"House of Buggin'" (1995) TV series

User Rating:

7.5/10   

Creators:

David Bar Katz
John Leguizamo
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Seasons:

1

Release Date:

8 January 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy.

Cast

Michael Sash

...

Jimmy / ... (2 episodes, 1995)

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Series Directed by
Adam Bernstein		(unknown episodes)
John Blanchard		(unknown episodes)
Alan Cohn		(unknown episodes)
John Fortenberry		(unknown episodes)
Paul Miller		(unknown episodes)

Series Writing credits
Fax Bahr		(10 episodes, 1995)
David Bar Katz		(10 episodes, 1995)
Paul Kozlowski		(10 episodes, 1995)
John Leguizamo		(10 episodes, 1995)
T. Sean Shannon		(10 episodes, 1995)
Adam Small		(10 episodes, 1995)
Todd Alcott		(unknown episodes)
Dennis Brooks		(unknown episodes)
David Fury		(unknown episodes)
Elin Hampton		(unknown episodes)
Michael Karnow		(unknown episodes)
Chris Kelly		(unknown episodes)
Lance Khazei		(unknown episodes)
Nancy Lombardo		(unknown episodes)
Bill Martin		(unknown episodes)
Mike Schiff		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Fax Bahr	....	co-executive producer (10 episodes, 1995)
John Leguizamo	....	executive producer (10 episodes, 1995)
Paul Miller	....	producer (10 episodes, 1995)
Adam Small	....	co-executive producer (10 episodes, 1995)
David Bar Katz	....	supervising producer (2 episodes, 1995)
Michael Bregman	....	producer (unknown episodes)
David Fury	....	producer (unknown episodes)
Elin Hampton	....	producer (unknown episodes)
Ann Holm	....	associate producer (unknown episodes)
Bill Martin	....	producer (unknown episodes)
Mike Schiff	....	producer (unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
Jon Vesey		(10 episodes, 1995)
Matt Davis		(9 episodes, 1995)

Series Art Direction by
Rachael Weinzimer		(unknown episodes)

Series Costume Design by
Tanya Seeman		(unknown episodes)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jeffrey Lazar	....	first assistant director (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Mark White	....	set dresser (10 episodes, 1995)

Series Sound Department
Peter Roos	....	supervising sound editor (9 episodes, 1995)
Chad Collins	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)
Richard Fairbanks	....	sound re-recording mixer (unknown episodes)
Fred Tator	....	sound re-recording mixer (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Tom Blancato	....	gaffer (10 episodes, 1995)
James Clement Cook	....	grip (10 episodes, 1995)
R. Derek Keener	....	best boy: electric (10 episodes, 1995)
Kelly Britt	....	electrician (unknown episodes)

Series Casting Department
Byron Crystal	....	extras casting (unknown episodes)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Mildred Brignoni	....	assistant costume designer (unknown episodes)

Series Music Department
Jellybean Benítez	....	composer: theme music (unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
Juan Goldo Rodriguez	....	production assistant (9 episodes, 1995)
Jeff Clinkenbeard	....	assistant to writer (unknown episodes)
Jenny Montalbano Hind	....	assistant to producer (unknown episodes)
Ken Roberson	....	choreographer (unknown episodes)
Glenn R. Schuster	....	location manager (unknown episodes)
David Westreich	....	assistant location manager (unknown episodes)

Distributors

• Fox Network (1995) (USA) (TV)

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Definitely underrated!

House of Buggin', staring John Leguizamo, was proof of the importance of advertisment. If you weren't living in NY, Miami, or LA most of your life, the show might have been alien to you. Even so, you couldn't help but smile at the spoof of Ricki Lake, featuring a verbal exchange between 'Fidel Castro' and 'Gen. Manuel Noriega.' I often looked forward to "Iggy & Loco's 'Totally True Urban Legends.'"

Other hilarious skits bore titles such as WomYn; Vogu-E; a skit where the show's actors enlist in "Big Brothers" who bully the kids they're assigned to, as well as a dramatic re-telling of a 'true' story where Rap music turns an All-American boy into a gun toting, brutal gangsta and a 'vice-versa' story where John Leguizamo's character is kidnapped by Hasidic Jews and converts (during the blindfolded/smell-test, he guessed everything that was put under his nose to be a pork food product--hehehe!). An entertaining slam of everything that has anything to do with inner-city life.

I have fond memories of this show, and am saddened by it's short life. Hopefully, reruns will one day grace Comedy Central.