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Comedy in the hood
Posted Fri, 01 Jan 1999
"The Parent Hood", SABC 3's entertaining family comedy can be seen every Saturday at 18:05.
Robert Peterson, played by actor/director/producer Robert Townsend ("Meteor Man"), is the father of four independent-minded children in the contemporary sitcom, "The Parent Hood".
Considered a tad unorthodox himself, Robert works on sheer impulse and spontaneity when it comes to rearing his kids. Thanks to the unpredictable antics of the family patriarch, growing up in the Peterson household is rarely dull.
The oldest two Peterson kids; 16-year-old Michael (Kenny Blank) and 15-year-old Zaria (Reagan Gomez-Preston), are reaching that age when they're longing for more freedom from their parents, and are trying to come to terms with their raging hormones.
The younger two toddlers; mischievous eight-year-old Nicholas (Curtis Williams) and four-year-old Cece (Ashli Amari Adams), are still considered the wide-eyed darlings of the family.
Robert, a communications professor, is accompanied by his wife Jerri (Suzanne Douglas), a law student, in utilising the fine arts of persuasion when dealing with their kids. With their hectic schedules, the loving couple does their best to share responsibilities.
Their methods, however, are distinctly different, While Jerri's maternal skills are somewhat straight-and-narrow, Robert's ideas on parenting are pretty out there. For instance, when he can't convince Michael of the importance of getting a job, Robert takes a position in a pizza parlour himself, just to prove that even he is not above doing menial work.
The unofficial member of the Peterson family is Robert's childhood buddy, Wendell (Faizon Love), who offers his own offbeat perspective of parenthood.
The show is a compelling look at the complexities of parenting in, the '90s. Its ingenuity, creativity and feel-good style is tremendously appealing.
