The COLD, HARD Truth About Living Single | Blueprint For Friends?, Kyle & Regine's Disappearance

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  • Living Single, created by Yvette Lee Bowser, premiered on FOX in 1993 and featured an all-Black cast of funny, inspirational and upwardly mobile friends sharing laughs, love, and a Brooklyn brownstone. The immediate, and unexpected hit, starred Queen Latifah, Kim Coles, Erika Alexander, T.C. Carson, John Henton and Kim Fields.
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  • @JadedJassy21
    @JadedJassy21 ปีที่แล้ว +267

    The 90's was a great time for representation for Black people. So glad I grew up during this time.

    • @jahvonnad1738
      @jahvonnad1738 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      So true

    • @CraftyMarieArts
      @CraftyMarieArts ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same here ❤❤

    • @keepmoving2023-ku7nb
      @keepmoving2023-ku7nb 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Same here 💯

    • @blaquenguni9249
      @blaquenguni9249 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      What did all that "representation" get black people long term?

    • @thasoop
      @thasoop 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@blaquenguni9249you’re miserable.

  • @christopherdieudonne
    @christopherdieudonne ปีที่แล้ว +200

    "Living Single" is, hands down, one of the best sitcoms ever and not just black sitcoms but all sitcoms. It was really great. Plus, it had a banging theme song.

    • @mixboy79
      @mixboy79 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I really like the cast and how they each had their own voice. It doesn't get the credit it deserves.

    • @christopherdieudonne
      @christopherdieudonne 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@mixboy79 So true!! Completely agree. Truly a great ensemble cast!

  • @cosmicbeauty5682
    @cosmicbeauty5682 ปีที่แล้ว +287

    I still watch Living Single today. I could never get into Friends... It was nice seeing beautiful talented black women be confident, funny and have a positive representation all around cast that many could relate to. After all these years, the storyline and discussions on the show still holds weight today. If they were to do a movie to let the fans know where the characters are today, I would definitely watch ❤😊

    • @josephclegg3562
      @josephclegg3562 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Martin premiered in the fall of 1992, and Living Single premiered in the fall of the next year in 1993, and after a year on the air, Living Single ratings shot up higher than Martin.

    • @lexkanyima2195
      @lexkanyima2195 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@@josephclegg3562how did Living Single is better then Martin ?

    • @jayvandyke2972
      @jayvandyke2972 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lexkanyima2195 it was ratings at the time

    • @refiloemoloi8020
      @refiloemoloi8020 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Girllllll 😮😮 Where do you find the episodes. I need them soooo bad , please share

    • @mariesmith6744
      @mariesmith6744 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I watch Living single every morning after my nightshift at work. I remb my mom watching it as a little girl. She loved Queen Latifah 👑 My Fiance got me into it through and now I love it plus it's a good memory of my mother.

  • @cassies1613
    @cassies1613 ปีที่แล้ว +613

    It wasn’t just the blueprint for Friends, it was also the blueprint for Sex and the City, if not more so . Khadijah was a writer and so was Carrie. Max was a headstrong independent attorney, so was Miranda. Regine was fashionable, had a trendy career, and was always with a new man, so was Samantha. Synclaire was the hopeless romantic, ditzy one, and so was Charlotte. Living Single was also a show about four single females living in New York City, specifically Brooklyn. While Sex and the City was set in Manhattan. They even copied episodes from Living Single. Remember Season 1 episode 18, with the loud elderly couple getting busy? Well, Sex and the City copied that episode with its version Season 2 episode 14, when Samantha got too excited by her loud neighbors, only to find out that they were old. Sound familiar??? I’m surprised no one else caught on and wonder why they keeping only talking about Friends. Clearly, Sex and the City copied Living Single and need to give them sistas their flowers as well!

    • @JuicyPopEntertainment
      @JuicyPopEntertainment  ปีที่แล้ว +109

      Wow! This is a great rundown. 👏🏾

    • @danavixen6274
      @danavixen6274 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      Whoa 😮! Outstanding analysis! NOTHING will replace the ORIGINAL!🙅🏾‍♀️❤

    • @danavixen6274
      @danavixen6274 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@JuicyPopEntertainmentLiving Single merch exists. It's just not in abundance like it should be. I bought a Living Single shirt through Etsy a couple of years ago.

    • @ilovemickyandhelove1
      @ilovemickyandhelove1 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Some would say that Lavern and Shirley was the blueprint for living single and friends, you had two girlfriends who lived in an apartment and you have there male counterparts who live in the same apartment, sound familiar? All living single did was change the number of girlfriends from two to four and of course there ethnicity.

