TC Carson Reveals He Was Fired From 'Living Single': "We Were Getting Less Than"
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- comedyhype.com/ - Veteran actor and musician @OfficialTCCarson sits down for his first one on one with Comedy Hype and opens up about his role as Kyle Barker on Living Single and why he ultimately left the series. Instagram: @ComedyHype & Twitter: @ComedyHype_ Shot by @_whoisty_ Intro Beat by Yondo
This brother has always carried himself with a air of class and elegance.
No good deed goes unpunished between this and voice acting Kratos 😢
Indeed, there is a beautiful dignity about him, physical and spiritual.
TC epitomizes Class ❤️❤️❤️
Totally agreed ❤🎉 this character couldn’t even exist in today’s society😢
Big faxxx
Thursday nights in the 90’s was lit, Martin, Living Single & NY Undercover.
Yes....that was the line up
My how have things changed😔.
Rob Crossley That’s right in that fucking order 💯💯💯Damn I miss them days
Fridays at school was all talks about...hey did yall see living single last nite?..did you peep Martin?.....to yo!!...how the fuck they gone kill Torres like that lmaooo...
It was good back then yep Thursdays
Kyle had class and style, carried himself very dignified.
The Brotherhood of Sleep facts!
I loved the hate/flirting that Kyle & Maxine had.
...Class, Style and Dignity. Well you know WB couldn't have that.
Ditto!!
So Smooth
I've never loved every character in a show as much as I love Kyle, Overton, Regine, Sinclair, Kadejah and Maxine. Absolutely loved every character and their closeness.
The only character that I don't like on the show is regine, played by Kim fields. She thinks she's all that and a bag of chips. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
I agree with you 💯% it's funny how we know somebody like each of these character. They all got along, had eachother back. Being young then you could relate with one of them. It could of been a sister, cousin, aunt, uncle, some relative or friend. In fact I still watch the reruns, I'm still laughing and enjoying the show. Lot of today's shows are a bit too much. Real housewives, a lot arguing, hating, backstabbing. Even the so called reality shows are a joke. Frankly I'd rather watch classic reruns or the paranormal channel. Take care, be safe. Be blessed always stay positive.✌🕯💜🦋🌠🧘♀️🌻🌷✨🙏. Love,respect and positivity always. Neita James. 🙂👋.
@@harperstacey9604 yeah but always know somebody like her right. Who want to be more important than they are, complain about everything, constantly critize everybody else, can't see how selfish, head in the clouds, want to be treated like a queen, if a man don't have a good paying job or money she turn up her nose and pass them by. She looking for someone that can support her so she don't have to work. But in many ways you understand her, can learn what not to do and how not to be. Yet her character rounds out the cast and you have to admit she is funny.👍✌🕯🌻. Take care, be safe. Light and Blessings to you. Love,respect and positivity always. Nj.🧘♀️🙏💜🦋🌠🙂👋.
Me too a fun show to watch can watch it all day
I watch the reruns everyday!
I'm glad he rejected being the bafoon character they wanted him to be. I got nothing but respect for this brotha.
Comedy Hype Was Right👍🏾
He Smoothe😎Wit It!!!!
Red Sunshine You ain’t lying. I’m glad you brought that up there amongst one of the few black man that didn’t sell out or wear a dress.
They did my dark sister Maxine like that..that is why I hated that show. Sex in the City showed love for all 4 ladies..oops Black folks like eye rolling loud talking stealing Black folks..yeah I said it..
He a gay nigga husband on that green leaf show 😂 work must be hard 😂
@@DanielJones-sx8qz Now, THAT'S true.
Every character on Living Single was successful and professional and it never felt stereotypical.
And that could be the real reason why the show didn't go on to have many more seasons. More often than not stereotypical behavior is expected from us than a positive image. Don't ever be knowledgeable and be black. Mass media can't or won't except it! Very sad and pitiful. But I'm not going to dumb myself down to anyone just to fit in! Ever!
@@anthonycalvin8475 it was on for 5 seasons, with the first 4 having 27 episodes a piece, with the standard TV season havong 22.
I don't think it was cancelled because it wasn't stereotypical, I think it was Fox moving away from focusing on urban programming and going for the white audience, like the WB did when it was done with Jaime Foxx and Steve Harvey.
@@notthefather3919 I agree, but I did like that this show was a very good sitcom about successful black women and men. I wished it could have lasted longer.
@@notthefather3919 5 was the standard number for black sitcoms in the 90s. They would either get canceled before or after that sadly. Martin and Jamie Foxx also ended after 5 seasons. Fresh Prince only had one more with six (they even nearly canceled that after season 4 which is why it ended with Will back in Philly and then he was back in Bel Air without an explanation the following season). Family Matters was the one of the few to go on way past 5 seasons and before that was the Cosby Show (which was more so 80s)
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That show portrayed successful black people dealing with career and personal issues outside most of the negative stereotypes. I hate how Hollywood portrays black people carrying all the exact same negative attitudes and behaviors. "Living Single" gave a diverse set of characters that didn't necessarily fit the stereotypical boxes black people are put into most of the time. This show is definitely missed.
so good that the copycat Friends were even successful. I would definitely watch a show like that today
Right. This is why I can't roll with most of our shows. We were/are not all raised and living in the ways that they portray us. We would like it to be shown that we can have Hallmark lives also. The Cosby show, Different World and so forth
Watching it now i watch it every morning
If we are in a positive show they pull it, if we are in a ratchet show they promote it. jmo
@@wyntersteele1a Yes I Couldn't agree With you More......
