It seems pretty obvious to me that Lisa Bonet just wanted to live her life as Lisa Bonet and not Denise Huxtable, and Bill Cosby wouldn't accept that. Fast forward to now- it's interesting how critical "appearances" were to him. Very sad.
@@ThePeachygal I agree it's such an oxymoron, seemingly that he drugged and raped women, but wanted so much to portray the wholesome image... Child please!!!😩😩😩
It's also interesting how his "dark aura" appeared after he went to court. So dark that she came back to the show when asked..... It's easy to someone when they're down, especially when they prop you up in the first place.
@@joshuamcdowell5782 i was at a hbcu during adw and girls that were preggo and lived on campus were pariahs. It wasnt cute, cool, or looked at favorably-it was considered ghetto. #nobueno
Cosby did not want that image of a single teenage pregnant college kid. He wanted to portray black families as accomplished, educated and with a spouse.
I can't believe Cosby tried to tell her she couldn't marry Lenny because it would clash with the identity of her character on the show that is just so ridiculous
D. Val The sad part is that it's not the only case of this happening. Contractual purity had always been used to make sure actors (especially child actors) stick to their pureness like monks. It happened with Judy Garland, Brittany Spears and the Jackson brothers (Joseph didn't want his boys to marry in order to keep their image alive).
Bill Cosby had some really weird rules for the actors on that show. I read somewhere he fired Cockroach because he refused to cut his hair. Bill didn't approve of chemicals, and preferred the actors to remain natural. Stupid, because Cockroach's hair was naturally curly.
Was always the way Hollywood worked. The Companies controlled everything about yr image. Back to the beginning. Also ,as he proved ,The Casting Couch " was real.even if by force or intimidation Alcohol & drugs
It's very distracting when we're supposed to pretend we don't know the person is pregnant. When Grace on Will and Grace got pregnant, it didn't work well at all because she got pretty big and being skinny and flat chested was a part of her character.
If Bill Cosby had allowed the pregnancy plot to be played out so many of our young (at the time) black girls would’ve found the courage to attend school in spite of being pregnant or having had a child.
Yeah but having Denise pregnant would just reinforce the negative stereotype black people had at that time. This would be a good idea now but back then our image did not need that storyline.
@@alyssakennedy8363 it still doesn't though. Why can't Black Americans simply have clean stories, no baby mama drama etc. on tv and be supportive of that? The reason why other types of shows do well is because they're an escape of our daily lives and struggles. Instead of a constant reminder of pain, there's a lighthearted feeling to it, which is all the way fine too.
This is kind of crazy because I've never seen Lisa as the wholesome Huxtable chick. She was always the free spirit.. I would not have been shocked to see her pose nude. SMH
That’s ironic and Denise would be the most likely to get knocked up. But of course Bill thought that would bake cliff and Claire look like they ‘failed’ as parents
For real Lisa bonnet was the free spirit. There would be no shock at all. This is the first I'm hearing it and it's no surprise and it's only acting why are people being so serious about her. She should be left to live and enjoy her career
Pauline Davis well damn you just taught me something..I’m a 87 baby and I still grew up on her music because my dad is old head..that voice was too familiar to not know that..🤷🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️
@@Zenith510. exactly, Aretha Franklin and Glenn Turman was married at that time. Even after their divorce remained close. BTW, Glenn Turman is another underrated actors. I was shocked when he was cast in a TV show sitcom. I remember his performances in these two of my favorites, "Five on the Black Hand Side, and J. D. 's Revenge". Pulp Classics. Five on the Black Hand Side, one of the scenes from Rudy Ray Moore's Dolemite epic poem "Signified Monkey".
Honestly I didn’t like the season with her on there it was boring but when Aretha Franklin start singing the theme song Chile .... Yess I’m loving this content you gotta do a vid on the decline of Neo soul music
Neo soul isn’t dead 😭 you just really have to search for it through all this trash music we have today. I find a lot of gems by listening to Soulection Radio.
Crazy how Jasmine Guy became the breakout star. Bill sounds like he was controlling and failed to understand the people in the show are actors with their own lives. No wonder Lisa felt the way she did when he got sentenced.
Darnell Hendeason who? What was said made perfect sense. What’s stupid is a grown ass man not being able to separate a tv show from reality because he lowkey wanted to be the father...
DeeLishish0991 : And Jasmine Guy was a b*tch! I was pursuing an acting career back in the day, and I met her on an audition in 1998, and she is every bit the evil b*tch she resembles. I didn’t like her at all, and I told her that. She needed to be checked...hard!
Could you imagine the stress of being a new mom and being surrounded by all of that negativity?! I love Debbie Allen but I agree with her, Bill was possessive and that's just creepy.
You ain't lied. Kym and Whitley were the real MVPs to me, their singing voices always lifted my souls and their characters made me laugh. Ah, nostalgia.
@@ShareBearChelle I don't think they were obsessed, that was the original idea. Credit to Debbie Allen for being open to the idea, but I'm glad they didn't go with it either. This is hindsight, but why would you make the first (and only) sitcom about HBCU's from a white girls perspective? Like you said, nobody cares.
Back then they were pitching the show to a major "mainstream" network. They probably thought adding a white girl and making the show from her perspective would attract a wider audience. Black folks were already hooked. But...I am so, so glad it went in another direction. I started my 1st year at Howard University in 1987 when this show first aired. It is my favorite show of all time. I went to college with them. Debbie was spot on with her representation of the HBCU experience! ❤
That first season was dry and awful...Hearing they wanted a white girl explains why it was the worst season 😂 Thank goodness for Debbie stepping in. She made that show what it was. It’s a classic! 💜
Lol this. Debbie wanted Maggie to stick around. Still yeah her taking over help create this gem of a show, a timeless classic with loads of GOAT tier episodes
I loved her free spirit. I related to all of the Cosby children - even Rudy and Theo, but Denise most exuded the energy I have found best represents who I am. It is so good that she made her own way. It may have altered the course of her career, but royalties can run out. Thank goodness her family and her legacy is forever.
Jasmine and Kadeem were fucking perfect on that show. Their acting was on point in the show. The growth their characters went through was huge. Looking at their characters from the Denise days to where they end up by the end is night and day
Right and they're trying with Grownish but that show is boring af
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@@pink_magical_girl Grownish is boring for the exact same reasons that the first season of A Different World was boring. Yara Shahidi is not a good actress and neither was Lisa Bonet. Grownish should have waited a few years and then did the show with the actor that plays the oldest son on Blackish. He could've been great as the fish out of water bi-racial kid at predominately black Howard University. Yara was ok as one of the kids on Blackish, but she is the least talented of the child actors on the show, but they have decided to promote her acting career despite the fact that she lacks acting talent or charisma. She also recently headlined a flop movie (The Sun is also a Color), as Bonet did with Angel Heart. The movie was made on a low budget, but still didn't manage to make back it's production costs. Lisa Bonet was painful to watch as she struggled through her character on the Cosby Show and Different World, which may be the reason why she didn't have much of an acting career after she left the shows. Without Cosby, it's doubtful if Bonet would've had a career in acting at all. Marsai Martin, who plays little sister, Diane on Grownish, is the real talent on the show, and she has executive produced and starred in Little, which did made a good profit at the boxoffice, yet she has been ignored on Blackish.
The film Angel Heart flopped, her role was racist and there were no other major Black characters despite the movie was set in New Orleans. She was exploited by the movie producers.
Maybe she didn't give a shit and did it as a middle finger to The Cos. She probably knew The Cos would NEVER approve of that script. As bad as "Angel Heart" was, Lisa Bonet did what the F she wanted.
I liked it better as an ensemble cast then I did when it was mainly her and the others as supporting characters. Whitley, Dwayne Wayne and Freddie were my favorites.
I do think she could have come back as a supporting character just not the star. Lets face it, what sitcom series do we like best? Ensemble casts. Friends, Big Bang Theory ,How I met your Mother, and A different World after it became an ensemble cast.
