There is a reunion show coming on TvOne on the 21st or 22nd of September.

Graycap23 said:

is it just me or friends was the exact same show?



which one came out first?

SirPsycho said:

Living Single was 1st and the better show.

"In a 90's kinda world I'm glad I've got my girl...."

SirPsycho said:

They actually ripped off Living Single. I heard Queen Latifah say in an interview that the original title of LS was Friends and that the pilot was shopped to NBC who passed but developed their own white version. She made some other comparisons to Friends showing the connection but I forgot what they were.

I really enjoyed the show and I still watch it on the Oxygen network.
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SCNDLS said:

To even add to SCNDLS' post, Latifah said one of the producers of NBC came up to her at a party and said he loved her show and a year later Friends shows up.

Kyle was fucking hilarious. Max was as well. Very good show. They had a bunch of guest stars, too - Nia Long, Rosie O'Donell, Tatyana Ali, Grant Hill, Cedric Ceballos, Bobby Bonilla, Desmond Howard, Eartha Kitt, Giancarlo Esposito, Terrence Howard, Morris Chestnutt, Denise Nicholas, Ron O'Neal, Mel Jackson, jasmine Guy, Kadeem Hardison, Daryl Bell, Charmaine Brown, Khalil Kain, Heavy D, Cree Summer, Isaiah Washington, J. Anthony Brown, Melissa De Sousa, Miguel A. Núñez Jr., T-Boz, Gladys Knight, Antonio Fargas, Marsha Warfield, Dorien Wilson.

Add Reggie Miller and Cheryl Miller to that list as well.

MuthaFunka said:

Oh, my God when Cheryl and Khadijah had that challenge basketball game. . . Classic! Oh, and you forgot Dean Cain and CeCe Winans, hilarious.


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When I was home on medical leave back in March, I watched it on Thursdays when they did that 4 or 5 in a row... I wish it was on everyday!

I loved that show! I was actually just talking about a couple of days ago with my sister. I use to laugh when Kyle,and Maxine would get into their spats,their was always a little of a sexual tension between those two though. They hated each each,but wanted each other.

SCNDLS said:

Oh shit! The CeCe episode was hilarious! Especially when CeCe said "But you can't sing" to Regine!

MuthaFunka said:

That was so funny! I loved when Sinclaire played the tape of Regine singing and she gave her that speech about being shocked and horrified before she hit play!

MuthaFunka said:

Monica

Arsenio Hall

chocolate1 said:

Well, why don't I just post the whole show.

funkpill said:

Not just T-Boz

The whole group was on there

Oh!!! that dude who played Tommy on Martin was on there also

funkpill said:

AND!!! Naughty By Nature

chocolate1 said:

Loved it!

funkpill said:

Monica played the chain-smoking roomate when they booted regine, right? But when was Hall on there?

funkpill said:

That's right! They were in Overton's dreams!

I loved that show.

I never got into Friends. Just couldn't care about any of the characters. They were all rather vapid and...well...not very funny.

This show was and still is a great show!! They had a good run, but I wish it had lasted longer. I didn't care for Friends at all and Livin Single was definately better.

MuthaFunka said:

I think when Latifah ( I know that's not her character name, but I can't spell it right now ), was trying to interview him for her magazine...

funkpill said:

Damn, why don't I remember that episode?

MuthaFunka said:

He didn't appear until towards the end of the episode

funkpill said:

Oh ok, that's why then.

Comedian Norm Crosby was on there also

MuthaFunka said:

He showed up at the end, and him and Overton, who was also from Cleveland, said something like, You know all them Hall kids got that triangle head. Then while the credits were rolling they all piled up on the couch trynta get next to Aresenio. Kim Coles was always too funny with her troll lovin' sef.
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SCNDLS said:

yeah... you can always tell them Hall heads

I didn't know about the NBC connection but I always said that Friends was a rip-off of LS.

Living Single was one of the best shows at that time. I always cracked up.

I could never understand why it was largely overlooked...other than the fact that it was a "black" show of course.