Ep. 214: House Party

About this episode

Zo reminisces about a wild teenage party inspired by the film House Party.

Zo got a lot of invitations to parties when he was a teenager, but, one of the craziest parties that he went to was one that was put together by the most idealistic of teenagers while his parents wasn't home. Get a bunch of raunchy kids over to his house unsupervised? What could possibly go wrong? The teens might have to dodge racist police, avoid nasty school bullies, and ignore outspoken neighbors, but why let a few obstacles ruin a good time? If you, like Zo, had your invite why wouldn't you head over to Kid 'N Play's House Party? Episode Chapters 00:04:42 Opening Credits for House Party Starring Christopher "Kid" Reid, Christopher "Play" Martin, Robin Harris, Martin Lawrence, Tisha Campbell and A.J. Johnson 00:15:22 Favorite Parts of the 1990 film House Party 01:07:41 Trivia from the hip-hoop teen comedy - House Party 01:15:24 Critics' Thoughts on Reginald Hudlin's House Party

People in this episode

Host: Alonzo Richardson

Topics covered

• teen parties
• film review
• comedy
• nostalgia
• hip-hop culture

Keywords

• House Party
• teenagers
• party
• film review
• comedy
• nostalgia
• hip-hop

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: House Party

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