Thurgood is the Super Intendant (caretaker) of a housing project in Chicago. He spends his days battling with rats and toilets, hanging out with the neighbourhood kids and arguing with the residents. In his building live Calvin and Juicy the schoolboys, the old lady Mrs Avery, Haiti Lady the Voodoo witch, Tarnell the hustler and Smokey the crack-head. Over his time he's fought off gang-bangers, built a racetrack from the top of the high-rise to the bottom, become a porn magnet and a preacher and lost his crown as the Gumbo king.
Produced for Fox and MTV the show ran for 3 seasons in the late 90s and early 2000s with a vague attempt at a reboot in 2008 and though there are 3, 1 and 2 are the only seasons worth watching. It was the first mainstream show on American TV to use stop-motion and although it looks like claymation it was actually done with an easier-to-use foam technique.
The characterisations are really good and so was the writing. The dynamic between Thurgood and Smokey, everyones favourite crack-head, was particularly good. It did suffer in the third series. Eddie Murphy was no longer doing the voice of Thurgood, the writers had changed and they added new and uninteresting characters but this happens a lot with sitcoms.
Not nearly as well known as Futurama or American Dad but certainly comparable.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0182621/?ref_=ttco_co_tt
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