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The PJs
1999 - 2001 6.8 (42 votes) 3 Seasons
Genres
Animation Comedy
Networks
FOX
The WB
Created By
Larry Wilmore
Eddie Murphy
Steve Tompkins

The PJs

Overview

Thurgood Stubbs lives with his wife, Muriel, in the Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs housing project, where he is the superintendent. This animated comedy follows the adventures of the Subbs and their friends, while taking a satirical view of the ups and downs of life in a big-city housing project.

Key Crew

Producer: J. Michael Mendel, Mike Reiss, Michael Price, David Flebotte, David Bleiman Ichioka, Donald R. Beck, Mary Sandell, Les Firestein, Al Jean, Bill Freiberger

Writer: Les Firestein

Top Cast

Eddie Murphy
Eddie Murphy

Thurgood Stubbs (voice)

Loretta Devine
Loretta Devine

Muriel Stubbs (voice)

Cassi Davis
Cassi Davis

HUD woman (voice)

Pepe Serna
Pepe Serna

Sanchez (voice)

Crystal Scales
Crystal Scales

Calvin (voice)

Shawn Michael Howard
Shawn Michael Howard

Smokey (voice)

Jenifer Lewis
Jenifer Lewis

Bebe Ho (voice)

Michael Paul Chan
Michael Paul Chan

Jimmy Ho (voice)

Seasons

Season 1 poster
Season 1 (1999)

No overview available.

14 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Hangin' with Mr. Super
1999-01-10

Thurgood, upset with a truant child, decides to teach the boy responsibility, but his efforts backfire.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 2: Bones, Bugs and Harmony
1999-01-12

Thurgood's suspicion that Mrs. Avery is starving prompts him to help her out, but Muriel thinks he's being used for different reasons.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 3: The Door
1999-01-19

When Thurgood is slammed with complaints from the tenants about the building's front door, he seeks aid from HUD.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 4: Journal Fever
1999-01-26

When Muriel falls ill, Thurgood fails his wife by falling asleep when she needed to be taken to the hospital.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 5: Rich Man, Porn Man
1999-02-02

Thurgood is aghast when his clean-up project for the movie theater leads to the venue's resurrection as a porn cinema.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 6: Bougie Nights
1999-02-09

Thurgood and Muriel move into the building's penthouse, but they can't seem to adjust to life at the top.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 7: A Hero Ain't Nothing But a Super
1999-02-16

Muriel's heroic capture of a prowler in the Stubbs' home turns Thurgood into a hero when he assumes credit for the deed.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 8: He's Gotta Have It
1999-02-23

The experimental medication prescribed for Thurgood's blood pressure also jump-starts his sex drive.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 9: Boyz' N the Woods
1999-04-06

When Calvin and Juicy miss the chance to go on a camping trip, Thurgood takes them on an overnighter in their neighborhood, and he loses track of the boys.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 10: Operation Gumbo Drop
1999-04-13

Thurgood's culinary pride takes a blow when his gumbo recipe fails to measure up to the one prepared by an unlikely rival--Juicy.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 11: U Go Kart
1999-05-04

After building a go-cart for Calvin and Juicy, Thurgood accidentally destroys it and buries the evidence, so it appears to have been stolen. Then he's put in charge of the investigation.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 12: House Potty
1999-05-11

The building's new power-flush toilet frees Thurgood from clogging calls, and may end all need for him.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 13: Haiti Sings the Blues
1999-05-18

Neighbors treat Thurgood like the plague after Haiti Lady puts a curse on him following their row in the new community rooftop vegetable garden.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 14: How The Super Stoled Christmas
1999-12-17

Thurgood takes a job as a repo man to raise money for the computer Muriel wants for Christmas.

Runtime: 30 min
Season 2 poster
Season 2 (2000)

No overview available.

