My Brother and Me
My Brother and Me was a black Kid Com that ran for only one season (1994-1995) on Nickelodeon. The star is Alfie Parker, the Straight Man older brother, Derek 'Dee Dee' Parker, the Annoying Younger Sibling, and their bored sister Melanie. Alfie's best friend is Milton 'Goo' Berry, an Ace who often tries to sweet-talk the uninterested Melanie. Their parents, Roger and Jennifer Parker, are your typical sitcom parents.
It is a typical Slice of Life show, with the main conflicts being Alfie and Goo's struggle with Dee Dee and his friends, Goo's unrequited love for Melanie and disdain for her friend Deonne, and the brothers' attempts to keep out of trouble with their parents.
- And a Diet Coke: Contained a variant. Roger once made a comically large submarine sandwich for lunch that he prepared to eat all by himself and wash down with root beer. Then, after judging the sandwich's weight, Roger decides to settle on diet root beer, instead.
- Annoying Younger Sibling: Dee Dee was the annoying sibling to Alphie, and Alphie and Dee Dee were the annoying siblings to oldest child Melanie.
- Catch Phrase: "Don't hold your breath!"
- It must run in the family.
- Completely Missing the Point: When Alphie gets cut from the basketball team for his ball hogging antics, his dad tried to cheer him up with an analogy of Michael Jordan:
Dad: Michael Jordan got cut from his high school basketball team, and look at him now!
Alphie (in his head): Yeah? He's playing minor league baseball!
- Easy Amnesia: Goo gets hit in the head by a failed basketball pass by Alphie, which alters his personality for the weekend. Instead of being called Goo, he wanted Alphie to call him Milton, his real name. Instead of crushing on Melanie, he goes for Deonne. The biggest irritation to Alphie, beside calling him Alfred constantly, is that he prefers not to procrastinate with his homework, and prefers to work all weekend rather than enjoy the weekend festivities. Of course, Goo gets better by episode's end, courtesy of another bonk to the head.
- Embarrassing First Name
- Imagine Spot: The "Goo Punch" scene.
- "Jump Off a Bridge" Rebuttal
- Keep Circulating the Tapes: Since this show only had 13 episodes and does not seem to be well remembered (despite the fact that Nickelodeon played the reruns for many years after it was cancelled), it's unlikely that a DVD release will ever see the light of day.
- Local Hangout: The comic shop
- Preppy Name: Most of the real actors.
- Real Person Cameo: Several basketball players appeared on the show.
- Running Gag: Ms. Pigney, the comic shop owner kicks out Dee Dee and his two friends occasionally.
- Roger has a habit of telling his life stories.
- School Play
- Short Runners: Sadly, this is a classic case of a show not outlasting its original thirteen episode order.
- Three Amigos: Dee Dee, Donnell, and Harry