Birthday:
03-30-1962
(62 years)
Birthplace:
Oakland, California, USA
Biography
Stanley Kirk Burrell (born March 30, 1962), better known by his stage name MC Hammer (or simply Hammer), is an American rapper, actor, TV personality, entrepreneur, celebrity spokesperson, and ordained preacher. Known for hit songs such as "U Can't Touch This", "2 Legit 2 Quit", and "Pumps and a Bump", flashy dance movements, extravagant choreography, and his eponymous Hammer pants.
A multi-award winner, Hammer is considered a "forefather" and pioneering innovator of pop rap (incorporating elements of freestyle music), and is the first hip hop artist to achieve diamond status with his album Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em.
BET ranked Hammer as the No. 7 "Best Dancer of All Time". Vibe's "The Best Rapper Ever Tournament" declared him the 17th favorite of all-time during the first round. He continues to perform concerts at music venues and appears in television advertisements, along with participating in social media and ministry/outreach functions.
Along with a Mattel doll and other merchandise, Hammer starred in a Saturday-morning cartoon called Hammerman in 1991. He became an ordained preacher during the late 1990s and hosted M.C. Hammer and Friends, a Christian ministry program on TBN. Hammer was also a dance judge on Dance Fever in 2003, was the co-creator of the dance website DanceJam.com, and was executive producer of his own reality show titled Hammertime (which aired on the A&E Network during the summer of 2009).
A multi-award winner, Hammer is considered a "forefather" and pioneering innovator of pop rap (incorporating elements of freestyle music), and is the first hip hop artist to achieve diamond status with his album Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em.
BET ranked Hammer as the No. 7 "Best Dancer of All Time". Vibe's "The Best Rapper Ever Tournament" declared him the 17th favorite of all-time during the first round. He continues to perform concerts at music venues and appears in television advertisements, along with participating in social media and ministry/outreach functions.
Along with a Mattel doll and other merchandise, Hammer starred in a Saturday-morning cartoon called Hammerman in 1991. He became an ordained preacher during the late 1990s and hosted M.C. Hammer and Friends, a Christian ministry program on TBN. Hammer was also a dance judge on Dance Fever in 2003, was the co-creator of the dance website DanceJam.com, and was executive producer of his own reality show titled Hammertime (which aired on the A&E Network during the summer of 2009).
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Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson
Act like Self (archive footage)
event2017 star_border 8.3
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In honor of Homer's journey to the Hall of Fame, MLB all-stars and Springfield locals look back at the greatest corporate softball game ever played.
Katt Williams: Pimpadelic
Act like Self
event2009 star_border 6.4
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Comedian Katt Williams talks intimately about his family, career, god, his future and the state of the comedy business
The Swingin' A's
Act like Self - Narrator (voice)
event2017
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MLB Network Presents this documentary on the Oakland Athletics powerhouse teams of the 1970's, winners of 3 straight World Series titles from 1972-1974.
One Man's Justice
Act like Dexter Kane
event1996 star_border 6.1
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When a man's wife and family are murdered, he plots revenge only to find out that the killer is under Federal protection and he must exact his own form of justice.
I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America
Act like Self
event1998
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Award-winning filmmaker Byron Hurt explores what it means to be a Black man in America. Traveling to more than fifteen cities and towns across the country, Hurt gathers reflections on Black masculinity from men and women of a variety of socioeconomic backgrounds and a host of leading scholars and cultural critics. What results is an engaging and honest dialogue about race, gender, and identity in America. Features bell hooks, Michael Eric Dyson, John Henrick Clarke, Kevin Powell, Andrew Young, Dr. Alvin Poussaint, MC Hammer, Jackson Katz, and many others.
Cheyenne
Act like Haddox
event1996 star_border 4.2
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After she's caught sleeping with the ranch hand, Cheyenne (Bobbie Phillips) shoots her good-for-nothing husband and takes off with his money. Her hubbie doesn't want to part with her, however, and now the feisty Cheyenne has not one, but two bounty hunters on her tail. Jeremiah (Gary Hudson) may think that he's the best bounty hunter on the frontier, but Haddox (M.C. Hammer) and his evil dwarf Razor (Bobby Bell) have their minds set on bringing Cheyenne in, even if they have to take out Jeremiah just to get to her.
