View Poll Results: Which do you like better, "Living Single" or "Friends?"
I've seen both, and I prefer "Living Single."
11
12.64%
I've seen both, and I prefer "Friends."
39
44.83%
I've seen both, and I don't have a preference.
4
4.60%
I've only seen "Living Single."
2
2.30%
I've only seen "Friends."
19
21.84%
I haven't seen either, but I like to vote in polls.
2
2.30%
Other.
0
0%
None of the above.
10
11.49%
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Which do you like better, "Living Single" or "Friends?"
10-02-06, 05:30 PM
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I saw Friends a few times and never found it funny. Living Single had its moments.
10-02-06, 05:41 PM
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Holy shit, is this for real?! FRIENDS will be remembered with shows like THE HONEYMOONERS, I LOVE LUCY, ALL IN THE FAMILY, THREE'S COMPANY, CHEERS, FAMILY TIES, SEINFELD, FRASIER, and EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND as one of the great classic American sitcoms. LIVING SINGLE might be remembered as a Trivial Pursuit question.
10-02-06, 07:02 PM
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I'll admit that I haven't watched a ton of Friends, but what I saw I didn't like. I just couldn't get into it.
Living Single was a pretty good show and I've always enjoyed it so this one is easy.
Living Single was a pretty good show and I've always enjoyed it so this one is easy.
10-02-06, 07:29 PM
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Friends is quite overrated, and Living Single is at least arguably underrated. That does not mean LS should even come close to being mentioned in the same sentence as Friends, though. Friends was legitimately very funny for much of its run. It faded at the end like most shows that last so long, and it was more popular than it ever deserved to be. Living Single is about as funny as something like Yes, Dear.
10-02-06, 09:37 PM
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Im white
so Friends
BTW, this is what I believe grundle is getting at...the shows went against each other, with Living Single being watched by an almost exclusivly black audience while the friends audience was almost 100% white.
I remember a hysterical line in a SI article about the lone white player on the Howard football team who talked about sitting alone in his room watching Friends while the entire dorm was downstairs watching Living Single.
so Friends
BTW, this is what I believe grundle is getting at...the shows went against each other, with Living Single being watched by an almost exclusivly black audience while the friends audience was almost 100% white.
I remember a hysterical line in a SI article about the lone white player on the Howard football team who talked about sitting alone in his room watching Friends while the entire dorm was downstairs watching Living Single.
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10-02-06, 11:23 PM
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I'm black but I liked Friends better. I do think it was a racial component to who watched what, but not for me. Friends was a better show, looked better, etc. Living Single was on tape and like most taped shows past the mid 90's, it looked silly...
10-03-06, 03:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Filmmaker
Holy shit, is this for real?! FRIENDS will be remembered with shows like THE HONEYMOONERS, I LOVE LUCY, ALL IN THE FAMILY, THREE'S COMPANY, CHEERS, FAMILY TIES, SEINFELD, FRASIER, and EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND as one of the great classic American sitcoms.
Friends wasn't all that great. Friends in the same league with All in the Family??? I Love Lucy????
Gimme a break man. I mean seriously.
LIVING SINGLE might be remembered as a Trivial Pursuit question.
I'll give you that. It was a niche show geered towards Black America. White people are less likely to watch such a show. Blacks however, can crossover to white shows much easier.
i.e. I happen to be a huge fan of Frasier which was even "whiter" than Friends.
10-03-06, 08:43 AM
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Why do you have "other" and "none of the above" as poll choices? They're the same thing. Your poll skills are slipping.
Also, they both suck. If I had to choose at gunpoint, I'd get shot.
Also, they both suck. If I had to choose at gunpoint, I'd get shot.
10-03-06, 09:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Tommy Ceez
Im white
so Friends
BTW, this is what I believe grundle is getting at...the shows went against each other, with Living Single being watched by an almost exclusivly black audience while the friends audience was almost 100% white.
I remember a hysterical line in a SI article about the lone white player on the Howard football team who talked about sitting alone in his room watching Friends while the entire dorm was downstairs watching Living Single.
so Friends
BTW, this is what I believe grundle is getting at...the shows went against each other, with Living Single being watched by an almost exclusivly black audience while the friends audience was almost 100% white.
I remember a hysterical line in a SI article about the lone white player on the Howard football team who talked about sitting alone in his room watching Friends while the entire dorm was downstairs watching Living Single.
I'm white and I prefer "Living Single" by a huge margin.
10-03-06, 09:16 AM
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Why do you have "other" and "none of the above" as poll choices? They're the same thing. Your poll skills are slipping.
My skills at making bad polls are getting better.
10-03-06, 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Giantrobo
I'll give you that. It was a niche show geered towards Black America. White people are less likely to watch such a show. Blacks however, can crossover to white shows much easier.
i.e. I happen to be a huge fan of Frasier which was even "whiter" than Friends.
i.e. I happen to be a huge fan of Frasier which was even "whiter" than Friends.
White people are certainly less likel to watch a black show I'm sure, but "Fresh Prince of Bel Air" had good cross over appeal. And "Living Single" seems to be cut from the same mold, more or less.
10-03-06, 02:12 PM
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I haven't seen either, but I like to vote in (grundle) polls.
If anyone else had started this thread I wouldn't have bothered voting.
If anyone else had started this thread I wouldn't have bothered voting.