| Release Date | 2001-05-20 |
|---|---|
| Runtime | 30 minutes |
| Genres | Animation, Comedy |
| Stars | Eddie Murphy, Loretta Devine, Cassi Davis, Pepe Serna, Crystal Scales |
| Directors | Dan Driscoll, Les Firestein, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Eddie Murphy |
The PJs is an American stop-motion animated television series, created by Eddie Murphy, Larry Wilmore, and Steve Tompkins. It portrayed life in an urban public housing project, modeled after the Brewster-Douglass housing projects in Detroit that once housed Diana Ross and Lily Tomlin. The series starred Eddie Murphy, and was produced by Imagine Entertainment by Ron Howard and Brian Grazer, The Murphy Company & Will Vinton Studios in association with Touchstone Television and Warner Bros. Television. The original run of the series debuted on Fox on Sunday, January 10, 1999 in the time slot, following a divisional conference football playoff game. Two days later, the second episode aired in its regular Tuesday night time slot, following King of the Hill.
Calvin is jealous of Juicy knowing more about cars than him.
Sanchez lords over the distribution of victuals after New Year's Eve brings a power outage and food shortage to the Hilton-Jacobs Projects...from TV Guide.
Thurgood makes a deal to place a cigarette advertisement on the side of the Hilton-Jacobs building in exchange for free air-conditioning.
From TV Guide ""Thurgood balks at telling Muriel of Juicy's crush on her, since she thinks all of Juicy's thoughtful presents to her are from her husband.""
From TV Guide ""Would-be bluesmen Thurgood, Walter, Jimmy and Sanchez get stranded in the urban wastelands of the South South Side on the way to the gig of their dreams.""
From TV Guide: Thurgood fears his job is at risk when he discovers a homeless teen-ager living in the boiler room.
From TV Guide: ""To warn Sharique of the dangers of being an entrepreneur in the projects, Thurgood tells her about a cleaning solution he invented, Formula Forty-O Nine, and how a big corporation tried to take advantage of his accidental brilliance.""
From TV Guide: ""Residents of the Hilton-Jacobs Projects are split into two rival tribes--one led by Muriel and one by Thurgood--for a televised competition, Survival: In tha Hood, sponsored by H.U.D.""
From TV Guide: Mrs. Avery's new zest for life after surviving a heart attack leads her to challenge champs Bebe and Jimmy in a local dance contest. Meanwhile, Thurgood refuses to enter the competition with Muriel.
Thurgood gets accepted for a new credit card, but his complete ignorance as to how credit works gets him buried in debt.
This episode was not aired.
Jimmy cashes in on his American Indian ancestry when he opens a casino in the projects.
Thurgood describes his life to a interviewer about life in the projects,while clips from previous episodes are shown.
