The PJs

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1. #001

   In an episode of Futurama (1999), pajamas appeared on a sewer manhole cover. In response, the Futurama character Fry appears on the pajamas as a missing person next to a milk carton.

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2. #002

   It is the first stop-motion animated series made for prime-time television.

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3. #003

   In 2002, Chicago housekeeper Tally Collier sued Eddie Murphy and the show's other producers for $75,000 in actual damages and $10 million in punitive damages. Tally claimed they stole her likeness from an amateur documentary shot by Daryl Murphy (unrelated to Eddie Murphy) in the Robert Taylor Homes housing projects in Chicago and presented on The Oprah Winfrey Show in 1998. Collier claimed the tape was passed around among Hollywood figures and that they likened her likeness to the character Sanchez, who spoke through an electronic voice box and walked with a cane like her. She also claimed they used likenesses of other people from the documentary for the characters Mrs. Avery, Mrs. Mambo Garcelle, Smokey and Juicy. The case was dismissed in 2003. The documentary's director, Daryl Murphy, later sued in 2004, claiming his film was seized by Winfrey's Harpo Productions and eventually sent to Eddie Murphy. In 2005, a year after filing the suit, Daryl, angered by the case's progress, climbed a 180-meter-high construction crane at the site of the Trump Tower in Chicago and threatened to jump. He was talked down and charged with trespassing, reckless conduct and disorderly conduct. In 2007, Daryl's suit was also dismissed, after which he climbed the 26-story scaffolding of a building near Chicago's Loop. The legal dispute lasted for many years, and Daryl later died in early 2020.

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4. #004

   The PJs is the first animated series produced by Touchstone Television and Disney's first original adult animated series.

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5. #005

   Although Eddie Murphy voiced the main character Thurgood Stubbs from the beginning of the series, Murphy left the show for roughly half of its 30-episode run. He was replaced by actor Phil Morris (recognizable to many for an earlier role, the flamboyant defense attorney "Jackie Chiles" on Seinfeld).

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6. #006

   Over the series' 3-year run, 44 episodes aired. Because of the laborious stop-motion process, each one took more than 2 months to produce.

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7. #007

   Eddie Murphy initially wanted the series to be done with puppets; he was inspired by watching the 1965 British science fiction series Thunderbirds.

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8. #008

   Although Phil Morris made his debut as the voice actor replacing main character Thurgood Orenthal Stubbs in the 11th episode of season 2, Eddie Murphy did not completely stop voicing him until season 3. The only exception is the series finale, the Clip Show.

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9. #009

   The main animation/photography was done at the now-defunct Will Vinton Productions in Portland, Oregon. Although injection-molded foam characters had been in use for some time, this was the first time they were used in a television series. The choice was easy, because character changes and the low likelihood of damaging them as would happen if they were made of clay, along with the tight production schedule, made the production smoother and more budget-friendly. Will Vinton Prod. pioneered clay and colored foam molding techniques. Like the still-used Play-Doh clay, the foam color is ubiquitous and makes repairs easier and less noticeable than with clay. If clay characters suffered serious damage, a part almost certainly had to be replaced, causing costly production delays and downtime. The foam core character could be made in numerous and varied poses/facial expressions, so scene changes were quick and easy.

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10. #010

    The NAACP met with the series' creators because they were uncomfortable with some characters drinking 40-ounce malt liquor in certain scenes. They felt the series highlighted negatives by specifically showing African-American men in their 40s drinking. Co-creator Larry Wilmore argued that another then-new program, "Family Guy," had caused the father to get drunk and pass out at the kitchen table in its pilot episode. The creators later agreed that Thurgood would quit drinking after the first 13 episodes.

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11. #011

    Throughout the series there are many references to classic films such as Casablanca, Dr. Strangelove and A Clockwork Orange.

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12. #012

    The series is set in the Hilton Jacobs housing projects. The name is a tribute to actor Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, known for the character "Freddie Boom-boom Washington" on the popular 70s series "Welcome Back Kotter."

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13. #013

    During its run, The PJs won 3 Emmy Awards and one Annie Award. Some social activists (including director Spike Lee) accused the series of depicting negative racial stereotypes of the projects (public housing).

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14. #014

    Eddie Murphy, in the role of Thurgood Stubbs (a.k.a. Super), uses the same Gruff voice as Sherman Klump in The Nutty Professor.

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