    • @taureanmay1411
      @taureanmay1411 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ​@@JuicyPopEntertainment5:30 yes.

  • @beaniegee5129
    @beaniegee5129 ปีที่แล้ว +129

    Thursday nights on Fox were awesome
    8PM: Martin
    8:30PM: Living Single
    9PM: New York Undercover

  • @dlwseattle
    @dlwseattle ปีที่แล้ว +159

    Great video. I'm an old white guy from Ohio, and I love living single and still watch it to this day. I got no ill will towards it, but i never liked friends and always thought it was stupid

    • @JuicyPopEntertainment
      @JuicyPopEntertainment  ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Thanks for watching! 😉

    • @ShaeNik
      @ShaeNik ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Very stupid! To think they did a reload and came back out a few years ago. 🤦🏽‍♀️ Why?! Much better shows they could have revamped.

    • @career5690
      @career5690 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Lol I swear you’re the only white person to say that.❤

    • @taureanmay1411
      @taureanmay1411 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@@JuicyPopEntertainment5:02 good 👍😊.

    • @dlwseattle
      @dlwseattle ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@career5690 thank you for saying that - that is a compliment.

  • @tomasjephersin84
    @tomasjephersin84 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    It Was Great Seeing Erika And T.C. Reprise Their Roles On Half And Half A Few Years Later. Seeing A Continuation Of Living Single Felt Good On Primetime TV

    • @Marvin-ut4xs
      @Marvin-ut4xs ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I might have to check that out

    • @chick-fil-agal2264
      @chick-fil-agal2264 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Yes I love that episode they even had their daughter on it

    • @Hilarious_Kris
      @Hilarious_Kris 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Thanks I didn’t know that, I’m bout to look that episode up

    • @vill1520boys
      @vill1520boys 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Too bad they didn’t do a spin off either Kyle & max with their daughter as well as the cash from living single appearance occasionally or through out the series like max just showed up to their apartment

  • @yeahisaidit5633
    @yeahisaidit5633 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    Being an adult I can enjoy the show much better than I could at 14! It’s definitely a masterpiece!

    • @sistamaryclarence
      @sistamaryclarence ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Facts it didn’t hit me until I was an adult how impactful the show was especially considering the characters were set to be in their 20’s doing all of this 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

    • @GoddessOfLove-pr7ek
      @GoddessOfLove-pr7ek 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes same here. I watch the show in my teen years especially lots of Black sitcoms in 90's era. The best ever. Love the show. In my adult years I can understand the shows better than my childhood/adolescent years.

    • @GoddessOfLove-pr7ek
      @GoddessOfLove-pr7ek 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      70's, 80's, 90's early to mid 2000's had the best family tv sitcoms, movies, cartoons, anime, and more.

  • @cadillacdeville5828
    @cadillacdeville5828 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    It definitely WAS and they MINIMIZED IT GREATLY....for FRIENDS. Which was nowhere near as good.

  • @SheriffOutlaw
    @SheriffOutlaw ปีที่แล้ว +66

    Living Single needs a revival! This show was the best! Better than friends if you ask me

    • @DelilahKeller-kx5rq
      @DelilahKeller-kx5rq ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Friends stole from them 🤣 and blew up living single was cancel 🤭

    • @jayvandyke2972
      @jayvandyke2972 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@DelilahKeller-kx5rq well living single was already bad by the 5th season so it ended right on time if you ask me

    • @vill1520boys
      @vill1520boys 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@jayvandyke2972it was the writing that was bad also it wasn’t the same without Regine & Kyle which is why Kim field’s didn’t come back for any of the final season episodes they screwed up they show for no reason this show could’ve lasted 2/3 more seasons easily

    • @michellejorden1539
      @michellejorden1539 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yup

    • @58julib
      @58julib 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The show fell off when Kyle left. There was no one there to go back and forth with Max since Regine was barely there. And bringing in a new male roommate was the worst idea ever.

  • @beaniegee5129
    @beaniegee5129 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    Big Lez killed it with her dance moves in the intro of Living Single

  • @jacarriusdoesthings
    @jacarriusdoesthings ปีที่แล้ว +139

    This show is so underrated and very much of their time.
    Yvette Lee Browser created so many shows over the years and even the ep of Half & Half (also an underrated show).

    • @clarencesimmons8580
      @clarencesimmons8580 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It's been 30 years ago before white folks tv sitcom Friends, when black people watch Living Single.