There would be no ‘Friends’ without ‘Living Single’, respect that! 💯✊🏾
Don't understand why people always comparing these shows. There'd be no "Living Single" without "Golden Girls," see how dumb it sounds?
@@showmebear because Friends was modeled off the platform of Living Single, but geared towards the others. The producers have already stated this due to Living Singles success.
DAMN RIGHT ‼️✅
@@showmebear there would be NOOOOO GOLDEN GIRLS without the Jefferson's, GOOD TIMES & 227. HOW BOUT THAT?
PERIOOOOOOODDDDD.........
I feel like he needs a podcast. I can listen to his voice forever
YASSSS😊
For real, though.
Yes, I like his voice and Isaiah Washington’s.
Taylour Darden ok! I wish this was longer!
Agreed
I dont think theres one black person that dislikes this man hes down for his people
Until he says he's gay then sure
I never liked his characters. Always way too bougie and fake.
@@froxfro4589 he basically already came out.
Fact !
@Regina Young I don't think you even know what a hood or a thug is. He plays cringy characters who I wouldn't want to talk to in real life. You don't have to be hood/thug to be real. You also don't have to be bougie. He even played the same character in final destination. He just has a cringe worthy style and I don't like it so I avoid watching him when I can.
I know a lot of people know... But if you don't look up how they stole (literally) the entire idea for "Friends" from "Living Single".. Its disrespectful smh...
🤔 damn, now that I think about....
I didnt know that because I didnt watch Friends.
The cast of living single are cowards tho. Latifah and them threw kyle to the wolves instead of confronting Fox as a group to get their demands met. That's how each cast member of Friends got paid $1million or something.
They. ALWAYS do🤨
no it's not, the produce paid hommage to living single
I love how he's still basically wearing a Kyle Barker outfit. Necklace and all.
Lol right..
Correction...you should be saying how you love how his fictional character is so much like the real actor. Don't separate the act from the actor - they are one and the same.
He probably dressed the character.
@@chriscooks5437or on the flip, Kyle was dressed as him 😂
I love him and Erica Alexander’s chemistry on the show
Yasssss
I don't see how insult humor is so appealing in black sitcoms. you didn't see the characters on Friends throwing daggers at each other every minute
Pandora Adore oh yeah
Ron King I loved everything about this show
@@victoriamayo5774 not me. the writing could have been better. Not their fault. it was a lack of budget.
I'm glad he has such positive things to say about his father - black man!
Yesssss
So sad that we have to commend and applaud what should be the norm in every young Black boy's life. Not all Black households lack patriarchs and good Black male leaders.
@@d_roi8689 Right but "we" DON'T celebrate this enough like he does. "Society" is too busy suppressing the black man in general. They want us to believe that this is an outlier... baby daddy drama is the flavor.
His father name is Zeus that tell me a lot
@@d_roi8689 That is so true. Actually I had a great dad who set an example for my brother. i also have some great uncles who are the head of their families.
When I think about the character he played. I just smile thinking back on how well he played the role. Very very good job.
He. Was. Very. Good liked. Him spoke. With. Sence
Loved me some kyle and max
@@juanitaprice9764 yes he did
Me too!!!
U Co. yup 💯
Season 5 wasn’t the same without Kyle. His presence was missed! Even Regine leaving halfway left a dent. You can’t do the show correctly without the integral original cast members
TC got the John Amos treatment.
Kyle Barker is a one of a kind character.
Cee Irv86 agreed..
Yeah cant believe dude in his 60s now & queen latifah just made 50 damn time flies
StankPussy K. what’s the motivation behind that name?
Cee Irv86 facts🎭
@@stankpussyk.3940 He looks great to be near 60
Got fired from TV, then got paid for being the Voice of Kratos in “God of War”.
When one blessing ends, another one comes along....$$$
Yes...and he BODIED Kratos. No other voice character in Video Games had a more powerful Demeanor than Kratos. I was surprised it was him when I found out. Sucks when they wanna use a white male when they talk about a God of War movie. They need a Black Actor to embody that testosterone his voice created. Same shit different toilet with these Industry folks 😒
He is on Greenleaf. Hell of an actor...
@@hraculezboufaunt9726 No doubt!! Kyle's voice gave Kratos authority.
Damn didn't know that dope
I never knew 😱
“Kyle” a legend bro
He had me wanting to dress fly get the best black women have cool friends, made comfy clean money, be intelligent and not get caught up.
Salute you sir!
Believe it or not it's more black men with degrees than criminal records the media just like to protray the negative us. This man shaped a lot of young black boys into men and didn't even know it
Malcolm Harrison - I have 7 brothers, I know this as fact!