1040: Christianity in the New Asia
Act like Self
event2010
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Featuring Jaeson Ma, MC Jin, Van Ness Wu, MC Hammer. '1040' focuses on the rapid socioeconomic expansion in Asia and the significant shift of religious landscape in an area known as the '10/40 Window'- a region between 10 and 40 degrees north of the equator, which is now widely thought to be the frontier of world Christianity.
Slammin' Rap Video Magazine Vol. 1
Act like Self
event1990
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SLAMMIN!... Rap's #1 video magazine. Here are the acts you're going to be meetin' in the premiere episode of this 1990 Video VHS Magazine produced by Night Flight creator Stuart S. Shapiro. Waking up in the morning with Big Daddy Kane...KANE style, a spin in Ice T.'s Ferrari and a tour of his home with the Rhyme Syndicate posse, MC Hammer contributes his def videos, Queen Latifah and her dancers 007 and 99 allow Slammin' into their "Queendom" to drop science on women in the rap industry. Chuck D, KRS-One, Chris Rock and Steve White take a comic's look at rap movies. Host Alex Winter races around town, trying to hook up with Slammin's rap acts in this premiere issue.
The Right Connections
Act like Kendrick Bragg
event1997 star_border 3
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The Tompkins's kids have a good life despite being raised by a single mum. However when Gail loses her job they look like they will have to make sacrifices ...
Rhapsody
Act like Wizard
event2001 star_border 1.5
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The life of a beautiful rising female recording star is placed in jeopardy when she witnesses the drive-by shooting of a rival rap-star in Las Vegas. Wanted by both the killers and the corrupt police, the young woman must go into hiding while three of her kick-ass friends root-out the truth to the situation.
Greatest Hits of the 70's & 80's
Act like Self (archive footage)
event2002
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01 Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U 02 Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow Vocals - Maggie Reilly 03 Marillion - Kayleigh 4 Feargal Sharkey - A Good Heart 05 Ultravox - Vienna 06 Robert Palmer - Simply Irresistable 07 Gary Moore - Still Got The Blues - For You 08 Mel & Kim - Respectable 09 Charles & Eddie - Would I Lie To You? 10 Baltimora - Tarzan Boy 11 Boy George - Everything I Own 12 Paul Hardcastle - 19 13 Climie Fisher - Rise To The Occasion 14 Heaven 17 - Temptation Vocals - Carol Kenyon 15 China Crisis - Wishful Thinking 16 Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me) 17 The Babys - Every Time I Think Of You 18 The Specials - Ghost Town...
Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em: The Movie
Act like Self / Reverend Pressure
event1990 star_border 6
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MC Hammer returns to his hometown and, with the help of some funky tunes, defeats a druglord who is using kids to traffic his stuff.
Zoolander 2
Act like M.C. Hammer
event2016 star_border 4.9
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Derek and Hansel are modelling again when an opposing company attempts to take them out from the business.
Vanilla Ice Archive
Act like Self (archive footage)
event2012
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The life and career of American rapper Vanilla Ice, showcasing his start as a breakdancer in South Dallas to his mainstream international success and the hardships that followed through archive personal, TV, news and concert footage.
Private Parts
Act like M.C. Hammer
event1997 star_border 6.5
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The life and career of shock-jock superstar Howard Stern is recounted from his humble beginnings to his view from the top. Possessing a desire to be an on-air personality since childhood, Stern meanders through the radio world, always with his supportive wife, Alison, by his side. Landing a gig in Washington, D.C., Stern meets Robin Quivers, who will become his long-time partner in crime. When the two move to New York, they face the wrath of NBC executives.
Life O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power Generation
Act like Self
event2005
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On the road documentary with Prince and the New Power Generation during their 2004 Musicology tour from the west coast Los Angeles' House of Blues to the east coast's Madison Square Garden in New York City with press stops along the way and behind the scenes concert footage.
