6.2 /10 1 Votes
6/10 TV Original language(s) English First episode date 7 September 1990 Network NBC Number of episodes 13 | 6.4/10 IMDb Country of origin United States No. of episodes 13 Final episode date 31 August 1991 Number of seasons 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Starring Christopher "Kid" Reid
Christopher "Play" Martin Voices of J.D. Hall
Brian Stokes Mitchell Distributor Columbia Pictures Television (1990)
TriStar Television (1990)
Columbia TriStar Television (1991)
Sony Pictures Television (1991) Cast Christopher Reid, Christopher Martin, Martin Lawrence, Brian Stokes Mitchell, J D Hall Similar The Karate Kid, Space Cats, Name Your Adventure, Running the Halls, One World | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kid 'n Play is an animated cartoon series based on the real life hip-hop duo, Kid 'n Play. It ran for one season on NBC from September 7, 1990 to August 31, 1991. On the show, Kid 'n Play were portrayed as teenagers, but their recording careers remained the same as in real life, as did their character traits. Production was by Marvel Productions.
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The real Kid 'n Play appeared in live-action wraparounds of the cartoons, but voice actors took over for the animated versions of the duo. The show stressed positive role models, teaching children how to get along with each other and stay out of trouble. Akin to the House Party films, Play was the less responsible member of the duo, cooking up get rich quick schemes, while Kid, the more responsible member, would usually be made to clean up messes. Oftentimes the issue would be resolved by the characters' girlfriends, or sometimes by an elderly jazz musician who wore a blue beret and was aptly named "Old Blue". The lessons ranged from serious to lighter fare. One of the "less serious" episodes dealt with Kid's father not understanding hip-hop and Kid not having the means to put it in a positive light, to which he gets a trip back to the days of peakeasies and jazz to see the origins of his current music.
In 1992, Marvel Comics published a comic book based on the cartoon. The comic book ran for nine issues.
Episodes
Note: Information for this show is scarce, the only place that stores episode information is in the copyright domain (http://www.copyrightencyclopedia.com). Dates represent publication dates.