    • @James-fy5co
      @James-fy5co ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I hate this underrated word now. Everyone and everything is underrated. This show not underrated.

    • @ShaeNik
      @ShaeNik ปีที่แล้ว +8

      ​@James-fy5co It was underrated if it was replaced by Friends... one of the most un-funniest shows to exist!

    • @danavixen6274
      @danavixen6274 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ​@@ShaeNikThank you! I NEVER liked Friends. 🤦🏾‍♀️

    • @josephclegg3562
      @josephclegg3562 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      T.C. Carson and Erika Alexander reprised their roles as Kyle and Max on Half and Half.

  • @thebrownbaldy
    @thebrownbaldy ปีที่แล้ว +65

    1. Fun fact: after Living Single, TC Carson went on to voice Kratos in the God Of War video game series.
    2. Doggone shame shows like Living Single always get shafted but gain more appeal than shows like Friends.
    3. Living Single >>> Friends all day.

    • @beaniegee5129
      @beaniegee5129 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Besides God of War TC Carson also voiced Fire Chief Campbell, Charley's dad Samuel and Mr. Carson the mailman on Clifford the Big Red Dog

    • @GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc
      @GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Fun Fact: Erika Alexander and TC Carson share the same birthday, November 19.

  • @ssanngkakkoii
    @ssanngkakkoii 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    when i was younger, my grandmother would watch this ALL THE TIME. i couldn’t understand it, even a little annoyed by it because it was a “grown folk show”.
    but when i became an adult? i ATE THIS SHOW UP. my absolute fav. nowadays, both me and my grandmother watch reruns together all the time now ❤

  • @Winnib7479
    @Winnib7479 ปีที่แล้ว +309

    We as Black people are always imitated but NEVER can be duplicated. 😊

    • @danavixen6274
      @danavixen6274 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      🙏🏾😁

    • @DelilahKeller-kx5rq
      @DelilahKeller-kx5rq ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What everrrrr 🤣

    • @Se0420_
      @Se0420_ ปีที่แล้ว +13

      that’s because we are the original people of the earth. It was us 1st and everyone else came after us. That’s why everything we do is immediately imitated by those after us.

    • @chrissytina6379
      @chrissytina6379 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yep all facts

    • @Winnib7479
      @Winnib7479 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@DelilahKeller-kx5rq The truth hurts 😂

  • @beaniegee5129
    @beaniegee5129 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Last month was the 30th anniversary of Living Single Happy 30th anniversary to Living Single

  • @tashahall1855
    @tashahall1855 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Never got into friends. Like married with children was more relatable to my life. Living single is still one of the best sitcoms.

  • @AggravatedMan365
    @AggravatedMan365 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Martin, Living single and New York Undercover! Thursday nights on Fox were 🔥 man I miss those days

  • @glam2gobeauty811
    @glam2gobeauty811 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Never realized they used the Family Matters house in the first season!!!! I loved the apartment...it was so fitting for the premise of the show

    • @marquisbrunson
      @marquisbrunson 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I’m pretty sure they only used it for the pilot.

  • @hometowngirlncurls5669
    @hometowngirlncurls5669 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Living single was my show!!! Max was my favorite character. She was hilarious!!! I still watch the reruns.

  • @Machtimus
    @Machtimus ปีที่แล้ว +605

    Living Single was soo much better than Friends. The stories were 100x better. The writing was 1,000,000x better and of course it was low balled

    • @Romiethahomie91
      @Romiethahomie91 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nothing that Black people is good enough to white people like that’s why they have to copy it and rip it off like they did with friends from living single

    • @danavixen6274
      @danavixen6274 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      EVERYTHING you said.....❤❤❤❤❤

    • @MrTriumphantLad
      @MrTriumphantLad ปีที่แล้ว +24

      I watched both shows off and on growing up, although they were similar, but not exactly alike. To me neither was better than the other, although Friends had sillier scripts and LS was more realistic in general..

    • @larrymarshall8900
      @larrymarshall8900 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      But the thing with Living Single it ran only five seasons and Friends ran for 10 seasons. Also the cast of LS didn't make as much money of got the major awards unlike Friends did. What I'm saying that Living Single didn't the recognition like Friends did. They didn't have blockbuster ratings, the major awards like the Emmys, Golden Globe or People's Choice Awards they were only nominated for NAACP image awards which isn't bad but that's ok. And they weren't paid a million dollars or 250,000 dollars per episode unlike Friends did.

