The UNTOLD Truth About Half & Half | Another Black Sitcom Canceled On An Unresolved Cliffhanger?

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  • @AM-fb4pb
    @AM-fb4pb 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +624

    When Phyllis snatched DeeDee wig off and she had another one in her bag🤣🤣

    • @Epiphany428
      @Epiphany428 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +47

      Big DeeDee stayed ready😂😂

    • @kayshawnsimmons5585
      @kayshawnsimmons5585 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +43

      That was as Iconic as Aunt Viv's dance😹😹😹😍🥰

    • @Goddess43114
      @Goddess43114 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That was hilarious

    • @williethomas9953
      @williethomas9953 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Big Bird!!

    • @DanielleGillmoreJohnson
      @DanielleGillmoreJohnson 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      That scene was so funny!

  • @liljay3006
    @liljay3006 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +991

    In my opinion half a half is top 5 of one of the best tv theme songs

    • @PHSDM104
      @PHSDM104 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +54

      Still lives rent-free in my head

    • @LoveableNiki
      @LoveableNiki 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      Absolutely. I have it on my iPod. I love it!!!

    • @ThisIsJ.Nicole
      @ThisIsJ.Nicole 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      It's a bop for real.

    • @nwsmgquis
      @nwsmgquis 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Hell yeaa it is

    • @nitawilliams8641
      @nitawilliams8641 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

      Yesss!! ESPECIALLY "Mona's" part at the end!! Lol I always do that part, INCLUDING the little laugh!! 🤗🤗🤣🤣

  • @TrvisXXIII
    @TrvisXXIII 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +518

    The casting is amazing when you look at how similar each of the parents resemble the sisters

    • @LisePlansandJournals
      @LisePlansandJournals 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

      Yesssss so true

    • @user-cm4io8dz2r
      @user-cm4io8dz2r 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +43

      It was so satisfying to see that as well. I love the similarities in complexions and even hairstyles I’m currently binge watching it right now

    • @QueenMLA28
      @QueenMLA28 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      I always said that too, like they could actually be family!

    • @deljean
      @deljean 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Always loved tht

    • @ashsmith1364
      @ashsmith1364 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      and i love it

  • @AmoMe2009
    @AmoMe2009 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +487

    I love when Big Dee Dee and Phyllis go at each other. Sophisticated shade of the 2000s. It was a mixture of Martin vs Pam and Dominique Deveraux VS Alexis Colby.

    • @La-wr5dn
      @La-wr5dn 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      Well said.

    • @ThisIsJ.Nicole
      @ThisIsJ.Nicole 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      Yes and from time to time they would bond.

    • @lookingtowardsthesun
      @lookingtowardsthesun 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yes!! Very much like the Divas on Dynasty! 😁

    • @mrblue___
      @mrblue___ 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Same. Def one of the highlights of the show.
      It made their sensitive, understanding and poignant moments that shared much more powerful because of that.

  • @brownparkproductionsllc
    @brownparkproductionsllc 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +242

    There should be a documentary about Black sitcoms on UPN and WB.
    Half and Half was brilliant.

    • @tylerwestbrook2392
      @tylerwestbrook2392 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      As a matter of fact, there is one on TH-cam. It was a video done by comedy hype talking about the black sitcoms on UPN and what happened to them. It's no longer than 25 minutes but it's packed with great information. I highly recommend you watch that video.

    • @brownparkproductionsllc
      @brownparkproductionsllc 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@tylerwestbrook2392 thank you!

    • @tylerwestbrook2392
      @tylerwestbrook2392 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You're welcome

  • @zoeledwards6617
    @zoeledwards6617 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +221

    I forgot Louis Gossett Jr was in Half & Half. He played Spencer’s father. R.I.P

  • @sejejo7565
    @sejejo7565 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +502

    That show could’ve lasted another 5 years easily

    • @truthhurts-365
      @truthhurts-365 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +51

      Exactly, good TV is no longer a thing especially when it comes to Black TV Sitcoms that paint us in a positive light. These networks ONLY want to see us acting a fool per usual.

