The show involves the Chesterfields, a wealthy family who, after a "mix-up at the adoption agency", adopt three new house-guests: Charlotte, a pyromaniac; Shawn, a drunken hobo; and Jimmy, an investment banker with a growth-related disease, starring Claude Maginot, a wealthy, classically-trained actor, as the trio's foster father. Amy Sheckenhausen, the host of the radio station K-Chat, is a fan of show, and during her interview with Maginot, brings up his and Jimmy's role in the show, much to Maginot's dismay.
By 1992, the show has been canceled and replaced by My Five Uncles. During a radio interview on WCTR News in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreasthat plays a while after unlocking Las Venturas, Jimmy is featured being arrested after being found with drugs during a child-actor conference he was attending at the Four Dragons Casino in Las Venturas. He appears to still look like a child, even though he is now 51, and still maintains the rude attitude he had on the show. Annoyed by Richard Burns' interview, he beats him up and steals his microphone, imitating him in the process.
On the Rockstar Games teaser website, Kent Paul's 80's Nostalgia Zone!, in the Television section, Kent Paul talks about the show, although Paul's description of the show is unreliable due to the fact he was not paying much attention, such as the part in which he refers to Jimmy as a 35-year-old bond trader, when he actually was a 42-year-old investment banker. Also, it stars the Chesterfields, not the Dawkins. These errors are pointed out by contributor Jeff Johnson.
Radio Ad[]
Transcript
Male announcer:
This Friday night, it's the incredible sitcom that has captured America's heart and given the whole country a whole new catchphrase!
Jimmy:
But I'm 42!
A laugh track is heard.
Male announcer:
Just the Five of Us. After a mix-up at the adoption agency, the Chesterfields came home with three zany new house guests.
Mr. Chesterfield:
Jimmy, tidy your room and go to bed.
Jimmy:
I'm so sick of this. I keep telling you, I've got a rare disease! I look 12 and I'm a 42-year old investment banker!
A laugh track is heard.
Jimmy:
I wanna go ill and get laid!
Another laugh track is heard.
Mr. Chesterfield:
Oh, yeah, and I'm Santa Claus! Now, tidy your room.
Jimmy:
Asshole...
Yet another laugh track is heard.
Mr. Chesterfield:
Shawn, our posh suburban home must be a welcome change from that alley you were sleeping in.
Shawn:
I really enjoy living here, but there's not enough booze!
A laugh track is heard.
Male announcer:
It's the funniest, most touching half-hour on television.
Mr. Chesterfield:
Charlotte, what's that smell?
Charlotte:
I set the couch on fire again.
Shawn:
Yeah, I can help you with that!
An unzipping noise is heard, followed by leaking noises and a laugh track.
Male announcer:
And this week, it's a very special Just the Five of Us, where an attractive blond lady tries to steal Jimmy away.
Jimmy:
Now you're talkin'!
A laugh track is heard.
Male announcer:
Just the Five of Us, Friday nights on VBS.
Trivia[]
The show's logo and title is a homage to the real-life 1980s sitcom, Just the Ten of Us. The adoptive father being wealthy may also be a parody of the 1970s-1980s sitcom Diff'rent Strokes.
Jimmy, with his growth-related disease and his childlike look, is an obvious reference to Gary Coleman and his Arnold Jackson character from Diff'rent Strokes.
According to the website pointclickshipabitch.com in Grand Theft Auto IV, after watching her first episode of the show, a woman dreamt of leaving her eight siblings and marrying an American male.
By 2013, during the events of Grand Theft Auto V, a Weazel News headline (during Jay Norris' presentation) reports that in Vice City, one of the show's stars overdosed on cocaine. It is also mentioned that Frank Mathers was the TV producer behind this show in the HD Universe.