Rebels of Oakland: The A's, The Raiders, The '70s
Act like Self
event2003 star_border 6
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"As soon as you hear the title to this new one, you know exactly what it's about and why it's likely to be good, especially if you were a sports fan growing up in the 1970s. Even to good boys all the way across the country in New Hampshire, the authority-flouting baseball A's and football Raiders were magical. Not only did they win championships, they did it amid clubhouse brawls, feuds with an owner and a general embrace of the 1960s aesthetic. Filmmakers Rick Bernstein and Ross Greenburg tell the stories of these turbulent, talented teams and show how they perfectly fit their city. Oakland was blue collar and home to hardcore hard-core 1960s rebellion, exemplified by the Black Panthers. Oakland, especially, was not San Francisco, the effete, world-class city across the bay."
Last Action Hero
Act like M.C. Hammer
event1993 star_border 6.5
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After his father's death, a young boy finds solace in action movies featuring an indestructible cop. Given a magic ticket by a theater manager, he is transported into the film and teams up with the cop to stop a villain who escapes into the real world.
Reggie's Prayer
Act like Forest Ranger Baker
event1996 star_border 3.7
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Reggie White stars as Reggie Knox, a pro football player who retires, frustrated because he hasn't won a championship. Knox begins coaching a Portland, Ore., high school football program, where he befriends a troubled student. Reggie fights local ruffians with Christian values. And punches.
The '91 Falcons
Act like Self
event2017 star_border 9
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Chronicles the exciting season of the 1991 Atlanta Falcons which head coach Jerry Glanville called "the most fun team ever in pro football."
Letter to the President
Act like Self
event2005 star_border 2
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Feature documentary that showcases the close-knit ties between the Hip Hop Music community and America's social and political policy in the last 30 years.
James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message
Act like Self
event2014 star_border 8
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The Godfather of Soul tells his life story and features his greatest live performances.
Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee
Act like Roy Thunder
event2007 star_border 5.2
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In 1973, martial arts great Bruce Lee died, his final film, Game of Death, left unfinished. With the public hungry for more Lee, movie execs decide to find a replacement. This outrageous satire looks at the entire process, from the oddball candidates to the greed and racial motivations that drive the final decision. There's big business in the movies, and Finishing the Game skewers it with an eye for '70s detail.
Street Life
event2001 star_border 2
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"Street Life" is the most controversial documentary ever to hit the streets. It's not only documentation, but also a bible to the streets. If focuses in on the mentality of urban America. This documentary will educate individuals who are not in the streets about the streets. It will also educate the people in the streets, to what they call...The Game. Hear real stories of war on the streets from people who are living it now. Heart breaking stories from people who made a wrong turn in life, just didn't think it could happen to them. Many of these stories that are being shared to the world through this documentary are by real people with real lives, doing real things. Witness the advantages and disadvantages of ... Street Life, growing up in the hood.
40 Hidden Music Treasures at the BBC
Act like Self (archive footage)
event2024 star_border 8.5
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Expect the unexpected on this journey through the BBC's magical music archives, a Top 40 with a difference. In a Top of the Pops-free-zone, these are the surprising songs and rare performances that aren't seen every day, taken from shows that may have been forgotten - but that definitely deserve to see daylight once again.
The Making of "The Addams Family"
Act like Self
event1991
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Backstage Productions presents an inside look into the making of the 1991 film "The Addams Family", including interviews with cast and crew and a sneak peak at Hammer's new video "Addams Groove".
Martin
(1 ep.)
event1992 star_border 7.6
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Sassy sitcom centering on radio and television personality Martin Payne. Series focuses on his romantic relationship with girlfriend Gina, her best friend Pam and escapades with best friends Tommy and Cole.
Hammerman
Act like Hammerman/Stanley Burrell (13 ep.)
event1991 star_border 4.2
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Set before his pyrotechnic rise to stardom, (M.C.) Hammer is still Stanley Kirk Burrell, helping kids at the local community center and dreaming of making it big as a rap music star. When some "magic dancing shoes" step into his life, Stanley is transformed into HAMMERMAN - the first musical superhero!
