Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Jaby & Michael react to Cooley High, the beloved coming-of-age comedy-drama that follows a group of high school friends growing up on Chicago’s Near North Side during the 1960s. Blending humor, friendship, romance, and heartbreak, the film captures the joys and struggles of adolescence while becoming one of the most influential coming-of-age stories in American cinema.

Directed by Michael Schultz (The Last Dragon, Car Wash, Krush Groove, The Rockford Files), the film stars Glynn Turman (The Wire, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, House of Lies, A Different World), Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs (Welcome Back, Kotter, Claudine, Roots), Garrett Morris (Saturday Night Live, Martin, 2 Broke Girls, The Jamie Foxx Show), Cynthia Davis (Cooley High, Cornbread, Earl and Me), and Sherman Smith (Cooley High, The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings). Written by Eric Monte (Good Times, What’s Happening!!, Moesha), Cooley High became a landmark film celebrated for its authentic portrayal of friendship, Black youth, and life in 1960s Chicago, inspiring generations of filmmakers and television creators.

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