She wasn't supposed to carry the show herself. It was always intended to be ensemble, and it always was. It wouldn't have worked with just Whitley and Dwayne!
@@StandupGirl-ym3eyfrom ur response it seems like Hillman made u excited about University/Academics - these shows are what the kids of this generation should be watching and influenced by🎓📚👩🏿🎓👨🏿🎓
One of the biggest things tho is they’d need to not try and top the OG show. Even if a rebooted version happened and is popular, trying to force it would be detrimental and they would need to avoid trying to make things/characters more likable unless it feels organic. Cause we all know there’s not a chance in hell any new character will end up as beloved as Dwayne or Whitley. Or hell even Ron, Kim, or Freddie
@@niccolovanible1001 I can imagine and comment based on my personal opinion and experience of the shows. You have no business to throw me 'shade'. I assume we are all mature adults who can engage in opinions without getting rude and disrespectful? If youré old enough to have watched Different World, you're old enough to do better than this.
People also forgot deon (who beats his girl Gina) and bumper Robinson also made a different world popular to. deon was wrong for abusing Gina but he made the show shine to without Lisa bonet and I also forgot sinbad too.
When you’re too controlling a person will naturally rebel! Lisa Bonet was not gonna allow Bill to control her, especially her personal life. It would have been a great story line. Aretha brought the juice to that theme song. Also, Lisa Bonet has the best dreads. Her locks set trends to this day
Appetite 4 Chic yes, Aretha brought a lot of justice to Different world use to love watching it from the very beginning just to see the theme song. It’s was an amazing show especially in the 90’s. Lisa has so much of individuality that you couldn’t box 📦 her in. Bill Cosby was everyone American dad that most black American families strives to model. Bill and Martin seemed to do the same thing because Tisha Campbell said Martin use to control her. Maybe they thought it was realistic or at least felt it. Tbh both shows had that realistic feel nothing seemed staged to me.
Hope Hope you’re right, they both had realistic feels, but the men have to realize the line between cast mates and characters being played. I appreciate what both Bill and Martin brought to tv, but it’s unfortunate they couldn’t leave it on the set
Appetite 4 Chic controlling? She literally signed a contract y’all sound like clowns. Imagine watching a series and one episode the character has hair and the next she’s bald and the next she’s blue. Continuity matters.
Lil Great Wall you sound like a clown trying to control someone’s hair style and personal decisions based on a contract. That’s like saying if I get a gig I don’t have freedom of speech outside that job
She was late and a diva.... j see this just as singers... image is everything who they date, who they marry, and if they get pregnant. It affects rating which effects moneh and that is what matters to networks
🎵Cause it's a Different World. Then where ya come from. Oooh 🤗 I loved that show. Still do. Dwayne and Whitley are among my favorite TV couples of all time.
Same!! It makes me sad that these next few generations probably won't ever appreciate A Different World like we do... I barely made it💀.. when I was in middle school my mama use to have the reruns on, along with (good times😂).. they will forever be the ultimate relationship goals😍❤️
Video Ideas: What really happened to the first Aunt Viv from Fresh Prince Of Bel Air? The rise and fall of 106 and Park This video was great by the way!
I would love to see the rise and fall of 106 & park. That was my childhood show. 106 & park was every kids go to music video show in the early to mid 2000's. I don't know what happen to BET in general. The Rise and Fall of BET too that's a good one.
Star Cherry you think so? Although I wasn’t born around the time I LOVE ADW and I watch all the reruns, but I think the image of a black SINGLE mother in college would’ve missed the mark of the message that Dr. Cosby was tryna put out there for the black culture. Also this was a time of “The Crack 80’s” so I think he was tryna pull our people away from THAT image that we’ve constantly been shown of ourselves 😉🤷🏾♀️
*Star Cherry* *MAN HELL YEAH!* that woulda been a good plot that was a social issue that went on in the 80's with teenage girls teenage pregnancy crime victims and crack addiction. forget that squeaky clean b.s. image don't exist in the real world.
She's been around for years. After "A Different World," she starred in the film "My Cousin Vinny" and won an Oscar. Also, she and Robert Downey, Jr. initially starred in the film "Only You" back in the '90s.
No lie, I watched the first 2 eps of season 1 then my mom mentioned Lisa was only in the first season. I skipped to the second season because there was no point wasting my time becoming invested in a character that wouldn't be around.
You missed nothing of significance. Season 1 having characters like Dwayne, Whitley, Jaleesa, Walter, and Ron and being set at Hillman is really the only connection season 1 has with the rest of the show. The show drastically improves in quality starting from season 2. It got real good when it outgrew just being a Cosby Show spin-off and became a titan of a show of its own merits that happens to be set in the same universe as Cosby Show
This show had very beautiful decent looking black actors/actresses who nailed their roles. This show will forever be a classic. When I walk into campus sometimes I show off my A Different World hat, just to let people know that yes, I'm black, and yes I'm not dumb. I'm educated.
Decent they were beautiful... are you kidding me, I appreciate the fact that we actually had all black/owned shows that were amazing and looked forward to watching and we’re no1 on air, black ppl are beautiful and I wished we still could have that today we appreciated all of that!
@@ivyreid7 I know. I'm black. And I did say they were beautiful too. I didn't know decent was a bad word. LoL 😂 Should I say indecent looking next time? Idk 🤷
@@Sienna.Jen2971 LoL 😂 right? I swear I'm living in another world. I'm seriously living under a rock. I had no idea that the word 'decent' was an offensive word. You learn something new everyday 😂🤷
They hid her pregnancy in FEW episodes. The big stuffed animal on the couch, they raised the counter in the kitchen, cut a hole in the bed as she layed, a big bag after shopping, her huge brief case purse thingy etc. but it worked if u didn’t know.
For a Different World, there was more to it. According to people who worked on the show, Lisa was very difficult to work with, often times coming to the set late, high, or drunk. It got to the point where even fellow cast members began to complain about her behavior and work ethic. Her getting pregnant I feel was more of the straw that broke the camel's back. Thad Mumford (the co-executive producer of ADW) did an interesting interview where he talked about the Lisa and Bill and gave them both equal shit for what went on.
Everyone knows that the first season was awful! It needed Debbie's touch. I hate to say it because I know the show was supposed to be around Denise but the seasons without Denise and Maggie were the best. They weren't even missed!!
Lisa didn't mess up ADW. It was the production management. I believe the show would have been successful with Debbie working with Lisa as she did the others.
@@domdom2215 the show as a whole was boring. Denise was not the reason there were storylines like egg sitting. It was management. Lisa would have been fine with Debbie at the helm.
@@domdom2215 because Debbie Allen took over. It was not a Lisa Bonet issue. She was not responsible for the writing, the weak storylines and the way the characters in season one. Even Jasmine Guy had an issue with the original Showrunner. Debbie Allen wanted to keep Lisa and Marisa. Lisa was 20 years old.
A Different World is the main reason I went to college. I was soooo excited as a little girl to see young, black, smart and beautiful people from various backgrounds come together and have experiences at this Hillman University. Movies like House Party also made college so fun and showed young black people in higher education. I swear I couldn't wait to grow up and go to college. Good job on the video. Very well done!
@ But yet, Sondra and Elvin had twins on the show and were played by two sets of twins at a time: two identical twin girls to play Winnie and two identical twin boys to play Nelson.
Y'all are kids HIS show was about image. His show has her as a young woman. A young black woman. There were many many images of young black boys and girls who make life altering bad decisions and have to struggle just to make things meet. He wanted his show to be positive to all black kids that it's possible to avoid those situations. If he shows his young daughter being pregnant, then those young girls have that mindset of "well, it happened to them, I can make it too" But he wanted the message to be "well, they avoided these things, maybe I can too" And many adults today will say Cosby Show and Different World were their insipirations. You don't understand the importance of having positive black families in a time where most images were either negavtive or ignorant
@@libertubey2199 tbh Lisa bonnet was the bigger star a lot of people gravitates to her more so than the others as much now the guy that played Alvin I remember him on Miami Vice and the guy that played the brother Theo he really did really well for himself after Cosby show he was getting a lot of acting roles and Raven Simone and of course phylicia Rashad but the others they got some roles but not a lot
@@agonleed3841 exactly black people wasn't portrayed in a positive light back then and maybe Lisa was too young to not understand that she was setting an example to young black kids especially in America an Cosby knew that kids are very impressionable they literally imitate everything they see so I get why he was hard on them
I hope Lisa Bonet sees this! There were so many people who recognized the B.S. even back then. Bill Cosby was judgemental and self righteous and I always felt like he mistreated Lisa.
