My Brother and Me
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Genre | Slice of life Family sitcom |
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Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 13 |
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Production locations | Nickelodeon Studios, Orlando, Florida |
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | 24 minutes |
Production company | Burns & Burns |
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Network | Nickelodeon |
Release | October 15, 1994 January 15, 1995 | –
My Brother and Me is an American sitcom, created by Ilunga Adell and Calvin Brown Jr., that originally aired on Nickelodeon. My Brother and Me is about the Parkers, a family living in the west side of Charlotte, North Carolina.
It premiered on October 15, 1994, and ended on January 15, 1995, with a total of 13 episodes over the course of one season. In June 2014, Nickelodeon released My Brother & Me: The Complete Series as a two-disc manufacture on demand (MOD) release through Amazon in region 1. Production on the series wrapped in August 1994.
Cast
[edit]Main
[edit]- Arthur Reggie III as Alfred "Alfie" Parker
- Ralph Woolfolk IV as Derek "Dee-Dee" Parker
- Jimmy Lee Newman, Jr. as Milton "Goo" Berry
- Aisling Sistrunk as Melanie Parker
- Karen E. Fraction as Jennifer Parker
- Jim R. Coleman as Roger Parker
Recurring
[edit]- Stefan J. Wernli as Donnell Wilburn
- Amanda Seales as Deonne Wilburn
- Christopher Guerriero as Milton Garcia
- Keith "Bubba" Naylor as Harry White
- Kym Whitley as Mrs. Pickney
- Willie Brunson as Moo Berry
- Florence Anthony as Aunt Helen
- Vanessa Baden as Janie
- Avis Marie Barnes as Mrs. Wilburn
Episodes
[edit]No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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1 | "Nobody's Baby" | Arlando Smith | Donnelle Buck | October 15, 1994 | 105 |
2 | "Partners" | Adam Weissman | Donnelle Buck | October 23, 1994 | 101 |
3 | "Dance" | Adam Weissman | Ilunga Adell | October 30, 1994 | 102 |
4 | "A Stranger Among Us" | Susan Dansby | Fred Johnson | November 6, 1994 | 103 |
5 | "The Bully" | Arlando Smith | Fred Johnson | November 13, 1994 | 106 |
6 | "The Candy Sale" | Arlando Smith | Demetrius A. Bady & Calvin Brown, Jr. | November 20, 1994 | 107 |
7 | "Hit the Open Man" | Arlando Smith | J. Stanford Parker | December 4, 1994 | 108 |
8 | "Real Men Don't Wear Tights" | Arlando Smith | Bobby Crawford & Fred Johnson | December 11, 1994 | 109 |
9 | "The Surprise" | Arlando Smith | Ilunga Adell & Angela Harris | December 18, 1994 | 110 |
10 | "The Quest for Kendall's Autograph" | Arlando Smith | Calvin Brown Jr. | December 31, 1994 | 104 |
11 | "Sensitive Goo" | Adam Weissman | Donnelle Buck & Merrie Dudley | January 1, 1995 | 111 |
12 | "The Joke's On You" | Adam Weissman | Demetrius A. Bady & Calvin Brown, Jr. | January 8, 1995 | 112 |
13 | "The Hair Cut" | Adam Weissman | Ilunga Adell & Calvin Brown, Jr. | January 15, 1995 | 113 |
Cancellation
[edit]The show was Nickelodeon's first series featuring a predominantly black cast and ran for 13 episodes. In a 2007 interview, Ralph Woolfolk IV, who played Dee Dee, stated that the show was canceled due to disagreements between the producers and creators of the show; the two parties had different visions for the show, which caused a major fallout.[1]
Home media
[edit]"My Brother and Me: The Complete Series" was released on June 23, 2014, exclusively on Amazon.com. This release contains two discs. It is published on demand onto DVD-Rs.[2] All My Brother and Me episodes can be found on iTunes.
Awards and nominations
[edit]In 1996 and 1997, My Brother and Me was nominated for the NAACP Image Award (Outstanding Youth or Children's Series/Special).
References
[edit]- ^ My Brother and Me Actor Attends Morehouse: Tells What Happened To Show Archived January 22, 2009, at the Wayback Machine in the "CAU Panther Student newspaper" Nov. 2007
- ^ "My Brother and Me: The Complete Series". Amazon. 23 June 2014.
External links
[edit]- My Brother and Me at IMDb
- Retro Junk – My Brother and Me
- My Brother and Me at TV Tango
- 1990s American black sitcoms
- 1990s American multi-camera sitcoms
- 1990s American teen sitcoms
- 1994 American television series debuts
- 1995 American television series endings
- American English-language television shows
- Television shows set in North Carolina
- Television series about brothers
- Television series about children
- Television series about families
- Nickelodeon sitcoms