    • @josephclegg3562
      @josephclegg3562 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yes Lord! Most definitely.

  • @beaniegee5129
    @beaniegee5129 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    I hope you do more stories on Martin, New York Undercover, Party of Five, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Duckman, One on One, Half and half, The Jamie Foxx Show, Hangin with Mr. Cooper, In Living Color, Roc and All of Us

  • @nicolesherman8974
    @nicolesherman8974 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    Happy 30th anniversary to this iconic show! Funny you’re doing a video on LS like i just wasn’t watching it this morning lmao.
    Living Single will always be the better show. The fashion, the characters, Big Lez dancing in the silhouette as Queen Latifah raps the theme song, I can go on and on. And let’s not forget the gorgeous Scooter 🤤 (Cress Williams).

  • @RBS_
    @RBS_ ปีที่แล้ว +13

    ....(13:14) *...DID YOU HEAR THAT FOLKS!??* ...It baffles me that this ICONIC Show has N-E-V-E-R been made available on DVD, or for streaming, for us to buy! ..."Friends" STILL makes millions off YT, streams, Tiktoks, DVD sales, syndication sales, Int. sales, Merch.... what's going ON, here!?? ***EDIT*** ...I was so heated, I didn't see that it's now available for digital release, now...my Bad...but, it's TRUE.....

  • @derekgrissom2171
    @derekgrissom2171 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Im 34 and I remember watching this as a kid and loved it and I still watch it till this day..definitely a great body of work

  • @danavixen6274
    @danavixen6274 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    "Keep ya head up! What?! Keep ya head up! That's right!" 🎵 🎶
    🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹to the underrated Yvette Lee Bowser and the Living Single alumni! ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @feecee5189
    @feecee5189 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Living Single is still in rotation on my TV today. It's one of the few shows from the 90's that I still watch daily.💯💯💯

  • @jag5014
    @jag5014 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    It's wild that several of the cast members are in their 60s now. Time sure does fly.

  • @zzizahacallar
    @zzizahacallar ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Living Single was part of my teen memories. I loved that show. I still watch the reruns. The last season made me so sad and the way it ended. The show deserved a better send off.

    • @danavixen6274
      @danavixen6274 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you! I'm sorry it lost its Flava (pun intended) without Kyle and Regine.

    • @jayvandyke2972
      @jayvandyke2972 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@danavixen6274 yeah Trip and Roni was not needed

  • @Victoriaistalented
    @Victoriaistalented ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I have a living single hat that is purple with the living single logo from the show. I wear it all the time I would choose it over friends with no question.

  • @thetruesoulofanaquarius9302
    @thetruesoulofanaquarius9302 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    Living Single is still my top 3 favorite shows from the 90s. They dropped the ball firing Kyle and Regine leaving. Clear people dont have a culture so they steal/ bite from our culture. All while reaping the benefits, money and awards.

    • @niecygreen8717
      @niecygreen8717 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      “Clear people” … I’m dead. Definitely using this one.

    • @RBS_
      @RBS_ ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@niecygreen8717 ....I'm definitely STEALING this One...."Friends" should know about THAT.....🙄 ....

    • @ilovemickyandhelove1
      @ilovemickyandhelove1 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@RBS_ two girlfriends living in an apartment, with there male counterparts living across the hall in the same apartment building sound familiar? It should be that was the plot of Lavern and Shirley 1976 to 1983, threes company 1977 to 1984 about three friends living together with another living across the way, living single dose not own the blueprint for friends living together.

    • @Marvin-ut4xs
      @Marvin-ut4xs ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@ilovemickyandhelove1 everyone on Laverne and Shirley had an irritating almost unbearable voice (accent) imo. I watched it because there just wasn't many options back in those days

    • @danavixen6274
      @danavixen6274 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Clear....😂😂😂😂😂

  • @tembodiaz
    @tembodiaz ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I never cared for friends, but I always loved Living Single. And still to this day. If it’s on, I’m watching it.

  • @lafarruspennington5831
    @lafarruspennington5831 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I grew up watching living single , those were the good ole days....

  • @smoomook
    @smoomook ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I’ve watched both but I enjoyed “Living Single” more: as a kid, I loved Queen Latifah! She was a role model of mine my entire childhood. I watched “Friends” as I grew up but I liked it and loved “Living Single.”

  • @dalanamajor
    @dalanamajor ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I watch this show back to back three times, that’s how much I love it.

