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Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
Former NBA player Mark Cooper becomes a dedicated teacher and basketball coach in Oakland after his playing career ends. When he's not dealing with his students and players, Mark spends time with his gorgeous female roommate and other friends.
- Created by:
- Jeff Franklin
- Cast:
- Mark Curry, Saundra Quarterman, Holly Robinson Peete, Marquise Wilson
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- United States of America
- Network:
- ABC
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Seasons
Season 3
Episodes
Episode 1
★ 7.0Call Me Irresponsible
1994-09-23 · 30mDuring the summer, P.J. (the principal) has been calling Mark's house and leaving messages. Geneva thinks he should call him back, but Mark refuses - he doesn't want to call his boss during the summer. When he comes to school, he tries to avoid P.J., but he fails. P.J. tells him that she had been calling him to offer him the job as head coach. Mark gets very happy and excited, until P.J. tells him that since he didn't return her phone calls, she had to offer the job to someone else. If he suck up to the new head coach, maybe he can become assistant coach. After Mark's history class, coach Corley comes into the classroom and asks him for advice and offers him the job as assistant coach, but Mark declines. Later coach Corley comes by the house and he and Mark decides that Mark is just going to come by the gym on Monday.
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★ 7.0My Bodyguard
1994-09-30 · 30mMark discovers that Nicole is up in the middle of the night doing another kid's homework. His name is Scott Farcus. Nicole says that she should just say no to him. Nicole promises - she doesn't want Mark to tell her mother because she would just become like crazy aunt Eunetta. It didn't work very well. Nicole tells Mark that he took her lunch and sold it back to her. Therefore, Mark invites Tyler over. He tells Tyler about Scott Farcus and asks Tyler to stand up to Scott and tell him to leave Nicole alone. Tyler tries to get away, but Mark catches him. He shows Tyler how behave like a tough guy and give him his sun-glasses so he can be really tough. Tyler says he will do it. The next day, Tyler is rather angry with Mark. Scott broke the glasses and got Tyler to do his spelling homework. Nicole tell her mother about what Scott's been doing to her. In school, Geneva makes a big scene when she's angry with Mark because he didn't tell Nicole to come to her. She says she's going down to t
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Episode 3
★ 7.0Between Friends
1994-10-07 · 30mGeneva has bought a desk for Nicole, which Mark is supposed to put together. But Mark's old friend from college, Steve, comes by to visit him. He's a sports columnist fot the Tribune. They go to Dirty Burgers to eat and talk about old memories. They both start to hit on the waitress. They are to go to the Warriors game that night, but when the waitress, Charlene, calls, they start to fight about old girlsfriends and Steve decides to going to the game with Charlene instead of Mark. But Mark phones and cancels Steve's tickets. Geneva tells Mark to call Steve and try to work things out. After some trouble and misunderstandings between Mark and Vanessa, Steve comes over to get his cellular phone, which he had forgot at Mark's. They appologize to each other. In this episode, Vanessa tried to get a job in a number of different ways. At last, she manages to get one, answering the phones, at a doctor's office. The desk was put together. Geneva lost her bet to Nicole that Mark wouldn't manage t
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He Said, She Said
1994-10-14 · 30mVanessa is upset to learn that Mark wants to date her friend from the office. Everytime he goes on a date with one of her friends, she loses the friend.
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Matinee
1994-10-21 · 30mMark takes Nicole and a few of her friends to the matinee only to suffer through the pains of taking little kids to the movies.
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Mo' Money
1994-10-28 · 30mMark decides to invest in the vending machine business.
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★ 7.0Instant Replay
1994-11-04 · 30mMark finds out that his former basketball rival will be back in town to play at his high school's upcoming alumni basketball game. Fearing a repeat of an old high school humiliation with Reggie, who is now a NBA star, Mark fakes an injury.
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House Guest
1994-11-11 · 30mGeneva invites P.J. to stay at their house...but Mark didn't anticipate P.J. moving in along with her new little dog, aptly named Monster.
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★ 7.0My Achy Breaky Back
1994-11-18 · 30mMark finally gets a job interview with the head coach at San Francisco State, but he hurts his back before the interview.
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True Romance
1994-11-25 · 30mWhile Mark substitutes for a sportswriter friend by writing a sports column, he is continually interrupted when people ask his advice on their love lives.
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Clothes Make the Man
1994-12-02 · 30mMark goes to a men's clothing store to buy a new tie for a weekend banquet and ends up getting conned by a beautiful but cunning saleswoman.
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★ 6.0Christmas Show
1994-12-16 · 30mIt's Christmas. Mark accidentally leaves a window open. When they get back, they have been robbed.
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★ 6.0Coach
1995-01-06 · 30mMark finally gets his dream job as the school's head basketball coach after Coach Corley leaves the position to coach college basketball.
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★ 6.0One Is the Loneliest Number
1995-01-13 · 30mMark's friend, Steve, convinces Mark that his relationship with his girlfriend Denise is boring. Concluding that Denise is to blame, Mark makes plans to stop dating her, but Denise stops dating him first.
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★ 7.0True Lies
1995-01-27 · 30mInstead of keeping his promise to Nicole to bring her to the circus, Mark lies to her so he can go out with his girlfriend Denise.
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The Ringer
1995-02-03 · 30mGeneva convinces Mark to coach Nicole's all-girl basketball team, which hasn't won a game all season. Determined to help the girls win, Mark convinces Tyler to dress up like a girl and play on the team.
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★ 6.0Down in the Dumps
1995-02-10 · 30mMark and Vanessa are determined to win the lottery and enlist Geneva's help in obtaining her aunt's guaranteed winning formula.
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★ 6.0Hero
1995-02-17 · 30mWhile waiting to use the ATM, Mark witnesses a botched robbery attempt. A woman stops the thief but leaves the scene quickly. Everyone believes that Mark actually prevented the robbery and he doesn't deny it.
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Here Comes the Groom
1995-02-24 · 30mMark advises Earvin to slow down his romance with his new girlfriend Lisa. However, Mark's good intentions prove ill advised when Earvin, after listening to Mark, decides to elope with Lisa.
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The Matchmaker
1995-04-28 · 30mMark and Geneva's crazy Aunt Eunetta comes to visit, and with her quirky technique of touching people's heads, determines that Mark and Vanessa would be the perfect couple.
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Guys' Night Out
1995-05-05 · 30mAfter being pestered by Geneva, Mark reluctantly tries to help Geneva's boyfriend, Ken, become a part of Mark's group of male friends.
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★ 7.0High Hopes
1995-05-12 · 30mIt looks like roommates Mark, Geneva and Vanessa may all be leaving Oakland.
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Mark Curry
Mark Cooper
Saundra Quarterman
Geneva Lee
Holly Robinson Peete
Vanessa Russell
Marquise Wilson
Tyler Foster
Raven-Symoné
Nicole Lee
Omar Gooding
Earvin Rodman
