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Homeboys In Outer Space
''Homeboys in Outer Space'' is an American science fiction/fantasy sitcom that aired on UPN from August 27, 1996 to May 13, 1997. The series stars comedian Flex Alexander and Darryl Bell. Plot The plot centered around two astronauts, Tyberius "Ty" Walker (Flex) and Morris Clay (Bell), who flew around the universe in a winged car, nicknamed the "Space Hoopty", in the 23rd century. The duo's car, which was a cross between a lowrider and an 18 wheeler, was piloted by a talking female computer named Loquatia. Cast * Flex as Tyberius "Ty" Walker * Darryl M. Bell as Morris Clay * Rhona Bennett as Loquatia *Kevin Michael Richardson as Vashti *Paulette Braxton as Amma * Michael Colyar as Milky Ray *James Doohan as Pippen Episodes Reception The series was panned by critics. Fredrick L. McKissack, Jr. of ''The Progressive'', in an article on Black-focused television in the 1990s, described the show as "''Star Trek'' meets ''Amos 'n' Andy ''Amos 'n' Andy'' was an American radi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantasy Television
Fantasy television is a genre of television programming featuring elements of the Fantastique, fantastic, often including Magic (paranormal), magic, supernatural forces, or exotic fantasy worlds. Fantasy television programs are often based on tales from mythology and folklore, or are adapted from Fantasy, fantasy stories in other media. The boundaries of fantasy television often overlap with science fiction and horror fiction, horror but also realistic fiction. Genre and subgenres Similar to the difficulty faced by scholars of fantasy film, classifying a television program as fantasy can be somewhat problematic given the fluid boundaries of the genre. Not all programs with fantastic elements may qualify as fantasy. Children's programs in particular often feature fantastic elements that do not qualify the program as fantasy, such as the giant talking avian Big Bird of the popular PBS series ''Sesame Street''. Nevertheless, some critics classify certain children's programs that feat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhona Bennett
Rhona Bennett, also known as Miss R&B, is an American singer and actress best known for her recurring role as Nicole on ''The Jamie Foxx Show''. She is currently a member of the R&B group En Vogue. Bennett began her career doing voiceovers and industrial films before moving into professional theatre and television. Before joining the cast of ''The Jamie Foxx Show'', Bennett was a castmember of the Disney Channel's variety show ''The All New Mickey Mouse Club''. She also appeared as Loquatia on the short-lived UPN television sitcom ''Homeboys in Outer Space'' during the 1996–97 season. Career 1991–1999: ''The All New Mickey Mouse Club'' and television roles Bennett started in music at age 11 with ETA Creative Arts Theater, and sang "Christmas Melody" in Goodman Theater. In 1991, she became a Mouseketeer on Disney Channel's revival of ''The Mickey Mouse Club''. She was also part of a spin-off dramedy called ''Emerald Cove'' on the Disney Channel. After the show was cance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 American Television Series Endings
Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 16 – Murder of Ennis Cosby: Near Interstate 405 (California) on a Los Angeles freeway, Bill Cosby's son Ennis is shot in the head in a failed robbery attempt. * January 17 – A Delta II rocket carrying a military GPS payload explodes, shortly after liftoff from Cape Canaveral. * January 18 – In northwest Rwanda, Hutu militia members kill 6 Spanish aid workers and three soldiers, and seriously wound another. * January 19 – Yasser Arafat returns to Hebron after more than 30 years, and joins celebrations over the handover of the last Israeli-controlled West Bank city. (→ Hebron Agreement) * January 23 – Madeleine Albright becomes the first female Secretary of State of the United States, after confirmation by the United States Senate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 American Television Series Debuts
1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane 1996 Air Africa crash, crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kinshasa, killing around 300 people. * January 9–January 20, 20 – Serious fighting breaks out between Russian soldiers and rebel fighters in Chechnya. * January 11 – Ryutaro Hashimoto, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), Liberal Democratic Party, becomes Prime Minister of Japan. * January 13 – Prime Minister of Italy, Italy's Prime Minister, Lamberto Dini, resigns after the failure of all-party talks to confirm him. New talks are initiated by President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro to form a new government. * January 14 – Jorge Sampaio is elected President of Portugal. * January 16 – President of Sierra Leone Valentine Strasser is deposed by the chief of defence, Julius Maada Bio. B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amos 'n' Andy
''Amos 'n' Andy'' was an American radio sitcom about black characters, initially set in Chicago then later in the Harlem section of New York City. While the show had a brief life on 1950s television with black actors, the 1928 to 1960 radio show was created, written and voiced by two white actors, Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll, who played Amos Jones (Gosden), Andrew Hogg Brown (Correll), and George "Kingfish" Stevens (Gosden) as well as incidental characters. On television from 1951 to 1953, black actors took over the majority of the roles; white characters were infrequent. ''Amos 'n' Andy'' began as one of the first radio comedy series and originated from station WMAQ in Chicago. After the first broadcast in 1928, the show became a hugely popular series, first on NBC Radio and later on CBS Radio and Television. Later episodes were broadcast from the El Mirador Hotel in Palm Springs, California.here for Table of Contents The show ran as a nightly radio serial (1928� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Trek