Daksiezo do you lack brain cells? Clearly it means that she admitted she was in the wrong and thanked him for giving her countless opportunities despite her making poor life decisions.
I always thought Cosby was an asshole. He presented himself as a great family man when he was a regular at the Playboy Mansion. I'm not surprised his phony public image came apart.
Alfonso Rebeiro wasn't really an "up and coming" actor. He was already known for costarring in Silver Spoons and appearing in a Pepsi commercial with Michael Jackson.
It's so funny as a kid I remember watching a different world from the time debbie Allen took over and vaguely watching the first season and I remember thinking how boring the show was before Aretha Franklin sang the theme song,lol
U ain't never lie. They never really showed the first season growing up. When I finally saw it and heard the original theme song I was 13 yrs. Old thinking wtf is this?
Good rundown on a historical African American sitcom, so many amazing facts that I never knew that went on behind the scenes. Thanks once again you have done your homework
Star K the gay or effeminate agenda is what Is currently in motion it started of with Latino males but now it’s become a black male thing. It’s where you push images that confuse the sexuality of the youth over and over again that you get them to thing if they’re in need of attention or drama in their life just claim to be gay.
Natasha Raisor here how when you sign a contract for a show you’ve got to maintain your look to maintain continuity. Production is not going to stop just to suit one persons need because it’s a job and everyone is there to work.
1. Bill Cosby was a predator. 2. The Cosby Show was a legendary and important show to black people and culture. 3. A Different World was a legendary and important show to black people and culture. Everything is not black and white, either/or. ALL OF THESE CAN BE TRUE AT THE SAME TIME.
CzarJuliusIII yeah they can be true because we live in a make believe world where morals and character doesn’t exist. Remember kids a black man can be an upstanding member of society and a respected family man but as soon as he’s called a rapist he’s a rapist.
@@MamiRicaaaa I agree with you 100 percent, Bill Cosby is in prison on hearsay. He never slipped anyone pills, they took pills voluntarily because back in the day it was the drug of choice. Black people turned their collective backs on Cosby because he told them the truth in that poundcake speech. Black people hate to be called out on their fuckery.
It really is a GOAT tier show that completely outgrew just being a Cosby Show spin-off. It had great writing for the storylines, characters, and themes/messages. With quality writers, the actors were also able to put out quality work of their own to make their dynamics with each other feel believable
What people fail to realize is that the most successful African American teenage female character had to remain a positive example because she was the only one at the time African American unwed teenage mother as real as it might be was very negative stereotype... you had a successful doctor married to a successful lawyer upwardly mobile family with their kids aspiring to go to college think about the late 80s early 90s and as a result of these show every African American kid wanted to go college and HBCU even the t-shirts and sweatshirts we're popular fashion statements the show was revolutionary and dr. Cosby does not get the credit for inspiring a generation I can't even tell you the last time you seen a positive show about African Americans on any major Network until Blackish
@@frederickdixon8528 Lisa Bonet was the negative stereotype in the first place! She was never a great student but they MADE her go to college anyway. Then... she ended up dropping out and leaving the country and marrying a man her family never met!Getting married and playing stepmama to somebody else's baby, that is divorced by the way, isn't worse?!?! She was made the black sheep because she couldn't be controlled by that man on and off screen. Then...DENISE WAS THE ONLY ONE TO GO TO AN HBCU.Theo, Vanessa, and Sandra went to PWIs. Chile bye!
I LOVED both shows growing up, I couldn't wait to watch "A Different World" as an early teenager. Excellent programming which allowed someone in my position to see stories I would've never seen in my everyday life. Made a very positive impact I feel.
On that date rape episode, Dwayne was like “run freddy run” then was like “wait Freddy wait” 😂🤣 For them to be able to speak about something so serious but, still make u feel okay, is why I loved that show so much 🥰
Different World was one of the realest shows with some of the best writing for stories and characters in any show. Had one of the best written love stories too and outside season 1, each season has their share of damn good episodes
Great video, I hate to be the one to say this but I’ve noticed that TOO MANY sitcoms back in the day had a dark skin successful man as the main character and their leading lady is ALWAYS light skin. Martin A different world Sister sister Fresh prince (with the replacement) Proud family The Steve Harvey show Marlon’s show And a lot of the main characters who are comedians feel the need to have a dark skim woman to BASH and use all of their negative commentary and distasteful jokes on. Once again Martin Steve Harvey Marlon on his new show Like I don’t get it At first I used to think nothing of it and laugh it off even though I’m dark skin but now that I’m an adult colorism is literally all that I see from successful black men whether they’re dark or light. Granted the Jamie fox show, Moesha, family matters are all shows that were successful with brown skin wives it just seem like the ones that TOOK OFF fit a cookie cutting criteria. Just my opinion so I wouldn’t mind seeing a reboot but I wanna see more of them complimenting us. I get it they discuss real issues but the struggle to be a darker tone black woman is also a major issue and we need more successful black men to support us and speak out about it . Again, THIS IS MY OPINION Edit to add: and it’s the same thing with shows that call themselves shedding light on mixed kids’ experience growing up. Feeling like they’re not black enough for black ppl and not white enough for white ppl But they literally ONLY SHOW the negativity they experience from DARK or black ppl They never show how they’re treated by white people. Like the show mixedISH & the new show family reunion. The light skin daughter was IMMEDIATELY bullied by a group of dark skin females. The proud family the gross sisters are a group of black females darker than any other person on the show and they’re negative and bullies I’m sick of it
I know what you mean, even Im light skinned and it was soooooo boring, I was wondering when I would see a man with a darker wife, then came Fresh Prince of Bel Air and then BOOOOO they replaced Aunt Viv and I was like oh brother here we go back to the same boring routine.
I'm glad we did not see the storyline of Denise being pregnant in college. Cosby show projected the imagery of black excellence and that we could actually go to college first, get married first, succeed first and then have childrrn
I honestly think it would having taken television to a whole new level because what show displays anything like that? but I do like how Debbie changed.
I feel what makes television amazing is originality, seeing something new and fresh. And for that reason alone I'm mostly anti-reboot. Keep the legacy of "A Different World" intact and build upon it with something new and original. Every show doesn't need a reboot.
Lisa Bonet (Denise) dropping her rebellious bad boy son off at Hillman, the same time Jasmine Guy (Whitley) is dropping off her little southern clone daughter. A different World reboot.
That show wasn’t right until Debbie took over. She made that show more relatable, fun and a culture original
That's the truth! The first season was some garbage!!
@@jasminehill6312 Yes it just did not make sense. I only watch seasons 2-6 in reruns. #BLACKEXCELLENCE
Yasss Relax,Relate,Release x3😥😥😥😥😥😄😄😄😄
She sure did. She has been an inspiration for me over the years.
Yesss!!! 😊
It seems pretty obvious to me that Lisa Bonet just wanted to live her life as Lisa Bonet and not Denise Huxtable, and Bill Cosby wouldn't accept that. Fast forward to now- it's interesting how critical "appearances" were to him. Very sad.
Yes He liked an appearance of "squeaky clean" ironic isn't it?
@@ThePeachygal I agree it's such an oxymoron, seemingly that he drugged and raped women, but wanted so much to portray the wholesome image... Child please!!!😩😩😩
LaShonda Rochell With what proof other than allegations? I’ll wait
It's also interesting how his "dark aura" appeared after he went to court. So dark that she came back to the show when asked..... It's easy to someone when they're down, especially when they prop you up in the first place.
