BLACK SITCOMS of the 70s
Bill Cosby wrote the first black animated tv show.
What is Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
This show focuses on an upper middle class African American family living in Brooklyn starring Heathcliff and Clair
What is the Cosby Show?
These twins were separated and adopted at birth and by chance met in a shopping mall 14 years later
What is Sister Sister?
You get a car! You get a car! You get a car!
What is the Oprah Winfrey Show?
An American R&B vocal group best known emotional ballads and a cappella harmonies
Who is Boys II Men?
Two African-American boys from Harlem who are taken in by a rich white Park Avenue businessman
What is Diff'rent Strokes?
Jackee Harry and Marla Gibbs were stars of this show set in a predominately black DC neighborhood
What is 227?
Multi-talented R&B singer Brandy starred in this sitcom about an upper middle class African-American family living in Los Angeles
What is Moesha?
This show was based on the atmosphere of a fictional HBCU inspired by Howard University staring Denise
What is a Different World?
In 1971, Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff created one of the two music labels for African American artists
What is Philadelphia International Records?
This sitcom followed the daily lives of working class teens Raj, Dwayne, and Rerun as they come of age in Watts
What is What's Happening?
This sitcom was based around comedian Chris Rock's childhood growing up in Bed Stuy, Brooklyn during the 1980s.
What is Everybody Hates Chris?
Jennifer Lopez was a fly girl on this 90s show
What is In Living Color?
He always went into Martin's refrigerator and made himself a sandwich
Who is Bruh Man from the 5th floor?
This native Philadelphian is known for singing “If Only You Knew”, “On My Own” and “New Attitude”
Who is Pattie Labelle?
This memorable show about a successful dry cleaner and his wife "movin' on up" to a luxury Manhattan apartment
What is The Jeffersons?
This show was set in and around a Philadelphia black church which was home to Deacon Frye
What is Amen?
On this show six black friends in their 20s share their lives and loves in a Brooklyn brownstone.
What is Living Single?
First aired as a six-part miniseries that chronicles the life of Kunta Kinta
What is Roots?
Known for writing and producing some of the most popular R&B songs of the '70s, this male duo became known for their signature tune "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now"
Who are McFadden and Whitehead?
This show was television's first African American two-parent family sitcom. It did an effective job of humanizing the struggles of an inner-city family in the Chicago projects.
What is Good Times?
The Winslow's had a quirky neighbor named Steve Urkel on this show
What is Family Matters?
After his comedic breakout on In Living Color, this comedian, singer, songwriter, radio show host and award winning actor headlined this black sitcom
What is the Jamie Foxx Show?
This musical variety television show aired in syndication for 35 years and featured performances by R&B, soul and hip hop artists
What is Soul Train?
One of the most successful black-owned companies in the nation and cultivated the music careers of such greats as Diana Ross and Michael Jackson
What is Motown Records?