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A college professor copes with contemporary fatherhood.A college professor copes with contemporary fatherhood.A college professor copes with contemporary fatherhood.
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An obvious WB version of The Cosby Show, except this show spent too much time preaching about cliché morals that have been told a thousand times on shows like Full House and The Cosby Show. Too many morals and not enough comedy. The parents are unlikeable (the mother is a snob and the father is too uptight) and the children are unlikeable too. Since the family members spent too much time getting into the typical trouble that leads to that big moral speech at the end, they didn't have enough time to be funny so they added flat boring neighbors to make the show bearable. TV shows like this didn't last because at the end of the day, we watch TV to be entertained, not to be preached to. And though family shows such as The Cosby Show and Full House preached, they were still charming at the same time.
Robert Townsend, for some reason, felt the need to make a show that would uplift, present a positive model of a modern African-American family, etc, etc. Kind of a slightly more modern, slightly less establishment "Cosby Show." To this he added a few of his more anarchic comedy touches, like a couple of silly friends and brief fantasy sequences. Unfortunately, the writing and acting were often terrible, especially the actors playing the younger children. In later years, especially after older son Michael (Kenny Blank) left the show and troubled youth TK was taken in by the family after he mugged Geri, the show became dreadfully earnest, delving into "important issues" and sledgehammering the viewer with pathos. Any residual charm was gone after a year or two, and the fantasy sequences (the only unique element of the show) never rose above silly; every attempt at "hipness" and "street cred" failed miserably too. All involved deserve points for effort, but the show is often almost painful to watch.
This is the most untalented cast of characters I've ever seen! Nobody on this show could act, especially Kenny Blank who was eventually taken off the show. And what was especially annoying was Robert when we would go into his day-dreaming. Complete garbage!
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The first few episode the comedy was a bit meh but it got better as it went along. The messages tho hit home and its better than alot of sit coms now a days. I love the cutaways.
At first I rated it low bc it wasnt what i remembered but as I watch it I enjoyed it.
So happy HBO max brought my childhood back. I watched this in Trinidad.
At first I rated it low bc it wasnt what i remembered but as I watch it I enjoyed it.
So happy HBO max brought my childhood back. I watched this in Trinidad.
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- TriviaThe show's original title was "Father Knows Nothing."
- ConnectionsReferenced in TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004)
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