    • @javiruiz8365
      @javiruiz8365 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      @@truthhurts-365facts, but it’s what people enjoy these days. This is what I grew up with and I really enjoyed

    • @jayvandyke2972
      @jayvandyke2972 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@javiruiz8365 Blame the WB/UPN merge

    • @deborahmatsushita1844
      @deborahmatsushita1844 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Absolutely

    • @qman313
      @qman313 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Yep. Its always our good black shows that get canceled with explanation outta knowhere.
      Could have at least see who Mona picked! Smh😒

  • @jajuangordy4394
    @jajuangordy4394 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +457

    Half & half was a good show and underrated. I definitely remember the episode where TC Carson and Erika Alexander reprise their Living Single characters Kyle Barker and Maxine Shaw along with the reveal of their daughter.

    • @jasminehill6312
      @jasminehill6312 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      I love that episode!!!

    • @jajuangordy4394
      @jajuangordy4394 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      @@jasminehill6312 yeah I did too. I like that they was playing their Living Single characters on that episode and no one knew if they had a boy or a girl until that episode.

    • @aliciasimmons8473
      @aliciasimmons8473 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      How were the living single characters as max and Kyle introduced into the show were they related to anyone on the show

    • @jajuangordy4394
      @jajuangordy4394 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

      @@aliciasimmons8473 nope. Maxine and Kyle was together with their daughter and Kyle was a co-star with big Dee Dee for a movie while Dee Dee idolizes Maxine as she was studying her cases when she was in law school and Dee Dee wanted to meet her. The creator of Living Single was involved with half & half, so that explains the continuity with having Kyle Barker and Maxine Shaw together. No one knew they had a daughter until that episode.

    • @kameshiam1674
      @kameshiam1674 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Aaawwww I didn't see that one.

  • @beemocha
    @beemocha 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +289

    “Throughhhh this journey of discoveryyyy…in finding you I’m finding me..”🎤🎤

    • @kayshawnsimmons5585
      @kayshawnsimmons5585 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾❤

    • @AbbyC543
      @AbbyC543 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      You and Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee….eeeee………

    • @reneerougeaux7046
      @reneerougeaux7046 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      "I'm finding you, I'm finding me...." 🎤🎤

    • @sacs333
      @sacs333 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ❤ really love the show's theme song!!!!!!!!!!🎶🎶🔥🔥

  • @danavixen6274
    @danavixen6274 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +178

    Half & Half was one of my FAVORITE UPN shows. Essence Atkins and Rachel True are so TALENTED! They've barely aged to this day too. Rachel had me at The Craft. Love that movie. ❤

  • @lesliemartin2901
    @lesliemartin2901 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +136

    I just couldn't understand why BET couldn't pick up some of these black sitcoms... makes me sad 😢

    • @antionejackson2075
      @antionejackson2075 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I agree with you

    • @Powerduo88
      @Powerduo88 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      They would have messed it up...

    • @wonderruss7201
      @wonderruss7201 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Especially since it was still black owned at the time

    • @ethershakur4768
      @ethershakur4768 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Right

    • @ragantate3995
      @ragantate3995 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Because it’s owned by Viacom

  • @OddWomanOut_Pi81
    @OddWomanOut_Pi81 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +65

    I was frickin GUTTED when this show was canceled. 😔 The chemistry of the entire cast was off-the-charts, but my faves HAD to be any and ALL of Phyllis and Big DeeDee's interactions. 😂😂😂 Never a dull moment when those two were on screen, I swear. Lol!

  • @AmoMe2009
    @AmoMe2009 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +185

    That Romeo Santana episode was 😍 and Joey Lawrence as a recurring character in the last season was 🤤.
    I loved his chemisty with Dee Dee.

    • @LoveableNiki
      @LoveableNiki 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

      That was Merlin Santana's last project. His episode aired less than a month before his passing.