Yes I wanted 2 be like Kyle then & now too if I'm honest! I never wanted 2 get caught up in da hood bc they showed their were different paths then what I saw outside my door
I stepped up my fashion game becuz of Kyle. I started wearing suits and ties to work and I got a lot of black artwork. I have the same picture that hung in his apt.
Tony Crawford 💯💯💯
It just wasn't the same without him, as soon as they brought in Mel Jackson. Show was sinking. But I was so glad and happy that he came back to help close the show.
True facts
Wadrobe, creativity...yep, everything went downhill. Khadijah's wardrobe became tshirt and jeans or shorts, no days in office at Flavor or hardly any references of work. She was basically just sitting around the house on the couch and snacking majority of the time. Sinclaire and Overton's marriage life was such a snooze. A lot of pride left during that last season. I will say 'Up The Ladder To The Roof' was a highlight episode.
Yep. B because I don’t even remember Mel Jackson
@@HotSauce-mn1mpThink about him in Soul food 1997
If his hair wasn’t graying, he would look EXACTLY the same😳. The voice still the shhhh🥰
Looking good with the gray though!!😘
He is the voice for a lot of characters like the first God of war kratos.
@@uxobi3862 Cat Daddy😍😍😍
Odessa Lazard : Black don’t crack! ✊🏾😎
Yeah. He still looks relatively young and sounds young. It's just the grey hair.
Kyle really was the bomb! In retrospect, he did introduce black women to a different and improved black man. Nice job!
Tiffany Saffold he was smooth respectful no kids classy well paid friendly honest
@OAK CLIFF You're clearly not this type. If you LISTENED, he said he got his dress and style from his dad. He took from different men in different professions. He put them together and came up with Kyle.
Again, you're clearly not this type. Now go study up and learn to be.
@@tiffanysaffold591 his mom was with his daddy so she knew that type of man. some of y'all extra disrepectful women need to sit back. you way outta pocket.
@OAK CLIFF And again, you are clearly not one nor did you see one. You didnt even comprehend what he said. And for the record, your mama is from the 40s, I'm not. Times and seasons change. Why do you think he said he wanted ppl of OUR generation to see a "him" on TV? Why do you think the majority on this thread relates to what he said?
Now go find you some business and study Kyle so that you too, can be a chosen black man!
This is the real black man I know!
Everybody with a brain knows that “Friends” was the white version of “Living Single”! 💯
You'd be surprised how many people don't know. Especially people in their 20s and younger
Shit i never watched friends or alot of NoBlackComedy NBC
FACT.
Pretty much
Facts
He and Erika’s chemistry was out of this world and to see them not portrayed as the typical stereotype the society claims of black people, and see both of their characters be successful in their careers is exactly why Living Single is my favorite show.
"My Funny Valentine " was the best romantic 3 minutes of television that decade, slightly ahead of the Brian Mcknight proposal on Martin. Straight player stuff.
Greg Whitener el loved it.
I agree!!!!!!
The SCATTING?!?!?!?! COME ON!!!!
Where was it an how can I see it?? 👀👂🏽
@@medusasunshine4705 search my funny valentine kyle in u tube or
th-cam.com/video/Vp_2Zp8KcCc/w-d-xo.html
@@thef.a.c.e.foundation8316 THAT was what you call putting your MACK down.
Brother is a class act. Always liked his character, but love him even more knowing where he got his inspiration from and his awareness.
I'm a white guy who could never stomach an entire episode of Friends - and could not get enough of Living Single. LS was an incredible show with an amazing cast.
Honestly I could never find that show funny to me it was heavily overrated
Friends was horrible and unfunny
Oh please, Friends was in a league of its own. So was Living Single . There's no need to bash one , to big up the other one.
Living Single was more of a show for anybody to watch and enjoy, FRIENDS on the other hand was a world most of us have no idea of so the comedy was mild as were the characters. Growing up in The Bronx, we just laughed when watching Living Single yet the few times we watched Friends, we all were making stereotype jokes at the show. If you can't tell that friends was lame, then you just don't know and congrats on living a good life.
Agree!!!
“Gets fired from Living Single”
Becomes a franchise voice for Sony as Kratos The God Of War
TheReal KingRicochet90s damn!! Didn’t know that!! You go Kyle
P.Z.Y. Yeah TC is the voice behind Kratos up until the latest one that came out in 2018 where he stepped down and was passed down to Chris Judge (who plays Miles in House Party 2 and also was in an episode of Fresh Prince Bel Air and also the voice of D Mob in Def Jam Vendetta and Def Jan Fight For NY).
TheReal KingRicochet90s I’m guessing you are not a Sci-Fi fan.
willia3r never was but most of these actors best work that are notable are the ones I listed
@@CarelesssXeno pretty sure the Sci-fi question was referencing that Chris Judge is probably best known for his time on the Stargate television franchise. Judge's Stargate character had so many Kratos traits it may be what led to his selection as a replacement.
Living single, Martin, A Different World, and New York Undercover was one of the best examples of showing People of Color in successful and Positive role models
Martin was funniest show ever but I have to admit that I don't think it falls in that category lol.
TC Carson was great in that role still like that show.
