Kim Coles on How Living Single Was the Blueprint for FRIENDS | Leading Ladies of the ‘90s 

Same. And it was a shame they were never acknowledged. And the producer of the network was the same, and he admittingly stole the idea and created Friends.

Me too!!!! GrovelandGal12 I prefer watching " Living Singles" Did not like Friends. Kim Coles was telling the truth about the differences in pay for african american actors and actresses and the verses white american actors and actresses. Bottom line white people who are actors and actresses get paid better than black actors and actresses. I love!!! Kim Coles positive energy. She is still a beautiul!! person inside and out.

I do also. The female cast of this show were sexier. Plus this show cast more Women than men, which was correct and certainly more appropriate!

True facts!

@@jaspergreatllc2465 how is that correct?

They are funny they are no different just white actor's and actresses.

There is nothing funny or charming about friends

I love Living single! Friends was cool but a lot of the humor i just didnt get or connect with like I did with Living Single.

We all do

I agree...Friends was more like a soap opera, with the Ross/Rachel storyline, with some comedy thrown in.

Wow! I’m jealous. After hearing Kim Coles talk about how awesome the set was, the chemistry they had and all the guests that loved being on the show, I would have loved to see a live taping. Also I LOVE Kim Coles.

That’s sounds soo cool mann!

Cool 😎

Thank you blm

I’m so jellllly!!!!

Truth. I still do watch it.

Friends was just too goofy for me. But I love Seinfeld

@ Ditto. I LOVE Seinfeld and find it WAY funnier than Friends. No offense to Friends fans.

The issue is Hollywood saying “this is too black” when there’s so many shows with all “white” casts that we’ve watched over the years and all ethnicities can relate. Why is that? Because we’re all human. The terms racism, white and black are a joke and were created to keep us divided. We really are one human race with many different ethnicities. I never regularly watched friends when it aired. I’ve seen episodes here and there and enjoyed them. Now that I know Friends was ripped from Living Single and the cast of Friends was offered more money makes me never wanna watch Friends again.

@@TheShai17 I didn't watch Friends b/c it was so unrealistic (like all shows set in NYC practically). Also, it wasn't nearly as funny.

@@purselmer5931 I see. Thank you for commenting 😃💛🤗

Sex in the city was a ripoff of gf

Meh, not quit Girlfriends

@@ertfgghhhh Sex and the City came out two years earlier sooo

@@reseyworld the premise didnt.......

But there would not have been "Girlfriends" or "Sex and the City" without "Golden Girls" or "Designing Women" before them. The fabulous foursome of women is magical! 😊

God, I hated "Mad About You." But YES to a reboot of "Living Single!"

@@purselmer5931 LOL I hated that show too. Weird how some of the dumbest shows are getting reboots.

Yes! But there was a Mad Abouut Youu reboot?! Mad About You is one of those shows I fell for by accident. I just got caught in a binge and loved it. They were just such a realistic couple. I have to find this special.

@@Strawberryfearsforever maybe I should check it out again. I haven’t watched since the first 5 episodes back in the late 80’s.

@@Strawberryfearsforever yes the reboot episodes are now on Amazon prime.

Facts

FACTSSS!

Factsss

Hmm a lot of people don’t tho bc I brought it up to a friend and he was shocked

It used to be denied for years.

Living Single even had a soundtrack that was 🔥 I hope I still have the cd.

Yess bomb line up!!!!

That lineup was killer on FOX. Those were the DAYS!

Yes,Sundays Living Color,Roc on either Thursday or Wednesday nights,Their Thursday nights were🔥 New York Undercover,South Central 🙌 Ahhh the Good Ole'Days😪

@@TheShai17 So did NY Undercover.

Seriously cause I was just sitting here puzzled at how it was only 1 season she’s a force

Wait that's it? 😳

@@rudolphmcneill515 Yupp. Isn't that crazy ? ! She was only on the show for just one season but it feels like more.

@@christopherdieudonne It does. That is so weird to me. Damn.

I swear I was thinking the same thing. I'd put money on it that she was on for several seasons 🤷🏾‍♂️😳

Right

Me too

It on Hulu !! Yay 😀

I just finished watching it! Max is my favorite character. She's iconic. Khadijah is a close second.

I did too

How they do her dirty ?

Spill the tea

@@uniqueaesthetics1403 they might be talkin' optics wise. Kim only lasted one season on In Living Color so that's probably what they meant 🤷🏽‍♀️

@Ryan Francois Everybody, including Keenan, knew that Kim Coles was way funnier and more talented than the sister, but Kim Coles kept getting pushed to the side. The sister of the creator/producer got the best skits and opportunities (preferential treatment) even though she was a "just okay" entertainer.

@@keptbygrace6221 black people are allowed to practice nepotism! It was a win win for both of them!

Living single is my favorite show I love them all.i still watch the reruns all the time.friends had no blacks on it where in New York you do not see one black person.living single had white Chinese all kind of people on the show.thats why we love that show.

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They Are gifted

I love that!

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@Black Queen it's simply how we raise our children. If we teach them simple things as love, compassion, care and kindness, they're going to spread that love. I cant wait to show my kids the amazing things I grew up with.

Whew 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 THAT PART

@Lexi M beautifully said 💖

Who had breast cancer? Kim Fields had a breast reduction. But ive never seen anything about breast cancer

Yes living single was way better then friends facts 😎

@@jrgreen7303 right?!

