Friday: The Animated Series
Friday: The Animated Series is an American adult animated television series based on the Friday film series. The show is directed by Kevin Lofton and is co-produced and co-distributed by New Line Television, a subsidiary of New Line Cinema (the distributors of the Friday movies), MTV2, and Ice Cube's Cube Vision. The series only lasted for 8 episodes.
| Friday: The Animated Series | |
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| Genre | Animated Comedy |
| Created by | Ice Cube |
| Based on | Friday by Ice Cube DJ Pooh |
| Developed by | Jay Dyer |
| Presented by | New Line Television |
| Voices of | Phil LaMarr Khary Payton John DiMaggio Cree Summer Masasa Moyo Beth Payne Kevin Michael Richardson Reno Wilson Chris Edgerly |
| Composer | Jared Faber |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Ice Cube Matt Alvarez Jay Dyer Tony DiSanto Lori Huck |
| Producers | Jim Rosenthal Chris Linn John Hayes |
| Running time | 18-22 minutes (Not including commercials) |
| Production companies | New Line Television Cube Vision MTV Animation |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Television Distribution |
| Release | |
| Original network | MTV2 |
| Original release | June 24 – July 8, 2007 |
Synopsis
Just like the original films setting, the series takes place in a modern South Central Los Angeles and follows the life of Craig Jones, his family, his best friend Smokey and the dilemmas they come across while living in a run-down, crime-ridden neighborhood.
Most of the characters from the films are in the series, but they are not voiced by their respective actors. However, they are voiced by veteran voice actors. Ice Cube, who played Craig Jones in the films, served as the series' executive producer.
Voice Cast
- Khary Payton as Craig Jones
- Phil LaMarr as Smokey and Joann
- John DiMaggio as Willie "Pops" Jones
- Cree Summer as Betty "Mom" Jones, Dana Jones and infant Craig
- Masasa Moyo
- Beth Payne
- Kevin Michael Richardson as Deebo
- Reno Wilson as Ezal
- Chris Edgerly
Episodes
| No. | Title | Original air date | |
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| 1 | "Hardly Working" | June 24, 2007 | |
| Pops kicks Craig out of the house until he gets a job. He is unable to find one and sleeps on the streets where he is arrested for the kidnapping of a white girl. | |||
| 2 | "Notorious T.R.E.E." | June 26, 2007 | |
| Craig and Smokey see the image of a legendary slain rapper in a tree knot and it becomes a neighborhood shrine. But once money gets involved, the guys start a hip-hop feud of their own. | |||
| 3 | "Go With the Flow" | June 28, 2007 | |
| Old pipes cause a massive flood in the neighborhood, forcing everyone to flee to the safety of the R. Kelly Youth Center. Craig and Smokey look for help, but instead find a conspiracy that reaches the highest levels of city government. So they use a local news anchor to publicly expose the problems with the help of their neighbors and Deebo. The mayor having seen the news and fearing repercussions from the governor in not helping his city, decides to pull the lever and drain the flood. | |||
| 4 | "Experience the Happy" | June 30, 2007 | |
| Craig and Willie join the big brother program and are forced to mentor Smokey and Deebo as their "little brothers". When Deebo begins to go soft, the neighborhood starts to fall apart and Craig is needed to teach Deebo what it means to be a neighborhood bully. Meanwhile, Smokey gets Willie in trouble when he sneaks in some marijuana hidden in a bud brownie. | |||
| 5 | "When Craig Met Condi" | July 2, 2007 | |
| Craig has a fling with Condoleezza Rice when she flees the pressure of her office and hides out in the hood. Later, Craig finds out that breaking up with the most powerful woman in the world is hard to do. | |||
| 6 | "The Spirit of 420" | July 4, 2007 | |
| Smokey wants to celebrate his and Craig's favorite holiday, April 20th. Only problem is that Craig got a job working for his Uncle Elroy (whom Willie obviously can't stand) at his successful BBQ restaurant and doesn't want to celebrate anymore. After being disgraced, Smokey is shown his past, present and future in a parody of A Christmas Carol from his future self in order to save Craig from a miserable, unhappy marriage with his gold-digger wife in Rancho Cucamonga. When Smokey comes to and after stopping Ezal from stealing his pants, he tricks Willie into thinking that Elroy bragged about his humiliating endeavors in front of his customers at Bros' BBQ, which leads to a confrontation between the two brothers. Humiliated by both his father's and uncle's behavior, Craig quits his job and returns home to celebrate his favorite holiday with Smokey. | |||
| 7 | "Great Moments in Black History" | July 6, 2007 | |
| Pops is determined to teach Craig and Smokey about some of the little known moments in black history. | |||
| 8 | "Uncle Craig's Cabin'" | July 8, 2007 | |
| In the series finale, Craig and Smokey agree to take over Pop's dog-catching route for a day to try and catch the famed El Diablo. They wind up instead, picking strawberries with immigrants. When Craig and Smokey return from the farm to finish the job, they find El Diablo. In the truck, they discover that El Diablo is a mother trying to raise her pups. Craig and Smokey decide to let her go and give Pops a replacement dog who looks like Diablo herself. | |||
Home release
Image Entertainment released the complete series on DVD in Region 1 on December 8, 2009.[1]
References
- DVD info at Image-Entertainment.com
External links
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