"House of Buggin'" (1995) TV series

User Rating:

7.8/10   

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

Luis Guzmán	...	Various (10 episodes, 1995)
David Herman	...	Various (10 episodes, 1995)
John Leguizamo	...	Various (10 episodes, 1995)

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Series Directed by
Paul Miller		(10 episodes, 1995)
Adam Bernstein		(unknown episodes)
John Blanchard		(unknown episodes)
Alan Cohn		(unknown episodes)
John Fortenberry		(unknown episodes)

Series Writing credits
Todd Alcott		(10 episodes, 1995)
Fax Bahr		(10 episodes, 1995)
Dennis Brooks		(10 episodes, 1995)
Elin Hampton		(10 episodes, 1995)
Michael Karnow		(10 episodes, 1995)
David Bar Katz		(10 episodes, 1995)
Chris Kelly		(10 episodes, 1995)
Lance Khazei		(10 episodes, 1995)
Paul Kozlowski		(10 episodes, 1995)
John Leguizamo		(10 episodes, 1995)
Nancy Lombardo		(10 episodes, 1995)
Bill Martin		(10 episodes, 1995)
Mike Schiff		(10 episodes, 1995)
T. Sean Shannon		(10 episodes, 1995)
Adam Small		(10 episodes, 1995)
David Fury		(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)
Mike Schiff	....	supervising producer / producer (10 episodes, 1995)
Adam Small	....	co-executive producer (10 episodes, 1995)
Bill Martin	....	supervising producer (9 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)

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

NOT an In Living Color Rip-Off

To say that House of Buggin' was an In Living Color rip-off is ridiculous. To go that far, then you'd have to say that In Living Color is/was a rip-off of Saturday Night Live and SCTV. Just because In Living Color was a show made by minorities (which I, myself, am), that doesn't make the idea of their show any more original. Saturday Night Live is mostly watched by whites, In Living Color was mostly watched by blacks, and House of Buggin' was mostly watched by Latinos. Simple. To say it was a rip-off of ILC is just pure ignorance.

Latinos needed a show like this since all you see on TV are Caucasian and Black television shows. And even though there aren't a whole lot of Black television shows, there's still more than what Latinos have. John Leguizamo is a comedic genius, and his timing is well planned and methodical. He's a versatile actor, so he can do both comedy and drama. The same can't be said about the Wayans brothers who are excellent with comedy, just not drama (although we haven't seen them do drama, really).

Anyway, I thought it was a great show and should have lasted longer. Like someone said in another comment, the show wasn't advertised in many cities and it wasn't advertised as much as In Living Color was. Comedy Central should dish out the money and pick up the episodes. I'd definitely watch those again!