BLACK-ISH: JACKED O' LANTERN (TV)
Summary
One in this comedy series about an affluent black family and their attempts to maintain their cultural identity.
In this episode, Dre happily prepares for Halloween and the arrival of his kids' "hood cousins" in their wealthy, "good-candy neighborhood." The family dons their First Family-themed costumes, though Ruby denounces the entire holiday as "pagan." Dre, feeling that his kids could use some toughening-up, encourages them to "rough-house" with their cousins if need be. Rainbow is taken aback when neighbor Janine informs her that the parents have hired a "safety ambassador" and intend to impose a 9:00 curfew for trick-or-treating. When their tough cousins arrive, Dre is surprised to see that their intimidating adult relative, "Junebug," has joined them. The Johnson kids, having prepared extensively for the annual event, fight back against their cousins' playful taunts, but Dre is quickly "defeated" by Junebug. That promps Junebug's children to conclude that he is "a little punk." The Johnson kids' attempts to befriend their cousins are firmly rebuffed; they turn to some overly personal insults to psych them out. Elsewhere, Rainbow finds herself intimidated by rambunctious trick-or-treaters, to whom Ruby hands out Bibles.
Rainbow soon finds an abashed Dre "fixing the sink," and she suggests that Junebug has simply always been jealous of his wealth and success. The kids fret that they "ruined" their edgy cousins with their acerbic words. The night worsens when their candy is stolen by some mean hoverboard-riding rich kids. Junebug laughs off Dre's suggestion that he is envious of him and forces "Tea Kettle" to admit to his embarrassing childhood nickname. The kids are pleased when their cousins declare that they will help them to recover their stolen candy out of a sense of familial loyalty. Ruby informs Dre that Junebug has long been his "savior" and has always tried to protect him from anything that might have derailed his dreams. Rainbow ends up giving in to Janine's strict rules, having found that the local kids are scarier than she expected. Dre thanks his "brother" Junebug for his years of tough love, and all of the cousins return in triumph, having learned to appreciate one another. Includes commercials.
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: November 30, 1999 9:30 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:28:57
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: 125457
- GENRE: Comedy
- SUBJECT HEADING: African-American Collection - Comedy; Comedy; Families; Women's Collection - Comedy; Halloween
- SERIES RUN: ABC - TV series, 2014-2022
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - "Creed" motion picture
- TV - Commercials - FitBit exercise watches
- TV - Commercials - GMC automobiles
- TV - Commercials - Jergens Wet Skin Moisturizer
- TV - Commercials - Johnsonville sausages
- TV - Commercials - Lenovo PC computers
- TV - Commercials - Liberty Mutual insurance
- TV - Commercials - Royal Caribbean cruise lines
- TV - Commercials - Subway restaurants
- TV - Commercials - T-Mobile wireless networks
- TV - Commercials - Target stores
- TV - Commercials - Wal-Mart stores
- TV - Commercials - Yelp.com website
- TV - Promos - "Dr. Ken"
- TV - Promos - "Good Morning America"
- TV - Promos - "How to Get Away with Murder"
- TV - Promos - "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown"
- TV - Promos - "Nashville"
- TV - Promos - "Scandal"
- TV - Promos - The CMA Awards
CREDITS
- Kenya Barris … Executive Producer, Created by
- Anthony Anderson … Executive Producer
- Helen Sugland … Executive Producer
- Laurence Fishburne … Executive Producer
- E. Brian Dobbins … Executive Producer
- Jonathan Groff … Executive Producer
- Vijal Patel … Co-Executive Producer
- Corey Nickerson … Co-Executive Producer
- Courtney Lilly … Co-Executive Producer
- Gail Lerner … Co-Executive Producer
- Jenifer Rice-Genzuk Henry … Supervising Producer, Writer
- Lindsey Shockley … Supervising Producer
- Peter Saji … Supervising Producer
- Hale Rothstein … Supervising Producer
- Michael Petok … Producer
- Tom Ragazzo … Associate Producer
- Yvette Lee Bowser … Consulting Producer
- Christine Gernon … Director
- Transcenders … Music by
- Anthony Anderson … Cast, Andre 'Dre' Johnson
- Tracee Ellis Ross … Cast, Rainbow Johnson
- Yara Shahadi … Cast, Zoey Johnson
- Marcus Scribner … Cast, Andre Johnson Jr.
- Miles Brown … Cast, Jack Johnson
- Marsai Martin … Cast, Diane Johnson
- Jeff Meacham … Cast, Josh
- Jenifer Lewis … Cast, Ruby
- Michael Strahan … Cast, Junebug
- Nicole Sullivan … Cast, Janine
- Nathan Anderson … Cast, Cousin Dante
- Issac Ryan Brown … Cast, Young Dre
- Notlim Taylor … Cast, Cousin Cha-Cha
- Sanai Victoria … Cast, Cousin Diamond
- Kezii Curtis … Cast, Cousin Carl
- Peter Navy Tuiasosopo … Cast, Officer Tuiasosopo
- Darnell J. Cates … Cast, Juvon
- Jacob Melton … Cast, Kid
- Makenzie Moss … Cast, Trick-or-Treat Kid