    • @Tha90sKid
      @Tha90sKid 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

      That song was a bop ❤And it makes me sad to know this was his last work before he was tragically murdered. I recently rewatched that episode on TH-cam. Man 😢💔

    • @newflower8974
      @newflower8974 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      🕊🕊🕊

    • @hometowngirlncurls5669
      @hometowngirlncurls5669 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

      I had a feeling the show was going in the direction of Joey Lawrence's character and Dee Dee getting together. That would've been interesting!

    • @OmegaRed-zh2mp
      @OmegaRed-zh2mp 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      Have a seat on my loveee no reservation is required 🎶 Merlin killed that episode and that’s really Spencer singing too 😳

  • @poppinc8145
    @poppinc8145 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +144

    Since Netflix picked up some of these incomplete shows, there's nothing stopping them from greenlighting one or two seasons to wrap them up. For example, _Girlfriends_ exec producers Mara Brock Akil and Kelsey Grammer have said for years that they're open to a revival.

    • @ryansingletary7018
      @ryansingletary7018 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      What kind of revival

    • @aliciasimmons8473
      @aliciasimmons8473 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Girlfriends I heard Mara I believe was the holdout or whoever has the rights all the ladies and Reggie who played William were all on board for a reboot/continuation

    • @Porter5habazz
      @Porter5habazz 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yeah but the ladies aren’t for it.

    • @Porter5habazz
      @Porter5habazz 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@aliciasimmons8473no, not every one was onboard.

    • @Porter5habazz
      @Porter5habazz 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      @@aliciasimmons8473no, not everyone wanted to be involved. Jill said she wanted to stick to movies (don’t know what movies) but yeah 😂😂😂😂

  • @handsomeX
    @handsomeX 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +126

    The long list of black WB and UPN sitcoms were very entertaining back in the day.

    • @kayshawnsimmons5585
      @kayshawnsimmons5585 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      YES! The 90's gave US quality Black TV shows

    • @rbz1
      @rbz1 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@kayshawnsimmons5585 execs: "These black shows narratives are trying to undo all the hood movie and gangsta rap influence we fully promote"....can't have that!

  • @joshuamcdowell9745
    @joshuamcdowell9745 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +78

    Rachel True is 57 and Essence Atkins is 52. They still look the same.

  • @jd517
    @jd517 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +98

    This is one of my comfort shows.

    • @Trell88
      @Trell88 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Same! I brought the DVDs again recently in case it leaves streaming for good. I can watch this anytime

    • @AlmondJoie
      @AlmondJoie 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​​@@Trell88 Did Half & Half ever come out on DVD? I've checked for it online over the years, but never found it.🤷🏽‍♀️

  • @mandeelaw8410
    @mandeelaw8410 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +79

    I'm still watching half and half and living single and girlfriends as if they are recent tv shows!!!

    • @kayshawnsimmons5585
      @kayshawnsimmons5585 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      And Girl Friends😍🥰🥰🥰🧐🍿☕

    • @mandeelaw8410
      @mandeelaw8410 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@kayshawnsimmons5585 yup!😁

    • @jazzynicole2106
      @jazzynicole2106 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Same!!!!!!!

    • @deontethegreatone1367
      @deontethegreatone1367 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Me too

    • @lamontscott1032
      @lamontscott1032 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Dabl is currently showing the reruns of all three shows

  • @thebrownbaldy
    @thebrownbaldy 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +114

    Spencer and Mona should've been together by the show's end IMHO. Just like Moesha and My Wife And Kids, this series deserves closure, even if it's 20 years later.

    • @monaalona4744
      @monaalona4744 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

      I think Spencer and Mona were better off as friends. She should’ve been with Chase.

    • @thebrownbaldy
      @thebrownbaldy 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@EFunkRock Didn't say the show had closure. Reread the comment

    • @EFunkRock
      @EFunkRock 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@thebrownbaldy reread it. Misread it. Deleted comment. Apologies.

