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Live action by PYTKA, Venice, Calif. Joe Pytka, director/DP; Suellen Wagner, executive producer; Lisa Winston, producer. Animation by Warner Bros. Classic Animation, Sherman Oaks, Calif. Frank Molieri, director; Kathleen Helppie, senior producer; Steve Donmyer, producer. Shot at Blackhawk Studio, Chicago.
AGENCY
Messner Vetere Berger McNamee Schmetterer/Euro RSCG, New York. Joe O’Neill, creative director/copywriter; Marcus Kemp, creative director/art director; Andrew Loevenguth, producer.
EDITORIAL
Berwyn Editorial, New York. Nils Johnson, editor; Amy Dubin, assistant editor.
POST/VISUAL EFFECTS
Nice Shoes, New York. Chris Ryan, colorist; Steve McGee, Henry artist; Anne Skopas, producer. POP Television, Santa Monica. Randy Lowder, online editor. VirtualMagic Animation, North Hollywood. Andy Jolliff, technical director; Andrea Romero, executive producer; Ryan Robertson, production manager.
AUDIO POST
Voiceover record and mix completed at POP Sound, Santa Monica. Mark Meyuhas, mixer. Animation voiceover recording completed at The L.A. Studios, Hollywood. George Thompson, engineer.
MUSIC
Big Foote Communications, New York. Louis King, arranger; Ray Foote, producer.
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Damon Wayans and Damon Wayans Jr. Explore Generations, Old School vs. New School, In “Poppa’s House”
Boundaries between work and family don't just blur in the new CBS sitcom "Poppa's House" starring father-and-son comedy duo Damon Wayans and Damon Wayans Jr. They shatter.
"It's wonderful to come to work every day and see him and some of his kids and my sister and my brother and nieces and nephews. They all work on this show. They all contribute," says the senior Wayans. "I don't think there are words to express how joyful I am."
Wayans plays the titular Poppa, a curmudgeonly radio DJ who's more than comfortable doing it his way, while Wayans Jr. plays his son, Damon, a budding filmmaker who's stuck in a job he hates.
"My character, Pop, is just an old school guy who's kind of stuck in his ways," says Wayans, who starred in "In Living Color" and "My Wife and Kids."
Pop yearns for the days when a handshake was a binding contract and Michael Jordan didn't complain if he got fouled on the court. Pop laughs at the younger generation's participation trophies.
"It's old school versus new school and them teaching each other lessons from both sides," says Wayans Jr., who played Coach in the Fox sitcom "New Girl."
"They (the characters) bring the best out in each other and they're resistant initially. But then throughout the episode they have revelations and these revelations help them become better people," he adds.
The two have worked together before — dad made an appearance on son's "Happy Endings" and "Happy Together," while son was a writer and guest star on dad's "My Wife and Kids." But this is the first time they have headlined a series together.
The half-hour comedy — premiering Monday and co-starring Essence Atkins and Tetona Jackson — smartly leaves places in the script where father and son can let... Read More