Episodes
1. A Star Is Scorned
September 27, 2002
22 min
The R&B foursome of Penny, LaCienega, Dijonay and Zoey win a record deal...too bad Penny has decided to break up the band and focus on a solo career.
Guest Stars:
Maria Canals-Barrera, Alvaro Guttierez, Carlos Mencia, Michele Lisette Jennings, Cedric the Entertainer
2. A Hero for Halloween
October 18, 2002
22 min
When the Prouds discover their house may be haunted, Penny becomes a hero after eating one of Oscars' Proud Scary Snacks.
Guest Stars:
Alvaro Guttierez, Raquel Lee, Aries Spears, Cedric the Entertainer, Tim Conway
3. Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thingy, Baby
October 25, 2002
22 min
When Oscar agrees to bring popular children's show host, Thingy, to perform at the twin's birthday, he and Penny discover that Thingy is really Oscar's pretty old college friend, Debra, and Penny wrongfully suspects that they are having an affair.
Guest Stars:
Ron Glass, Sandra Oh, Kevin Michael Richardson, Vanessa Williams, Carlos Alazraqui
4. Poetic Justice
November 8, 2002
22 min
When there's a debate team at school Penny and Dijonay wind up on opposing sides. They start to argue about the issue causing a rift in their friendship.
Guest Stars:
Raquel Lee, Lydia Look, Dante Basco, Yasiin Bey, Phil LaMarr
5. Behind Family Lines
December 13, 2002
22 min
Trudy's and Oscar's feuding families are brought together for the twins' baptism.
Guest Stars:
Maria Canals-Barrera, Cedric the Entertainer, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Mo'Nique, Cicely Tyson
6. Hooray for Iesha
January 3, 2003
22 min
Penny launches a campaign to save her favorite TV show after it gets canceled.
Guest Stars:
Aries Spears, Shaun Robinson, Carlos Alazraqui, Gabrielle Union, Phil LaMarr
7. Camping Trip
February 17, 2003
22 min
The Prouds struggle to survive a camping trip with the Boulevardez family.
Guest Stars:
Maria Canals-Barrera, Alvaro Guttierez, Carlos Mencia, Brandon Baker, Kevin Michael Richardson
8. Crouching Trudy, Hidden Penny
March 7, 2003
22 min
Penny and her friends sign up for martial-arts lessons.
Guest Stars:
Alvaro Guttierez, Carlos Mencia, Cedric the Entertainer, Lydia Look, Aldis Hodge
9. Pulp Boot Camp
March 28, 2003
22 min
Oscar and Trudy send Penny to a boot camp to prevent her from becoming a bully.
Guest Stars:
Raquel Lee, Cedric the Entertainer, Carlos Alazraqui, Kevin Michael Richardson, William Allen Young
10. Tween Town
April 11, 2003
22 min
Al Roker mysteriously appears and jumps off the TV screen to grant Penny's wish for a world without adults after she's punished for lying. With no grown-ups in sight, Penny proclaims to her friends that they're living in "a world of the children, by the children and for the children....We can do anything we want." But that's not much consolation for babies BeBe and CeCe, who miss their mommy and daddy.
Guest Stars:
Pablo Santos, Maria Canals-Barrera, Raquel Lee, Carlos Mencia, Cedric the Entertainer
11. One in a Million
April 18, 2003
22 min
Penny meets Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant and asks him to help her win a million dollars by making a half-court shot.
12. Hmmm... Tastes Like
May 9, 2003
22 min
Suga Mama's snack creations rival the munchies sold by her eldest son, Oscar, who tries to capitalize on the success of her top-secret recipe.
13. There's Something about Rene
May 23, 2003
22 min
The Prouds hire a perfectly good nanny, but Trudy wants her fired.
14. Adventures In Bebe Sitting
June 20, 2003
22 min
Penny's left solo to babysit the twins, BeBe and CeCe, along with the wild and crazy siblings of Dijonay, who abandoned her charges with her best friend to attend a sold-out concert with LaCienega and Zoey. Elsewhere, the grown-ups are on a couples' retreat led by a Dr. Phil-like psychologist.
15. Surf and Turf
June 27, 2003
22 min
Los Angeles DJs Big Boy and Fuzzy Fantabulous have cameos as Dijonay attempts to win Sticky's love by making him jealous of the attention she's giving to a boy from Hawaii. Elsewhere, Oscar enters into a bet with the world's fastest baby.
Guest Stars:
Cree Summer
16. The Legend of Johnny Lovely
July 25, 2003
22 min
A mythical character named Johnny Lovely blows into town to show Penny and her friends the importance of treating each other with respect. His arrival coincides with rehearsals for the Junior Debutante Ball, a custom that Penny complains is outdated and demeaning to women. However, Johnny sees this coming-out party as a chance to put on display his gentlemanly good manners.
Guest Stars:
Patricia Belcher, Pablo Santos
17. The Camp, the Counselor, the Mole and the Rock
August 1, 2003
22 min
Reverend Hagood organizes a three-day, two-night camping trip for the youth of his church. Penny volunteers as a junior counselor, to the chagrin of Oscar, who's fearful of his daughter being alone with boys and their "raging hormones." Meanwhile, Peabo splits his time away from home between tracking Penny's every move and trying to get closer to crush Zoey.
Guest Stars:
Cree Summer
18. It Takes a Thief
September 12, 2003
22 min
Penny is framed for stealing by the manager at her new department-store job.
Guest Stars:
Aries Spears
19. Wedding Bell Blues
September 19, 2003
22 min
Smokey Robinson is hired to sing at the wedding of Suga Mama after she accepts a marriage proposal from her senior-citizen beau, Clarence St. John. Meanwhile, Oscar hopes a private eye will prove his hunch that the bride-to-be is being fleeced out of her life savings by the future groom.
Guest Stars:
Smokey Robinson