    • @Novakane78
      @Novakane78 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      On the last episode I was hoping that we got thrown a curve and Spencer was who she called

    • @Tha90sKid
      @Tha90sKid 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yes!!

  • @angelnicole513
    @angelnicole513 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +45

    That doggone WB/UPN merger left a lot of good shows in the graveyard! RIP! Smh

  • @nes96
    @nes96 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +88

    Martin, Living Single, and the Parkers was some of the very few who got a proper ending in black sitcoms of the 90s and 2000s.

    • @madddoggnogood1491
      @madddoggnogood1491 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I wouldn't call the finales of Martin and living single proper

    • @nes96
      @nes96 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      @@madddoggnogood1491 well i agree they were rushed series finale endings but they still werent left on a cliffhanger unlike moesha, girlfriends, half & half, my wife and kids, one on one and the etc. black 90s / 2000s sitcoms of those eras.

    • @eddierascalhaskell4954
      @eddierascalhaskell4954 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Living Single ended the moment Kyle left and Martin just was ridiculous to watch in that final season where Gina's gone. The last episode was such a joke.

  • @sophiaandre139
    @sophiaandre139 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +45

    Watching it on Netflix, I never skipped the intro. This song is fire 🔥!

    • @LoveableNiki
      @LoveableNiki 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      NEVER skip the intro. ALWAYS sing the intro. ❤

  • @tiffanysmith2407
    @tiffanysmith2407 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Any episode with a singing battle between Phyllis and Big Dee Dee will always be top tier television. So funny!

  • @angelnicole513
    @angelnicole513 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    I loved this show! Big Dee Dee was everything. So talented. She had me literally crying tears of laughter every episode. And I dont laugh out loud easily! Shes a true comedic actress. The writing on this show was top notch.

  • @amandarayforever
    @amandarayforever 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +52

    Really hated how they did Mona's character in the end

  • @donaldwilson2620
    @donaldwilson2620 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

    I love Half & Half. So much great talent on that show, especially the moms, Thelma Hopkins & Valerie Pettiford. Fun Fact: Joey Lawrence, who had a recurring role as Dee Dee's boss, also costared with Thelma on Gimmie A Break.

  • @quiana10030
    @quiana10030 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +47

    Big Dee Dee (Valerie pettiford) sister in real life used to be my drama teacher in middle school lol

    • @donaldwilson2620
      @donaldwilson2620 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      That's awesome. Valerie is a great actress.

    • @jasminenoir8444
      @jasminenoir8444 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Yes she was my teacher too and her son Jafar was my dance teacher

    • @quiana10030
      @quiana10030 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@jasminenoir8444 aww wow. I loved ms pettiford 😭💚

  • @beaniegee5129
    @beaniegee5129 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +48

    The Monday night lineup on UPN was awesome!!

    • @kayshawnsimmons5585
      @kayshawnsimmons5585 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I miss 90's Black TV Shows 😍🧐🍿☕

    • @javiruiz8365
      @javiruiz8365 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@kayshawnsimmons5585 Yes!! So many great shows! Now everything is a negative stereotype. People seem to like that and I just can’t

  • @StellarAvenger
    @StellarAvenger 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +70

    Half and Half, One on One, The Jeffersons and Moesha all ended on cliffhangers. Give us a novel or something to tie up those lose ends.

    • @ryansingletary7018
      @ryansingletary7018 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Would a novel work

    • @rmcrae05
      @rmcrae05 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Technically Girlfriends didn't end in a cliffhanger, but so much was left unresolved.

    • @Kenny-bu4uv
      @Kenny-bu4uv 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@rmcrae05if it just abruptly ends with a bunch of main points and storylines not resolved, it’s a cliffhanger, even everyone is killed lol .

