The Interview

### Writer

David Ragin, Cortez Andre, DK Williams, Johnny Docs, Demonte Thompson, Alyssa Crawley

### Director

David Ragin, Cortez Andre, DK Williams, Johnny Docs, Demonte Thompson, Alyssa Crawley

***The Interview*** is the first episode of the first season of *Cyberstars*, as well as the series premiere of the series. It was both written and directed by the members of *Cyberstars*. It was released December 18, 2015 on YouTube.

## Synopsis

Aspiring reporter Kutha’Panther Vandross interviews David Ragin, Cortez Andre, Johnny Docs, DK Williams, Demonte Thompson, Christian Parker (sort of) and Alyssa Crawley about their upcoming project *Cyberstars*.

### Plot

Kutha'Panther Vandross, an aspiring up-and-coming reporter visits the *Cyberstars HQ* (a.k.a. David's house) to interview David, Alyssa, Johnny, DK, Demonte, Christian and Cortez, Morgan Freeman, Elmo, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Meatwad, Some Crazy Guy, Big Willy, Old Man Josh, Clyde "Mothersucker" Jones, Mario, and President Barack Obama about their upcoming comedy series *Cyberstars*. She asks them various questions, such as "what is *Cyberstars*?", "When did you start acting?", "Did you do good in school?", "What is your title in *Cyberstars*?", "Where did the name '*Cyberstars*' come from?" and "When is *Cyberstars* coming out?"

However, the interview is only moderately successful because of the *Cyberstars* members: while David answers the questions truthfully and professionally, Alyssa is very aggressive and irritable with the interviewer, DK answers all the questions with sarcasm and a lack-of-knowledge, Demonte gets other members to answer for him and spontaneously breaks out in dancing, Christian doesn't show up at all, Cortez constantly switches between impressions and barely answers anything, and Johnny constantly tries to plug his mixtape *T.K.O. (The Knockin' Opportunity)*, which eventually makes Kutha'Panther Vandross quit the interview. Despite the issues, David is able to announce that *Cyberstars* will be coming to YouTube in 2016, and a trailer and cast introduction video ends the skit.

## Cast

### *Cyberstars* Cast

* David Ragin as David
* Johnny Docs as Johnny
* DK Williams as DK
* Demonte Thompson as Demonte
* Alyssa Crawley as Alyssa
* Cortez Andre as Cortez

### Featured Cast

* Kenyatta Francisco as Kutha'Panther Vandross

## Trivia

* First Appearance of David, Alyssa, Johnny, DK, Demonte and Cortez.
* Everything in the skit, except for the interview questions and David's responses are completely improvised by the cast.
* Despite being the first episode listed, *The Interview* was actually filmed around the same time as *Love Sucks*, but released as the inaugural *Cyberstars* sketch.
	+ As a result, Christian Parker doesn't appear in the episode due to leaving the group prior to its filming.
	+ The first *Cyberstars* skit released was actually *Codename: Kids Next Door - Next Generation*, which was released on Facebook two months before *The Interview*.

* This is the first appearance of Kenyatta Francisco in a *Cyberstars* sketch. She would go on to appear in *Blind Date* as Cole's ex-girlfriend and *Love Sucks* as Peaches.
* Cortez multiple impressions, including Morgan Freeman, Elmo, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Meatwad, Mario, and Barack Obama.
	+ "Old Man Josh" is actually a role that Cortez played in a CASOE production.
	+ "Clyde 'Mothersucker' Jones" is a parody of various blaxploitation characters.

* DK reveals that he joined *Cyberstars* simply because David asked him if he wanted to. This is *actually* the reason why DK Williams joined Cyberstars in real life.
* Johnny's mixtape, *T.K.O. (The Knockin' Opportunity)* was actually the title of a mixtape that Johnny Docs was working on. For some reason, it was never released.
* Demonte only has one line in the entire skit: "Ask again."
* It is revealed by DK that David's original title in *Cyberstars* was "The Asshole" before he changed it himself to "The Initiator".
* The dance Cortez does with Demonte is the same dance he does in *Love Sucks*.
* David (technically) breaks the fourth wall at end, telling the audience to "be on the lookout for *Cyberstars* in 2016".

#### Cultural References

* Kutha'Panther Vandross's name is an parody of Kunta Kinte, Black Panther and Luther Vandross.
	+ The name was made up on the spot by both Kenyatta Francisco and Johnny Docs.

* DK references both Donkey Kong and Nintendo when introducing himself.
* The song Demonte dances to is "Pony" by Ginuwine.
* When Cortez (as Obama) says that "[n-words] wanna pop off and talk junk", it is a reference to when President Barack Obama said a similar thing in a press conference in 2015.
* The song playing during the end trailer is "Rising Star" by Lil Ray Ragin.

#### Goofs

* President Barack Obama's name is misspelled as "*Barrack* Obama".
* Despite having most of the profanity censored, when DK says "asshole", "smartass" and "dumbass", and Alyssa says "shit" and "ass" , it isn't bleeped out.

## External Links

* *YouTube Episode Link*
* *IMDb Page Link*