![]() Bluff the Impostor: Sort of in "Everybody Hates Basketball".The family also uses Tussin as a cure-all for every type of ailment.Rochelle objects and throws it out, prompting Julius to tell her that she's thrown away $2.78 worth of candy and wasted $23.98 on the name brand candy that she bought instead. Bland-Name Product: Julius buys Gravy Ways, M&N's, and Butterthumbs as a way to save money on Halloween candy in the episode "Everybody Hates Halloween".He may be in Junior High School, but he's good at damn near everything he (and other people) does, can "get girls at 12 that couldn't get until was 30", and even had his class melt down in a frenzied panic when he was absent due to skipping school. Needless to say, Chris felt like an idiot. Because of the aforementioned attributes, everyone called her Big Bird. Beautiful All Along: Chris initially didn't want to go out with Kelly in "Everbody Hates Big Bird" because she was tall, gangly, and nerdy-looking, but did it anyway so he wouldn't hurt her feelings.Ass Shove: Chris inadvertently yells at his own mother, resulting in a very embarrassing.Artistic License: Although said to be based on Chris Rock's early life, there are major differences between the sitcom and what really happened.Chris Rock later makes a cameo as Chris's guidance counselor. Morello, his naive teacher who's attracted to black men, unintentionally makes racist remarks to Chris, who forces himself to ignore them or accept them as innocuous, while Chris Rock comments on them. ![]() Joey Caruso is the racist school bully who is, ironically, obese and short like some of his victims. His friend Greg is also a target of bullying, though to a far lesser degree. Omar, a womanizing funeral director and later tenant to Julius and Rochelle.Ĭhris attends Corleone Junior High, and later Tattaglia High School, where he experiences racism from students and staff alike as the only black student in the school. ![]() It is home to many comedic recurring characters, including the aptly-named black market dealer Risky, Jerome (who always asks "the little dude from across the street" (Chris) to let him " hold a dollar"), "Doc", owner of the local grocery store, and Mr. The series is also narrated by the humorous Chris Rock looking back at his younger self, typically saying the opposite of what the younger Chris thinks.Ĭhris and his family live in Bedford-Stuyvesant colloquially known as Bed-Stuy, primarily a Black and Puerto-Rican residence. It also features the equally (if not more) hapless Greg, Chris's best friend and confidant from school. ![]() Set in The Eighties, it revolves around the home and school life of Chris, featuring his easygoing although money worrying father Julius, sassy if somewhat overreacting mother Rochelle, younger brother Drew (who gets all the girls Chris can't), and "daddy's girl" sister Tonya. ![]() If Chris Rock's father was even half of what Julius was, he was damn lucky, i grew up without a father and my life would be so much better if i had someone like this as an example.īut yeah, maybe i'm too hard on Rochelle, but i really despise these stereotype of "angry women" that goes from adult to child in a flip, i lost all respect for her in that episode where Julius (who worked 2 jobs) was helping at home and she had the gall to complain, and when he replied "i do this stuff better than you", she spent a good chunk of time verbally abusing him, and for some reason he put up with it, and even teaches to do the same because as he says "women don't make sense, so just apologize even when they're wrong".Everybody Hates Chris is an American sitcom apparently based on the life of Chris Rock. Actually, from the few episodes i saw from it, she made Chris (and only Chris) do the house work, i don't know how often though, but even so, compared to Julius, the guy who worked 2 jobs, always was there for them when they needed and even gave some lessons for Chris (taking him to work so he could earn his pay was one of them). ![]()
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