Malcolm Jamal Warner unloads on UPN and 'Malcolm and Eddie' on Sway

[shagnificent belafonte]

And Sway been looking real funny in the light after that TRL shyt he pulled

What he do? I'm out the loop...

 

[ZoeGod]

Malcolm and Eddie isn’t a bad show. Shot was lowkey funny and dope to see two single black men as buisness owners.

 

[Here Comes the Pain]

Malcolm & eddie was C-list status when it came to black sitcoms anyways.

Kind of like a poor man's version of the Wayans Bros show.

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

To me two of the best sitcoms of all times are King of Queens and That 70s show.

 

[Cool Dr. Money]

The idea of the show was good but it wasn’t funny i can’t remember any funny moments from it

 

[Benefited]

Black people love King Of Queens,Doug was of the culture and had a black best friend. But that 70's show?

 

[Formerly Black Trash]

I disagree it was almost like he was saying why does the show need an edge why can't we be like white shows are traditionally? To me two of the best sitcoms of all times are King of Queens and That 70s show. Why can damn near every episode some wild out of control entertaining shyt go on with these types of shows but its tom foolery when the show is black?

I been saying this
I ain’t trying to watch well mannered bougie nikkas all the time
Nikkas trying to be fun police

 

[Elim Garak]

Black people love King Of Queens,Doug was of the culture and had a black best friend. But that 70's show?

If you didnt like that 70s show you need to give it another try i started watching it around 04 and im thankful i did. Use to think it wasn't for black people discovered it was one of the goat shows.

 

[Elim Garak]

I been saying this
I ain’t trying to watch well mannered bougie nikkas all the time
Nikkas trying to be fun police

Yeah life gets so serious especially when you become an adult. Sometimes i want some mindless comedy thats fun and not trying to mirror real life.

 

[Formerly Black Trash]

Yeah life gets so serious especially when you become an adult. Sometimes i want some mindless comedy thats fun and not trying to mirror real life.

The thing is blackish and Cosby don’t mirror life for a lot of Black ppl

White ppl get to be all types of criminals in their entertainment but well shyt on our own
Imagine Breaking Bad with a Black family
Man why he gotta sell meth?

 

[10bandz]

2 single brehs owning businesses.....seemed ok to me wasnt as good as other black shows but i watched it

 

[Elim Garak]

The thing is blackish and Cosby don’t mirror life for a lot of Black ppl

White ppl get to be all types of criminals in their entertainment but well shyt on our own
Imagine Breaking Bad with a Black family
Man why he gotta sell meth?

I agree 100%.

 

[Kiyoshi-Dono]

What he do? I'm out the loop...

 

[Mike the Executioner]

I mean I hear you, but compared to the cosby show and a different world, those shows were ratchet as fukk - I use to watch em too, but they it was just more hood and dumbed down than what Cosby was doing

and truth be told, I watched malcolm and eddie too, but It did feel weird like malcolm was taking a step backward, even the production values seemed worse than the cosby show for a sitcom

Honestly, a lot of shows are going to look like shyt if you compare them to The Cosby Show and A Different World. Those aren't sitcoms that ran for two or three seasons, got cancelled, and developed a cult following. Those are real heavyweights you're going up against. Two of the greatest sitcoms ever put on TV, showing positive representations of black people in a way that was rarely done before and rarely done since. I get why Malcolm felt like it was a step back. He went from working on a GOAT sitcom candidate, being aired on a major network and spearheaded by a man that prioritized quality control, to working on a sitcom with less viewers, less money behind it, and less incentive to try and do something new. So I understand the frustration.

I still don't think labeling Moesha as "ghetto" and "ratchet" is fair at all. It was supposed to be the opposite of that. That's why Brandy and her mother fought with one of the creators over the show's direction. They thought it should be grittier and edgier, while the creator wanted to stick to the family-friendly sitcom style it had for the first couple of seasons. Brandy and her mother won, the creator lost her job on the show, and a couple months later, Frank was revealed to be a liar and a cheater. That's why William Allen Young and Sheryl Lee Ralph spoke out against it, because the new creative direction represented the c00n shyt Malcolm was talking about.

 

[shagnificent belafonte]

Bruh....what tha fukk?! I can't even defend that shyt....smh