    • @donchichi10
      @donchichi10 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      One on one should’ve never taken that direction (LA move) for younger audience

  • @v.a.993
    @v.a.993 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thank you for doing this. I have been rewatching Half & Half last month because a very nice person has uploaded the series to TH-cam. I watched the episode where Mona makes her love interest selection. I did not realize it was the last episode of the series. I spent a couple of weeks looking for the next episode. Now, you have cleared up for me that there is no next episode.

  • @beaniegee5129
    @beaniegee5129 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +72

    The episode with Merlin Santana is a classic

    • @newflower8974
      @newflower8974 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      🕊🕊🕊

    • @igarrett113
      @igarrett113 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Have a seat on love should have been a real song 😩

    • @maverickg233
      @maverickg233 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@@igarrett113 I recently found out a few days ago literally there is a longer version of the song itself, ironic that I came across this video talking about this sitcom as well

    • @randychampion184
      @randychampion184 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      One of his last appearances on film, he was killed a few months later.

    • @kayshawnsimmons5585
      @kayshawnsimmons5585 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      YES! 😍🥰🥰🧐🍿☕

  • @kennethhernandez6499
    @kennethhernandez6499 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    Half and half was an amazing show. Fun fact before the cancellation MC Lyte and Alec Mapa characters were actually stated to have their own spin off but unfortunately never happen. We need a reboot!

    • @dontelindsey5846
      @dontelindsey5846 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I never knew that. That makes me wonder how it would have done?

    • @djtopaz
      @djtopaz 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Alec Mapa was sooo funny

  • @IceManLikeGervin
    @IceManLikeGervin 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

    Another solid sitcom with a very talented cast and interesting storylines...

  • @a.h.2667
    @a.h.2667 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

    The two moms were my favorite part of the show.

  • @VirgoMastermind
    @VirgoMastermind 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    This show is such an underrated gem 💎 Great cast and chemistry. TH-cam has full episodes of the show too. 😃

  • @luddacriss
    @luddacriss 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    This show could easily get a Netflix update.

  • @nicolesherman8974
    @nicolesherman8974 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +71

    Rachel True and Essence Atkins are both gorgeous and beautiful ❤️.

  • @AquariusSoul
    @AquariusSoul 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    I enjoyed this H&H. Essence is gorgeous! It's unfortunate like so many black sitcoms back then it left on a cliffhanger smh I hope the cast mates are doing well.

  • @ThisIsJ.Nicole
    @ThisIsJ.Nicole 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    1)I wish the show would've gotten a proper ending. Things were turning around for Mona.
    2)Did anyone else think the show was going to get a spin off with Joey Lawrence because I felt it and it would've been great.
    3)Can we get a reunion?!

  • @BlackShogun
    @BlackShogun 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    I had such a big crush on Mona growing up lol. That hair is iconic; this took me back

  • @jazzymurray2829
    @jazzymurray2829 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Omg this is one of my favorite shows. I still watch on TH-cam sometimes thanks for the cover.

  • @tamikabrown2927
    @tamikabrown2927 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Someone needs to talk about how WELL the actress played big deedee….Funny, classy, a little ratchet… can sing and dance. The lady WAS the moment

  • @beaniegee5129
    @beaniegee5129 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    Gotta love the episode where Max and Kyle from Living Single were in it that episode was amazing

    • @kayshawnsimmons5585
      @kayshawnsimmons5585 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Kyle and Big Dee Dee acting up singing had me in tears 😹😹😹😹🥰😍

  • @therealmarlonbellamy
    @therealmarlonbellamy 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    Thank you for this story. Can we please get reviews on the following underrated shows from the 2000s:
    Eve
    For Your Love
    All Of Us
    Everybody Hates Chris
    The Game
    Lincoln Heights

  • @CashMoneyReckadz
    @CashMoneyReckadz 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Something told me this cast / crew really got along off camera. Glad to hear that they retained majority of the crew from original pilot!

  • @beaniegee5129
    @beaniegee5129 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    The Big Sistah Sans Soul episode with DMX was awesome.