@@quietstormshawn2858 god, you people are still out here
I’m happy as hell the plot wasn’t centred around a white girl in a HBCU.
Thank God
Yes
Right? What a dodged bullet!
That plot is what A Different World would be about in 2019, now that I think about it. 😑
Mrs. Arthur Morgan You probably right 😏
Lisa married Lenny and then Jason Momoa. That girl makes good decisions. And no, I am not being sarcastic. Live your life, Lisa!
LOVE IT!!! LOL
I agree lol
How dare she fall in love, get married and pregnant?
Sarcasm.
😂😂😂😂 exactly
Right 😂😭
Bill was thinking of his pockets. Nothing more...
@Lord Of Truth 😂 you're dumb af if you take this innocent human interaction as anything more. Grow up
Luis Llorens That’s what I’m thinking. Cosby let that American Dad role go to his head. He’s her boss not her father. WTH?
They would’ve rather seen a college dropout than a pregnant student pushing through...
That seems like a much more powerful storyline to me but whatever🙄
Exactly. Debbie Allen wanted to make it a positive thing. Girls get pregnant in college all the time
@@joshuamcdowell5782 i was at a hbcu during adw and girls that were preggo and lived on campus were pariahs. It wasnt cute, cool, or looked at favorably-it was considered ghetto. #nobueno
Exactly. It's so insane.
Cosby did not want that image of a single teenage pregnant college kid. He wanted to portray black families as accomplished, educated and with a spouse.
I can't believe Cosby tried to tell her she couldn't marry Lenny because it would clash with the identity of her character on the show that is just so ridiculous
D. Val The sad part is that it's not the only case of this happening. Contractual purity had always been used to make sure actors (especially child actors) stick to their pureness like monks. It happened with Judy Garland, Brittany Spears and the Jackson brothers (Joseph didn't want his boys to marry in order to keep their image alive).
Bill Cosby had some really weird rules for the actors on that show. I read somewhere he fired Cockroach because he refused to cut his hair. Bill didn't approve of chemicals, and preferred the actors to remain natural. Stupid, because Cockroach's hair was naturally curly.
Was always the way Hollywood worked. The Companies controlled everything about yr image. Back to the beginning. Also ,as he proved ,The Casting Couch " was real.even if by force or intimidation Alcohol & drugs
As far as the show ! It didn't need to portray a unwed pregnant woman of any race!!
Dval also are likley analyzing
Lenny & Lisa & society,30 yrs later
Don't they realize that WE know when an actress is pregnant 🤨
Audioplugg Music Productions, LLC things were different, no paparazzi. Out of sight out of mind.
Agreed. Even on camera we can tell. Tge only way that we couldn't is if the camera doesn't go below the chest area.
It's very distracting when we're supposed to pretend we don't know the person is pregnant. When Grace on Will and Grace got pregnant, it didn't work well at all because she got pretty big and being skinny and flat chested was a part of her character.
If Bill Cosby had allowed the pregnancy plot to be played out so many of our young (at the time) black girls would’ve found the courage to attend school in spite of being pregnant or having had a child.
Exactly! It could have been so empowering
Agreed
Yeah but having Denise pregnant would just reinforce the negative stereotype black people had at that time. This would be a good idea now but back then our image did not need that storyline.
So glad that idea didn't fly.
@@alyssakennedy8363 it still doesn't though. Why can't Black Americans simply have clean stories, no baby mama drama etc. on tv and be supportive of that? The reason why other types of shows do well is because they're an escape of our daily lives and struggles. Instead of a constant reminder of pain, there's a lighthearted feeling to it, which is all the way fine too.
The first season was terrible anyway . Debbie Allen did a amazing job with the remaining seasons
This is kind of crazy because I've never seen Lisa as the wholesome Huxtable chick. She was always the free spirit.. I would not have been shocked to see her pose nude. SMH
And this was before Britney, Christina, Miley, and all the Disney starlets shed their goody two-shoes images.
That’s ironic and Denise would be the most likely to get knocked up. But of course Bill thought that would bake cliff and Claire look like they ‘failed’ as parents
@Raven Posh Vanessa got drunk, went out of town and they stole a car. Vanessa was bad. Lol
For real Lisa bonnet was the free spirit. There would be no shock at all. This is the first I'm hearing it and it's no surprise and it's only acting why are people being so serious about her. She should be left to live and enjoy her career
@@truthspeaks281 & made out in the car with her boyfriend, even her mother called her "that little wench."Lmao.
I love that Aretha Franklin sang the song. What a classic
Pauline Davis well damn you just taught me something..I’m a 87 baby and I still grew up on her music because my dad is old head..that voice was too familiar to not know that..🤷🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️
At the time, she was the real life wife of the Colonel character on the show.
Yes! But I love the Boys II Men version best.
@@Zenith510. exactly, Aretha Franklin and Glenn Turman was married at that time. Even after their divorce remained close.
BTW, Glenn Turman is another underrated actors. I was shocked when he was cast in a TV show sitcom. I remember his performances in these two of my favorites, "Five on the Black Hand Side, and J. D. 's Revenge". Pulp Classics.
Five on the Black Hand Side, one of the scenes from Rudy Ray Moore's Dolemite epic poem "Signified Monkey".
That was the best . When I was little I used to snap my fingers to the theme song.shhhhhhhhhh!!don't tell nobody.
Honestly I didn’t like the season with her on there it was boring but when Aretha Franklin start singing the theme song Chile .... Yess I’m loving this content you gotta do a vid on the decline of Neo soul music
14:32 all that hair on Denise arms tho..lol
Lmao 🤣
Neo soul isn’t dead 😭 you just really have to search for it through all this trash music we have today. I find a lot of gems by listening to Soulection Radio.
Yes! Miss Aretha's theme song was way better in my opinion.
Alexis Hilson Same. To this day, when I binge, I skip all episodes (season 1) w “Denise,” they were hella dull.
Crazy how Jasmine Guy became the breakout star. Bill sounds like he was controlling and failed to understand the people in the show are actors with their own lives. No wonder Lisa felt the way she did when he got sentenced.
Especially with Phylicia Rashad. He was upset about her being pregnant too. WTF? She was a grown ass, married woman, not his wife in real life.
Listen to how stupid you sound!
@@Maki-00 Debbie Allen did say Bill was possessive in a way of his TV family
Darnell Hendeason who? What was said made perfect sense. What’s stupid is a grown ass man not being able to separate a tv show from reality because he lowkey wanted to be the father...
DeeLishish0991 : And Jasmine Guy was a b*tch! I was pursuing an acting career back in the day, and I met her on an audition in 1998, and she is every bit the evil b*tch she resembles. I didn’t like her at all, and I told her that. She needed to be checked...hard!
Could you imagine the stress of being a new mom and being surrounded by all of that negativity?! I love Debbie Allen but I agree with her, Bill was possessive and that's just creepy.
Unpopular opinion : A different world was better without Lisa Bonet.
I felt the same. There were many things about that season I didn’t like... including “Denise”.
You ain't lied. Kym and Whitley were the real MVPs to me, their singing voices always lifted my souls and their characters made me laugh. Ah, nostalgia.
i agree
That's not an unpopular opinion lol
TheLeah2344 fact
It was originally going to be from a white girl's perspective? WTF? Meg Ryan???
ikr!!!
Glad it was not
@@franchescazamora1726 Right!!!
It's like even in the 90s, they decided to put first a white voice where the black folks hung.
@@thecosmicblueautie It's not a "white voice over a blacks", but a white GIRL.
They seem obsessed with having a white girl experience
Right. Nobody cares.
@@ShareBearChelle I don't think they were obsessed, that was the original idea. Credit to Debbie Allen for being open to the idea, but I'm glad they didn't go with it either. This is hindsight, but why would you make the first (and only) sitcom about HBCU's from a white girls perspective? Like you said, nobody cares.