  • @nicolesherman8974
    @nicolesherman8974 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    You have to do a video on In the House. An under appreciated show starring LL Cool J and the legendary Debbie Allen ✨.

  • @tamirrasmith-qd9bi
    @tamirrasmith-qd9bi 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    This was my SHOW
    I still watch the reruns.

  • @Nishamama
    @Nishamama ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Fox really dropped the ball with Living Single and New York Undercover 😒. Both shows had tremendous success initially and kept people from all races tuned in and once the actors/actresses started asking for better treatment/pay all of a sudden Friends is created and the show Law & Order started receiving more backing/budget. Regardless of what they did to these amazing shows, the impact was left ❤❤❤❤.

    • @jayvandyke2972
      @jayvandyke2972 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      what does law and order have to do with it

    • @marionStez1732
      @marionStez1732 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jayvandyke2972same creator

  • @jlcii
    @jlcii ปีที่แล้ว +141

    Never ceases to amaze me how when a show has a predominately POC cast, it's considered only for that race of audience. But the minute a show has a predominantly white cast, it's considered for all audiences, and is said to have a "broader reach". Doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that they're intending to not only mainly cater to white audiences, but also to promote white supremacy, and cultural assimilation to whiteness; to endorse the mindset that even if you are not white, you should be striving and aspiring to be as close to it as possible. They act allergic to diversity because diversity doesn't promote white supremacy, and for them, white audiences and culture are the main ones that matter.

    • @JuicyPopEntertainment
      @JuicyPopEntertainment  ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Say it louder for the ones in the back! 💯

    • @taureanmay1411
      @taureanmay1411 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      ​@@JuicyPopEntertainment3:17 also true.

    • @OreliaLatrice
      @OreliaLatrice ปีที่แล้ว +8

      So true. 💯.. I could not have said it better.

    • @skinni_the_P00hBear
      @skinni_the_P00hBear ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I ALWAYS thought that was the weirdest thing!

    • @BrettShadow
      @BrettShadow ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The Cosby Show still holds the record of being the only sitcom in history to have the number one rated show for 5 consecutive seasons.... The Jeffersons ran for 11 seasons. Family Matters for 9. Sanford and Sons for 7. 227 for 6. Different World for 7. The most successful talk show for the last 40 years is Oprah. Get over yourself

  • @beaniegee5129
    @beaniegee5129 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Living Single premiered a week before Mighty Morphin Power Rangers premiered

  • @cindeed4422
    @cindeed4422 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I always chose Living Single. My husband and I used to love this show. He called me Sinclair and I called him Overton Wakefield Jones! 😂 John Henton also went out with Kim Fields in the early seasons of the show.

  • @tiffanygloston1610
    @tiffanygloston1610 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    It would be amazing to have a reunion show.... Evette's idea was more than just a template for friends which wasn't nearly as funny but a template for many for shows for our culture

  • @Lightdion
    @Lightdion ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Living Single was one of the BEST shows of the 90s PERIOT!! I was obsessed with the reruns as a kid. Looking back, it's so raunchy how Fox built their success off the backs of black shows like living single, Martin, New York undercover, etc. And then they just dropped them like they never did anything for them. That made me mad how they did T.C Carson (Kyle) because he spoke up for I'm sure things that should have been spoken up for. And I hated the way they ended living single because it wasn't even given a full season. It ended in January of 1998 with a sort of a dry ending that was disappointing. Nevertheless, Living Single was the muse that Friends built off of.

    • @jayvandyke2972
      @jayvandyke2972 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The show could've lasted longer but the 5th season ruined it

  • @beebee__
    @beebee__ ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Great video! I watched Living Single for the first time last year and now it's one of my all-time favourite sitcoms! 🥰

  • @mr.russell5395
    @mr.russell5395 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Back in '93, the 11yr old me had a crush on Kim Coles. Fast forward to 2023, the current 41yr old me still does 💯🔥😍

  • @dallasbad89ify
    @dallasbad89ify ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Living single is the BLUEPRINT!!! Friends production should be grateful

    • @jayvandyke2972
      @jayvandyke2972 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      yeah and they got all the rewards money and stardom while living single was left in the dark it's sad

    • @SoSillyWilly26
      @SoSillyWilly26 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jayvandyke2972you’re big mad lol why are you commenting on everyone’s post? Are they not allowed to have this opinion?

  • @BanditBeauDarville
    @BanditBeauDarville 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    NEVER....did I ever equate Living Single with Friends.......