The Surreal Life
Act like Self (8 ep.)
event2003 star_border 7.8
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The Surreal Life is a reality television series that sets a select group of past-their-prime celebrities and records them as they live together in Glen Campbell's former mansion in the Hollywood Hills for two weeks. The format of the show resembles that of The Real World and Road Rules, in that the cameras not only record the castmates' participation in group activities assigned to them, but also their interpersonal relationships and conflicts. The series is also likened to The Challenge in that previously known individuals from separate origins of entertainment are brought together into one cast. The show's first two seasons aired on The WB, and subsequent seasons have been shown on VH1.
The View
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event1997 star_border 4.5
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ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro discussing the most exciting events of the day. Hot topics in the news, the best experts in their field, celebrity interviews and general entertainment are all part of The View.
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Act like Self - Guest (1 ep.)
event1993 star_border 7.1
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Stepping into the late-late slot vacated by David Letterman, Conan O'Brien stars in a show that far outdoes its competition in sheer strangeness. Along with the celebrity interviews and musical numbers typical of late-night talk shows, this program make frequent use of odd walk-on characters and frequent "visits" from celebrity guests.
Dance Fever
Act like Self (1 ep.)
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Dance Fever is an American variety game show hosted by Eric Nies. The three celebrity judges were Carmen Electra, Jamie King, and MC Hammer. The two-hour series premiere aired on ABC Family on July 13, 2003.
In Canada, MuchMusic had the rights to air the series. Dance Fever also aired on Family the same day as the ABC Family airings, becoming the only program on the channel to take commercial breaks during the show.
Three years later, tapdancing twins Sean and John became contestants on NBC's America's Got Talent. They did not make it to the finals, but were highly praised. Live in Color, a hip-hop booty-shaking dance crew from Florida, were the first and the only winner since the series did not continue.
Out All Night
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event1992 star_border 8.5
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Out All Night is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 19, 1992 to July 9, 1993 for one season. The series stars Patti LaBelle, and was created by Andy Borowitz, Susan Borowitz, and Rob Edwards.
8:15 from Manchester
(1 ep.)
event1990 star_border 5
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8:15 from Manchester was a Saturday morning children's magazine show broadcast on BBC1 when Going Live! was in summer recess.
Broadcasting from Manchester, it was presented by Ross King and Charlotte Hindle. The first edition was broadcast on 21 April 1990. It was produced by Martyn Day. BBC Radio 1 weathergirl Dianne Oxberry joined for the second series, which began on 28 April 1991.
The format was very similar to Going Live!, with imported cartoons punctuating items, such as games, music performances and interviews. A regular segment was The Wetter The Better, a game show based in a swimming pool and hosted by Ross King. A weekly drama was shown, in which the short episode ended in a dilemma of some sort. Two endings had been filmed and viewers telephoned to vote which ending would be shown.
It also incorporated a repeat run of Rentaghost, though all the pre-1980 episodes were omitted and the end-credits rarely seen. Later, episodes of Grandad, starring Clive Dunn, were also shown.
The theme tune was by Inspiral Carpets: a rewrite of their single "Find Out Why". An early edition had a feature of how the theme was recorded.
Hammertime
Act like Self (11 ep.)
event2009
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It's Hammertime in this A&E series that features a peek inside the life of Stanley Burrell, aka M.C. Hammer, who's experienced the exhilaration of selling more than 50 million albums to the despair of bankruptcy. Back on his feet financially, Hammer now spends his days running his music label, performing, juggling speaking engagements and being a family man to his wife of more than 23 years and their six kids, ranging in age from 3 to 21.
Glenn Martin, DDS
(1 ep.)
event2009 star_border 5.9
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Glenn Martin, DDS is an American-Canadian stop-motion-animated television series that premiered on Nick at Nite on August 17, 2009. The series was produced by Tornante Animation in association with Cuppa Coffee Studio. Glenn Martin, DDS was Nick at Nite's fourth original series.
The show premiered on March 18, 2010 on Sky1 in the UK and Ireland. Season two premiered on June 11, 2010. The show ended on November 7th, 2011.
