Season 3 • Episode 10
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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.
Production
Stop-motion claymation on a TV budget — looks like nothing else.
Writing
Larry Wilmore's sharp social satire hiding in plain sight.
Acting
Eddie Murphy doing his most unhinged voice work ever.
Creators
Larry Wilmore, Eddie Murphy, Steve Tompkins
Eddie Murphy
Thurgood Stubbs (voice)
Loretta Devine
Muriel Stubbs (voice)
Cassi Davis
HUD woman (voice)
Pepe Serna
Sanchez (voice)
Crystal Scales
Calvin (voice)
Shawn Michael Howard
Smokey (voice)
Jenifer Lewis
Bebe Ho (voice)
Michael Paul Chan
Jimmy Ho (voice)
Ja'net DuBois
Mrs. Avery (voice)
Cheryl Francis Harrington
Ms. Mambo Garcelle (voice)
Michele Morgan
Juicy (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Created by Larry Wilmore pre-Daily Show, this was his proving ground for the race/class comedy that would define his career. Eddie Murphy's involvement got it greenlit; his disappearing after season one helped kill it.
The claymation was done by Will Vinton Studios — yes, the California Raisins people — at a brutal pace of one episode per month.
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