Legends of Chamberlain Heights explained

Genre:	Comedy
Creator:	Brad Ableson Mike Clements Quinn Hawking Josiah Johnson Michael Starrbury
Director:	Brad Ableson Ashley J. Long L. Todd Myers Erik Kuska Kevin Lofton Stephen Reis
Starring:	Quinn Hawking Josiah Johnson Michael Starrbury Tiffany Haddish
Theme Music Composer:	Brad Ableson Erykah Badu Frank Ciampi
Composer:	Frank Ciampi
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Num Seasons:	2
Num Episodes:	20
Executive Producer:	Brad Ableson Quinn Hawking Josiah Johnson Michael Starrbury Devon Shepard Scott Greenberg Joel Kuwahara
Producer:	Quinn Hawking Josiah Johnson Grant DeKernion
Runtime:	22 minutes
Channel:	Comedy Central

Legends of Chamberlain Heights is an American adult animated sitcom created by Brad Ableson, Mike Clements, Quinn Hawking, Josiah Johnson, and Michael Starrbury.^[1] The series aired on Comedy Central from September 14, 2016 to August 20, 2017.On October 7, 2017, Comedy Central canceled the series after two seasons.^[2]

Premise

The series focuses on three teenagers Jamal, Milk, and Grover. They are benchwarmers on the high school basketball team, but legends in their own minds.^[3]

Cast

Josiah Johnson as
- Grover Cummings, one the three main protagonists and brother of Malik and Montreal.
- Milton “Milk” Chambers, one of the main protagonists and a black man in the body of a white man.
- Shea Butta,^[1] Montreal’s best friend, or at least the one he hangs out with the most, who usually tags along with him.
Quinn Hawking as
- Jamal Anderson, one of the main protagonists with an overweight look and a very high-pitched voice.
- Shamal Anderson, Jamal’s twin sister and equivalent who has a crush on Milk, but Milk finds her repulsive and calls her "a d*ckless version of Jamal".
- Rodrigo,^[1] one of Malik’s friends who helps him sell drugs to people.
Michael Starrbury as
- Malik Cummings, the intelligent younger brother of Grover and Montreal, and a father-like role in the family.
Jay Pharoah as
- Montrel Cummings, the older brother of Grover and Malik and a retired basketball player.
- Randy, the leaders of the jocks and a bully to Grover, Milk and Jamal.
Jamie Kennedy as
- Dave "Uncle Joey" Couliers, Milk’s step-dad
- Officer Jaime Kennedy
Carl Jones as
- Coach Bundy, the short-tempered basketball coach and gym teacher at School.
Tiffany Haddish as
- Cindy, the head cheerleader, Randy’s off-and-on girlfriend and Grover’s love interest.
Poochie Jackson as
- Medina, an extremely overweight but aggressive girl and Jamal’s on-and-off girlfriend.
  - Erykah Badu provides Medina's singing voice

Recurring characters

Lavell Crawford as:
- LeDante, a student at Duncan High School
- Jarvis "Jank Eyed Jarvis" Mitchell, a student at Duncan High School
Elise Marie Dubois as:
- Hunny Chambers, the mother of Milk and the wife of Uncle Joey
- Ms. Noble, one of the teachers at Duncan High
Tisha Campbell-Martin as:
- Patricia “Cracky” Sheldon, a student and cheerleader at Duncan High

Notable guest stars

Tupaquia (voiced by Richie Loco) appears in S1’s "The Legend of Tupaquia".
Derek Fisher/Coach Fisher (voiced by Piotr Micheal) appears in S2’s "Coach Fishy".
MC Eiht (voiced by himself) appears in S1’s “Inspired by Isis".
Brad Deekenmouf (voiced by Tom Kenny) appears in S1’s “Inspired by Isis".

Episodes

Season 2 (2017)

Helicopter crash

"End of Days" depicts NBA star Kobe Bryant crawling out of a crashed helicopter before it explodes. After the real Bryant was killed in a helicopter crash in January 2020, the episode was removed from the Comedy Central website, and the creators of the show asked people to refrain from sharing the clip on social media out of respect for Bryant.^[4]

Notes and References

Web site: Andreeva . Nellie . High School Animated Comedy Series 'Legends' Heads To Comedy Central . Deadline . 2015-05-06 . 2016-08-12.
Web site: John Schwarz . Exclusive: Legends of Chamberlain Heights Cancelled After Two Seasons On Comedy Central . Bubbleblabber.com . 2017-10-07 . 2017-12-31.
Web site: IMDB. Legends of Chamberlain Heights . IMDB.com . 2017-10-07 . 2024-01-17.
Web site: 2016 Cartoon Predicting Kobe's Helicopter Crash Pulled By Comedy Central.