TV Buff

I’ve always found Chris Rock funny. Watched the premiere of his new show Everybody Hates Chris via Google Video. (An earlier post here.)

By now, you’ve probably heard that this is a Wonder Years type of show but with a pre-teen Chris in 1982 Brooklyn. Rock does the Kevin Arnold bit, narrating the show. Instead of the turbulent ’60s, Chris goes to Junior High in an Italian neighborhood where he is the only black kid. He has to deal being the eldest of three children, a younger brother who’s taller than him and the yougest girl who’s determined to get him into trouble. They have a mom who has a lot of words for whoopin’ ass (”I will slap your name out of the phone book and call Ma Bell to tell her I did it.”) and a dad who knows exactly how much is wasted on everything. (”That’s 49 cents worth of spilt milk drippin’ all over my table. Somebody’s gonna drink this milk.”)

The cast is great and props to whoever is responsible for casting Tyler James Williams in the lead plus Terry Crews (The Longest Yard) and Tichina Arnold (Big Momma’s House) as the parents.

For the premiere, the use of Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney’s Ebony and Ivory during the fight scene had me laughing out loud! Can’t wait for the next episodes! No wonder this is trouncing NBC’s flagging Joey.

Everybody hates Chris airs on UPN, Thursdays 8pm et/pt.