Can we cut that "people of color" racial slur
When talking about black American TV, just get bold and say black American smh
@@deepee4323 New York Undercover had a multi racial cast though, so "people of color" would fit here.
@@RaymondGW which is why it shouldn't even be mentioned with the other predominately black American shows he referenced. They thought they were slick slippin it in there lol
It's amazing how the people who made us laughed hurt behind the scenes.
Entertainment, smh
Quon it's like Debbie Allen said in the 80's "Fame cost and here's where you start paying".
#truth
I compare that with life itself, meaning you never know what people are going thru.
@@rodneyplayer5785 In the word's of Biggie Smalls: "The more money the more problem's"
I love how his face glows when he talks about his parents! They did so good. I hope my son can look at my momness fondly like this
I LOVE IT TOO
WHAT WOULD I HAVE BEEN WITHOUT MY PARENTS
The good brother T.C. left with his integrity intact. He didn't waver with his morals and principles, pushed back when necessary. You can't put a price on that.
👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
I love TC Carson! He is so unsung as an actor. “Kyle Barker” was a whole movement for young, black enterprising men in the 90s!
T C Carson just exudes integrity. It's unfortunate that he got fired, but at least he walked away from the show with his head held high. Respect.
They fired him and cancelled the show cause of how powerful the messaging was to their demographic. Peep how in episodes they would wear hoodies and t’s from HBCU’s. The messages were getting out and they couldn’t handle that.
Absolutely! I agree with you 💯 percent.
Bill Cosby started that shit
That logic doesn’t work, because Cosby pumped the HBCU’s big-time by wearing t-shirts and sweatshirts, constantly discussing Hillman, and re-living his college years in athletic contests with old rivals. Let’s not forget that he had two entire episodes about convincing Denise to attend Hillman.
He also created a spin-off based on that whole ideology.
He also made clear to the networks that there would be no swirling on his shows…until A Different World had the Kim + WM storyline.
And that just led to Kim dating Ron.
@@deeznutz766 : Absolutely, and he succeeded with it, which is why the notion that Living Single was disliked by execs on that basis doesn’t hold up.
@@DeCurtaRican Its still holds up. Bill had way more say on the shows he produced. Not every black show had that privileged. Writers and producers made decisions on what a show was about not the actors.
To this DAY, I have NEVER watched a full episode of "Friends."
I put it on to go to sleep.
😂😂😂😂😂 me neither
never seen a scene myself
Me neither🤣🤣🤣
@Tax-bitchass biyatch missing out on nothing, I could barely get past season 1 episode 3. To you and others it's a good show, to others, it's a no.
Man all those great African American shows in the 90s and 00s are long gone, now they putting us in front of cameras and calling it reality TV 😂😂😂🙄
😬🤐
From our shows people learned lessons.. And they saw the impact We put on lives So not now they give us reality TV.
King Samuels II YEP!! So damn sad.😔😔😔
Brian WILLIAMS notice they call it reality but admit it’s scripted. They did as a snap back into their “reality “ divide n conquer we was unified back den
King Samuels II and y’all acting a fool for the camera. It’s crazy how blacks know they are being disrespected by other races of people and they still go along with it. Hell most of y’all disrespect yourselves all for that check lol.
The season he was gone was so trash. Him being gone threw everything off.
Oh yea that light skinned dude had moved in i 4got his name
Slem Kapone Overton was his name not sure I spelled it right lol
FACTS! The Kyle and Max dynamic was legendary. Plus he could perform good
@@slemkapone7580 yea his name was Tripp lol
We'll he was in a few episodes that last season lol but I get your point.Kyle being gone and then Regine halfway through the season was just terrible.The finale was good though
I never missed an episode of Living Single, and I've never watched and episode of Friends.
Friends made more money
THANK YOU
Ms Debbie, I'm 💯 percent with you...I LOVE "Living Single" and still to this day...I have NEVER seen an Episode of Friends (And dont intend to) !!!
I also have NEVER watched a single episode of Friends, and NEVER WILL! I love me some Living Single!!
I've watched them all and love both shows.
Loved his character. He represented a educated, sophisticated, black man.
Some people want to see stereotypical black men.
Michele Owens His voice is still delicious
what is the stereotypical black man to you
Didn't he finally come out the closet...
Anti Waiting on this answer.
@@devzeppilin me too
I don't care what anyone says ; this society does not like strong black men! If we speak up for ourselves our children , our women our dignity; loving who we are and where we come from -- it clearly angers people . We are labeled as wrong or difficult . I am so glad that TC Carson had an opportunity to share his accountancy.
No argument there!
I agree with you. We can’t allow this Jim Crow system to continue. It’s deeper than hate
Take courage, brother. Real Black women like me support real Black men. Thank you for standing up for your wife and children. That strengthens the Black community overall.
queen @@dingolaystar3873 thank you very much God bless
@@scherliedieujuste5019 I loved this show, but it hurts me to see people say that Jim Crow is alive and well. As a conservative, Christian, white man who grew up in a mostly black neighborhood and watched shows like this and Martin, etc, it is sad to hear this. I wish the there was more attention put on those in the black community that achieved success through business, engineering, medicine, etc. I like that this show portrayed professionals. Friends wasn't any good anyway, probably had a larger audience and more money behind it, but still didn't appeal to me. Sorry folks still feel this way :(
Mr. Carson, you are still so FINE! That voice, that smile, that intelligence, that style...the salt and pepper hair is the icing on the cake. Stay blessed, brother.
