Spike Lee Says Bill Cosby Stole 'A Different World' From 'School Daze'

[keond]

THATS FUNNY...
I WAS WATCHING SCHOOL DAZE YESTERDAY WONDERING
WHICH ONE CAME FIRST
SINCE THE 3 MAIN CHARACTERS
OF A DIFFERENT WORLD ARE IN SCHOOL DAZE
AND BOTH ARE BASED ON HBCUS.

NOW I HAVE MY ANSWER.



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Yea when i was young i thought Different world was a spin off. Whitley, Dwayne Wayne and Ron were all in School Daze.

 

[CHICAGO]

Spike was joking around.

If you watch any urban action film from the mid 90s, you are going to see a lot of people who guest starred or appeared on New York Undercover. It's called the same pool of actors auditioning for projects at the same time.


I fukk with Comedy Hype when they do interviews, but their other videos are based around the same "manufactured controversies" as the OP video. All based on social media he said/she said.
Maybe because of age, I can't relate to it. It's a different world than where I come from. hehehe

BUT THIS ISNT WHAT HAPPENED...

THE CASTING DIRECTOR FOR SCHOOL DAZE
WOUND UP BEING THE CASTING DIRECTOR FOR ADW...

SO SHE TOOK THE ACTORS FROM SCHOOL DAZE.
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A different world dropped in 87 school daze 88

anyway who cares, both was good

KADEEM HARDISON VERIFIED
THEY DID SCHOOL DAZE FIRST.

MUCH EASIER FOR COSBY
TO QUICKLY THROW 2GETHER
A COSBY SPINOFF ON NBC
THAN AN UP & COMING BLACK DIRECTOR
TO GET HIS MOVIE IN THE THEATERS.

IM SURE SPIKES JAW DROPPED
WHEN ADW HIT NBC
WITH HIS HBCU IDEA AND HIS ACTORS
BEFORE HIS MOVIE CAME OUT.



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[HandyWithTheSteel]

A Different World came out before School Daze

 

[Cereal_Bowl_Assassin]

Stole or influenced because the two or nothing alike

 

[Mike Nasty]

The early epidsodes of ADW were clearly for Lisa Bonet to be the star. Plus how many times to Cosby talk about Hillman before ADW.

 

[I Really Mean It]

They weren’t anything alike, though.

 

[Wildhundreds]

just don't forget friends stole from living single..

 

[Threnody]

That first season of A Different World was like a completely different show

Honestly he might be right

 

[Sonic Boom of the South]

Neither 1 was even close to a HBCU experience

 

[Luke Cage]

Neither 1 was even close to a HBCU experience

You went to an hbcu in the 80s?

 

[Sonic Boom of the South]

You went to an hbcu in the 80s?

No
But numerous family members did

And they all stated how it was nothing like either

Which was the consensus at that time by most people

 

[Rocket Scientist]

Denise was the star but didn't Dawn Lewis aka "Julissa" wrote and co created the show?

 

[The Special Man]

I already knew before I clicked on this thread that it was going to be a Comedy Hype video

 

[Hater Eraser]

Kevin Epps



Spike Lee

 

[boskey]

Lol at people saying they are “nothing alike”. As far as late 80s entertainment go they are damn near identical. It’s the same actors lol

“Apples and oranges” is my least favorite phrase ever