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  • i learned this routine too...i aint ashamed to say it! it was hot back in the day!

  • As a teen growing up in one of the roughest parts of NY, I did not have have much in terms of academic role modeling and while I knew some folks who went to city college, I didnt know ANYONE who actually went away to school . To me-that was something rich, white kids did. I clearly remember watching A Different World and having my eyes literally opened to the the possibility that girls who looked just like me could go away to college, form positive relationships & Succeed! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

  • @bembry409 TV needed a show like this...I remember reading somewhere that enrollment in colleges everywhere increased sharply because of this show - I was in school when this show was on and I NEVER tried to miss an episode!

  • @neetrab lmao I odee love this show.

  • This was one of my favorite episodes

  • OMG! I'm JUST realizing this was a competition between DORMITORIES!!! Wow.. as many times as I've seen this episode, I thought it was a competition between schools. I'm so embarrassed..lol! Shut up!

  • Nanananana lol

  • i like this part i watch this one before . a lot of black people at this college. i think this is an all black college

  • classic....

  • I want this on DVD! a box set please

  • they just showed this episode last week. CLASSIC!

  • I used to LIVE on this show!! My fav episode too, thanks for uploading! I miss this show!!!

  • I'm gonna learn this step routine now :)

  • They betta STEP

  • Jalisa: Gilbert Gilbert !!! lol

  • I can say that's an episode I've never seen before. That was awesome!!!!

  • The funny part is that I taped this on VHS when if first aired and kept rewinding every part until i had the rountine down packed LOL ( i know i wasnt the only one)

  • My favorite show. They'll never be another, another like A D. W.

  • @Ladieychas The guy on the crutches was not in the longest yard, the on the crutches died in 2000 his name is Jaime Cardriche. @bossb510 he probably looks familiar cause he was on Fresh Prince and Family Matters and other bit roles

  • that step was mad crazy

  • Here is me. I just want to see more college educated black people period. Whether it's by way of the Ivy or HBCU. Let's just keep it moving forward and stop the perception of foolery in the street. So this is why I loved this show. Black people in a positive light.

  • whooooooooo

  • GO, FREDDIE!

  • that dude on the cructches is the big bl*ck dude from longest yard "will you teach me to footbal?" LMBO!!!

  • @Ladieychas O M G....i KNEW he looked familiar!! thank u 4 saying that lol

  • "We don't wear hair weaves, know how to dress"??? Well what's that on Kim's head??? Oh wait, a wig? Ok then, proceed.....

  • @Changification1 LMAO!!!!

  • @Changification1 that her hair

  • @MzBubblez561 Oh no it's not. And none of that "she paid for it so therefore its hers" cause you know she probably had to return that back to the assigned hairstylist after the taping of the show.

  • @Changification1 she had a jerry curl that why it looks like that

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  • sorry njoseph, the previous comment was not for you, but for MekkSG

  • @drpatty37 I checked your profile and saw your age. Which means you graduated from HU many moons ago. Alot has changed since then. I even remember a guest lecturer came to our Bio class at HU , she was from John Hopkins and said the same thing i was saying. We were all angry and hurt by her words..,but its a harsh reality.i never said ppl dont go to Ivys from Hu. I would be lying if i said that... but the frequency with which it happens is not as High as it should be

  • @MekkaSG;sorry for for my harsh response.I just hate that idea and want us (esp Black folks) to stop underestimating HBCU candidates. I'm 31y/o.I didn't choose an Ivy for medical school, but some of my classmates did-great! I grew up in all-white environments and was enjoying my HBCU experience so much that Howard and Meharry were my top choices(I only completed 3 apps).My lil sis,also HU alum, is at Meharry now, w/ about 250 on Step1 and will match well like me--1st choice in Jesus' name...

  • @MekkaSG If she had desired Ivy, worked for it &applied, she would be Ivy. Everyone's path is different. HU isn't perfect, but to this day, I will never regret shredding the letter of invitation to apply to harvard for undergrad & instead pursuing an experience at HU.The experience was was worth it to me, my sis & countless others. Those who went on to Ivys & those who didn't. Congrats on your success, I am proud of you. I hope we will all contribute and make schools like HU even better.

  • @ njoseph20, I am totally disgusted that you have chosen to spew misinformed, ignorant trash at innocent youtubers enjoying A different world. I am not sure about why you would not have been able to achieve your goals having completed your time at Howard University, but I, a proud Howard University alum and Laureate Scholar matriculated successfully by God's grace and am a practicing physician. My classmates from Howard went on to awesome medical schools--and wonderful residency programs.

  • I went to an HBCU my freshman year of college, but then transferred back home to a state school. Watching A Different World always makes me wish I stayed. 

