The Jamie Foxx Show

"The Jamie Foxx Show", on first glance, isn't all that bad. Garcelle Beauvais is a beautiful actress, Jamie Foxx is a great actor with a very lively character and the rest of the characters sorta fade to the background.

It gets awkward when watching the second episode. It's too simple. The title song says it all; it's simple, my baby rocks my world. That's it. Are we supposed to just watch Garcelle flick around with Jamie, period? Now the character Jamie Foxx is great and although the concept isn't all that original any more after watching Fresh Prince of Bel Air, he does pull it off pretty well.

But do we really want to look at 20 minutes of Jamie Foxx saying funny things? Where's the plot? The interaction? It feels like a bad excuse for a sitcom and after the first episode you'll watch it with a frown on your face.

"The Jamie Foxx Show" was Jamie Foxx's next T. V. venture after "In Livin' Color." "The Jamie Foxx Show" was Jamie pretty much played himself: a comedian from Terrell, Texas who moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in show business. He worked at his family's hotel run by his Aunt Helen (Ellia English) and Uncle Junior (Garrett Morris). While working as little as possible Jamie King (Jamie Foxx) would constantly make fun of his coworker Braxton Hartnabrig (Christopher B. Duncan), and try to hook up with his beautiful coworker Fancy (Garcelle Beauvais). It was hilarity as Jamie Foxx hammed it up.

This show is a classic that you can watch over & over. I get so upset that every time I come on this site, the Black shows have low ratings. Pure racism. This show is one of the best.

In 1996, Martin was winding down on its run, and in that same year, we get introduced to a new fresh face, after appearing in the 3rd season of Fox's In Living Color and having a recurring role on Roc, and that man is Jamie Foxx!

Foxx plays Jamie King, an aspiring musician who supports himself by working at his family's hotel, owned by Jamie's Aunt Helen (played by Ellia English) and Uncle Junior (played to hilarious perfection by Garrett Morris), and their co-workers, the uptight hotel accountant Braxton P. Hartnabrig (played to absolute perfection by Christopher B. Duncan) and Jamie's love interest, desk clerk Francesca "Fancy" Monroe (played to perfect "fanciness" by the beautiful Garcelle Beauvais).

So, if you want to see Jamie Foxx before he really became famous, check out his underrated sitcom and you'll have some chuckles here and there.

Man, this show takes me back! The Jamie Foxx show was too funny for words. The things this man said and did on his show was hilarious. I use to love this character he use to play named Tryone Coppel. Tyrone Coppel was basically the black version of Ted Coppel and he would say things like "Westside" and "back up off me" in Ted Coppels voice. There were also a lot of in-jokes on this show about the city of Los Angeles, and if you don't live in LA like I do or are familiar with the city, you probably won't get them. This show followed a really simple formula but it was still hilarious. I also liked the guy who played Braxton P. Hartnabrig. This guy is responsible for coining the word "bro-ham" and was a funny straight man for Foxx. Uncle Junior King played by the great Garret Morris was also hilarious as Jamie's cheap-skate uncle. If you want to laugh out loud, then I suggest you check out the Jamie Foxx show. Season 1 is out on DVD now.