Kid 'n Play is a 1990 animated cartoon series that was produced by Marvel Productions and Saban Entertainment, and animated by Toei Animation and AKOM, based on the real life hip-hop duo, Kid 'n Play. It ran for one season on NBC from September 8 to December 8, 1990. On the show, Kid 'n Play were portrayed as teenagers, along with their friend Jazzy, their producer Hurbie and their DJ Wiz, but their recording careers remained the same as in real life, as did their character traits.
Marvel Comics published a tie-in comic book which ran for nine issues in 1992.
The series was created by John Semper Jr. and Cynthia Friedlob who also served as the show-runners and head-writers. They would later go on to write Kid 'N Play's third live-action feature, Class Act, for Warner Bros. Semper would later produce and be the head-writer for "Spider-Man: The Animated Series," for Marvel Films Animation.
The Post Production Sound Services were presumably provided by the B & B Sound Studios (uncredited). John Valentino, Scott Page, and Scott Page-Pagter both serves as an sound effects editors.
Storyline[]
The real Kid 'n Play appeared in live-action wraparounds of the cartoons, but voice actors took over for the animated versions of the duo. The show stressed positive role models, teaching children how to get along with each other and stay out of trouble. Akin to the House Party films, Play was the less responsible member of the duo, cooking up get rich quick schemes, while Kid, the more responsible member, would usually be made to clean up messes. Oftentimes the issue would be resolved by the characters' girlfriends, or sometimes by an elderly jazz musician who wore a blue beret and was aptly named "Old Blue". Also along the crew is Kid's Mohawk pet dog Hairy. The lessons ranged from serious to lighter fare. One of the "less serious" episodes dealt with Kid's father under the impression hip hop is bad and Kid not having the means to put it in a positive light. Old Blue offers to help by sending Kid on a trip back in time to the era of jazz and 1920s speakeasies to help better understand its roots.
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TV Show Intro[]
Sound Effects Used[]
This 1990 animated series used Hanna-Barbera, Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox, The Premiere Edition Volume 1/9, The International, Series 1000, and Series 2000 sound effects.
- Cartoon Suction Sound 2 (First heard near the end of "Play's Place".)
- Columbia Pictures Metal Clunk
- H-B CROWD, APPLAUSE - SMALL CROWD: LIGHT APPLAUSE, MIXED
- H-B SKID, CARTOON - AUTO SKID/Sound Ideas, AUTO, SKID - TIRE SKID 02
- H-B ZIP, CARTOON - LOW WHISTLE ZING OUT
- Hollywoodedge, Morning Park Birds Me PE010501
- Hollywoodedge, Night Ambience Calm PE011801
- Hollywoodedge, Punch Face Hit 3 Sharp PE100301
- Hollywoodedge, Reverse Ricochet 1 St PE207501
- Hollywoodedge, Snap Sudden Cartoon PE941605
- Hollywoodedge, Swish 12 Single PE117101 (First heard in "Flip Your Kid Wig".)
- Hollywoodedge, Wubble Wobble Spring PE940704/Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WARBLE - WARBLE SAW BLADE
- Sound Ideas, BELL, ALARM - BURGLAR OR FIRE ALARM 02 (First heard in "Play's Place".)
- Sound Ideas, BODYFALL - BODYFALL ON DIRT, HUMAN 01
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, HIT - HOLLOW BANG
- Sound Ideas, CRASH, AUTO - AUTO APPROACH, SKID AND CRASH, CARTOON/Elektra Records, Car Skid And Crash/Sound Ideas, AUTO, CRASH - SKIDS AND CRASHES 03
- Sound Ideas, EXPLOSION - MEDIUM EXPLOSION 01 (H-B)
- Sound Ideas, HIT, CARTOON - BIG HEAD HIT
- Sound Ideas, MUSIC, SUSPENSE - THEME: 'TELL TALE HEARTBEAT', SLOW, STRINGS (First heard in the beginning of "Flip Your Kid Wig".)
- Sound Ideas, SIREN, YELP - YELP SIREN FROM INTERIOR OF CAR (First heard almost near the end of "Play's Place".)
- Sound Ideas, WHISTLE, COMEDY - COMEDY WHISTLE 01
- Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - BIG WHISTLE ZING OUT
- Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - SHARP ZIP
Image Gallery[]
- Kid 'n Play/Image Gallery