This overlooked gem of late 90's comedy gold is pure hilarity and genuine claymation art brilliance. It's amazing to read reviews here that DO NOT UNDERSTAND SATIRE OR IRONY (a sad cultural phenomenon which started to take hold in the late 20teens and is now totally ubiquitous.) The PJ's is a super smart sendup of various tropes done in a brilliantly original way. The creators and writers understood what is utterly lost on 1/2 hour 'comedy' writers today: it's all about the setup, payoff, and the jokes in between, which should never be more than three lines apart. The PJ's did all three terrifically. The 'situations' of this sitcom were clever and always paid off, and the joke writing was razor sharp, on point. And based in honest, reality-based takes (all good comedy is, phoniness is always sussed by an audience and lands like a lead balloon, i.e. Today.) The voice over performances from a who's who of Black comedic talent of the era, led by the inimitable Eddie M and Loretta Devine, were perfect and side-splittingly funny. An easy 10 out of 10. I honestly feel bad for those who never lived in an era of creative freedom, genuine satire, irony, and art for art's sake (again: all are tragically totally lost arts today.) Those that think scripted content should be, instead of an artists honest personal take on a slice of the world, some sort of bitter medicine to raise the audiences' consciousnesses (most of which were raised to the level they expect, and beyond, by about 12 years of age, and have been for at least three decades) and who see an 'ist' everywhere they look--which, of course, says more about how they see than what they see (and likely more than a little projection of their own hangups.) If one is a hammer, everything is a nail. Ignore them, actually enjoy your lives, and check out this piece of late 90's solid gold! Thank me later.