  • @JaeBeAStar
    @JaeBeAStar 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    First one on one and now half and half! You’re on a roll 😃😁

    • @kayshawnsimmons5585
      @kayshawnsimmons5585 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      a great Black sitcoms. I miss the 90's man😢😢😢🤦🏾‍♀️

  • @Marvel83
    @Marvel83 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    This was my top 5 shows growing up. But I always found it funny that the attic apartment is not same apartment Dee Dee moved into. She moved into the apartment over Mona instead of the one on the right side. 😂

    • @AlmondJoie
      @AlmondJoie 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Exactly, and Dee Dee's apt was huge compared to that empty little studio apt that Mona saw. The show's set designer really nailed the apts to reflect the personality of each sister. Dee Dee's apt was even more beautiful than the small space that was shown for Big Dee Dee and Charles' mansion. I like Spencer's apt, and Adam's tiny studio, both of which seemed to fit their personalities as well.

  • @MrsInMyOwnWorld08
    @MrsInMyOwnWorld08 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    I laugh at the intro song every time. I sound like Mona when I sing🤦🏾‍♀️🤣

    • @nitawilliams8641
      @nitawilliams8641 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️🤣🤣🤣🤣 She is my fav part of the theme song!! Lol

  • @Ladyrindy
    @Ladyrindy 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    One of my faves! Such an underrated, fun show. So glad you covered this one!

  • @MeneshaBowden
    @MeneshaBowden 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I watch reruns of this show on Pluto TV along with The Parkers, Moesha,One on One. They run back to back late at night.

  • @robertrogers074
    @robertrogers074 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    I love Essence Atkins 😍

  • @lauragavins1
    @lauragavins1 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Their dad owned the building they lived in! Loved this show❤

  • @DetoxMyLifeWithTNichol
    @DetoxMyLifeWithTNichol 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The casting was superb! My mother always said that the mothers and daughters could have been actually family in real life. And the acting was phenomenal!

  • @drayaa_amour
    @drayaa_amour 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Thank you so much for this! Ms. Yvette always does what she needs to do when it comes to showcasing successful black people! Love to see it 💕

  • @punkyreggaeparty8786
    @punkyreggaeparty8786 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    The amount of shows canceled without a proper ending. 🤬

  • @GameLover-pz5zc
    @GameLover-pz5zc 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Fun fact: Sumner Redstone & Les Moonves were responsible for the UPN/WB merger into the CW. Moonves is the same man who was after Janet Jackson after her infamous wardrobe malfunction at the 2004 Superbowl halftime show, hellbent on trying to destroy her career.

    • @nadiaroberts9857
      @nadiaroberts9857 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      But didn't karma get him of serious allegations he was doing and he had to step down at President of CBS production his wife stayed at the company due to her doing big brother Julie moonves.

  • @ckkeidis3585
    @ckkeidis3585 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    THIS SHOW WAS FUN & ENTERTAINING TO WATCH.THE SHADE BETWEEN THE MOTHER’S WAS CLASSIC ❤

  • @cadillacdeville5828
    @cadillacdeville5828 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    I remember the mother also played in "Stomp The Yard" and a few other movies.

    • @cleftheart1969
      @cleftheart1969 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      And jumping the broom

    • @muffymariah2889
      @muffymariah2889 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Family Business

  • @1eaglefan960
    @1eaglefan960 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This was a really really good black show. The comedy was top-notch! All of the people in the wardrobe were beautiful. And it is a shame that when you have shows like this they just go off with no ending to them. Wishing all of the cast members the very best of luck, light and love!

  • @Fraxinus_a
    @Fraxinus_a 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Yay! So glad you did this video!!!! I love and still rewatch this show. ❤❤

  • @DeliciaatHome
    @DeliciaatHome 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I never understood when Mona and Dee Dee switched back apartments. It wasn’t the original attic, but the apartment across the hall from that one.