Back then they were pitching the show to a major "mainstream" network. They probably thought adding a white girl and making the show from her perspective would attract a wider audience. Black folks were already hooked. But...I am so, so glad it went in another direction. I started my 1st year at Howard University in 1987 when this show first aired. It is my favorite show of all time. I went to college with them. Debbie was spot on with her representation of the HBCU experience! ❤
Debbie Allen & Phylicia Rashad are cut from a different cloth...They're both Gorgeous
Good word play bill knew how to find some gorgeous women
@@akaishadouglas8259 true indeed
I thought Allen and Rashad were sisters
@@jujupancakes9310 yeah they are sir, I was just saying they are both very beautiful and u can tell that they are related
@@jujupancakes9310 they are sisters.
That first season was dry and awful...Hearing they wanted a white girl explains why it was the worst season 😂
Thank goodness for Debbie stepping in. She made that show what it was. It’s a classic! 💜
The first season is good, but it's also the worst season. I liked Marisa Tomei as Maggie. I'm glad they didn't make her the main character.
Thank God for Debbie!!
JaiC Bacote I enjoyed what Debbie did for the show, but Debbie campaigned for the white girl show. That’s what she wanted most.
Yeah so they just added a white boy instead.
Lol this. Debbie wanted Maggie to stick around. Still yeah her taking over help create this gem of a show, a timeless classic with loads of GOAT tier episodes
I think Vanessa would've been fun for a different world, Denise as a character, always seemed nomadic and free spirited, she just naturally didn't fit
I loved her free spirit. I related to all of the Cosby children - even Rudy and Theo, but Denise most exuded the energy I have found best represents who I am. It is so good that she made her own way. It may have altered the course of her career, but royalties can run out. Thank goodness her family and her legacy is forever.
That's an interesting and good point. Vanessa would have been a better fit for A Different World, too.
Exactlyyyy! Vanessa would’ve been wayyy better SHES more out-going than Denise.
Vanessa would've been a much better choice. I most definitely agree.
I could see that
Sorry no shade but I liked the show after she left. I love Jasmine Guy..
Jasmine and Kadeem were fucking perfect on that show. Their acting was on point in the show. The growth their characters went through was huge. Looking at their characters from the Denise days to where they end up by the end is night and day
Niccolo Vanible FACTS
Right especially when the 90s hit
Dwayne was my boy
Me too!!!
We need another tv show like this on tv good black shows, black tv today is reality TV that’s trash 🗑
They don't want positive Black images on TV.
Right and they're trying with Grownish but that show is boring af
@@pink_magical_girl Grownish is boring for the exact same reasons that the first season of A Different World was boring. Yara Shahidi is not a good actress and neither was Lisa Bonet. Grownish should have waited a few years and then did the show with the actor that plays the oldest son on Blackish. He could've been great as the fish out of water bi-racial kid at predominately black Howard University. Yara was ok as one of the kids on Blackish, but she is the least talented of the child actors on the show, but they have decided to promote her acting career despite the fact that she lacks acting talent or charisma. She also recently headlined a flop movie (The Sun is also a Color), as Bonet did with Angel Heart. The movie was made on a low budget, but still didn't manage to make back it's production costs. Lisa Bonet was painful to watch as she struggled through her character on the Cosby Show and Different World, which may be the reason why she didn't have much of an acting career after she left the shows. Without Cosby, it's doubtful if Bonet would've had a career in acting at all. Marsai Martin, who plays little sister, Diane on Grownish, is the real talent on the show, and she has executive produced and starred in Little, which did made a good profit at the boxoffice, yet she has been ignored on Blackish.
TV, MUSIC, CARTOONS, FASHION, FOOD, MOVIES, PEOPLE ARE NOT THE SAME ANY MORE MOST PPL HAVE NO VALUE FOR THEMSELVES OR FOR PPL OR FOR GOD.
@ Yara shahidi is very beautiful, that's all that matters in this industry.
Truth be told I probably would've got knocked up and hitched by Lenny Kravitz too🤷♀️
Yassss he is fine
Right? He’s sexy as hell
🤤🤤🤤🤤🤣🤣
Exactly lol 💁💁💁💁
Sativa Seeds TV Same 💁🏽♀️
A Different World was most definitely a significant reason for me wanting and going to a HBCU.
Lisa Bonet was truly beautiful & forever a 80's-90's Icon 🙌🏾😍
Lisa Bonet lived and is living her best life!
❤❤❤❤❤❤
Exactly!
You're right 🍆🐱
I agree she’s a queen 👑🔥❤️✊🏾💯
Exactly! Her Interview & Rolling Stone magazine issues are ICONIC!!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
The film Angel Heart flopped, her role was racist and there were no other major Black characters despite the movie was set in New Orleans. She was exploited by the movie producers.
She allowed herself to self destruct
Maybe she didn't give a shit and did it as a middle finger to The Cos. She probably knew The Cos would NEVER approve of that script. As bad as "Angel Heart" was, Lisa Bonet did what the F she wanted.
I loved that movie. I disagree. Sex in that movie made sense. She was a voodoo priestess and the sex was involved in the plot. That movie was good
@@synthiapowe4937 she was the protagonists (mickey rourkes) daughter in the movie and the daughter of a priestess. Yall are trippn
Man that movie was God awful...Ijs. 😭🤣
Ngl Lisa did not fit in with A Different World nor could she carry a show herself anyway. It was so much better without her.
I liked it better as an ensemble cast then I did when it was mainly her and the others as supporting characters. Whitley, Dwayne Wayne and Freddie were my favorites.
I do think she could have come back as a supporting character just not the star. Lets face it, what sitcom series do we like best? Ensemble casts. Friends, Big Bang Theory ,How I met your Mother, and A different World after it became an ensemble cast.
I think the show just got better..Debbie Allen made it better. It could've been great with Lisa....but it is what it is
@@ThePeachygal show was mostly about Whitley and her man tf
She wasn't supposed to carry the show herself. It was always intended to be ensemble, and it always was. It wouldn't have worked with just Whitley and Dwayne!
I thought Hillman was a real college for many years when I was little. I know I'm not the only one.😂
I know I did
Me too
Yessssssss I wanted to go!
@@StandupGirl-ym3eyfrom ur response it seems like Hillman made u excited about University/Academics - these shows are what the kids of this generation should be watching and influenced by🎓📚👩🏿🎓👨🏿🎓
@@SVPREME101 Yesssssss! I went because of Hillman! Lol I wanted to go there and meet a man like Dwayne Wayne!😂😂😂
I would of married Lenny too 😂😂 That man is fine and they had a beautiful daughter.
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When Aretha sung the theme song and Debbie Allen on board, it was better.
I love Aretha's voice. I miss her
I never heard the first season song before today n it's terrible.
Ahhh, I'm pretty sure that was Pheobi Snow.
Master Jedi who
What would've happened if the NBC executives 10:09 would've kept her on the new show
Debbie Allen and Patrice Rushen are two the baddest, most underrated women in the entertainment industry. Grandpa seemed really sad about it all.
Yass honey! I’ve been waiting! I live for this nostalgia aesthetic!
I NEVER CLICKED SO FAST...I ALWAYS WONDERED WHAT HAPPENED!!
Agreed
A Different World.. still one of my ultimate favorite sitcoms. I still will watch it after years of not seeing.
KaleenaJean -BEAUTY mines too.
Lisa gave no f*cks ok?! 😂😂
Ty Dawkins listennn! period’t! she did what she pleased 🗣🤷🏿♀️😂
Mmmmkayyyyyy
No, I don't want a reboot. I'm tired of reboots it kinda always lessens the original. The legacy of the show speaks for itself.
If they did do a reboot, it should be retooled and titled A Different World(A New Generation).
One of the biggest things tho is they’d need to not try and top the OG show.
Even if a rebooted version happened and is popular, trying to force it would be detrimental and they would need to avoid trying to make things/characters more likable unless it feels organic. Cause we all know there’s not a chance in hell any new character will end up as beloved as Dwayne or Whitley. Or hell even Ron, Kim, or Freddie
WE've GOT a reboot.Its called Grownish......