17 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Home School Dazed
2000-05-30

During a teachers' strike, Thurgood joins Juicy and Calvin in home schooling after it's revealed he never got his diploma.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 2: The Postman's Always Shot Twice
2000-05-30

The Stubbses take in Mrs. Avery after authorities threaten to send her to a rest home following her shotgun attack on the mailman.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 3: The Preacher's Life
2000-06-06

Thurgood undergoes a religious transformation after receiving an electrical shock, followed by a vision of a black Jesus. So, he decides to become a preacher.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 4: The HJs
2000-06-13

Thurgood revives the project's defunct radio station, and it takes off after he and Smokey inadvertently form a comedy team. But Smokey proves to be more popular, and that doesn't help Thurgood's ego.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 5: Haiti and the Tramp
2000-06-13

Matchmaker Muriel pairs Haiti Lady with Walter. They fight like cats and dogs, which acts like a mutual aphrodisiac. But that may be the extent of their relationship.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 6: Smokey the Squatter
2000-06-27

The law's on Smokey's side when he claims squatter's rights after Thurgood lets him spend a night in a vacant apartment to ride out a storm.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 7: Weave's Have A Dream
2000-06-27

Thurgood turns the boiler room into a beauty shop for Muriel, whose gossip doesn't match Bebe's--until she dishes dirt on Thurgood.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 8: Let's Get Ready To Crumble
2000-07-04

A former wrestler-turned-politician comes to help Juicy after Thurgood's demonstration of his wrestling moves puts the boy in a bind.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 9: Who Da Boss?
2000-07-04

Thurgood wants Jimmy hired to replace his late (and lax) supervisor. But a group effort to fill out the application backfires, and Thurgood's new boss is...bossy.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 10: Fear of a Black Rat
2000-07-11

After capturing a thieving rat, Thurgood enters the rodent in the Friday night rat fights, where their success is short-lived.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 11: Ghetto Superstars
2000-07-11

Snoop Dogg plays a rap artist whose interest in the rhymes of Calvin and Juicy prompt Thurgood to become their manager.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 12: What's Eating Juicy Hudson?
2000-07-18

Stressed from caring for his parents, Juicy finds solace building a treehouse with Thurgood, who becomes mediator between boy and father.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 13: The Jeffersons
2000-07-25

After Muriel finds he's a descendant of Thomas Jefferson, Thurgood decides to run for political office, but his ideals are compromised by some shady new "friends."

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 14: Robbin' HUD
2000-08-01

When HUD refuses to grant the building a new water filter, Thurgood and the tenants break into the office to steal one, but find something else even more valuable.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 15: Cliffhangin' With Mr. Super
2000-08-15

Thurgood is unsure of the facts when he wakes up with Bebe after a night of heavy drinking.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 16: The Last Affirmative Action Hero
2000-08-29

Jackie Chan guest stars as his film shoots in the neighborhood. Thurgood is made responsible for protecting the area's image in the movie.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 17: A Parole Officer and a Gentleman
2000-09-05

Walter arranges a brief jail stay to get free dental care for Thurgood, who assaults the dentist and lands on probation, overseen by Walter.

Runtime: 30 min
Season 3 poster
Season 3 (2000)

No overview available.

12 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Boyz Under The Hood
2000-10-08

Calvin is jealous of Juicy knowing more about cars than him.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 2: Scarthroat
2000-12-31

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.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 3: Smoke Gets In Your High-Rise
2001-02-04

Thurgood makes a deal to place a cigarette advertisement on the side of the Hilton-Jacobs building in exchange for free air-conditioning.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 4: National Buffoon's European Vacation
2001-02-11

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.""

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 5: Cruising For A Bluesing
2001-02-18

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.""

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 6: It Takes A Thurgood
2001-02-25

From TV Guide: Thurgood fears his job is at risk when he discovers a homeless teen-ager living in the boiler room.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 7: Miracle Cleaner On 134th Street
2001-04-29

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.""

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 8: Survival: In Tha Hood
2001-05-06

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.""

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 9: Let's Get Ready To Rumba
2001-05-13

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.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 10: A Race To His Credit
2001-05-20

Thurgood gets accepted for a new credit card, but his complete ignorance as to how credit works gets him buried in debt.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 11: Red Man's Burden

Jimmy cashes in on his American Indian ancestry when he opens a casino in the projects.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 12: Clip Show

Thurgood describes his life to a interviewer about life in the projects,while clips from previous episodes are shown.

Runtime: 30 min

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