  • @LoveableNiki
    @LoveableNiki 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +50

    CW literally said we have room for ONE night of Black sitcoms (4 shows). UPN was bulit on the back of Black Shows.
    I guess it is rumor since it wasn't in the video, but Half & Half was supposed to go to the CW for its 5th season. All Of Us was canceled. However, Chris Rock made a call threatening to end Everyone Hates Chris if All Of Us wasn't renewed. (His brother was on the All Of Us cast.) So Half & Half got the boot. I swear I thought this was public knowledge, but I guess it was a rumor.

    • @Aurora0510
      @Aurora0510 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      I thought Will Smith called the network demanding All of Us is renewed. I believe thats why One on One wasnt renewed either because I keep hearing how Half n Half, Eve, and One on One was coming back.

    • @jayvandyke2972
      @jayvandyke2972 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@Aurora0510 It was Chris rock demanding

    • @jayvandyke2972
      @jayvandyke2972 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Yes this Eve Half and Half and one on one was supposed to be going to The CW until chris and will made some calls to the CW it was true

    • @Aurora0510
      @Aurora0510 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      @@jayvandyke2972 Oh I didn’t know about Chris Rock calling as well. Honestly I didn’t really like All of Us, I checked out after season 1.

    • @jayvandyke2972
      @jayvandyke2972 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      @@Aurora0510 It was trash after elise neal left

  • @bettymillz3178
    @bettymillz3178 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    That was my show!! I could relate to Mona so much and she had my dream job. I was so hurt when they cancelled the show!!

  • @Rise_and_Hustle
    @Rise_and_Hustle 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    Rachel True called it out completely. They do that to most black shows(female or male) before thwy get to the hundred episode mark, because they would have to pay the black actors more at that point. But they will let a corny white show rum forever. Ladies please understand, yall get the BS too!

  • @princemastaking
    @princemastaking 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    I like Half & Half. The show was just like "Living Single" and "Girlfriends". But Half & Half had competition other shows like Eve One on One and All of Us on UPN. I've always had a crush on Essence Atkins and Rachel True two beautiful black women, the show also set the tone for STARZ "Run the World".

    • @FlohWW
      @FlohWW 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I was really disappointed in run the world ssn2. I wasn’t even sad that it was canceled. I feel like insecure did set the tone for the present girl shows

  • @jaym8988
    @jaym8988 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Why did it take so long to realize Smart Guy and Half & Half is why I like Essence so much.

  • @AlmondJoie
    @AlmondJoie 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Fun Fact: Prior to _Half & Half,_ Rachel True and Essence Atkins starred in a TV movie, _Love Song,_ along with R&B singer Monica and Vanessa Bell Calloway.
    _Half & Half_ also airs twice daily on the Dabl TV Network.

  • @thewrongascendancy
    @thewrongascendancy 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I remember watching the reruns when I was in college! It came on early in the morning while I had breakfast. I had never heard of it before then.

  • @suzieq9578
    @suzieq9578 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Ending all of these black shows without proper finales is tragic

  • @tiliatolbert4865
    @tiliatolbert4865 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I loved this show!! I still watch it on the Cleo channel

  • @cosmicbeauty5682
    @cosmicbeauty5682 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    All of these black sitcoms that many of us enjoyed on UPN/CW have one thing in common... They all seemed to have abruptly disappeared with cliffhanger endings 😢. Heck, we still don't know what happened to Myles 🤔 did Joan ever get married, and what's going on with Breanna and Arnaz??? Questions that need answers

  • @MrsDotWhit
    @MrsDotWhit 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I used to love this show and was so upset when they cancelled it. I was in my early twenties and it resonated with me so much. 😢

  • @longfeet14
    @longfeet14 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Loving these insights on what happened to shows that I grew up watching

  • @nancygreen1655
    @nancygreen1655 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I still watch this show regularly. So glad it’s still on! ❤

  • @asmrdate
    @asmrdate 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I loved this show!! Still watch it regularly on TH-cam. A classic!

