Article: MARIO VAN PEEBLES LANDS HIS OWN SERIES, "SONNY SPOON".(TV Magazine)

Article: `The Ricky Bell Story'; Van Peebles Draws Athlete's ...
The Washington Post;  March 31, 1991 ;     700+ words ... ... The movie brings Van Peebles back to television ... Gabriel's Fire." Van Peebles, last seen on a ... television in NBC's "Sonny Spoon," this week plays ... was Cannell who let Van Peebles direct "Sonny Spoon" episodes, along ...

Article: The Second Generation // Mario Van Peebles is in ...
Chicago Sun-Times;  February 24, 1991 ;     700+ words ... ... Mario's father, Melvin Van Peebles. "I'm in my `Mario ... short-lived series "Sonny Spoon," Van Peebles doesn't look old enough ... Stephen J. Cannell, Van Peebles cut his directing teeth on "Sonny Spoon," has directed episodes ...

Article: Van Peebles goes high-tech in `Solo'
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  August 26, 1996 ;     671 words ... ... re fun to play with." But Van Peebles, 37, doesn't play when he ... camera. Like his father, Melvin Van Peebles, an actor-director-writer ... 21 Jump Street" and his own "Sonny Spoon," Van Peebles jumped into the critical spotlight ...

Article: The Ace Behind `New Jack'; Mario Van Peebles, ...
The Washington Post;  March 10, 1991 ;     700+ words ... ... television series "Sonny Spoon," in which Van Peebles played a jiving private ... black screen images, Sonny Spoon is about as far from ... you can get. But Van Peebles got a lot out of ... first an episode of "Sonny Spoon," then episodes ...

Article: Van Peebles` Engaging `Spoon,' On NBC
The Washington Post;  February 12, 1988 ;     700+ words ... ... But in fact "Sonny Spoon," at 10 on ... that is Mario Van Peebles, who plays ... Monsieur Spoon. Van Peebles is immediately ... part, that "Sonny Spoon" is, too ... done with "Sonny Spoon," and thanks to Van Peebles, the con works ...

Article: Melvin and Mario Van Peebles keep it all in the ...
Chicago Sun-Times;  May 21, 1989 ;     700+ words ... ... confusing, but Mario Van Peebles plays both the central ... These days, the younger Van Peebles is probably better known ... duty on the NBC comedy "Sonny Spoon." But in the early 1970s, Melvin Van Peebles was famous as the American ...

Article: History or histrionics? (Mario Van Peebles' new ...
Insight on the News;  June 5, 1995 ;     700+ words ... ... feature a black cast. Van Peebles began acting at age 11 ... the mid-eighties, Van Peebles had hit his stride ... short-lived NBC series Sonny Spoon. And now Panther, based ... novel of the same name by Van Peebles' father, Melvin, who ...