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Oct 08“An Officer and a Homeboy or, Full Metal Jackass.”
Brainstorming with Emily for her early-’90s-TV-themed Halloween costume, I came across Homeboys in Outer Space.
The plot centered around an odd couple-type pairing of two space cargo haulers, Tyberius “Ty” Walker (Flex) and Morris Clay (Bell), who flew around the universe in a winged car in the 23rd century. The duo’s car, which was a cross between a lowrider and an 18 wheeler, was piloted by a talking female computer named Loquatia.
Alas, Homeboys in Outer Space was “panned by critics and cited as promoting racial stereotypes” (and rated 2.3/10 on IMDb) Some of the guest stars on the show’s 21-episode run:
- Gary Coleman
- Erik Estrada
- Little Richard
- George Takei
- Burt Ward (of the 1960s Batman TV show, as “Gerbil.” That is a career trajectory I want to emulate.)
Homeboys in Outer Space (Wikipedia)
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