Joe's Apartment is a 1996 musical-serio-comic film starring Jerry O'Connell. It was based on a short 1992 film first made for MTV. 1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Jerry OConnell Jeremiah Jerry OConnell (born February 17, 1974), is an Irish-American television and film actor. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... MTV (abbreviation for Music Television) is a cable television network which was originally devoted to music videos, especially popular rock music. ...
Joe moves into his flat in the slum, and discovers it is populated by countless insects and vermin (all animated). It is perhaps the only movie in history to feature a chorus line of singing and dancing cockroaches. Actors providing the roaches voices included Billy West (Futurama) and Jim Turner (Arli$$). The film was Don Ho's first acting role (as Joe's landlord). Billy West (born April 16, 1952 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American voice actor, best known for his roles in Ren and Stimpy and Futurama. ... Futurama is an animated American cartoon series created by Matt Groening (creator of The Simpsons) and David X. Cohen (also a writer for The Simpsons). ... Arliss (rendered in its logo as Arli$$) was an American situation comedy on HBO about a sports agent and his group of associates. ... Donald Ho Tai Loy (何泰學, pinyin: Hé Tàixué, born August 13, 1930) is a famous Hawaiian musician and entertainer. ...
Between having to find a way to pay an outrageous rent for an apartment in an OK part of town and simple time-consuming things, like walking several blocks so my three-year-old could 'play', I could never find my way to making it happen.
I had been invited to go to Papa Joe's Smokehouse to listen to the jazz group (Paul's Pass the Hat Band) that played there every Thursday night.
My first apartment in Chicago was on West Farwell in Rogers Park.