"The Proud Family" (2001) TV series 2001-2005

Creator:

Bruce W. Smith

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | unknown

Release Date:

15 September 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Family | Comedy | Fantasy

Tagline:

There's no place like home, girl!

Plot:

14 year-old Penny Proud has one wacky family: over-protective father, Oscar, loving mother, Trudy, little brother Cece and sister Bebe...

Plot Keywords:

Grandmother | Family Relationships | Educational Film | Parent Child Relationship | Henpecked Husband

Awards:

4 wins & 18 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Thur. Nov. 12	3:00 AM	DISN
Fri. Nov. 13	3:00 AM	DISN	The Camp, the Counselor, the Mole, and the Rock	#2.17

Cast

Kyla Pratt	...	Penny Proud (52 episodes, 2001-2005)
Tommy Davidson	...	Oscar Proud (52 episodes, 2001-2005)
Tara Strong	...	Bebe Proud / ... (52 episodes, 2001-2005)
Paula Jai Parker	...	Trudy Proud (50 episodes, 2001-2005)
JoMarie Payton	...	Suga Mama (50 episodes, 2001-2005)
Karen Malina White	...	Dijonay Jones (49 episodes, 2001-2005)
Soleil Moon Frye	...	Zoey (46 episodes, 2001-2005)
Alisa Reyes	...	LaCienega Boulevardez / ... (46 episodes, 2001-2005)
Orlando Brown	...	Sticky Webb (37 episodes, 2001-2005)
Raquel Lee	...	Nubia Gross / ... (24 episodes, 2001-2005)
Carlos Mencia	...	Felix (23 episodes, 2001-2005)
Alvaro Guttierez	...	Papi (23 episodes, 2001-2005)
Anthony Caraballo	...	Various Teenage Voices (21 episodes, 2001-2005)
Michele L. Jennings	...	Various Character Voices / ... (21 episodes, 2001-2003)

Runtime:

Argentina:30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-Y | Argentina:Atp

Company:

Jambalaya Studio

Trivia:

Bebe and Cece Proud are named after gospel singers Bebe and Cece Winans.

Quotes:

Oscar Proud: [after Chester the duck eats his cobbler] I'm tellin' you, there's something wrong with a duck that eats a man's cobbler!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Lilo & Stitch: The Series: Spats: Experiment #397 (#2.16)" (2005)

Could they have found any more obnoxious stereotypes?

There are only a few Disney channel shows that I do not allow my kids to watch, and this heads the list of them. Chief among my complaints is that the only member of a household that it's still politically correct to lampoon is the fathers, and BOY does the proud family capitalize on this. The show portrays the husband and father of the house and a imbecilic moron who provides no purpose whatsoever aside from producing a paycheck. The mother, on the other hand, is seen as the driving force behind the household, she's competent and her character's entire shtick is proving how irrelevant her husband is to the household. Aide from this fact, the show is blatantly racist to the point that I can't watch it without being disgusted. Every single obnoxious black stereotype is covered here in perfection. The entertainment industry still seems to not get that the success of the Cosby Show was partly due to that fact that nobody WANTS to see every single television black family as slang-slinging, hip-hop listening, ghettofied bags of what the entertainment industry perceives as 'blackness'.