'A Different World' Appreciation Thread Vol. Classic

This show is beyond legendary. The way that black culture was portrayed on this show was uncanny. Shout out to the NTer (I forget his name) who gave me the heads up on copping a Hillman College pullover. I rock it with my black cement 3's word to Dwayne Wayne and the first episode of the second season
 
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Appreciated. I still watch the show, but I feel like OP just googled a whole bunch of **** and threw it in a post 
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. Still managed to forget the real reason how the show started in the og post..Lisa Bonet, but I see it was already covered. 
 
beh235 said:
Appreciated. I still watch the show, but I feel like OP just googled a whole bunch of **** and threw it in a post :nthat: . Still managed to forget the real reason how the show started in the og post..Lisa Bonet, but I see it was already covered. 
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nah all I googled were the pix. The og post was really just all my random thoughts and events and themes I could remember off the top. I've seen every episode multiple times though. It never gets old to me. The show started because initially denise was written out of the cosby show because she had some nude pix out at the time and it was crazy controversial...but the cosby's liked her a lot, and bill's son wrote the spinoff specifically for her, and her exploits at college. She was the main character in the first season, but the show was just ok. Then they picked up Debbie Allen. The first decision was to drop Denise since she got pregnant and boost Marisa Tomei, but she bounced (First season Hillman had white students too, but no other season did), and build up every character, while mainly, yet subtly focusing on Dwayne and Whitley. They became the Hov and Bey of the show. Could do no wrong. The show blossomed for another 6 years. Was wild how much Dwayne grew character wise between the 1st and 2nd season. Dude was just a goofy, nerdy kid...then he turned into this genius stud that was smashing broads left n right. Wild.
 
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I had never seen the Kriss Kross nor the Tupac episodes until last year, and those were hilarious. The dude from Jacksons The American Dreams got washed by Tupac for Jada Pinkett's love :lol: :lol:
 
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I had never seen the Kriss Kross nor the Tupac episodes until last year, and those were hilarious. The dude from Jacksons The American Dreams got washed by Tupac for Jada Pinkett's love
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:pimp: :pimp: appreciated

I was a youngin went it went off air but I caught all the re runs in high school

I liked it cause it wasn't a corny show but it was a positive & it delt w/ issues black people really went through made me want to go to a HBCU ...the females was :pimp: too Denise,Freddie,Kim,jalisa from that '92 wave Charmaine had a fatty & Gina was sexy

Oh and Ron & Dwayne kick game>>>>
 
For some reason I could not get down with this show back in the day. I rocked with fresh prince family matters etc I would catch this from time to time but just couldn't **** with it. Too young maybe? Idk it just didn't appeal to me. Never caught it as an adult tho it might be dope from a more mature perspective
 
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Freeze said:
oh bro I had to look that up, that would be so dope if Debbie can get the green light to reboot it. I don't really rock with Oprah or her network too much, but that might be one of the only options. It definitely needs to go to a network that allows the show to be real and legitimate.


Found an interesting article on it
They knew what was up. Both shows were lucky to ever even see the airwaves, much less be able to see the level of success they saw. Black people living good was 'unrealistic'..lol...smh come on man. It was even like this was the 50s-60...this was the 80s! Black people were well on their way up.
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Keep spitting that knowledge fam...
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This is a box collection that needs to release. They keep releasing Seinfeld and boy meets world and other shows, but ADW only gets season one released on DVD? Come on man!
 
Hated the show when I was a kid. Never watched as a adult. Probably won't either. Definitely would band Lisa and Cree though.

I can't stand Witley or that awful voice.
 
OlDirtyReseller said:
[thread="608218"]GOAT black tv show to me.[/thread]
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[thread="608218"]So many dope episodes, so many dope guest appearences, from other great black actors, artists, comedians, etc...[/thread]
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[thread="608218"]One of the only sitcoms that really carried interest from one season to the next,  still watch when I can.[/thread]
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[thread="608218"]Nowadays' politics is killin' everything from sports to even a decent read on the net, 2014 ain't ready for another show like this, if ever again[/thread]
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[thread="608218"]and OP I know you went thru the struggle to find those pics, google shows no love :lol:  especially for a show that was as popular[/thread]
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[thread="608218"]And BRUH.... really son, no love for charmaine and gina... C'mon b, you bettah than that, [/thread]
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[thread="608218"]don't know how you can forget to mention all that *** :smh: [/thread]
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awww man, so clutch with the Charmaine and Gina recaps. My bad my brothers. Hard as hell finding clear shots of those cakes, despite Charmaine being on hella shows. It's just one of those, you just gotta remember it for what it was type thangs. Theo was poppin her for a minute
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I'm sure will beat off the strength of that one episode..
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here's an old pic of pac and jada lol
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I don't know how yall weren't feeling whitley. At least those first couple seasons. She was NICE in season 2. Plus she was a trained dancer and they had her doing yoga n ****. She had an attitude...but she was a virgin too, prolly just needed that get right.
 
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Whitley was obnoxious but a cutie.

Gina had the phatty too.

Freddie was my favorite for a minute though :wow:
 
THE Sneaker Gawd Dwayne Wayne was my sneaker mentor.

no one else is even in the same category with the heat, sorry
 
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I was smitten with Freddie hard once she became a law student or whatever. Girl was killin those business suits.
 
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