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{{Short description|American animated cartoon series}}
{{Infobox television
| caption            =
| developer          = [[John Semper]]<br />Cynthia Friedlob
| starring           = [[Christopher Reid (entertainer)|Christopher Reid]]<br />[[Christopher Martin (entertainer)|Christopher Martin]]
| executive_producer = Winston Richard<br />Ellen Levy-Sarnoff<br />Maynell Thomas<br />Joe Taritero
| voices             = [[J. D. Hall]]<br />[[Brian Stokes Mitchell]]
| composer           = [[Haim Saban]]<br />[[Shuki Levy]]
| country            = United States
| language           = English
| network            = [[NBC]]
| first_aired        = {{start date|1990|9|8}}
| last_aired         = {{end date|1990|12|8}}
| num_seasons        = 1
| num_episodes       = 13
| list_episodes      = 
| company            = [[Marvel Productions]]<br />[[Saban Entertainment]] 
}}

'''''Kid 'n Play''''' is a 1990 animated cartoon series based on the real-life hip hop duo [[Kid 'n Play]].<ref name="auto">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5rfRdOMfTqsC&q=The+Cartoon+Music+Book+kid+n+play&pg=PA187|title=The Cartoon Music Book|first1=Daniel|last1=Goldmark|first2=Yuval|last2=Taylor|date=1 November 2002|publisher=Chicago Review Press|isbn=9781569764121|access-date=8 May 2018|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.41089/title.chris-kid-reid-reveals-kid-n-plays-dumbest-career-mistake-talks-narrating-nfl-show-undrafted#signup|title=Chris "Kid" Reid Reveals Kid 'n Play's Dumbest Career Mistake & Talks Narrating NFL Show "Undrafted"|work=HipHopDX|date=31 October 2016|access-date=8 May 2018|archive-date=8 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180508185725/https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.41089/title.chris-kid-reid-reveals-kid-n-plays-dumbest-career-mistake-talks-narrating-nfl-show-undrafted#signup|url-status=live}}</ref> It ran for one season on [[NBC]] from September 8 to December 8, 1990. On the show, Kid 'n Play were portrayed as teenagers, along with their friend Jazzy, their producer Hurbie and their DJ Wiz, but their recording careers remained the same as in real life, as did their character traits. Production was by [[Marvel Productions]] and [[Saban Entertainment]].

The real Kid 'n Play appeared in live-action wraparounds of the cartoons, but voice actors took over for the animated versions of the duo.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Erickson |first1=Hal |title=Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 |date=2005 |edition=2nd |publisher=McFarland & Co |isbn=978-1476665993 |pages=466–467}}</ref> The show stressed positive role models, teaching children how to get along with each other and stay out of trouble. Akin to the ''House Party'' films, Play was the less responsible member of the duo, cooking up get rich quick schemes, while Kid, the more responsible member, would usually be made to clean up messes. Oftentimes the issue would be resolved by the characters' girlfriends, or sometimes by an elderly jazz musician who wore a blue beret and was aptly named "Old Blue". Also along the crew is Kid's Mohawk pet dog Hairy. The lessons ranged from serious to lighter fare. One of the "less serious" episodes dealt with Kid's father under the impression hip hop is bad and Kid not having the means to put it in a positive light. Old Blue offers to help by sending Kid on a trip back in time to the era of jazz and 1920s speakeasies to help better understand its roots.