  • @njoseph20 dont feel that way. I went to Howard and transfered. best decision i made. the social aspect was awesome, but their science program was a mess. I went to a State school which had better funding which equaled better lab facilities, enrichments programs, and resources for minorities.

    I ended up getting into Columbia for Med School. I know i wouldnt have made it in if i stayed at HU.

  • @MekkaSG :I am totally disgusted that you have chosen to spew misinformed, ignorance at innocent youtubers enjoying A different world. I am not sure about why you would not have been able to achieve your goals having completed your time at Howard University. I am a proud Howard University alum who matriculated successfully by God's grace and am a practicing physician. Many of my classmates from Howard went on to awesome medical schools (Ivys) and residency programs. What you said is hurtful.

  • @drpatty37 keyword Alum. when I was there it was awful. I received one of the full tuition scholarships and still felt I had to leave. They started a new initiative where they planned to add $1000 to tuition each year to improve facilities. I still have the lab book where we had to skip SEVERAL lab assignments because the resources were not available. SO HOW DARE YOU CALL ME MISINFORMED? i was relating MY experience.

  • Freddie got it now!!! Owwww!!! lol :)

  • It's so good to be BLACK. Damn, I love this show!

  • I would have LOVED to see the other girl's dance before Gilbert Hall's... it would have made it even beter when they KILLED IT.!!!

    bang, bang, bang...

  • @scootigger ME TOO - seeing step routines like that takes me back to my days at college, everyone out on the quad, all the sororities showing what they are made of!

    (sigh), man, those were the days....

  • Those Hillman girls really showed them hephers how its done.

  • what in the world have happened to all of these black shows they used ot have in the 90's we don't see them no more and i have ot sit here and tell my sons about them and let them look them up on the internet

  • Whitley & Freddie boy...OMG too fine

  • that is so true thank you different world, school daze for inspiring me to go to college . my experience was just like the show and the movie

  • As a kid, this show made me want to go to college. Love it to this day.

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  • JALEESA DID HER THING. I THOUGHT FREDDIE NAILED IT ALSO. 

  • AT THE END WHEN THEY ARE GOING UP THE STAIRS THE FIRST GIRL UP THE STAIRS USE TO BE ONE OF THE FLY GIRLS ON IN LIVING COLOR.

    WHITLEY, THE FIRST GIRL (LIGHT SKINNED ONE) IN THE PINK ON THE STAIRS AND THE GIRL IN FRONT OF JALEESA WERE ALL IN SCHOOL DAZE.

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  • @jaime5429

    The  Spike Lee movie "School Daze"

  • Jaleesa can actually sing she sounds sort of like Phyllis Hyman. She has a beautiful voice.

    I think she may have put out an album once. I heard her singing on a show some years ago.

  • LOVE IT!!!

  • i love watching this show. it's really nice to watch positive tv, there really isn't much positive black television for people my age. i start my senior year of high school this year and watching this show makes me want the HBCU experience. i'm not sure how it would be for me coming from a predominately white private school, but if it is anything like this show i would love it!

  • @imjustoffree Absolutely! God Bless you!

  • @imjustoffree Absolutely! God Bless you!

  • I would have LOVED to see the rival girls' step routine too - they probably couldnt hold a candle to those Gilbert honeys-

  • 88 is all over this episode cuz it was thee best year!!!

  • @bzandaz YOU can say that again - that's the year I graduated from U of Montevallo (not a black college, but the campus looked just the same on this show) - my college days were some of the best times of my life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @bzandaz True that!!! You said it.

  • I love the ending that Jaleesa does.

  • so dont judge me i like the step and know it too! they were gettn it

  • Debbie Allen helped save this show. I loved Denise (Lisa Bonet), but you could tell that the RL drama behind the scenes was effecting the quality of the show. I never watched for her. It was always about Whitley, Maggie, Freddie, Kim, Walter, Dwayne...for me anyway.

  • @Vitaluv YES, when Lisa Bonet was on this show, it was kind of BLAH - I know that's bad to say, but it was true - She used to get into heated arguments with the show's then-producer, Anne Beatts - also, Bonet thought she had Bill Cosby on her side since he was Executive Producer of this show - BC solved everything by firing Beatts, bringing in Allen, and putting Bonet back onto HIS show-

  • haha i loved the part in the step whaen they go we dont wear hair weaves...

  • Has anyone noticed how on the earlier episodes Whitley could sing and had rhythm and when she got with Dewayne she couldn't do either one of them??? I love this episode.

  • This episode just came on last night on tvone and I decided to google it today to see if anyone had it on youtube... One of my favorite episodes... Their routine was off the hook... Na na na na na is the best part then Jalessa's little end was funny!!!

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  • Damn, their step routine is HOT! I wil be trying to learn this shit, believe that!

