The only update I can think of right now…

I honestly believe that Charnele Brown was on the recent season (I wish it was series) finale of My Wife and Kids, playing the admissions nurse (in the first part), but she was miscredited as “Charnell Brown.” This, to me, was more interesting than Damien Omen III (Michael Kyle III to ya’ll) being born in the Kyle residence.

Oh, the series finale of The Parkers was a ripoff of the “Saves.” All the elements were there–the resentful groom-that-will-be (the professor and Dwayne), the resentful bride (Whitley and Nikki), the groom attempting to stop the wedding at the last minute, the person who tries to tell the bride that she is marrying the right man, the man that isn’t really her type (Marion and Andell), the jilted groom (Byron and Mel Jackson, the guy who became the last roommate after Kim Fields left Living Single), and on and on and on…

Finally, in the same episode, everyone that went to college during the series’ run graduated except for Countess Vaughn’s character. It’s very much like “To Be Continued,” where Whitley and Dwayne graduate but Ron doesn’t because of that damn European History class.

Today’s quick tidbit: I discovered that the first poem heard in “Mammy Dearest” (read by Gina) is Paul Lawrence Dunbar’s “We Wear the Mask.” (My mother was doing an art project that needed poetry in it, so I just happened to flip through one of his poetry collections.) Very ironic, since he he did also write these nice poems about mammies and pickaninnies…

Had an epiphany. I feel that Freddie and Denise are belittled because of their beliefs. No one in the Huxtable household cared that she went to Africa (according to the book Ceramic Mammies and Cellloid Uncles–I think that’s the title), and Freddie, to make her more presentable to society, is turned into a lawyer.

No big topic to talk about today…

just some things that have been on my mind. Nothing of any importance.

1) I’ve noticed that the picture of Angela Davis in “Mammy Dearest” can also be found (in a different size) in “A World Apart.” The picture of Davis in “A World Apart” can be seen behind Whitley as she is dancing her “tribute” to Alvin Ailey.
2) I was thinking since the principal characters (Freddie, Ron, Kim, Dwayne, Whitley) all have sex before marriage, they needed someone to uphold the views of people who believe in abstinence. Enter Jessica Simpson. Okay, kidding. Enter Bumper Robinson as Dorian the Christian basketball player (IMO, gag). If I get enough info, I might do a report on this in the future. I’ve been so lazy about reports…
3) Have you noticed that the couples who bite each other end up together at the end of the show?
Whitley bit Dwayne in “Radio Free Hillman”–they ended up married.
Ron bit Freddie in “In the Eye of the Storm”–they ended up together.
Kim was never bit by anyone during the show’s run. Maybe it was because Charnele Brown was already married. Then again, Kim ended up dating Robert, Andrew, and Ron, and was engaged to Michael Ralph, and Ralph (as Spencer Boyer)–I guess they felt sorry for the man who played the most minor speaking roles on the show.