SuperSkinandHairCare 💯💯💯💯
Yea he looks great
That's what happened to John Amos on Good times who played the father.
I'm still upset about that
Me too!!!
Kyle made it cool to be articulate, stylish and dignified and it was dope to hear him speak so highly of his father.
& he aged well!
luckylefty, you are on point! And the episode were Kyle was asked to cut his locks was powerful! Now his gray hair is so spectacular!! Also, I noticed how Kyle's is interwoven into your name😊😉!
Didn't like the way Kyle and Max out each other down. It was unnecessary!
@@causeeffect7624 Deep down Kyle and Max was attracted to each other,they just couldn't admit it to each other at first.
@@ariley3263 i realize that. the insults were ridiculously immature and . at one point comparing one or another to a roach. thay killed it for me. it's typical of things written for black characters. worst of worst, 1st to die, HIRED simply to play the character that causes something to go wrong. HIRED TO BE the CHARACTER TO FVCK UP THE SITUATION that the white knight comes to fix.
Aged very well loving the gray...
We had Cosby.. Different World.. In living color.. Family Matters.. Fresh Prince... Martin... Living Single... Wayans Brothers... Jamie Foxx.. What do we have now?.. smh
Rich Harrow Ignorant, embarrassing, humiliating, stereotypical reality shows☹️
Love and Hip Hop bullshit
Housewives, lahh,growing up hh,blackink.. and the pitiful rest!! . .. .. See a pattern,from positive images to negative ones,
@BruhTV yep....like all them shows were so excellent. Jamie foxx?! Really?! LOL i mean it wasnt bad but cmon now
Blackish but only it's first two seasons. After that I lost interest
They fired you cause you were a positive representation of a BROTHA...
We need to continue to torch, to our kidz, boyz, neighbors, or anyone we can influence. #breakthe \cycle
speak cus i stg them facts, they wanted him esp him to be so hood and ghetto but he wasn't
Absolute TRUTH,King!!! ✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿
Mannnnn ... this man aged beautifully....
All of them have!!!🥰🥰
Ikr he's so fine and looks exactly the same only has grey hair. So fine!! 😍😍
When i was a kid everyone around me said kyle was a sellout, trying to white - now i wish i was more like him and studied harder! And worried more about getting my paper the right way ! Not the fast way
Kyle rocked locs for gods sake so there was no way he was a sellout or trying to be white. They even had a episode tackling that very same issue
No he was gay that's why we didnt like it he was feminine
@@2kgrindtime ignorant...
Exactly. When you get out in the world, there are lots of Kyle's and Regine's that are bougie as hell, but down for black folks like nobody's business. Black is diverse
@@2kgrindtime how on earth was he gay? He was not feminine by any stretch of the imagination...
TC Carson looks nice with the gray hair.
Everybody on that show had a significant role & impact on Living Single.
Kyle put dark skinned men with dreads in Corporate America on the map!
I never knew he was fired
Whenever a character goes to another continent at the end of a season, they were fired....Jussie.....
Nor. I
Same!
@@edreid7872 so if they "Die" then they quit?
@@evolved93 😂😂😂😂😂
I grew up wanting to be Kyle Barker. He was such an iconic character.
And that's why we don't see shows like this anymore. Establishment wants black men to aspire to be the latest gansta rapper.
Well how did that work out?
Who didn’t want to be Kyle Barker growing up? He was very suave and debonair. I was 6 years old and admired him.
And I wanted to marry Kyle, Maxine was tripping for a good minute lol
He reminds me of the way cool was viewed in the 90s. There was a balance. For every Tupac you had cats like this. Now it’s strictly gangster shyt and no suave dudes. It was cool to be a pretty boy back then
Kyle Barker, was one of the "BEST" "POSITIVE" "BLACK MALE" "ROLE MODEL" there was!!! To me the show went downhill once Kyle left, that's just my opinion. Still to this day, I watch all of the repeat of Living Single right up to Sinclaire & Overton's wedding that's it until the return of Kyle Barker, for the New Year bash which was the final episode....Love you TC Carson aka Kyle Barker! 😘❤
Yeah, can't lie. I don't really like episodes after Kyle leaves, Regine moves out, and Tripp moves in. I'll still watch them, but the chemistry among characters was off.
@@gapeachnow26, I totally agree! I will have it on, but just for the ratings & the artiste can get the credit and earn that residual check! I have it on & my tv volume is turned all the way down, I'm most likely listening to some music or watching something on youtube or netflix 🤭🤭🤭
Agreed. I also watch till this day.
AMEN!!!!!!, His character was strong, intelligent man who took pride in himself on a positive note, the show was lacking when he left.
Valerie Hurt so true!
The executives were scared of strong African Americans with a successful show
And till.this day I still cant grasp why at all
@Arlando Little yes they do asshole
Yeah, guess they got too big for their britches and uppity. Shame on you WB.
