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Smart Guy

  • TV Series
  • 1997–1999
  • TV-G
  • 30m
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
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Tahj Mowry, Essence Atkins, Omar Gooding, John Marshall Jones, and Jason Weaver in Smart Guy (1997)
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A 10-year-old genius goes from elementary school to high school.A 10-year-old genius goes from elementary school to high school.A 10-year-old genius goes from elementary school to high school.

  • Creators
    • Danny Kallis
    • Brian Suskind
  • Stars
    • Tahj Mowry
    • John Marshall Jones
    • Jason Weaver
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.4/10
    5.7K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    4,541
    680
    • Creators
      • Danny Kallis
      • Brian Suskind
    • Stars
      • Tahj Mowry
      • John Marshall Jones
      • Jason Weaver
    • 32User reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 7 nominations total

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    Tahj Mowry
    Tahj Mowry
    • T.J. Henderson
    • 1997–1999
    John Marshall Jones
    John Marshall Jones
    • Floyd Henderson
    • 1997–1999
    Jason Weaver
    Jason Weaver
    • Marcus Henderson
    • 1997–1999
    Omar Gooding
    Omar Gooding
    • Morris L. 'Mo' Tibbs
    • 1997–1999
    Essence Atkins
    Essence Atkins
    • Tasha Yvette Henderson
    • 1997–1999
    J.D. Walsh
    J.D. Walsh
    • Mackey Nagle
    • 1997–1999
    Jim Ward
    Jim Ward
    • Mr. Militich…
    • 1997–1999
    Dann Florek
    Dann Florek
    • Coach Gerber
    • 1997–1999
    Arvie Lowe Jr.
    Arvie Lowe Jr.
    • Deion
    • 1997–1998
    Tinsley Grimes
    • Nina
    • 1998–1999
    Sebastian Tillinger
    Sebastian Tillinger
    • Terry…
    • 1997–1999
    Kyla Pratt
    Kyla Pratt
    • Brandi…
    • 1997–1998
    Taraji P. Henson
    Taraji P. Henson
    • Leslie…
    • 1997–1998
    Venus DeMilo Thomas
    Venus DeMilo Thomas
    • Mariah…
    • 1997–1998
    Seth St. Laurent
    • Cameron
    • 1997
    Natashia Williams
    Natashia Williams
    • Alina…
    • 1997–1998
    Jordan Wood
    Jordan Wood
    • Alicia
    • 1998–1999
    Marsha Warfield
    Marsha Warfield
    • Mrs. Dowling
    • 1997
    • Creators
      • Danny Kallis
      • Brian Suskind
    • All cast & crew
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    evan-102

    Great!

    This may be the greatest Sitcom to ever grace the television screen and it was so under-appreciated. I never met anyone who didn't love this show but for some reason it never made it. Tagh Mowry is charming as T.J.and his whole family was played very well. However the gem of the show is Omar Gooding (Cuba's little brother) who is absoluley hilarious as Mo. The show also had a funny supporting cast including the white guy Mackie and the crazy gym teacher, Coach Gerber. This show combined off the wall humor, compassion, and important lessons and is the most under-appreciated television show of all time.

    Some of the great one's are...

    -When T.J. must tutor a dumb and violent basketball star and turns him into a Gandhi worshiper -When T.J. meets a young girl Brandy and Mo and Marcus pimp him out -When T.J. and MO must marry for a class assinemnt and the guys build Yvette a bathroom
    webmaster-1008

    best show ever

    oh my god, this was my favorite show!! i was so sad it was canceled. i watched it everyday after school! "Smart Guy" is the show of aten-year-old super-genius who copes with everything a high school student would typically overcome, such as peer pressure, school work, making friends, etc. Yvette is the Junior overachiever of the family, other than the main focused character, T.J. He is a very clever ten year old sophomore in high school. However, sometimes being a super-genius can give the kid a tough life. Marcus is T.J's only and older brother whose hobbies are writing music and, apparently, dating girls, for what I can remember. He has a passion and gift for writing and singing music, but has trouble focusing on schoolwork. Flloyd Henderson, the father, is a hardworking widower whose job is working with roofs, and works hard to keep a roof under his family's head and to keep his family well balanced and from falling apart. Morus(my personal favorite character) is a rather clueless, but has a dry sense of humor who never goes home and is the best friend of Marcus. My favorite episode, I must say, is the one where Yvette and Nina(her best friend) get a job at the local mall, but discover that their boss is racist by asking Nina to watch African-American people when they come into the store. It has a very meaningful message that a lot of people should be aware of, which is, simply, that racism is wrong. Overall, it was a fantastic show with dry humor(to my liking) and great characters that shouldn't have been canceled in the first place!
    Skippy-61

    i like it

    I'd seen previews of this show on WB, then it came to Disney and i decided to watch it. I figured it'd be corny like most Disney shows. But it wasn't, I actually liked it. Mo is my favorite, he is sooooo funny.

    Smart Guy starts off about a 10-year old genius to becomes a sophmore at Piedmont High School w/ his older brother and sister. And everything that goes on. I like it! I give Smart Guy 9/10!!
    7myoscar1987

    Still Funny!

    Watching this on Disney Plus gave me the old nostalgia feels back and you know it's still just as funny to me now as it was when I watched this on TV as a kid. I still love this show, Omar Gooding (Mo Tibbs) being my favorite character. And I'm still asking the same question I did years ago: How in the world did Full House get eight seasons and Smart Guy only got three?!

    If you currently have Disney Plus and you're looking for a funny sitcom you can watch with your whole family or even on your own, trust me you can do a lot worse than this, it's a fun one.
    Maria100

    Best show ever!!!!!!

    I love this show and it is the best ever!! Tahj is the cutest kid ever--though the fact that he is now older than me makes it hard for me to call him a kid--and in almost all his movies and shows(Seventeen Again, Smart Guy, Hounded, Poof Point, Kim Possible) he plays a genius.

    TJ is a ten year old genius who is put in tenth grade. He is an outcast because everyone thinks that TJ is making them look bad in comparison. Marcus (Jason Weaver), TJ's brother and his best friend, Mo (Omar Gooding, who is the brother of Cuba Gooding Jr.) are both failing high school and are really funny when they chase every cute girl in school.

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    • Trivia
      In the pilot Pilot (1997), the house and school sets were the same ones as were used in Boy Meets World (1993).
    • Goofs
      In the show TJ is skipped to the tenth grade but factually the highest grade a student could be advanced to is the ninth.
    • Quotes

      Yvette: I answered the phone. I'm sick I need help.

    • Alternate versions
      On the U.S. cable network BET, reruns of this show (since September 2008) end without the Walt Disney Television logo, but with those of De Passe Productions and Danny Kallis Productions. As such, the only mention of Disney's involvement lies in the copyright notice.
    • Connections
      Featured in Shameful Sequels: Are We Done Yet? (2014)

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    • Release date
      • March 26, 1997 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Este chico es un genio
    • Filming locations
      • Sunset Gower Studios - 1438 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production companies
      • Danny Kallis Productions
      • De Passe Entertainment
      • Walt Disney Television
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    • Runtime
      30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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