

Interestingly, Fred Williamson is a trained Architect.  He appeared in Playgirl in 1973... which is how "The Hammer" got his nickname.

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vs. Black Cobra 3

Heeey, Fred.

This Saturday around 9:30pm CDT, The B-Raters take on Fred Williamson in Black Cobra 3.

Long-time viewers will know we manhandled the original Black Cobra a few months back.  Unfortunately, there was a lot of racial strife online as well as IRL in Missouri at that time, so we tried to be sensitive to a shitload of people we don't know to hopefully avoid their wrath.

We failed at that task, but we hope everyone knows that we're only here to provide a little fun and humor, not get political and stuff (despite the cracks we sometimes make regarding such things).

While there is still too much racial, political, religious, and international strife, we are intent on being sensitive to others' feelings and shit.

This Saturday around 9:30pm, CDT, on The B-Raters vs. Black Cobra 3, we are going to keep it classy as a motherfucker.

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