Yeah. They were scared of Cosby, A New World, In Living Color. It was about money. It is ALWAYS about money.
The world today period
The chemistry of the cast was on point! An they showed black people with such class!
Armon Rakhman exactly
So true
Facts..
That was the problem. Nothing positive can be shown for blk ppl to feel good about
So true, but I didn't like Kim Field's character "Ragine". That character reminded me of those kind of black women who are bourgeois, money hungry, materialistic, and only want men with power and money. I feel like that is an image that we do not need to see when it comes black women on TV. We see those characters way too often on TV and movies, especially on a lot of these reality TV shows that's always portraying sistas in a negative way. Black women are always being judged no matter what they do, especially in the entertainment business.
But I did like that show!!!
I really loved the way he wanted his Character to be, a Strong, gifted and Black man with some Sense.
The way BASICALLY all Black men should be. Props to him
@@theruddyone6443 AGREED. 🥰
@@theruddyone6443 Completely agree 💯✨🙏
To this day, I never even knew that he was fired.
Me neither😒
RIVER neither did I
Me either.
I thought the show was canceled. Because as i recall the last episode was the New years one
Me either
When I think about Kyle Barker, it’s the episode when he was singing my funny valentine and max tore all that paper up 😭😂😂😭😭😭
YAAAAS! He sang My Funny Valentine to Maxine which Still makes me moist and the Eartha Kitt episode🥂🍾🤣
Yess gawddd 😅one of my faves!
That episode is one of my FAVORITES on Living Single 😂😂
Ohhh that is my favorite scene
Me too! This man was a class act all around!
Watching this and reruns...Living Single is still top notch
The show 90 kind of 🌏
As a teacher I am working from home and I am watching back to back episodes of Living Single on HULU as I do my lesson plans...❤❤
Kyle and Maxine were my 2 favorite characters on the show but they all brought something special to the table.
Living Single came out in 1993. Friends came out in 1994. Get the facts straight, they copied Friends, from Living Single😊
And Wizard of Oz came out before The Wiz... What's your point???
@@porterwilliams4082 not a good comparison. The Wiz was a known remake of the original which was a movie made from a novel...not a copycat.
Don't understand what you really saying here.
Living single was 5 times better than that knockoff friends was. The way the did him was absolutely dirty & despicable
Russell Walker both shows were dry
I swear, I can't even comment on how good or bad "Friends" was: I never bothered to watch it.
Imagine - a New York with no black people in it.
@@barrys4922 lol both was dry but, i rather watch living single any day over friends
@Jazzy AndCool right
One of the wittiest, funny, intelligent and articulate characters on tv.
Wow. Damn shame. Kyle was a big part of that show. He's a great actor and his voice is everything.
" Black Self Respect is louder than a bomb🔥"
Dr Frances Cress Welsing
Just finished reviewing the ISIS Papers again, still have the soft kover version from 93
I have that in a book format! Dr. Francis Cress-Welsing! brilliance!
Yes! So true
Dr. Welsing was truly a modern day voice crying in the wilderness. She has been my Shero for as long as I can remember. I feel so bless to have had the honor of interviewing her for my talk radio show before she transitioned. I will treasure that moment in time for the rest of my life. - If you would like a copy of the audio interview, hit me up at www.surveymonkey.com/r/VLYVJTD
Kyle Barker as a character got me too and through college! Helped me expand my mind from hood boogers and pick my major in finance. Kyle became a director of finance at 30 and so did I. Thanks Kyle and T.C.
Kudos to you!
Shows like this and positive rap got crushed because they saw the good influence it was having on us.
@Ted Spears so cool, the power of seeing ourselves :)
Thats a blessing congrat to you sir.
Ted Spears congrats!!! That’s an awesome story.
Every time a Black man stands up for who he really is, Hollywood tries to break him down. Another reason why we need to own our copyrights to our culture and produce it the way it truly is strong and independent.
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So true.
@Donald Trump is a Ghetto trick YOU Gotta A Problem With @JerellJ Speaking The TRUTH......??? Your Using DEFLECT × DISTRACTION Tactics . . . .Stevie Wonder CAN See 👀 Your NOT BLACK.......!!! 🕵🕵👁👁👁💎💎💎's
@Truth Speaks hey I'm black and I love mayo😔
Looking for racist is racism
Get a life
I was so heartbroken when Kyle left.
If this man ever makes his own fragrance, I’m buying it and watch all the women flock
Right
Black Knight flock we shall
Who you telling! Shoot I'd buy it day 1!
I think it would be more black men.
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Friends was the white version of Living Single. Factz.
Only difference was, Friends wasn't funny.
Queen latifah confirmed that
They may have WANTED to be, but they did not even come close
Wow how long it took you to come up with that
Friends stole their concept from them and made more money off of it.
Not gonna lie he was my role model growing up. He had the swag, hair, pants wasn't saggy, only dated within his race, and had a respect for women. Thank you T. C Carson for being a role model for brothers like myself.
Back in the 50's and 60's brothas dressed well and had swag, the only problem was the conked hair....
Thank you for respecting yourself as a black man and following a positive, black male role model!!
