Fourth row down, second from left: Penny Proud along with assorted Muppet friends and others.
The Proud Family is an animated series that aired on the Disney Channel from September 2001 to August 2005. The show centered around an African-American teenager Penny and her family, as well as friends.
Clips from the show were used in the music video "We Are Family," with Penny Proud appearing on the cover of the DVD distributed to schools. While new footage of assorted Muppet, Sesame Street, and Bear in the Big Blue House characters was featured, The Proud Family and other animated shows were represented with clips and no new vocals.
Muppet Mentions[]
- "Enter the Bullies" (2002): When Penny is hiding from the Gross Sisters, Nubia spots the exhibit that Penny is hiding in and briefly recites "One of These Things."
- "Pulp Boot Camp" (2003): Penny's family sends her to boot camp because they fear she is becoming a bully, and she steals cookies from a little girl there. The sergeant catches her and says "Well, well. We have ourselves a little Cookie Monster."
- In "Snackland", the fifth episode of 2022 reboot Louder and Prouder, LaCienega calls Penny Kermit in response to her problematic deep singing voice that causes negative response to LPDZ's performance, and even tells her to "hop back to Sesame Street".
References[]
- "The Loud Family" is one of several shows Fozzie Bear pitches to Scooter in the Muppets Now episode "Fever Pitch."
Connections[]
- Anthony Anderson voiced Ray Ray in "Behind Family Lines"
- Ashanti voiced Randi in "It Takes a Thief"
- Kobe Bryant voiced himself in "One in a Million"
- Cedric the Entertainer voiced Bobby Proud
- Tim Conway voiced Alvin Peterson in "A Hero For Halloween"
- Tim Curry voiced Percival in "The Bad and the Ugly"
- David Alan Grier voiced Reuben in "Behind Family Lines"
- Arsenio Hall voiced Dr. Carver and Bobby Proud in The Proud Family Movie
- Samuel L. Jackson voiced Joseph in "Seven Days of Kwanza"
- Alicia Keys voiced herself in "The Bad and the Ugly"
- Solange Knowles voiced Chanel in "Behind Family Lines"
- Phil LaMarr voiced Michael and various minor characters
- Soleil Moon Frye voiced Zoey
- Kyla Pratt voiced Penny Proud
- Lou Rawls voiced himself in "The Party"
- Smokey Robinson voiced himself in "Wedding Bell Blues"
- Al Roker voiced himself in two episodes
- Tara Strong voiced BeBe Proud, CeCe Proud, Puff and Jenny
- Cree Summer voiced Peabo, several of Dijonay's siblings and a few minor characters
- Raven-Symoné voiced Stephanie in "Seven Days of Kwanza"
- Jeffrey Tambor voiced Randolph Verascola in "Romeo Must Wed"
- Gabrielle Union voiced Sunny Stevens in "Hooray for Iesha"
- Vanessa Williams voiced Debra in "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thingy, Baby"
- Hattie Winston voiced Gertie Dinkins in "Teacher's Pet"