Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (1992–1997)

Popular comedian Mark Curry plays Mr. Mark Cooper, a single high school teacher and basketball coach living in Oakland, California. Between coaching, teaching, dealing with neighborhood ... See full summary »

Creator:

Jeff Franklin

Stars:

Mark Curry, Holly Robinson Peete, Marquise Wilson

2 wins & 7 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Mark Curry	...	Mark Cooper (101 episodes, 1992-1997)
Holly Robinson Peete	...	Vanessa Russell (101 episodes, 1992-1997)
Marquise Wilson	...	Tyler Foster (89 episodes, 1993-1997)
Sandra Quarterman	...	Geneva Lee (79 episodes, 1993-1997)
Raven-Symoné	...	Nicole Lee (79 episodes, 1993-1997)
Nell Carter	...	P.J. Moore (42 episodes, 1993-1995)

Storyline

Popular comedian Mark Curry plays Mr. Mark Cooper, a single high school teacher and basketball coach living in Oakland, California. Between coaching, teaching, dealing with neighborhood struggles and living with two beautiful female roommates (played by Holly Robinson Peete and Dawnn Lewis), Mr. Cooper keeps a humorous, positive outlook on life and provides advice and fun to the many people in his life that he encounters. The show also stars Omar Gooding as one of Cooper's students and basketball players Earvin Rodman. The show became more family orientated in the second season, adding Raven-Symone and Nell Carter while dropping Dawnn Lewis.

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Plot Keywords:

basketball | teacher | roommate | high school | teaching | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Sport

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Details

Official Sites:

Warner Bros. Site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 September 1992 (USA)

Also Known As:

Echt super, Mr. Cooper

Filming Locations:

Stage 9, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bickley-Warren Productions, Jeff Franklin Productions, Lorimar Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min 30 min (101 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the episode where Mr. Cooper plays basketball for the Golden State Warriors, the practice scenes were taped at the Warriors' home court in Oakland, but the game itself was recorded at the University of California's gymnasium in Berkeley; it was an actual pre-season game against Phoenix, held in Berkeley because Kevin Johnson, who was playing for the Suns after graduating from Cal, was having his college number retired that night. The scenes of Mark Curry playing were not specially scripted; he did, in fact, actually play in the game.

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Connections

Referenced in Mystery Science Theater 3000: Secret Agent Super Dragon (1993)

User Reviews

A Show for the Ages...

Ok, so that may be a bit much. Nevertheless, it was a solid comedy that fit perfect into that TGIF-based Friday network programming.

Except it didn't rely on a quirky family set-up or a set of twins playing one person.

Instead it had a hilarious Mark Curry at the center of a hilarious show. His job and everything about him fit.

The side characters were all great, except when Raven Symone was nearly written into nearly as important as a character.

Vanessa was always the perfect babe. Geneva was annoying, but always at the right levels. PJ was the perfect principal to mock. And Omar Gooding, who excelled in Playmakers, was the perfect Ervin.

Frankly, I still miss the show.

And as for that Tyler kid, hilarious as always.

Come back Mark Curry. Celebrity Mole isn't enough!