So You Wouldn’t Have Respected Him If He Dated Outside His Race?
I feel you bro. When i was In high school Every time i was getting ready to go to a Party or football game. I would get dressed in the mirror Singing like Kyle DiD😂.....🎶"i am Everything & Everything is Me"🎶
@@godsentjesustosetusallfree9859 i would love to know how black men are trying...🤔
Man, all these years I thought he left voluntarily…wow!!! I was hurt that the Kyle character was gone and to me the show wasn’t the same without him.
It was never another character like Kyle Barker on tv smh what a shame
I agree! He embodied that role!
NEVER.
T Michael, and my God, could he sing!!!
I know this is old, but your character was one of the best representation of the type of black man that is never told correctly. Cool and smooth but a "take charge" man who knows who he is.
Coming from a small southern backwoods town I needed to see a character like Kyle. It exposed me to a different kind of black man that someone like me wouldn’t see on a daily basis. That intelligent black man who still got all the chicks👍🏾.
Exactly. That's why I wanted to live in a major metropolitan area. It's not a shock to hear a Black man speak well or be successful in the right manner
Clay Pearson those types of men are always in style 😉
guf007 Oh no doubt!! I grew up and became one myself.
This is why TC took his character so seriously; he knew he was representing a type of person not on tv at the time; an educated, well dressed, well spoken, Non-drg dealer post college grad black man with variety of Black friends
shushishane Not sure 🤔 You tell me?
He is so handsome these days, his style is really attractive.
Living Single: New Edition
Friends: New Kids On The Block
THEY will always be imitators and copycats when WE make things cool and popular. 😏
Well put...
James Wade ❤️❤️❤️
Facts Bro.
Indeed!
Or Run DMC /Beastie Boys
The brotha who is doing the interviewing did a excellent job. This is how it should be, our stars should allowing black journalist to interview them and black journalist need to carry themselves with professionalism just like this brotha who did the interviewing did.
Absolutely 👍
theisraelofgod.com
Very true. The media usually get their money from negativity because people love it. It's sad
Gayle King should definitely take lessons from him.
Ms Dez Definitely!!!
He had a masculine energy none of the male actors on friends had. I image this was an issue.
"IMAGINE"
Not only that I think he was true to his character as kyle,when you are strong minded and someone thinks it's ego vs the person is who they are it is looked at being the ego
They don't want to see a black man with masculinity they got to break that
I love his character on Living Single. He played the hell out of that part. He played it so well I can see him actually being that way. Yeeeeeees
Omg the only thing that is “old “ is that he has grey hair and he still looks great. He skin is flawless and well taken care of.
He still look goooooodddd!!!!!!!
Truth
Black. Don't. Crack!!!
Kyle Barker was unbought and unbossed. The studio wasn’t ready and couldn’t relate to the energy his character exuded.
My respect for standing your ground and refusing to be buck broken.
Amen!
Unlike the people of madam cj walker
It was nice to see his smile remembering his dad. And chivalry is not dead. We still want that...
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It's dead
This man is iconic. They way he carries himself his poise and caliber. I watch Living Single show religiously. I love the entire cast ❤️ black excellence.
Black excellence at it's best
Wow. He drew his character from strong black men in his life. If you stop and think of it he is Kyle and Kyle is him.
He aged with grace💯
DonDa1 going on 62 wow
Brotha looks exactly the *same just with grey hair crazy not one wrinkle
I'm a dude, a straight dude, but I've got to say that is one clean brother. Make me want to up my game!
DonDa1 Wow he definitely aged gracefully
Y'all not gonna say it, so I will!
"He's STILL FINE & HANDSOME AS FK!
SO CLASSY AND INTELLECTUALLY SEXY TOO!
Monique tried to tell women to look representable when leaving the house and look how she was treated? 🤦🏾♂️
Parents back then ain't play that, you leave the house respectful
@@NorthPhilly-zr7xc Yes sir
@@Mookaron idk what happened to society
We’ve stepped in a “anything goes” culture . Nobody wants to be held accountable .
We are in a culture that is a reflection of what they know.
Living Single was always better than that trash Friends.
You damn right!
YESSS speak. Truthfully
No comparison.......like filet mignon vs murder burgers
I liked both shows but never knew they were one and the same , they did them dirty
I’m sure most white people would say otherwise. “Different strokes for different folks”
Always wanted to be Kyle Barker, his interpretation of that character was perfect and it did a lot for young men in the 90s, salute
Lol!!! The making of a gang member!! U should know who you are...
I’ve never watch a single episode of Friends but I can watch Living single over and over!! It’s just a fresh show!!
@Moby D No just not funny
Friends is boring as shit
Moby D just not interested in watching
I watched both shows and thought they both were funny.
Kristal Ware it’s funny I did not wAtch friends to goofy
And not only did friends steal living single and got the entire world handed to them on a platter they still til this day still eating good off that whack ass show 😒
@Tax-bitchass biyatchI never said anything about color so how exactly is it racist bias? its an opinion that's widely shared the show was whack....
