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I never watched this show during it's original run and thank god I didn't. I been watching reruns on MTV2, and god this show was an unfunny annoying piece of crap. Basically this show tried to be a modern day Cosby Show and it failed!This show is not funny, it's irritating. The 10/10 ratings on here a joke!
I never found Damon Wayans funny. This was not the role for him. He isn't convincing as the "dopey dad." He also seems too mean spirited and heartless to his family. Damon just seems to be doing these bad Cosby impressions.
Tisha Campbell as Jay is so annoying. If I have to hear her screech "MICHAEL" one more time.... Her character Jay is the typical nagging bitchy wife. Tisha was much more likable on Martin and played a better character.
George O. Gore III is a terrible actor. One of the worst actors ever! No surprise his career ended after this show went off the air. His character Junior is the biggest idiot in the world. Dude needs to fix his teeth, they are so distracting. Junior having sex with his girlfriend and then getting pregnant was one of the many jump the shark moments. Junior as a young father wasn't believable at all.
Claire was played by Jazz Raycole in the first season. Who was in charge of the casting? You got two light skin parents and a dark skin daughter. She didn't fit in the show and Raycole came off too prissy valley girl and her high squeaky voice was annoying. She was a lousy actress too. She always sounded like she read off cue cards. Claire in season 2 was replaced by biracial actress Jennifer Freeman. If the casting directors knew that they wanted Claire's character to involve "beautiful teenage daughter" themes they should have cast accordingly from the get go. Claire's personality completely changed. She went from a whiny prissy to stuck up slutty idiot. And Jennifer Freeman is the definition of no talent. Girl couldn't act her way out of a paper bag. Just a pretty face.
Parker Mckenna Posey as Kady was clearly cast because she was cute. She couldn't act. Once Posey lost her cuteness and started her awkward phase around Season 3 the producers pulled a Cousin Oliver and brought the nightmare that was Franklin....
This already bad show came to a cringing halt whenever this awful Franklin kid shows up, for an average of one scene per episode. They must have brought in a special terrible writer for the Franklin bits. FIRST, mining humor from a precocious kid who speaks the lines of a genius adult was already a trite idea in 1955. SECOND, the second track of humor here -- Franklin and Kady's "romance" is not just unfunny but downright creepy. Having two 7 or 8 year old speaking adult words of endearment and planning their marriage, not just as a throwaway but as an incessant running gag, cringe! Also, Noah Cablle Gray who plays Franklin can't act! The what he forces himself to laugh at his own jokes is painful. His character is too overly precious and cutesy. He's worst than Olivia from the Cosby Show. The show really jumped the shark when he came on. They might as well called it The Franklin Show later on because he became featured more than the actual family kids.
Then there was Claire and Junior's boyfriends and girlfriends Tony and Vanessa. Tony like all the guys on this show an idiot and Vanessa was boring. And Vanessa was re-cast just like Claire. She was originally played by Megan Good, then replaced by Brooklyn Sudano. Another dark skin to light skin change. This show obviously has something against dark skin actresses. All the girls on this show are light skin. I'm sure the replacements are an insult to every day black teen girls who are already made to feel that if your complexion is not high yellow and your hair is not long and silky that you are not beautiful. Smh...
The bloopers at the end credits always annoyed because came off as forced. Also, the Uhh.....Nuhhh running catch phrase was super lame and annoying. The birth of Juniors' son with everybody screaming like monkeys to me was the last straw.
Overall, this show stunk! Poor writing, obnoxious unlikable characters, bad acting, stupid plots. It jumped the shark way too many times, Franklin, The Japanese restaurant, Junior's girlfriend is pregnant, Vacation (Hawaii), re-casting actresses. One of my least favorite black sitcoms. Crappy unfunny show.
score 1/10
wildwetwacky 10 March 2017
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