Ralph Farquhar

This brand new animated special includes a number of cast members from the TV show, including Kyla Pratt, along with Tommy Davidson, Cedric the Entertainer, and many more, and it features many guest appearances from celebrities, including Lil Ray Harry and also Gabriel Union.

This brand new animated short is directed by the creator and executive producer, Bruce W. Smith, and has been written and executive produced by Ralph Farquhar and also Bar Productions, alongside co-director David Brooks and Portland-based stop motion studio, House Special.

Cartfield also returns as the songwriter and composer with six new original songs featured in this holiday special.

I think it's a great idea that Disney is kind of expanding out the Proud Family franchise and trying to work out how to best use it going forward.

Um, [smacks lips] and, uh, that was just a great experience, man.

Ralph Farquhar, uh, Sara and Vida, um, who came up with the show, uh, they knew what they were doing, man.

They put together an all-star cast.

F- uh, Ralph had came from doing South Central, and I think he had some key people that he really loved from that show, so he brought them over to Moesha.

Yeah, I was about to ask you about The Proud Family.

How did that come about?

Um, well, Ralph Farquhar, you know, he came from Moesha, and he's over there, and Calvin and all, uh, Calvin Brown and all those guys.

So, um, they were dipping into some of the people they had from Moesha and trying to bring them in on The Proud Family.

Proud Family's script was amazing, fell in love with La Cienega Boulevardes.

When I went in to meet with the creator, Bruce Smith, and the EP, Ralph Farquhar, and the other producer, Calvin Brown, I just knew there was a magical frequency, and I knew this would be a great role model despite that she's sassy and a bit like, you know, of a frenemy, she always learns her lessons and has a moral compass, you know, but yeah, I went in there and I definitely, I remember having conversations about, let's not make her stereotypical.

Let's not do what the average Joe would think.

And they allowed me to kind of create talking like this, you know, just to hire, you know, like the valley girl kind of voice and it stuck.