''Star Trek'' is an American science fiction media franchise created by Gene Roddenberry, which began with the Star Trek: The Original Series, series of the same name and became a worldwide Popular culture, pop-culture Cultural influence of Star Trek, phenomenon. Since its creation, the franchise has expanded into List of Star Trek films, various films, List of Star Trek television series, television series, List of Star Trek games, video games, List of Star Trek novels, novels, and Star Trek (comics), comic books, and it has become one of the most recognizable and List of highest-grossing media franchises, highest-grossing media franchises of all time. The franchise began with ''Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek'' (''The Original Series''), which premiered on September 6, 1966, on Canada's CTV Television Network, CTV network. In the US it debuted on September 8, 1966, on NBC. The series followed the voyages of the crew of the Starship Enterprise, starship USS ''Ent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernie Kukoff
Bernie Kukoff is an American television director, producer and writer. He has produced and written for the television series '' Operation Petticoat'', '' A Touch of Grace'', ''The Cosby Show'', '' Thea'', '' Detective School'' and ''Diff'rent Strokes'', creating the latter two series with Jeff Harris. He also created the NBC series '' Rags to Riches''. Kukoff and Harris (with Harry Colomby and Norman Steinberg) also co-scripted the 1984 film '' Johnny Dangerously'' with Harris. The film starred Michael Keaton and was directed by Amy Heckerling Amy Heckerling (born May 7, 1954) is an American writer, producer, and director. Heckerling started out her career after graduating from New York University Tisch School of the Arts, New York University and entering the American Film Institute, .... From 1996 to 2007, Kukoff produced a number of stage productions. References External links * American male screenwriters American television directors American television pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Martin (writer)
Jeff Martin (born ) is an American television producer and television writer, writer. Biography Martin attended Harvard University, where he wrote for ''Harvard Lampoon, The Harvard Lampoon''. He wrote for ''Late Night with David Letterman'' during the 1980s before joining ''The Simpsons'' during the second, third, fourth and fifth seasons. He left, along with most of the original staff, in 1993 and returned over 20 years later to write for seasons 27 and 28. Martin has also written for ''Listen Up (TV series), Listen Up'', ''Baby Blues (US TV series), Baby Blues,'' and ''Homeboys in Outer Space''. Martin is married to fellow television producer and writer Suzanne Martin. - ''The New York Times'', Published: February 16, 1986 Writing credit ...
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Michael Price (writer)
Michael Price (born October 22, 1958) is an American writer and producer, best known for his Emmy and Writers Guild award-winning work on ''The Simpsons''. Price is a writer and co-executive producer of the ABC series '' Teacher's Pet''. He served as a script consultant on ''The Simpsons Movie'' and wrote the Lego Star Wars special, '' ''Lego Star Wars: The Padawan Menace''''. He works at Lucasfilm writing and producing Lego Star Wars Franchise. Other television shows he has written for include '' What About Joan?'', '' The PJs'', '' Teen Angel'', ''Homeboys in Outer Space'', '' The Newz'' and ''One Minute to Air''. Price co-wrote and co-produced the Bill Burr series '' F Is for Family'' in 2015 on Netflix. The show is an animated sitcom, and draws from Burr's standup. He grew up in South Plainfield, New Jersey, and attended Montclair State University, where he earned a B.A. degree in Theatre Arts, and Tulane University, where he earned a Master of Fine Arts A Master of F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Shipley (screenwriter)
Michael Shipley is a television writer and producer whose credits include ''Family Guy'', ''My Name Is Earl'', ''American Dad!'', ''Andy Richter Controls the Universe'', '' Better Off Ted'' and others. He is currently an executive producer on '' Last Man Standing'' with Tim Allen on Fox. Shipley and Eva Longoria recently made thirteen episodes of the animated show, '' Mother Up!'', for Hulu’s new original programming division. Background Shipley grew up in the beachside town of Santa Cruz, California, the son of William F. Shipley, a UC Berkeley/Santa Cruz linguistics professor who specialized in Native American languages, and a psychiatrist mother. He attended Santa Cruz High School, then the University of California, Santa Cruz for college. Following a post-college relocation to Los Angeles, Michael wrote, performed and directed with several sketch comedy groups including ''Fun with Weasels'' and ''3 Guys in Raincoats''. As a teenager, Michael performed community theater ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Bernstein
Jim Bernstein is an American screenwriter and producer. He is co-creator and executive producer of the Disney XD series ''Mighty Med''. He is a graduate of the USC School of Cinematic Arts and has been nominated for three Emmy awards. In 2021, he won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing Team for a Daytime Animated Program for Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe. Writer *''Homeboys in Outer Space'' TV Series (1996) (staff writer) *'' Big Wolf on Campus'' TV Series (1999–2000) (staff writer) *''Family Guy'' TV Series (1999–2002) (story editor) *'' The Trouble With Normal'' TV Series (2000) (story editor) *''Off Centre'' TV Series (2001) (consultant) *''Oliver Beene'' TV Series (2003) (supervising producer) *''Andy Richter Controls the Universe'' TV Series (2002–2004) (producer) *''Quintuplets'' (2004) TV Series (supervising producer) *''American Dad!'' (2005) TV Series (co-executive producer)—Emmy Nomination *''Shane'' (2007) TV Pilot (co-creator) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerry Cohen
Gerry Cohen is an American television and theatre director. He began his career as a stage manager and associate director on the television series '' Fridays'', ''The Golden Girls'', ''Who's the Boss?'' and '' Married... with Children'', making his network directorial debut on the latter series. He eventually directed 156 of the show's 262 episodes. His other television credits include ''The Drew Carey Show'', ''Unhappily Ever After'', '' Nikki'', ''The Norm Show'', ''George Lopez'', '' Still Standing'', '' Freddie'', ''Anger Management'', ''The Carmichael Show ''The Carmichael Show'' is an American sitcom television series created by Nicholas Stoller, Jerrod Carmichael, Ari Katcher, and Willie Hunter that aired on NBC from August 26, 2015 until August 9, 2017. Starring Carmichael, it follows a fiction ...'', and a number of other series. References External links * American television directors Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth miss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