  • @bigboyrox7
    @bigboyrox7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great memories from childhood. When I was home sick from school, I was able to find this glorious gem. One of the best shows ... period!

  • @yahainHotPink
    @yahainHotPink ปีที่แล้ว +10

    One of the best shows ever! Too grown for me but allowed to watch it, lol

  • @beaniegee5129
    @beaniegee5129 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The show ended on the same day one of the first two pilot episodes of Celebrity Deathmatch premiered on MTV on New Year's day 1998

  • @ahem....bullsheet3720
    @ahem....bullsheet3720 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This was one of my favorite shows growing up!

  • @lamaralexander8384
    @lamaralexander8384 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    This was soooo well put together, thank you 🙏. This was one of my favorite shows….

  • @JBabyLeather
    @JBabyLeather ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Living Single was always a better show than Friends! Always!

    • @jayvandyke2972
      @jayvandyke2972 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      then how come living single didn't get 10 seasons i'll wait

  • @MissteriousOne
    @MissteriousOne ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Thank you so much for this! One of my favorite sitcoms of the 90’s!

  • @beaniegee5129
    @beaniegee5129 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Gotta love the celebrities on the show such as Jeffrey Sams, Kellita Smith, Tommy Ford, Mark Curry, Cheryl Miller (Reggie Miller's sister), Branford Marsalis, Alonzo Mourning, Jenifer Lewis, Tammy Townsend, Dean Cain, Michael Boatman, TLC, Heavy D, Phil LaMarr, Naughty by Nature, Roberto Duran, Kelly Perine, Kadeem Hardison, John Witherspoon, Harold Perrineau, Michael Clarke Duncan, Cedric Ceballos, Phill Lewis, Adam Wylie, Kenny Blank, Jim Brown, Duane Martin, Isaiah Washington, Nia Long, Isabel Sanford, CeCe Winans, Morris Chestnut, Chaka Khan, Ron O'Neal, J. Anthony Brown, Gladys Knight, Antonio Fargas, Kenya Moore, Anne Marie Johnson and many more

    • @RBS_
      @RBS_ ปีที่แล้ว +3

      .....par-DON!??? ...how can you forget *CHAKA KHAN* , in the CLASSIC Episode, "The Flavorettes"!??? *MAXINE:* "....yeah, Sister's workin' it REAL HARD, but I don't think she's gonna make it...." ..ha-HAA!

    • @prideflagg2311
      @prideflagg2311 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      CeeCee Winans and Morris Chestnut!😂

  • @generationalcursebreaker5397
    @generationalcursebreaker5397 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I still watch this show!!!!! I love yall thank you for your talents and serving the world with this amazing show!!!

  • @beaniegee5129
    @beaniegee5129 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Besides Living Single and voicing Kratos in Gods of War, TC Carson also voiced Fire Chief Campbell, Charley's dad Samuel and Mr. Carson the mailman on Clifford the Big Red Dog

  • @stregadisalem732
    @stregadisalem732 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Erika Alexander shined so brightly in this show.

  • @gl5478
    @gl5478 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Yvette Lee Bowser and the cast did an excellent job with a limited budget and creative differences with the network. The show is iconic!

  • @markanthony1004
    @markanthony1004 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This and Martin might have been my favorite 90s shows

  • @princemastaking
    @princemastaking ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Living Single is the one of the best sitcoms and also have similar shows like "Girlfriends" Half &Half" and "Run the World" which comes on Starz. Now "Martin" & "Living Single" were so funny and the ratings shot up so high that in May of 1994 "Roc" "In Living Color" & "The Arsenio Hall Show" all got cancelled. By the way can you please do episodes of all 3 shows I mentioned that got cancelled?

  • @HandsumJustin
    @HandsumJustin ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love both friends and living single. I can watch them both back to back

  • @Nordic_E.T.
    @Nordic_E.T. 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Representation is KEY!!

  • @brebre23461
    @brebre23461 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    Friends was very overrated. Living Single is better!! Friends tried to be slick by adding a black woman to the show to gain a black audience 🙄that's how I feel but maybe wrong 🤷🏽‍♀️

    • @thetruesoulofanaquarius9302
      @thetruesoulofanaquarius9302 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      All facts 💯

    • @danavixen6274
      @danavixen6274 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      You're not wrong. The inclusion of Aisha Tyler didn't influence me to watch it at all.