  • i remember this episode! Kimberly got that Michael Jackson curl

  • This is fire! Very sexy!

  • i loved this show growing up this was when it was good to watch tv what happen to tv today ? all these reality tv shows and other drama nothing positive on tv anymore

  • I loved this show growing up. What the hell happend to tv, and how come we do not have more positive and uplifiting black shows such as A Different World?

  • It seemed to me like Debbie Allen went into her "Fame" bag of actors and pulled people that guest starred or co starred on the original series. I have noticed that:

    Earth Robinson (The rival stepper) Glynn Turman (love interest), Mike Delorenzo (Student), Jasmine Guy was made to be the lead on the show when Debbie came. Originally, she was a supporting character.

  • I never got that. What are they? The Hillman Redbirds?

  • I remember my sisters' and I tapped this episode and learned the song and dance. We played it til the tape popped! Those were the dayz

  • @cynnimon Man this episode takes me back to Fall of 1988 when I was at Univ of Montevallo - OH, WHAT TIMES!!!!

  • This is great. I wonder how stepping began amongst Black Americans?

  • gilbert gilbert oooooooooooowh!!! lol.this brings back memories when tv was actually good

  • @enjoythevision, I know. Nothing today parallels this!

  • Why did my sister and I tape this episode and watch it to learn the step! Ah the 80s! lol!!!!

  • One of my favorite episodes!!

  • This is my favorite episode

  • Poor Kim was the only major character not in the front line. lol

  • I just saw this episode on tv-1 way black when.lol its a cool episode

  • One of my favorite episodes!!!!!!!

  • I just saw this ep on TV One , Na Na Na Na , fav part (:

  • One of the things my mom and I used to watch all the time together. Miss her a bunch. My favorite episode! Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na! :) They killed it Though! :) ;)

  • One of my all-time fave eppies, will be taping it when it comes on tomorrow night. Co-sign to Freddie shutting it DOWN! She even outshined choreographer Whitley, lol.

  • I missed doing step with my girls & cousins while I was in the States back in the dayz. Too bad they don't do that in the U.K

  • love this episode!!!

  • Man those were the days!!!!!!

  • One of my favorite episodes. Man, I wish I can go back in the early 90's. Those were the good ole college days!!!

  • omg I school (famu) has dorm step shows at homecoming

    I love this show

  • this show will be airing on TVONE starting January 25!!!

    check your local listings.

  • OMG I lived for this show back in the day!!!!!!!!!

  • Look at Freddie nail it! Kim and that other girl were horrible, she did not even follow through with all the steps.

  • @frk2001 Thats why there in the back lol

  • HOLD IT DOWN TAIL!

  • wassup with them making Delta calls..LOL

  • I love this to kadijah

  • yea they killed it, but kim was the worst one, if you really watch her she looks akward doing the steps. thax for the upload

  • Kim was bad, but so was the girl in the back row that was trying to dog Freddie out. She was bad too. Check her out.

  • yea the girl in back was bad. thats the girl from kid n play. ur mama a b$%^$ u know the rest if u saw the movie

  • Jaleesa the tail down holding it down LOL

  • they killed it

  • doin the butt sexy sexy

  • hey now do tha butt!!! I LUV IT!!!!

  • I wish I went to Uni in America!

  • If you want A Different World to come on tv go to tvoneonline (website) and vote for it in the lower right hand corner.

  • that show was so great back in the day!!

  • YES!

  • i love dwayne in the background while they are stepping he looks so cute lol

  • dwayne was really jammin, he was grooving back there. I love this show, one of the best sitcoms ever to grace the tv screens.

  • Na na na na n ana na! LOL

  • This show reminds of the times when I used to grow up around Howard University!!! Very Nostalgic! It makes me want to create more memories at the HBCU that I am attending now

  • ahh that was so good

  • OOOO-OOOOP!!!

  • Young people these days have definately missed something.

  • Roo to the bruh on the steps with the Old school sweater

  • LOOOOVVVVVEEE IIIITTTT!!!!!!

  • This was my favorite scene cfrom this episode.

  • Does any one know the lyrics to the step.....can;t make out on what they are saying in some of the words.

  • @EducatedBeauty84104 OOOOOOOO OOOOH A B C D E F G Gilbert Hall's The one for me. We can't help it if were great, forgive a girl it's a natural state. Do tell were fine, do tell we're fly...now slideee. Hip Hop. Sorry girls from Libby Hall, next to us you are flowers on the wall. And the fellas who stand in line, outside our doors cuz they say that we are fine. We don't wear hair weaves, we know how to dress, we're smart, clean and cool hot and fresh.