@Tax-bitchass biyatch that's actually not why I'm saying it but thank you for showing YOUR racial bias. However based on you response of it being a white show I wonder why friends had "better writers" 🤔
@Tremayne Brown exactly! That's all I was doing it's a lot white shows that are way better than friends race wasn't even what it was about I was simply pointing out facts... I didn't even realize the dance though lol
You know what?? Is Living Single is simulcast? One of my STAPLE shows coming up. Nice to know if they still receiving checks after the show.
@Tax-bitchass biyatch "Tax-bitchass biyatch" exposed her racist biyatchass and got biyatch slapped!!!🤣🤣🤣
Omg I wish this was longer 😭 I can listen to him all day. His voice, the way he articulates, and the message was CLEAR! Friends got all the perks while living single got scraps and living single was the original and FUNNIER .
The thing that really made me love Living Single was the fact that I knew people like those characters. Kyle, Regine, Max, Khadijah, Sinclaire, and Overton were real people I could relate to. I could see myself and my cousins and my friends in them. The junk on BET and OWN today, especially that nonsense Tyler Perry produces, insults Black people. The characters don't act like adults, and the plots are just sensationalistic. They bring these ridiculous ideas to trick us into watching because they know what they're putting out is subpar. It's all a gimmick I loved Living Single, New York Undercover, and Girlfriends because I could relate. The same goes for The Cosby Show and A Different World. These were intelligent Black people making moves, and they were conscious.
That’s very true. Even Martin and Fresh Prince brought some real black social things on their platforms even though they were comedy based shows.
This comment and responses are all truth. I hardly watch black comedies now. They also look so cheap! I remember my white roommates gathering to watch Friends, and I would have my small tv in my room watching Living Single. I was so sad when it ended. Now recently learning how the cast was treated compared to the Friends cast just annoys me.
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I hate sounding like this, but you're giving a lot of black folks in this country too much credit. YOU might have related to them. I and others may have too. But there are lot of folks who didn't. I remember all the comments about The Cosby Show and A Different World being 'bougie' and 'unrealistic'. Tyler Perry does numbers because hate it or love it, there are A LOT OF BLACK PEOPLE in this country that really relate to those shows, simple as we might think they are. There's a great great book called "Disintegration" by journalist Eugene Robinson that talks about how some of the cultural divides we have within the black community came to be. Anyone who sees it, I recommend it as highly as possible.
Preach Dingolay!! You said it perfectly, succintly, and on point. Tyler Perrys stuff is different. It appeals to a different segment of our black demographic. This show reflected a young, black, educated, audience that was striving towards more than what "Madea" brings to the table.
I was always rooting for him to get Maxine. I'm glad he spoke up for men. Black men and woman use to work well together
Man that era so many memories nowadays depressing😔and pure straight hell.
*women
He did get Maxine. Very last episode
@@biglawllc1551 yeah, I miss the 90's too😒
Tiffany Wiley they had a whole secret fling at one point too, right? That’s what led to the final episode?
TC Carson,( Kyle Barker) was the EPITOME, OF YOUNG PROGRESSIVE BLACK MAN, HE WAS TRUE TO THE CULTURE.
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I didn't watch "Friends" because I could tell the "Living Single" cast were being slighted and pushed out.
Exactly. I think one of the friend's cast members said they should make a black version of friend's and Queen Latifah spoke up and said they did it's called living single and I think she said they where out first.
It was the actor who played Ross that made that foolish comment
Wow I just realized that show was trying to mirror Living Single. Thank you for this
Damn and Sex in the City is mimicking Girlfriends
The producer of Friends actually admitted that he loved Living Single and drew inspiration from the show
TC played his role on living single to the fullest.
On screen and behind the scenes
The way TC describes how they copied Living Single and made Friends, how they were both on the warner bros lot reminds me of how they use to take black artist music and have a white artist re-make it like Chuck Berry and lil Richard and them. Crazy how they been stealling our art, trying to duplicate our talents since the beginning of time SMH
Shalon Rivers - ☝️This right here!
PREACH!
Cast underpaid. I respect Mo'Nique for standing up and bringing to the forefront how Black people in general are under paid and make less than their white counterparts.
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Yep. Mental derangement..to think that it's your right to just SNATCH & STEAL & COPY & CALL IT YOUR OWN & SAY NUH UH when called out on your thievery just because somebody told you that you were white and that means above the law....mental derangement.
We don't have any good black shows anymore.
It's by Design I think, Not even Reeboots for the black successful shows are being shown.
Random Acts of Flyness, black lady sketch show, insecure, Atlanta
What about BLACKISH mixedish grownish
@@jethro6700 thata a no that show all over the place
Atlanta is an excellent show
TC Carson! I went on a girls trip a few months ago and got to meet this loving soul! He is such a vibrant and magnetic energy. He’s so respectful and loving. He brought myself and my group of friends rounds of drinks. We spoke with him and thanked him for raising our black society through the screen. He represents black men in a great light. I can say I love TC Carson and Kyle Barker. He’s definitely a angel. And honors women.
For me ths show ended when Kyle left. I loved the dynamic between him and Max
I recently rewatched the series on Hulu and I agree. The show went downhill Season 5.
Facts!
Agreed. I quit watching after he left plus I hated that new guy the put in for Kyle