It wasn’t better than Friends. A lot of you just like to hate on Friends because it was obviously a super white show that most people seem to like and supposedly copied this one. It still does not make “Single” better.

@@IWantToMature85 you do know it’s possible for people to genuinely like black shows, right? Someone doesn’t have to be lying if they say they like a black show more than a white show. Y’all really confused because y’all genuinely don’t think black peoples can deserve more than white people. We can’t be smarter or prettier or anything and if someone thinks we are, they have to be lying. FOH

if you have Hulu all 5 season are on Hulu. This was the show to watch on FOX back in the 90s.

U can watch all the seasons on hulu I still watch it

YESS!! I’m can’t stand Friends either, it’s sooo boring! I completely agree! I would’ve loved to see this!

Really?

Really? Preciate u bc I been looking for this show on DVD for about 10yrs!

So sorry for you the loss of your loved ones. My Dad died and I get the same feeling when I watch Unsolved Mysteries because it was our show ❤️

@@georgefloyd4190 it literally was stated on this Interview that the creator of Friends copied Living Single. Sorry you just discovered Friends wasn’t an original concept and copied off black and other people of color’s ideas like what has gone in music and clothing

@@georgefloyd4190 people of color include people of Latin , African, Asian, Pacific Islander, Native American/indigenous.People whose culture makes up American culture literally. Where do you think spices, music like blues, rock, anything popular comes from, clothing that is popular. Mainstream takes from these cultures. Even country is influenced by people of color. Not acknowledging you truly don’t understand why all these cultures mentioned are important to what it is to be American. It’s well known Friends was copied off Living Single. If you are just learning this, glad to educate you. It’s important for people to learn. It was stated in this interview, so not sure why you are questioning this on an interview you took time to watch. It’s at around the 14 minute mark. Go watch it yourself

@@georgefloyd4190 you do know that there are black, brown , Asian, Pacific Islanders who came to US before Slavery was started and ended. Indigenous people are closely related to East Asian people. There is historical documentation of people of African descent coming freely to the Americas. This is easily found in google. People different cultures from Oceania, Asia, Africa, South American, Central America, the Caribbean came to the US and brought their cultures which thus influenced American (US) culture. No one brought them over.

@@floridababe05248 I wasn't referring to them welfare.

@@floridababe05248 This person is clearly being a troll. Please ignore them.

Yes! Her as a person period. I loved her on In Living Colour and was sad when she didn’t return, and didn’t know why. Now we know.

Me 2

Oh snap! I never thought of it that way. Great comparison.

I read somewhere that Golden Girls was the exact blueprint the writers used to create Living Single. So that's very perceptive of you.

Omgggggg yessssss

I thought the same thing. I also believe the show with Carrie Bradshaw was a younger version of Golden Girls. The show is Sex in the City.

Wow I never thought of that.

Thanks 👌🏾

Thank youuuu

14:00

Okay I'll stop watching at 13:59 😆

You had never heard her music or seen her before Living Single??

Right. I heard a few of her songs but I think I connected to who she was through the show. Idk if I really knew who she was till then but I was young when the show started

Through this show Latifah was able to show how broad her talents were besides just being a rapper.Her acting, basketball skills and singing was able to be shown throughout the series.

@@dantefreely5850 I'm 23 so yeah I've never heard her before this show

Same (22)

@@watermelondreasymone7144 I just turn 23 in December

I’m 21 turning 22 in December.

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ethnicity doesn't matter, this show can literally appeal to anyone, it's that good!

Really? I didn't know that. I never watched Friends.

Amen amen and amen

Friends caused living single to get canceled

I'd rather watch Living Single anyday. Cannot stand Friends.

Living Single was everything. I say that Living Single was based off of Golden Girls

Indeed 🙌🏾👏🏾💛

Regine got engaged 💍 to a millionaire philanthropist a few episodes before the finale!

@@Tampabruh I hate we didn’t even see her get married.

@@lakeciagoedken208 The show was supposed to run until April or May (end of that current tv season) but the executives wanted to save money and end the series on new years( or the ChristmasHoliday) !

@@Tampabruh that sucks they never really got a good ending

I would have love to see that too but knowing Raggine character FOX would not have had the budget to have that kind of blowout wedding lol

Oh shiiiiittttt

Wow...didn't know this.

One on One

It didn't feel the same, true. But Kyle was arrogant and after a couple episodes, I honestly didn't really miss him.

I loved vf him and max though the chemistry max was savage 😂

I didn’t know that he left, but I think it’s disrespectful for some to call it better than Friends. My brother watched it a lot and I rarely laughed.

@@IWantToMature85 not better but a copy version its not friends but that and the golden girls are similar and comedy is perspective because its funny to me

Kim Fields also left. I missed the dynamic between Kyle and Max.

Lol funny people say I look like her and raven smh I look like my mommy

It's been exposed that most celebs are related to each other and to the Royal Family through satanic cult family bloodlines.

I thought I was the only one who thought that.

She really does

@@lnyawilliamsmoore4380 😂😂😂😂

The cast of Friends definitely don’t like it lol. Maybe they are the haters. I loved Living Single!

I think they were more similar to the golden girls though queen Latifah is like dorthy,rose like her cousin ,regina was like blanche,sophia is like max except max us younger.lol imo

@@janderson947 and thats why people dislike an interview that interviewee has no control over what's being asked?