MegaDiva1999 imagine seriously thinking this. Grownish is more of a spiritual successor than anything else
@@niccolovanible1001 I can imagine and comment based on my personal opinion and experience of the shows. You have no business to throw me 'shade'. I assume we are all mature adults who can engage in opinions without getting rude and disrespectful? If youré old enough to have watched Different World, you're old enough to do better than this.
Everything happens for a reason because we all have Zoe as a result of Lisa's so-called rebellion.
Whitley was wayyy better and the show was better without Lisa🤷🏾♀️
People also forgot deon (who beats his girl Gina) and bumper Robinson also made a different world popular to. deon was wrong for abusing Gina but he made the show shine to without Lisa bonet and I also forgot sinbad too.
Facts
@@MrLionelg33 Nobody thinks about Deon until they see that ONE episode.
When you’re too controlling a person will naturally rebel! Lisa Bonet was not gonna allow Bill to control her, especially her personal life. It would have been a great story line. Aretha brought the juice to that theme song.
Also, Lisa Bonet has the best dreads. Her locks set trends to this day
Appetite 4 Chic yes, Aretha brought a lot of justice to Different world use to love watching it from the very beginning just to see the theme song. It’s was an amazing show especially in the 90’s. Lisa has so much of individuality that you couldn’t box 📦 her in. Bill Cosby was everyone American dad that most black American families strives to model. Bill and Martin seemed to do the same thing because Tisha Campbell said Martin use to control her. Maybe they thought it was realistic or at least felt it. Tbh both shows had that realistic feel nothing seemed staged to me.
Hope Hope you’re right, they both had realistic feels, but the men have to realize the line between cast mates and characters being played. I appreciate what both Bill and Martin brought to tv, but it’s unfortunate they couldn’t leave it on the set
Appetite 4 Chic very true.
Appetite 4 Chic controlling? She literally signed a contract y’all sound like clowns. Imagine watching a series and one episode the character has hair and the next she’s bald and the next she’s blue. Continuity matters.
Lil Great Wall you sound like a clown trying to control someone’s hair style and personal decisions based on a contract. That’s like saying if I get a gig I don’t have freedom of speech outside that job
No Matter What Happened ..... Just Seeing Black People Working Together Makes Me So Very Proud To Be BLACK 💕💃🙏🔥👊
Shanta Fletcher 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
She’s not black she’s biracial but I fw her heavy tho
Word.
Lisa had every right to live her life anyway she like....
He acting like he owned them 💀
Tishara Doby he did bitch
It was bad for what he was trying to show, of a good black family. No different from any business
now bill own a cell
Nicole D 😭😭😭😭😭
That’s Pill 💊 Cosby for you!
"tried his patience" by living a normal life... uhm, what??
women "try the patience" of men by having a mind of their own and a sense of autonomy, apparently...
She was late and a diva.... j see this just as singers... image is everything who they date, who they marry, and if they get pregnant. It affects rating which effects moneh and that is what matters to networks
If she was dark skin they wouldn’t have gave her so many chances
Truth!
Darkskin wasn't even in style then
Oh my. I believe you are right.
Good point
Yezzirr
In all of this, we don't hear Lisa Bonet's voice.
shes a scorpio which means she going to remain private and wait for Cosby to be vindicated
Yup. I want to hear her side of the story.
Rodrigue do we have to include zodiacs in everything? Lol
That's the one voice I want to hear.
🎵Cause it's a Different World. Then where ya come from. Oooh 🤗 I loved that show. Still do. Dwayne and Whitley are among my favorite TV couples of all time.
🎶 ooooo yes it is now😂
I love Dewayne and Whitley!!!!
*My favorite Tv couple is Martin and Gina*
Same!! It makes me sad that these next few generations probably won't ever appreciate A Different World like we do... I barely made it💀.. when I was in middle school my mama use to have the reruns on, along with (good times😂).. they will forever be the ultimate relationship goals😍❤️
There in 2nd place behind Sinclair and Overton
It was creepy Cosby would be so possessive with he female stars. Kudos for Lisa not falling for his bs, and living her own life.
Video Ideas: What really happened to the first Aunt Viv from Fresh Prince Of Bel Air?
The rise and fall of 106 and Park
This video was great by the way!
Paulette Jordan the rise and fall of 106 and parks pleeeease
How about what really happened to Lionel Jefferson
And the rise and fall of rap city
I would love to see the rise and fall of 106 & park. That was my childhood show. 106 & park was every kids go to music video show in the early to mid 2000's. I don't know what happen to BET in general. The Rise and Fall of BET too that's a good one.
Yes hopefully she sees this👌
Exactly! Another example of misogyny in Hollywood!
A young black mother in college would've been a good plot...
Star Cherry Agreed
Totally agree. So many black women have had that experience so it would have been nice to see that reflected and explored in a prominent black sitcom
Star Cherry you think so? Although I wasn’t born around the time I LOVE ADW and I watch all the reruns, but I think the image of a black SINGLE mother in college would’ve missed the mark of the message that Dr. Cosby was tryna put out there for the black culture. Also this was a time of “The Crack 80’s” so I think he was tryna pull our people away from THAT image that we’ve constantly been shown of ourselves 😉🤷🏾♀️
*Star Cherry* *MAN HELL YEAH!* that woulda been a good plot that was a social issue that went on in the 80's with teenage girls teenage pregnancy crime victims and crack addiction. forget that squeaky clean b.s. image don't exist in the real world.
@@tiffnicole4259 He aint no damm DR! lol
Season 1 doesn't exist to me. The theme song alone was atrocious.
Exactly
Righttttt😭😭😭😭
Its the same song all assassins😁😁😂😂😂😂😂
Tank Miles Same lyrics, different music, different singer...thus making it different. Anymore questions?
Ashley Yvette facts that song was bad 🤦🏾♂️
Gosh Lenny was gorgeous. Lisa too! Now we have Zoe!
And Zoe is the perfect combination of the two 😊 just beautiful
But she looks much more like Lisa 😍😍😍😍
Zoe is my baby. She broke my heart when she got married 😁😂
She's an excellent actress. I love me some Zoe!
Once again...Amazing JOB. Keep going, Queen👑
And I’m so happy Lisa Bonet went and lived her life the entire time. She never let anyone control her. 👑👑
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I just realized that the actress that plays Maggie also plays aunt Mae from Tom Holland's version of spiderman
You know, she also played in Spike Lee's movie, "Jungle Fever"
Marisa Tomei has an Oscar. She's more than Spiderman's aunt. She's got a couple of Oscar nominations as well.
@@AnnaMaria-oy1fp i didn't say thats all she was. That's just what I know her as.
She's been around for years. After "A Different World," she starred in the film "My Cousin Vinny" and won an Oscar. Also, she and Robert Downey, Jr. initially starred in the film "Only You" back in the '90s.
@@adriennewalker3201 Actually that was Annabella Sciorra (from "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle"). They do favor each other, though.
No lie, I watched the first 2 eps of season 1 then my mom mentioned Lisa was only in the first season. I skipped to the second season because there was no point wasting my time becoming invested in a character that wouldn't be around.
And the first season was so wack
Sad 2 say, you missed out on a great show. Bcuz it got better after that.
Akbar The Don she didn’t miss anything. She just skipped the 1st season and started on the 2nd
@@jtg8891 Thank you 4 pointing out that I missed read it.
You missed nothing of significance. Season 1 having characters like Dwayne, Whitley, Jaleesa, Walter, and Ron and being set at Hillman is really the only connection season 1 has with the rest of the show. The show drastically improves in quality starting from season 2.
It got real good when it outgrew just being a Cosby Show spin-off and became a titan of a show of its own merits that happens to be set in the same universe as Cosby Show
This show had very beautiful decent looking black actors/actresses who nailed their roles. This show will forever be a classic. When I walk into campus sometimes I show off my A Different World hat, just to let people know that yes, I'm black, and yes I'm not dumb. I'm educated.
Decent they were beautiful... are you kidding me, I appreciate the fact that we actually had all black/owned shows that were amazing and looked forward to watching and we’re no1 on air, black ppl are beautiful and I wished we still could have that today we appreciated all of that!
