Class of 3000

Class of 3000
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Format	Animated Sitcom Musical show
Created by	André Benjamin Thomas W. Lynch
Starring	André Benjamin Small Fire Tom Kenny Jennifer Hale Crystal Scales Phil LaMarr Janice Kawaye Jeff Bennett
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	28 (List of episodes)
Production
Running time	22 minutes
Production company(s)	Moxie Turtle Tom Lynch Company Cartoon Network Studios
Broadcast
Original channel	Cartoon Network
Original run	November 3, 2006 (2006-11-03) – May 25, 2008 (2008-05-25)

Class of 3000 is an American animated television series on Cartoon Network that was created by, was executively produced by, and starred André 3000 of the Hip Hop group OutKast as superstar and music teacher Sunny Bridges, set at Atlanta, Georgia's Westley School of Performing Arts. Mr. Bridges is a jazz and blues artist who occasionally lectures in Atlanta's Little Five Points neighborhood. It was produced by Tom Lynch Company, Moxie Turtle and Cartoon Network Studios.

As of September 25, 2011, it's currently the last Cartoon Network series to be given a TV-Y7 rating without the Fantasy Violence side rating to accompany it as an ironic result (this show ended up rated TV-Y7 due to mild innuendo, the surreal animation being too disturbing for younger viewers, and some comic relief slapstick humour). It is also the final Cartoon Network show which aired at the time Jim Samples had been in charge of Cartoon Network (he decided to resign the week after the 2007 Boston bomb scare occurred).

Production history/Cancelation

The series made its world premiere (previously advertised as a live premiere with performances by Chris Brown) on November 3, 2006 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT with a one-hour special, came to Cartoon Network UK on May 28, 2007 and premiered on Cartoon Network Australia/New Zealand on February 4, 2008. Timothy McGee actually sued Andre 3000, claiming he proposed the idea for a similar TV show in the year 1997 with Andre replaced by Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, which may be one of the costs of the show's cancelation. The show was co-created and developed by Thomas W. Lynch & Patric M. Verrone. In January 2010 all mentionings in the website about the show were removed, meaning that Cartoon Network has abandoned it. Although there has not been a DVD released in Region 1, seasons 1 and 2 of the show are currently available on iTunes, with the exception of "The Cure" from season 2.

Characters

Main article: List of Class of 3000 characters

Reception

The show received mostly positive reviews. On TV.com, the series has a "good" rating of 7.2. On IMDb, the show has a mixed to positive rating of 5.4. The soundtrack rating is a positive 4 and a half stars rating on Amazon.

Episodes

Main article: List of Class of 3000 episodes and songs

Songs

Main article: List of Class of 3000 episodes and songs

Throughout the show, the students play songs, sometimes based on how they feel. There are also instruments viewed and played by the students and others in every episode.

First season CD track list

The first season CD featuring songs from the show was released July 3, 2007.

No.	Title
1	"Class of 3000 Theme Song"
2	"Life Without the Music" ("Home")
3	"Throwdown" ("Home")
4	"Oh, Peanut" ("Peanuts! Get Yer Peanuts")
5	"We Want Your Soul" ("The Devil and Li'l D")
6	"Banana Zoo" ("Funky Monkey")
7	"A Rich Shade of Blue" ("Eddie's Money")
8	"Fight the Blob" ("The Hunt for Red Blobtober")
9	"U.F.O. Ninja" ("Brotha from the Third Rock")
10	"Kim 'n' Kam Jam" ("Westley Side Story")
11	"Luna Love" ("Love Is in the Hair...Net")
12	"Crayon Song" ("Am I Blue?")
13	"My Mentor" ("Mini Mentors")
14	"Cool Kitty" ("Prank Yanker")

DVDs

A DVD of the first season was released on December 3, 2008, in Region 4. Plus, in the UK, 3 episodes from the series, was placed on a DVD.

External links

• Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived June 5, 2008)
• Class of 3000 at the Big Cartoon DataBase
• Class of 3000 at the Internet Movie Database
• Class of 3000 at TV.com