Roc was a Fox network sitcom which ran from 1991 to 1994. It starred Charles S. Dutton as garbage collector Roc Emerson and Ella Joyce as his wife Eleanor. The Fox Broadcasting Company is a television network in the United States. ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Charles Dutton (born January 30, 1951 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American actor/director. ... Garbage collector can refer to two different things: Garbage collection (computer science): an automatic way of reclaiming unused storage; Trash collector: Person employed to remove waste from homes and businesses. ...

The second season of the show was performed live. During the third season, audiences called a 900 number to decide the name of Roc and Eleanor's new baby, which was named Marcus Garvey Emerson. A 1-900 telephone number, in the North American Numbering Plan, usually has the form 1-900-###-####. A call to one of these numbers can result in a high per-minute or per-call charge. ... Marcus Garvey (far right) in parade Marcus Mosiah Garvey (August 17, 1887 – June 10, 1940) was a publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, crusader for black nationalism and founder of the UNIA-ACL. He was born in Jamaica. ...