Neh-Bih Sangbong , “decent looking black actors/actresses?” Wtf?💡✍🏽
@@ivyreid7 I know. I'm black. And I did say they were beautiful too. I didn't know decent was a bad word. LoL 😂 Should I say indecent looking next time? Idk 🤷
The irony of using beautiful and decent in the same sentence💀😆
@@Sienna.Jen2971 LoL 😂 right? I swear I'm living in another world. I'm seriously living under a rock. I had no idea that the word 'decent' was an offensive word. You learn something new everyday 😂🤷
If Debbie got to keep Lisa, we’d love it. Debbie taking over the show saved it.
Lisa wanted to be her own person and not an image.
I never knew he did the same when Phylicia got pregnant man he was definitely possessive DUE SHE IS NOT YOUR WIFE! AHMAD should have kicked some butt
UTTER BULLSHIT BILL FIXED UP PHYLICIA AND AMAD TOGETHER AND WAS HAPPY FOR HER .. GET THE FACTS 100%
They hid her pregnancy in FEW episodes. The big stuffed animal on the couch, they raised the counter in the kitchen, cut a hole in the bed as she layed, a big bag after shopping, her huge brief case purse thingy etc. but it worked if u didn’t know.
What she did in her life, ain’t had shit to do with him!!!
petercox9 dude he looked at her like she was his own, she said he never made her feel uncomfortable in THAT way so stfu
It had to do with his show just like any other organization.
@mdna72 Exactly!
For a Different World, there was more to it. According to people who worked on the show, Lisa was very difficult to work with, often times coming to the set late, high, or drunk. It got to the point where even fellow cast members began to complain about her behavior and work ethic. Her getting pregnant I feel was more of the straw that broke the camel's back. Thad Mumford (the co-executive producer of ADW) did an interesting interview where he talked about the Lisa and Bill and gave them both equal shit for what went on.
When I realized dewanye played Fantasias dad in her movie. Wowwww
And the dad on KC undercover on Disney
Girl,I was like Dewayne Wayne
Kadeem been playing daddy roles. He and Jasmine even had their reunion on KC Undercover.
But my dude will always be Dwayne Wayne to most people.
Everyone knows that the first season was awful! It needed Debbie's touch. I hate to say it because I know the show was supposed to be around Denise but the seasons without Denise and Maggie were the best. They weren't even missed!!
A Different World is truly one of THE GREATEST TELEVISION SHOWS IN HISTORY and THEE MOST INNOVATIVE SHOW IN BLACK TELEVISION (in my opinion)
Lisa didn't mess up ADW. It was the production management. I believe the show would have been successful with Debbie working with Lisa as she did the others.
She was boring when a different world had her in it.
@@domdom2215 the show as a whole was boring. Denise was not the reason there were storylines like egg sitting. It was management. Lisa would have been fine with Debbie at the helm.
@@JhomasE but seasons 2-6 were the best. A different world is one of my favs but season one isn't.
@@domdom2215 because Debbie Allen took over. It was not a Lisa Bonet issue. She was not responsible for the writing, the weak storylines and the way the characters in season one. Even Jasmine Guy had an issue with the original Showrunner. Debbie Allen wanted to keep Lisa and Marisa. Lisa was 20 years old.
@@JhomasE either way it was corny with her on it. I prefered her on the cosby show
I wouldn’t be here for a reboot because they would make them all lightskin with the same personality
Yup, they would be half everything with no full blooded cast members.
And have a lot of gay agendas and characters.
A reboot would have characters without a fraction of the substance that Dwayne, Whitley, or Kim had.
A Different World is the main reason I went to college. I was soooo excited as a little girl to see young, black, smart and beautiful people from various backgrounds come together and have experiences at this Hillman University. Movies like House Party also made college so fun and showed young black people in higher education. I swear I couldn't wait to grow up and go to college. Good job on the video. Very well done!
He was not her actual father... chile
Nor was he Phylicia's husband. Why would he get mad at her and then husband Ahmad Rashad for having a baby. That's what married people do.
@ But yet, Sondra and Elvin had twins on the show and were played by two sets of twins at a time: two identical twin girls to play Winnie and two identical twin boys to play Nelson.
Y'all are kids
HIS show was about image.
His show has her as a young woman. A young black woman.
There were many many images of young black boys and girls who make life altering bad decisions and have to struggle just to make things meet.
He wanted his show to be positive to all black kids that it's possible to avoid those situations.
If he shows his young daughter being pregnant, then those young girls have that mindset of "well, it happened to them, I can make it too"
But he wanted the message to be "well, they avoided these things, maybe I can too"
And many adults today will say Cosby Show and Different World were their insipirations.
You don't understand the importance of having positive black families in a time where most images were either negavtive or ignorant
@@libertubey2199 tbh Lisa bonnet was the bigger star a lot of people gravitates to her more so than the others as much now the guy that played Alvin I remember him on Miami Vice and the guy that played the brother Theo he really did really well for himself after Cosby show he was getting a lot of acting roles and Raven Simone and of course phylicia Rashad but the others they got some roles but not a lot
@@agonleed3841 exactly black people wasn't portrayed in a positive light back then and maybe Lisa was too young to not understand that she was setting an example to young black kids especially in America an Cosby knew that kids are very impressionable they literally imitate everything they see so I get why he was hard on them
I hope Lisa Bonet sees this! There were so many people who recognized the B.S. even back then. Bill Cosby was judgemental and self righteous and I always felt like he mistreated Lisa.
Daksiezo you do realize she’s stated that he’s the only reason she got so many chances right?
@@LilGreatWalltv So what?
Daksiezo do you lack brain cells? Clearly it means that she admitted she was in the wrong and thanked him for giving her countless opportunities despite her making poor life decisions.
@@LilGreatWalltv And?
I always thought Cosby was an asshole. He presented himself as a great family man when he was a regular at the Playboy Mansion. I'm not surprised his phony public image came apart.
Alfonso Rebeiro wasn't really an "up and coming" actor. He was already known for costarring in Silver Spoons and appearing in a Pepsi commercial with Michael Jackson.
Yeah
He was in this movie "ticks" also.
It's so funny as a kid I remember watching a different world from the time debbie Allen took over and vaguely watching the first season and I remember thinking how boring the show was before Aretha Franklin sang the theme song,lol
U ain't never lie. They never really showed the first season growing up. When I finally saw it and heard the original theme song I was 13 yrs. Old thinking wtf is this?
Same here. I vaguely remember the 1st season
Good rundown on a historical African American sitcom, so many amazing facts that I never knew that went on behind the scenes. Thanks once again you have done your homework
She didn't tell you that they were trying to get Mr Cosby to push the gay agenda on A Different World.
Thankfully Dr Cosby wasn't having it!
@@DarnellHendeason-dk3uw What do you mean by gay agenda?
Star K the gay or effeminate agenda is what Is currently in motion it started of with Latino males but now it’s become a black male thing.
It’s where you push images that confuse the sexuality of the youth over and over again that you get them to thing if they’re in need of attention or drama in their life just claim to be gay.
It got boring?!! I was in college in 89 at an HBCU and I enjoyed every episode til the end.
I enjoy them NOW.. my husband be like damn again 😂😂
The first season was dull. When Debbie Allen came on, that show was awesome. How can Bill Cosby be mad at grown married women being pregnant 🤦🏾♀️
Natasha Raisor here how when you sign a contract for a show you’ve got to maintain your look to maintain continuity. Production is not going to stop just to suit one persons need because it’s a job and everyone is there to work.
1. Bill Cosby was a predator.
2. The Cosby Show was a legendary and important show to black people and culture.
3. A Different World was a legendary and important show to black people and culture.
Everything is not black and white, either/or.
ALL OF THESE CAN BE TRUE AT THE SAME TIME.
CzarJuliusIII yeah they can be true because we live in a make believe world where morals and character doesn’t exist.
Remember kids a black man can be an upstanding member of society and a respected family man but as soon as he’s called a rapist he’s a rapist.