  • @EducatedBeauty84104

    Now hit it, now hop it do the butt( or the wave) hu ho, ho

    Do tell were fly, do tell were fine, watch us blow your mind

    1 2 3 4 break, break, break, break

    Na na na na na na na na na na na

    G I L B E R T, Gilbert Halls the one for me. ABCDEFG, Gilbert, Gilbert HALL

  • I remember when I first saw this episode I watched it SO MANY TIMES that I memorized the step routine, I went around saying "We don't wear hair weave, we how to dress" lol...

  • This was one of my favorite episodes. I go to Howard and this kinda reminds me off the ResFest step show they have every year. Gilbert Hall could be the QUAD and Libby Hall could be the Annex. i mean this was influenced by debbie allen, a graduate of HU.

  • This show was filled with talent. Jasmine Guy(Whitley), Dawnn Lewis(Jalissa), Cree Summer(Freddy), and Charnelle Brown(Kim) were all singers. Cree Summer(Freddie) sang back up for Jasmine Guy when she released her debut album. Cree also released a album in the late 90's.

  • and Dawn Lewis is back on Broadway now with Ashanti co-staring in The WIz

  • Cree(Freddie) does voice overs for cartoons, video games, and commercials. She was in VIBE magazine once and she said she makes a lot of money doing voice overs. All of them were very talented. Remember when they tied the snoody girl up so they could sing back up for Gladys Knight?lol

  • All the chicks in the front was handling they business and the one chick in the back was messing up bad while she tryna hate on Freddy!

  • Thank you it looked like she had to watch everybody else to keep up but the girl next to Whitley was puttin it down

  • Cree Summer and Jasmine Guy were the best ones.

  • I just want to say that if it weren't for shows like The Cosby Show, and A Different World. I never would have gone to college. I am the only person in my entire family to ever go to college and receive a degree. So I just have to give my full thanks to Cosby for producing two great shows that encouraged people of color that they could be somebody. I humbly thank you Mr. Cosby. I Am Somebody.

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  • @imjustsofree, I TOTALLY agree! I chose to go to college because of those shows as well. The two greatest shows of all time!

  • @imjustsofree I think thats true for so many of us. It is refreshing to hear that from someone else.

  • @imjustsofree Yes you are! These shows were great, I'm sure Mr Cosby would be proud of you.

  • @imjustsofree I am glad to hear that these shows inspired you to go to college...congrats on your degree and keep it up

  • @imjustsofree

    AMEN!!! Thank-you!

  • @imjustsofree Back then people actually cared about the future of young people. There will never be another Bill Cosby or shows like this.

  • NOW THAT IS WHAT I CALL STEPPING!

  • fred sanford sister.

  • I can't believe it! I have not seen this in so long! We loooooooooved a Different World and this episode rocked!

  • I wonder if Debbie Allen Choregraphed that since she worked on the show.

  • HECK YES, I sooo remember learning this step routine and performing it on the playground when I was young!...I looooooooooved this episode.

  • The best I remember this from when I was little girl.

  • i don't know how i missed this episode...and to think i thought i'd seen every different world episode.

  • I LOVE THIS SHOW

  • i got this episode on tape

  • 3:08 the bird rox, lol

  • The funniest part is the bird dancing @ the end!

  • one of my fave episodes because of the stepping

  • I love this video between A Different World and School Daze they were my inspiration to go to college and join a sorority. Thanks for posting

  • And of course this routine came natural to the talented Ms. Jasmine Guy because she is a trained dancer.

  • OMG. I remember this. My sister and I would watch this over and over and over again! I still remembered the words and the routine even though I hadn't seen this in decades! Thanks the posting. Great memories

  • one of the hottest endings....

  • Julissa look a mess inthat head band! Holy 80's

  • man i would do jalisa over and over again. No to mention Kimberly .But she aint got no breast but a nice butt, oh yes

  • holy crap what year was this? 88? 89? cellphones were the size of bricks/beepers weighed your pants down/pc's were green screened and the size of a small ovens....WOW

  • i loved this episode. they did their things!

  • Totally forgot about one of the girls becoming a Fly Girl later along side JLO

  • they just straight killed it i know its just a tv show but they ripped it and the words were good too it was real catchy

  • i signed an online petition to request a reunion episode....i really hope they will....maybe if you love a different world we could all find a way to write carsey wener and petition for one.......just a thought...

  • i would love to see them all back togehter and act this out again. where did you sign a petition at? I love different world

  • the best steppin ever

  • i know this entire routine. debbie come back to tv with a show please. we need you

  • Wow I didn't know that Cree Summer could dance that good.

  • I Loveeeeeeeee this episode I Loved their routine and I STILL remember it I learned it to a T back in the day lol

  • Girl u too?!!!!....lol

  • Love this! They just don't make television shows like this anymore =(.