    • @brebre23461
      @brebre23461 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@danavixen6274 same when I first saw that I said "Now Friends..... really??!!"🤭😐🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @danavixen6274
      @danavixen6274 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@brebre23461 Yep! They tried it! 😏😂

    • @jayvandyke2972
      @jayvandyke2972 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@danavixen6274 and Gabrielle Union too

  • @Tantejuju65
    @Tantejuju65 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This was a great show! The talent was outstanding. As a 30s something white girl in Minnesota, I loved these characters as they reminded me of my college friends and our "getting started" days...

  • @jleron22
    @jleron22 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    You did such a great job with this video young lady. It just blows my mind the information that you brought to the light.

  • @LaDon0426
    @LaDon0426 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I watch this show faithfully everyday

  • @s.tiaira9081
    @s.tiaira9081 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I never knew about the Friends and Living Single drama but it makes sense. I’ve never truly laughed at friends and find it overrated but I genuinely crack up at Living Single.
    I’m about to watch both shows back to back and compare brb

  • @IceManLikeGervin
    @IceManLikeGervin ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Living Single is a top 10 African American TV sitcom of all time- bar none! One of the best casts of any TV sitcom period- bar none!
    My top 10 AA TV sitcoms (no order): 227, Cosby Show, A Different World, Sanford & Son, Living Single, Family Matters, What's Happening!, Good Times, The Jeffersons and Martin.

    • @niecygreen8717
      @niecygreen8717 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Plus Moesha, The Parkers, In the House, ROC, Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper, The Jamie Foxx show, The Steve Harvey show, The Fresh Prince, Sister Sister, The Wayans Bros. … hell, all of them.

    • @IceManLikeGervin
      @IceManLikeGervin ปีที่แล้ว

      @@niecygreen8717 Amen, Half & Half, One On One, Diff'rent Strokes, Malcolm & Eddie, The Hughleys, What's Happening Now!, True Colors, Getting By, Where I Live, The Bernie Mac Show, Girlfriends, The Parent 'Hood, Cosby, Julia...

  • @mr219gip5210
    @mr219gip5210 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Friends could never measure up to Livin' Single, ever

  • @shaylah2725
    @shaylah2725 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    the theme song for Living Single has lived in my head for the last 30 years. it was a crucial part of the Fox lineup. I love the whole cast ❤

  • @moonshine-morningstar
    @moonshine-morningstar ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I still watch every morning when I'm off from work. Now that I'm older, it's like watching it for the first time because I understand everything compared to when I was a kid 😂

  • @gingersnaps997
    @gingersnaps997 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I watch Living Single every morning before I go to work. I don't watch Friends. T.V. has not been the same since the 90s shows were decimated by Hollywood.

  • @eddieboyky
    @eddieboyky ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thanks for this. I've been thinking about/remembering Living Single a lot recently after Kim Coles' run on Days of Our Lives. It was a fun show with a talented cast.

  • @meljusttalent1
    @meljusttalent1 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This show was some of the first positive Black role model on TV in recurring roles... and they were successful and cool at the same time. I didn't realize as a kid ... but it was so important to have the characters.

  • @tweetingsparks
    @tweetingsparks ปีที่แล้ว +4

    “We are living single, bop pa do ba Dee haaa.”

  • @erinmalone2669
    @erinmalone2669 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I’m white and I absolutely loved watching living single just because there’s a cast that is all black doesn’t mean that it’s not for white people. It’s for people and representation, but it was very much a human show and very funny.❤

    • @erinmalone2669
      @erinmalone2669 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I also never enjoyed friends. Long live living single.

  • @OreliaLatrice
    @OreliaLatrice ปีที่แล้ว +14

    This video is really good. Living Single does not get their props as much as Friends… even though Friends mimics Living Single. Thank you, Juicy Pop! 😊

  • @jamiescowboys
    @jamiescowboys 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    love it i still watch watch it every night what a classic 80-90s were the best

  • @sohanicridland9116
    @sohanicridland9116 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Living Single has one of the best openings in tv history. That show is legendary. Friends may have gotten more recognition, but that show couldn’t touch living single. It was just that good. I don’t even understand the love for friends, that show is weird af.

  • @elledee6182
    @elledee6182 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I loved Living Single as a kid! It was a fun show to watch. Never got into Friends, never even watched a single Friends episode. Idk just something about it never caught onto me.

  • @Ernie1978
    @Ernie1978 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I loved Queen Latifah on Living Single. Definitely one of the best shows of the '90s. I still remember the words to the theme song!

  • @rusticization
    @rusticization ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I must admit 30 years ago when I first saw the first episode of "Living Single", I didn't even know what it was all about until I saw the names of Kim Coles and Queen Latifah, etc. That was when I know this show was going to be a success.