[[Marvel Comics]] published a tie-in comic book which ran for nine issues in 1992.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/i-love-ya-but-youre-strange-how-did-it-take-until-1992-for-kid-n-play-to-have-their-own-comic-book/|title=I Love Ya But You're Strange - How Did It Take Until 1992 For Kid 'n' Play to Have Their Own Comic Book?|date=10 March 2013|publisher=Comic Book Resources|access-date=8 May 2018|archive-date=9 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180509012528/https://www.cbr.com/i-love-ya-but-youre-strange-how-did-it-take-until-1992-for-kid-n-play-to-have-their-own-comic-book/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The series was created by [[John Semper]] Jr. and [[Cynthia Friedlob]] who also served as the show-runners and head-writers. They would later go on to write Kid 'N Play's third live-action feature, ''[[Class Act]]'', for [[Warner Bros]]. Semper would later produce and be the head-writer for "Spider-Man: The Animated Series," for Marvel Films Animation. It was cancelled after one season as [[George H. W. Bush]] signed a deal to require educational programming for children in the following season.<ref>{{cite web|title=Children and Television|url=http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/Spring03/Wells/history.htm|author=Landrea Wells|publisher=[[University of Florida]]|access-date=December 24, 2023|archive-date=March 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190310225405/http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/Spring03/Wells/history.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Ownership of the series passed to [[Disney]] in 2001 when Disney acquired [[Fox Kids Worldwide]], which also includes [[Marvel Productions]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://publicrecords.copyright.gov/advanced-search?records_per_page=10&subquery=%7B%22queryTerm%22%3A%22Kid%20n%20Play%22%2C%22operatorType%22%3A%22%22%2C%22fieldHeading%22%3A%22Title%22%2C%22searchType%22%3A%22As%20a%20Phrase%22%2C%22searchTypeReverseLookup%22%3A%7B%22exact%22%3A%22Is%20%28exact%29%22%2C%22starts_with%22%3A%22Starts%20with%22%2C%22contains%22%3A%22Contains%22%2C%22phrase%22%3A%22As%20a%20Phrase%22%7D%7D&page_number=0&date_field=representative_date&sort_field=representative_date&sort_order=asc&type_of_work=all%20records&type_of_work=registration&type_of_record=motion_picture | title=U.S. Copyright Public Records System | access-date=2022-10-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://streamclues.com/disney-and-missing-saban-entertainment-fox-kids-jetix-worldwide-library/ |title=Disney+ and Missing Saban Entertainment & Fox Kids-Jetix Worldwide Library - StreamClues |date=14 September 2022 |access-date=2 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221226042740/https://streamclues.com/disney-and-missing-saban-entertainment-fox-kids-jetix-worldwide-library/ |archive-date=26 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.chroniquedisney.fr/fil-01-ABC/serie-bvs-entertainment.htm | title=Liste - BVS Entertainment &#124; Séries | access-date=2022-10-09 | archive-date=2020-09-22 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922051329/https://www.chroniquedisney.fr/fil-01-ABC/serie-bvs-entertainment.htm | url-status=live }}</ref>

==Cast==
* [[Christopher Reid (rapper)|Christopher "Kid" Reid]] as himself (live-action segments)
* [[Christopher Martin (rapper)|Christopher "Play" Martin]] as himself (live-action segments)
* Mark  "DJ Wiz" Eastmond as himself (live-action segments)
*[[Salt-N-Pepa|Salt N Pepa]] as themselves (live-action segments)
*[[Kool Moe Dee]] as himself (live-action segments)
*[[Tony! Toni! Toné!|Tony! Toni! Tone!]] as themselves (live-action segments)
*[[DJ Spinderella]] as herself (live-action segments)

===Voices===
* [[Jack Angel]]
* [[Tommy Davidson]] as Jazzy, Acorn
* Chris Hooks as Christopher Reid
* [[J. D. Hall]] as Pitbull, Mr. Reid
* [[Dorian Harewood]] as Old Blue
* [[Martin Lawrence]] as DJ Wiz, Hurbie
* [[Dawnn Lewis]] as Lela
* [[Brian Stokes Mitchell]] as Christopher Martin
* [[Danny Mann]] as Hairy
* [[Rain Pryor]] as B.B.
* [[Alaina Reed]]
* Terri Semper
* [[Cree Summer]] as Marika, Downtown, Carrie

===Additional voices===
* [[Charlie Adler]]
* [[Susan Blu]]
* Tom McHugh
* [[Rob Paulsen]]
* [[Les Tremayne]]
* [[Janet Waldo]]
* [[Patric Zimmerman]]

==Episodes==
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| overall     = 4
| title       = 32
| airdate     = 12
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 1
| Title           = Play's Place
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1990|9|8}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 2
| Title           = Flip Your Kid Wig
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1990|9|15}}
| Short Summary   = 
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 3
| Title           = Rap-O-Mania
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1990|9|22}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 4
| Title           = There's No Business Like Dough Business
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1990|9|29}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 5
| Title           = One Kid and a Baby
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1990|10|6}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 6
| Title           = Rapped Around His Little Finger
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1990|10|13}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 7
| Title           = Not What It's Rapped Up To Be
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1990|10|20}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 8
| Title           = Tap To The Rap
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1990|10|27}}
| Short Summary   = 
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 9
| Title           = Say It, Don't Spray It
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1990|11|3}}
| Short Summary   = 
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 10
| Title           = Jump Street Jazzy
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1990|11|10}}
| Short Summary   = 
| LineColor       = dbe9f4
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 11
| Title           = Quantum Rap
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1990|11|17}}
| Short Summary   = 
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}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 12
| Title           = Project Creeper Sweeper
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1990|12|1}}
| Short Summary   = 
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}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 13
| Title           = Jazzman Jazzy
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1990|12|8}}
| Short Summary   = 
| LineColor       = dbe9f4
}}
}}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0098840}}
* {{comicbookdb|type=title|id=4913|title=''Kid 'n Play''}}
*Kid 'n Play [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akNpdAOD9h8&list=PLqWUXzLg1nmdPznuBipQQInjFoJsgGc5o Season 1 Playlist]

{{Kid 'n Play}}
{{Children's programming on NBC in the 1990s}}

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[[Category:American television series with live action and animation]]
[[Category:Animation based on real people]]
[[Category:Black people in art]]
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[[Category:Cultural depictions of American people]]
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