Bill Cosby was a predator.......BULLSHIT!!!!! No proof whatsoever, the man is in prison on hearsay.
There is no verified proof that Bill Cosby was a predator to anyone gtfoh, however we did find out that the women are knowing liars and con artist.
@@MamiRicaaaa I agree with you 100 percent, Bill Cosby is in prison on hearsay. He never slipped anyone pills, they took pills voluntarily because back in the day it was the drug of choice. Black people turned their collective backs on Cosby because he told them the truth in that poundcake speech. Black people hate to be called out on their fuckery.
@@whatif3271 He wasn't sentenced for rape. He was sentenced on some shit nobody can prove, hearsay.
Dwayne Waynes glasses was iconic.
This show was literally one of the best shows ever on TV. This was a real version of our lives. Amazing video AGAIN 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
It really is a GOAT tier show that completely outgrew just being a Cosby Show spin-off. It had great writing for the storylines, characters, and themes/messages.
With quality writers, the actors were also able to put out quality work of their own to make their dynamics with each other feel believable
In other words, Lisa Bonet got pregnant.
O...ok. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Haha. Thank you ! Nothing more than that.
Yes lol.
What people fail to realize is that the most successful African American teenage female character had to remain a positive example because she was the only one at the time African American unwed teenage mother as real as it might be was very negative stereotype... you had a successful doctor married to a successful lawyer upwardly mobile family with their kids aspiring to go to college think about the late 80s early 90s and as a result of these show every African American kid wanted to go college and HBCU even the t-shirts and sweatshirts we're popular fashion statements the show was revolutionary and dr. Cosby does not get the credit for inspiring a generation I can't even tell you the last time you seen a positive show about African Americans on any major Network until Blackish
@@frederickdixon8528 Lisa Bonet was the negative stereotype in the first place! She was never a great student but they MADE her go to college anyway. Then... she ended up dropping out and leaving the country and marrying a man her family never met!Getting married and playing stepmama to somebody else's baby, that is divorced by the way, isn't worse?!?! She was made the black sheep because she couldn't be controlled by that man on and off screen. Then...DENISE WAS THE ONLY ONE TO GO TO AN HBCU.Theo, Vanessa, and Sandra went to PWIs. Chile bye!
@@frederickdixon8528 True
I LOVED both shows growing up, I couldn't wait to watch "A Different World" as an early teenager. Excellent programming which allowed someone in my position to see stories I would've never seen in my everyday life. Made a very positive impact I feel.
On that date rape episode, Dwayne was like “run freddy run” then was like “wait Freddy wait” 😂🤣
For them to be able to speak about something so serious but, still make u feel okay, is why I loved that show so much 🥰
I couldn't believe Leroy Green would do that. Lol!
Different World was one of the realest shows with some of the best writing for stories and characters in any show. Had one of the best written love stories too and outside season 1, each season has their share of damn good episodes
This is my FAVORITE show ever. I’m glad Whitley and Dewayne became the starring cast. Couldn’t imagine it any other way.
One of my favorite shows! I’m still in love with Dwayne Wayne
Great video, I hate to be the one to say this but I’ve noticed that TOO MANY sitcoms back in the day had a dark skin successful man as the main character and their leading lady is ALWAYS light skin.
Martin
A different world
Sister sister
Fresh prince (with the replacement)
Proud family
The Steve Harvey show
Marlon’s show
And a lot of the main characters who are comedians feel the need to have a dark skim woman to BASH and use all of their negative commentary and distasteful jokes on.
Once again
Martin
Steve Harvey
Marlon on his new show
Like I don’t get it
At first I used to think nothing of it and laugh it off even though I’m dark skin but now that I’m an adult colorism is literally all that I see from successful black men whether they’re dark or light.
Granted the Jamie fox show, Moesha, family matters are all shows that were successful with brown skin wives it just seem like the ones that TOOK OFF fit a cookie cutting criteria.
Just my opinion so I wouldn’t mind seeing a reboot but I wanna see more of them complimenting us.
I get it they discuss real issues but the struggle to be a darker tone black woman is also a major issue and we need more successful black men to support us and speak out about it .
Again, THIS IS MY OPINION
Edit to add: and it’s the same thing with shows that call themselves shedding light on mixed kids’ experience growing up. Feeling like they’re not black enough for black ppl and not white enough for white ppl
But they literally ONLY SHOW the negativity they experience from DARK or black ppl
They never show how they’re treated by white people.
Like the show mixedISH & the new show family reunion. The light skin daughter was IMMEDIATELY bullied by a group of dark skin females. The proud family the gross sisters are a group of black females darker than any other person on the show and they’re negative and bullies I’m sick of it
My wife and kids too
Heck even the proud family
I know what you mean, even Im light skinned and it was soooooo boring, I was wondering when I would see a man with a darker wife, then came Fresh Prince of Bel Air and then BOOOOO they replaced Aunt Viv and I was like oh brother here we go back to the same boring routine.
It's the same way nowadays! Nothing has changed!
Shae Butta Baby so true!! I am so glad that you said this!
This show was one of the best.
honestly
Good choice for that time pregnant college dropout wasn't a positive entertainment option. Her character was already portrayed as flighty & immature.
A different world was good with or without Lisa bonnet and Debbie Allen just made it even better.
Had Lisa stayed and with Debbie Allen in charge, the show would still be successful in my opinion.
Wonder if Lisa felt vindicated, when Cosby went to prison? Bill's in prison and Lisa is married to Aquaman.
wait da fuck?
14DaveHunter yep
Things worked itself out in the end.
Who even thinks like this . Your a lame for even conceiving this notion
Professr 93, very lame.
I WAS NOT EXPECTING A TREAT THIS LATE AT NIGHT!!!!
The most impactful episode was called "Mammy Dearest". It was SO GOOD! Impactful and black excellent shines through it all.
I loved Lisa, and Lenny together they were perfect for each other.
I loved this show growing up. I liked Kadeem Hardison's glasses. I used to call them Mickey Mouse glasses.
Peace X Love I liked his saddlebags-as-a-shoulder-satchel
What about Pac?! He was in an episode too!!
KingUgly DaGoonie 😲
Right I was waiting for him
Debby Allen is such a legend!
If Netflix made an HBCU sitcom it would probably single handedly bring them out of debt.
Tahtahme Xero YES IT WOULD
With the agendas they push nowadays, I wouldn't want that.
Didn't they?
I'm glad we did not see the storyline of Denise being pregnant in college. Cosby show projected the imagery of black excellence and that we could actually go to college first, get married first, succeed first and then have childrrn
Aqua Lilly I completely agree.
I honestly think it would having taken television to a whole new level because what show displays anything like that? but I do like how Debbie changed.
Idk it doesn’t matter the order that it happens it just matters that it happens. In my opinion.
I agree. We get enough bad stereotypes. Had they carried on in that direction, the show might’ve been axed a lot sooner.
Aqua Lilly true, but there is reality in black excellence
I feel what makes television amazing is originality, seeing something new and fresh. And for that reason alone I'm mostly anti-reboot. Keep the legacy of "A Different World" intact and build upon it with something new and original. Every show doesn't need a reboot.
please do a video on colorism on 80s and 90s black tv shows!!
YES!! Tv shows and music.
Taylor Ellis in the works!
I'm here for it! 🙋
"Let's tell the important story of a how an HBC affects the life of a white girl!" You gotta love television executives in the 80's.
Honestly a Different World was a better show when denise left........All the way till they had jada on the show love a different world classic!!!!!!!
A reboot? No, a continuation? Yes. If Degrassi can last all these years why can't shows like A Different World?
@SARA Degrassi really started to suck after Season 9.
Lisa Bonet (Denise) dropping her rebellious bad boy son off at Hillman, the same time Jasmine Guy (Whitley) is dropping off her little southern clone daughter. A different World reboot.
They had a episode were Ron dated a single mother🙄.....in college
Really? What episode was that?
@@MsConfident14 The Heavy D episode.
true!! show was ahead
I watched that yesterday!!! Ron was acting like a man!!