  • @BRZandaz
    @BRZandaz 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You are dishing these out fast 👏🏾

  • @ToniaAlex13
    @ToniaAlex13 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I have been seeing this pop up on TH-cam since last year and i watched some episode. It's really good. I used to see it every now and then when i was younger

  • @jimbrown5091
    @jimbrown5091 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Valerie Pettiford did so much physical comedy on this show...I loved it.

  • @nwsmgquis
    @nwsmgquis 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Underrated show right here I be watching it on PlutoTv when it be coming on!

  • @ericanicole1156
    @ericanicole1156 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I binge-watch this every year this is my show 😂🤣

  • @Tha90sKid
    @Tha90sKid 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    This was such a great show. As a teen I mainly watched just to see if Mona and Spencer would finally get together, only to be hit with the Black sitcom cliffhanger curse 😖😭😭 I still think the guy she chose ended up being Spencer.

  • @divetacranford2057
    @divetacranford2057 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The lady who sings the theme song Melanie Daniels was also in the "Madea gets a job" play

  • @mzfit100
    @mzfit100 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Absolutely one of my FAVS TV shows! I binge-watch Half and Half on TH-cam.

  • @michellemoore4585
    @michellemoore4585 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    The DABL over the air channel airs Half & Half.

  • @kiga928
    @kiga928 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I never watched this until Netflix had it, I fell in love

  • @lobecosc
    @lobecosc 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I loved this show back then and love me some Rachel True. She looked and acted like my late cousin Jackie. I still watch it in syndication today. They could do what Tyler Perry did with House of Payne and bring it back right for the fifth season, just years later. It could work.

    • @lis-h4w
      @lis-h4w 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      so ur romantazin her looking like ur cousin? ok

  • @latishastewart5450
    @latishastewart5450 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Ooouuu the video I’ve been waiting for!!

  • @jayfriday9485
    @jayfriday9485 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    please do ‘city guys’ next🙏

    • @YoursAnonymously
      @YoursAnonymously 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      This right here takes me back. It's good to hear that somebody else remembers that show.

  • @soulfulwildflower3068
    @soulfulwildflower3068 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This was my other favorite show from that era! It is also one of the few shows from my childhood or teenage years that aged fairly well (compared to the other shows), and it is a joy rewatching it these days.

  • @kurlykpopfan8111
    @kurlykpopfan8111 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love, love love this show!!! Such a great dynamic, amazing writing, and always makes you laugh! I related so much to both girls in terms or style and personality, so it's always interesting to see the two separate aesthetics and personalities clash and meld together.
    I would personally say that the financial dynamic was more "upper middle class" VS "rich" seeing as Dee Dee could afford absolutely anything and was extremely apparent with the way Big Dee Dee spends Charles' money mindlessly and seemingly endlessly.

  • @MrBeautiful2908
    @MrBeautiful2908 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I met Essence and Chico in my hometown of Dayton, Ohio at the Schuster Center in January of 2007 they were very courteous and friendly.

  • @eyesonthepiescc
    @eyesonthepiescc 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Rachael True is so beautiful. I wish she got more work.

  • @smith7388
    @smith7388 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Omg! I still watch this show. Big D cracks me up.

  • @saaunique
    @saaunique 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Would love a video on Ghostwriter. That show made me fall in love with NYC.

  • @brandonanderson2689
    @brandonanderson2689 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Rachel True & Essence Atkins don't age, both are still fine af

  • @yahainHotPink
    @yahainHotPink 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thank you!!

  • @michellejorden1539
    @michellejorden1539 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    They really look like mothers and daughters

  • @zzizahacallar
    @zzizahacallar 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    ❤ Half n' Half. One of my favorite shows I watch now

  • @alesiawashington7814
    @alesiawashington7814 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    It's sad that many of the shows that we as African American loved, got cancelled. It's as if we can only keep on drug shows