  • @warriorjgamer
    @warriorjgamer ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I grew up on friends never even knew about living single and that upsets me because it looked like there was so much potential and could have done better than friends since it was first.

    • @aderonx
      @aderonx ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Came here to say this. I feel so cheated!

    • @lexkanyima2195
      @lexkanyima2195 ปีที่แล้ว

      What is the problems ?

    • @aderonx
      @aderonx ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lexkanyima2195 we didn't know this show existed growing up.

    • @lexkanyima2195
      @lexkanyima2195 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@aderonx and ? Living Single

    • @aderonx
      @aderonx ปีที่แล้ว

      we didn't know Living Single existed growing up - we just watched Friends as that's all we knew, knowing that Friends creators stole the concept from Living Single made me a feel a way. @@lexkanyima2195

  • @ashleyblk446
    @ashleyblk446 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    He knew exactly what he said. He tried to save face in front of her but he says he was taken out of context and knew people how people felt why didn’t he say something before hand.

  • @Romiethahomie91
    @Romiethahomie91 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Living Single was wayyyy ahead of its time and never been done before of course the writers of friends knew that & hated it so that’s had to copy and paste every thing from living single

    • @isaiahwinbrone
      @isaiahwinbrone ปีที่แล้ว

      Friends copied from living single

    • @lexkanyima2195
      @lexkanyima2195 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@isaiahwinbronecan you blame them ? Fox had less marketing

    • @isaiahwinbrone
      @isaiahwinbrone ปีที่แล้ว

      @lexkanyima2195 The actors from friends were making $1000000 an episode

    • @lexkanyima2195
      @lexkanyima2195 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@isaiahwinbrone for money

    • @jayvandyke2972
      @jayvandyke2972 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lexkanyima2195 friends still remains a successful show while living single is not

  • @generationalcursebreaker5397
    @generationalcursebreaker5397 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you Yvette

  • @Ty2Breezie
    @Ty2Breezie ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Back then they really didn’t believe in shows that was African American based so that’s why Living Single was not promoted properly! I believe they set the show up to fail at the end so they would have a reason to cancel it!

    • @Truth-s9m
      @Truth-s9m 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ummm, What???? Ever heard of the Cosby Show? Or The Jeffersons? Or Sandford and Son? Or Fresh Prince? Or 227? Or Good Time? Or Family Matters? You get the point.

  • @sexymama1966
    @sexymama1966 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Friends had the bucks but Living Single had the heart! Didn't watch Friends until it went into syndication. Thanks for tea for "Kyle" and "Regine"!

  • @beaniegee5129
    @beaniegee5129 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Great story on Living Single

  • @aprilinparisxoxo
    @aprilinparisxoxo ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Living Single forever ♾️❤️🫶🏾

  • @marshonington
    @marshonington ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Chefs kiss to the way you started this!!

  • @DeeSunbae
    @DeeSunbae ปีที่แล้ว +6

    IF YOU REALLY WANNA TALK ABOUT IT! ALL of our Black Sitcoms were blueprints for all of these other lackluster tv shows that then came after it.

  • @ZombicidalMadMom81
    @ZombicidalMadMom81 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    It's interesting to me that Friends became such an icon and Living Single isn't regarded in the same league. I watched Living Single in the 90s when I was a teenager, but I never did watch Friends; to this day I've never seen a full episode, just bits & pieces here & there.
    I'm neither black nor white, in case that's relevant. I'm Alaska Native and Filipino, and for me, I didn't want to sit through another show about a group of 20-somethings living together and operating in the 'big bad city'.

  • @ohmeowzer1
    @ohmeowzer1 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Loved both shows living single and friends

  • @bigmaryfan193
    @bigmaryfan193 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Can U Do U Hangin With Mr Cooper Next

  • @avery9041
    @avery9041 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love these videos ♥

  • @Htx.lunatic
    @Htx.lunatic ปีที่แล้ว +2

    6:20 so we're just glossing over the fact that they kicked the Winslows out? That's the Family Matters house, lol

  • @chicodepuertorico1450
    @chicodepuertorico1450 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    As kids, we loved watching this show. I still re-run it on Hulu. :D It was definitely not just for black folk. :D

  • @beaniegee5129
    @beaniegee5129 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    In the first episode of Living Single they used the same living room as Family Matters which reminds me of the first episode of Smart Guy they used the same high school as Boy Meets World