Where Are They Now?
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event1999 star_border 7.5
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Where Are They Now? was a television series on VH1 that featured past celebrities and updated on their current professional and personal status. Each episode was dedicated to another genre.
Though not always in sequence, some episodes were a continuation of the motif of episodes from the past. Those episodes sometimes had Roman numerals in their title to signify their sequel status.
The New Tom Green Show
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event2003 star_border 4.5
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The Tom Green Show is a North American television show, created by and starring Canadian comedian Tom Green, that first aired in September 1994. The series aired on Rogers Television 22, a community channel in Ottawa, Ontario, until 1996, when it was picked up by The Comedy Network. The second season began airing on December 4, 1998. (In 1996, Tom Green also produced a pilot episode for CBC Television, although the CBC did not pick up the series.)
In January 1999, the show moved to the United States and aired on MTV. The series stopped production in March 2000, due to Green's diagnosis of testicular cancer, but continued to appear on the channel via reruns and other promotional materials. In 2002, it was ranked #41 on TV Guide's 50 Worst TV Shows of All Time. In 2003, the show was revived as The New Tom Green Show. In 2006, Green launched Tom Green Live, a live call-in show for his website, which was later renamed Tom Green's House Tonight.
The Hip Hop Years
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event1999 star_border 7
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The Hip Hop Years is a three part series of one hour television documentaries, made for Channel 4 in 1999.
The series was devised by David Upshal who produced, directed and narrated the series. He also produced the 33-track compilation CD which accompanied the series and co-wrote the book with Alex Ogg, also titled The Hip Hop Years.
The series charts the definitive story of Hip Hop, rising from the streets of the Bronx to become, what Upshal calls, "the new Rock'n'Roll". The programmes combine archive clips and performance from TV, movies and music videos with specially shot material and interviews with key players.
American Music Awards
Act like Self - Musical Guest (1 ep.)
event1974 star_border 8.1
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An annual American music awards show. Unlike the Grammys, which are awarded on the basis of votes by members of the Recording Academy, the AMAs are determined by a poll of the public and music buyers.
Saturday Night Live
Act like Self - Host & Musical Guest (1 ep.)
event1975 star_border 6.9
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A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.
Behind the Music
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event1997 star_border 7
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An intimate look into the personal lives of pop music's greatest and most influential artists.
The Chris Rock Show
(1 ep.)
event1997 star_border 4.4
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The Chris Rock Show is a late night comedy talk show featured on HBO. It was created by Chris Rock and featured various guests. The show won an Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program in 1999. It ran for five seasons from 1997 to 2000.
MTV Video Music Awards
Act like Self (2 ep.)
event1984 star_border 7.5
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An annual award ceremony presented by MTV to honor the best in the music video medium.
Beat Shazam
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event2017 star_border 5.1
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Game show in which teams of two race against the clock and each other as they attempt to identify the biggest hit songs of all time. In the end, the team with the highest score will outlast the competition and go against Shazam, the world’s most popular song identification app, for the chance to win a cash prize.
Yo! MTV Raps
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event1988 star_border 7.5
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Popular rap music videos showcased along with live performances and interviews with notable rap artists.
Infinite Challenge
Act like Self (2 ep.)
event2005 star_border 7.6
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Infinite Challenge has been reported as the first "Real-Variety" show in Korean television history. The program is largely unscripted, and follows a similar format of challenge-based Reality Television programs, familiar to the audiences in the West, but the challenges are often silly, absurd, or impossible to achieve, so the program takes on the aspect of a satirical comedy variety show, rather than a more standard reality or contest program. In order to achieve its comedic purposes its 6 hosts and staff continuously proclaim, the elements of this show are the 3-Ds, Dirty, Dangerous, and Difficult.
Uncle Grandpa
Act like MC Hammer (voice) (1 ep.)
event2013 star_border 4.4
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The adventures of Uncle Grandpa who is out to help every child and adult in the world through the power of imagination. With his mystical R.V. and eternal optimism, Uncle Grandpa is always ready to greet the day - and everyone he meets - with his signature, "Good Mornin'."
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