A Different World

Show Summary

Aired: 1987 - 1993
Show Type: Live Action
Country of Origin: US

This fun show was a spin-off of the successful NBC comedy "The Cosby Show". This show featured Denise Huxtable and her adventures at Hillman College. She encountered other unforgettable characters like the rich and spoiled Whitley Gilbert, Resident advisor Jaleesa Vinson, girl crazy but intelligent Dwayne Wayne, his parter and cohort, Ron Johnson, and talkative Maggie Lawson. Denise was only there for the first season, but the show evolved on its own in the years that followed. In the second season, new characters were added: country girl Kimberly Reese, Free spirited Winifred "Freddie" Brooks, nosy and irascible cook and owner of the Pit (Hillman's hangout spot), Vernon Gaines, new resident advisor Lettie Bostic (only for the second season), military teacher Col. Taylor, and crazy coach Walter, played by Sinbad.
This show was popular in its own right and made historic black colleges an important part of our pop culture.

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killjoyPosted: 06/11/2007

I wasn't that much of a fan but I didn't dislike it.Funny seeing how I love Sinbad doing comedy now.But wasn't there a white girl on the show in the first season?

~*Jazzie Queen*~Posted: 08/28/2007

This is the show I watch this everyday

MMCFan4lifePosted: 12/01/2007

This show was fantastic. It made a huge impact on my life. I went to a college similar to Hillman and for those of you watched the show I was very very similar to Whitley Gilbert.

scwahlsPosted: 02/02/2008

marisa tomei was on it early on, as the lone white girl at an all black college. i watched it for all the fine women - jasmine guy, marisa, cree summer, jada pinkett

kikyoutheevilmikoPosted: 09/29/2008

wow I was like five or six when I first saw this, man now I got kids....I feel very old...

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