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

[Booker T Garvey]

- Malcolm and Eddie didn't get along off camera
- calls Malcolm and Eddie a "junior college" compared to the "Major University" (the cosby show)
- says he felt like he was selling out

no time stamp needed they talk about it at the top of the show:

 

[Elim Garak]

I do not agree with him smh. Im getting vibes from this interview.

 

[PCHMalibu]

Well damn...he been waiting some years to get that off his chest.

 

[Mike the Executioner]

So, I'm guessing Moesha was c00n shyt?

What other shows is he talking about anyway?

 

[you're NOT "n!ggas"]

I liked Malcolm and Eddie. Two single brehs owning their own businesses exploring the single life. The shyt felt like a first and only looking back.

 

[Booker T Garvey]

So, I'm guessing Moesha was c00n shyt?

What other shows is he talking about anyway?

nah those shows he's talking about in the 90's were ghetto breh

in the house
moesha
the parkers

the cosby show and a different world were on a totally different level

 

[ThaBoyBam]

I liked Malcolm and Eddie. Two single brehs owning their own businesses exploring the single life. The shyt felt like a first and only looking back.

There was that show with Morris Chestnut on bet.name misses me now.

 

[AlbertPullhoez]

Malcolm And Eddie was the shyt though

nah those shows he's talking about in the 90's were ghetto breh

in the house
moesha
the parkers

the cosby show and a different world were on a totally different level

What were ghetto about those shows?

All those shows had successful, middle class families, kids in college, or people having good jobs or businesses

 

[Formerly Black Trash]

Malcolm and Rddie was funnier than any episode of the Cosby show

Moesha wasn’t ghetto...they was a regular Black family

 

[Marlo Barksdale]

There was that show with Morris Chestnut on bet.name misses me now.

"Out All Night."

It was on NBC, got canceled and BET aired the reruns just like "South Central."

 

[Ziggiy]

It wasn’t so much a vibe its just that Malcolm and Eddie came from two different worlds.

Malcolm explained it perfectly. He came from The Cosby set. Where Cosby himself was VEHEMENTLY against any type of onscreen display of c00nery or stereotyping. Dude literally said that Cosby was battling for EIGHT YEARS to make sure that no bullshyt got put on that show. So to come to UPN (which MANY people have called a racist stereotyping network) and experience first hand what Cosby was fighting against probably put a bad taste in his mouth.

Sounds like he was inferring that shyt coulda been a LOT worse had he not stuck to his guns

 

[Ziggiy]

What other shows is he talking about anyway?

Probably Homeboys From Outer Space

 

[Mike the Executioner]

nah those shows he's talking about in the 90's were ghetto breh

in the house
moesha
the parkers

the cosby show and a different world were on a totally different level

I can't speak on In the House (never watched it) and I somewhat agree when it comes to The Parkers (even though I love it), but Moesha, at least for the first couple of seasons, was just an edgier, more urban version of The Cosby Show. They weren't trying to present black people like idiots and clowns. Frank had the Saturn dealership and was taking care of Moesha and Myles on his own before he met Dee. He was filled with morals and principles. Moesha made dumb mistakes every now and then like teenagers do, but she was a strong, soulful character with a lot of insight and perspective.

I just can't subscribe to the belief that there's only one way to present the black experience on television. Fresh Prince and Martin are highly regarded shows and they didn't try following the Cosby Show formula. Things have to evolve at some point and adjust with the times. I'm not saying Malcolm's feelings are unjustified, because he clearly wanted to elevate Malcolm & Eddie and UPN wasn't having it, but I believe that as long as the execution is good, there are several different ways to portray black characters on TV.

 

[Kiyoshi-Dono]

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

 

[Originalman]

Malcolm mentioned this before. He felt the show was tom foolery.

Folks can say what they want about cosby. But the cosby show nor a different world had tom foolery.

Cosby made sure there was a psychiatrist who reviewed the scripts to make sure black stereotypes weren't laced all on the show.