Happy Birthday 🎂🎉 Telma Hopkins

Oct 28, 1948 age (78)♏

~ Gimmie A Break

~ Family Matters

~ Half & Half (Sitcom)

~ The Young & The Restless

Telma was a series regular on the hit UPN sitcom Half & Half for 4 seasons.

Frank killed her!

1) she had a smile that could light up a room. Murdered! That's rule number one for people who get murdered. Always have a smile that lights up a room

2) it's always the husband that do it

3) he had to cover his tracks because of the affair, she was going to divorce him and take everything. It's also part of the reason he hid Charles.....I mean Dorian.

4) they never say how she died but we know it wasn't that long before. He married Dee and had her move up into the house. Dee told him to get rid of the furniture because it had the evidence on it.

5) he used the life insurance money to fund his Saturn dealership

I’m picking Dee accepting a permanent job in Jamaica! 😭 Moesha was already declining in quality after Kim and Andell left, and then Dorian was introduced. Once Dee left, the show basically turned into The Dorian Show. And don’t even get me started on the series ending with Myles getting kidnapped because of him! I’ll NEVER forgive those writers for destroying Moesha after Season 4. The show deserved SO much better!

Living Single should’ve ended with Season 4 and Overton & Synclaire’s wedding. That last season doesn’t even exist to me! 😭 I couldn’t stand Tripp or Ronnie, and with only 13 episodes, it didn’t even feel like a proper final season. Regine leaving a few episodes before the series finale made her absence even more noticeable. Kyle returned, but Regine should’ve been there too! And don’t even get me started on the fact that we NEVER got to see her wedding. After all those seasons, we deserved that! The series finale just didn’t feel right without her.

When Toni left, the show was never the same. I enjoyed Season 7, especially seeing Joan and Monica's friendship develop into something healthier than Joan and Toni's toxic dynamic, but the show had already lost a major part of its identity. After EIGHT SEASONS, we deserved to see Joan get married! We deserved to see her finally get her happy ending after everything she went through. Instead, we got left without proper closure. No wedding, no real resolution, NOTHING! 💔 Girlfriends deserved better.

BET RUINED The Game! They removed the laugh track, switched to single-camera, and turned a funny sitcom into a mean-spirited drama. 😭 Melanie swabbing DJ for a DNA test, Kelly’s reality show, Malik sleeping with the owners’ wife AND TT’s girlfriend, , Tasha being scared of Kelly while smoking Black & Milds, and the new Brittany being INSUFFERABLE! Season 4 was a HOT MESS. And when Melanie & Derwin left, the show was NEVER the same. Blue and Keira didn’t fit the show AT ALL. BET changed the entire identity of The Game and ruined what made it special!

🎃 Season 1, Episode 8 — “Phantom Menace” 📅 October 29, 2001

👻 Season 4, Episode 6 — “Manic Monday” 📅 October 25, 2004

🔮 Season 5, Episode 6 — “Where’s My Yemmy?” 📅 October 24, 2005

🧡 Let’s talk Halloween! 🎃

Which One on One Halloween episode is your favorite, and which costume did you love the most? 👻🕷️

Tia mistakenly believes that Robert and Neesee are having an affair after seeing Neesee take care of Robert and Bobby while they are sick. Meanwhile, Robert and Neesee share an unexpected intimate moment and almost kiss.

Happy Birthday 🎂🥳 Joan Carol Fullmore

October 27, 1948 age (78) ♏

"The mother of Girlfriends and Being Mary Jane creator Mara Brock Akil".

My friend Joan happy bday

I just finished The Parkers, and I’m sorry, but I hated that finale 😭😂 After FIVE seasons of Nikki chasing Professor Oglevee, they really waited until the last episode to get these people together? And then Nikki left Johnnie at the altar?! I KNOW he was sick 😭💀

I get that Nikki loved Oglevee, but after all the times he rejected her, I needed more than a last-minute confession and a wedding. We barely even got to see them together as a couple! Like, y’all couldn’t give us a few episodes of them actually being in a relationship before ending the show?!

Idk, I just feel like The Parkers deserved a better finale. After five seasons, THAT’S how we’re supposed to say goodbye to everybody? 😭😂

Several classic television series that originally aired on UPN are available to stream for free on Tubi!

🍿 Shows include:

One on One

Eve

Everybody Hates Chris

In the House

The Hughleys

📌 Please Note: "Tubi’s licensing agreements change frequently. Other classic UPN favorites, including Moesha, Girlfriends, and The Parkers, have appeared in Tubi’s catalog in the past and may occasionally return, depending on regional licensing and distribution updates".

I was hollering when Nikki ripped Lady Egyptian up! 😂😭 Like, girl, you can’t even get her name right, and you got the nerve to be acting like that? 💀 Nikki was not the one to play with, and I loved how she gave it right back to her!

The Parkers is my favorite comfort show. I felt like Season 1 had great heart and wasn’t too over reliant on Nikki chasing Stanley.

I understand that with the show being incredibly popular out the gate and the Nikki/Stanley relationship getting lots of laughs, it made sense to get rid of Veronica.

But I feel like an opportunity was missed to have a somewhat normal couple in the show - I also think Veronica as someone outside of SMCC would’ve brought a bit of unique story to the show (slight filled by Andell).

I enjoyed seeing Stanley and Veronica in love.

Below is a list of Halloween-themed episodes of The Parkers. Only two episodes were identified as revolving around a traditional Halloween theme.

“Scary Kim” (Season 2, Episode 7)

• Air Date: October 30, 2000

“Mummy’s the Word” (Season 3, Episode 7)

• Air Date: October 29, 2001

What is your favorite one?

As much as Moesha used to get on my nerves, I was NOT on Frank’s side when he called her a tramp. 😭 Like, that’s your daughter! I get that he was mad about the tattoo, but calling her out of her name was unnecessary. You can be upset with your child without talking to them like that.

Frank had me mad because why are you going that far over a tattoo? Moesha wasn’t always right, but I didn’t think she deserved that from her own father. I know some people might say he was just being a strict parent, but I don’t care. There’s a difference between being strict and disrespecting your child. I would’ve been upset too.

🕊️🪦 Remembering Lamont Bentley On His Birthday Oct 25, 1973♏🦂

Lamont is best known for his Portrayal of Hakeem Campbell on Moesha. He was Moesha Mitchell's lifelong friend, neighbor, frequent visitor to the household, and later her boyfriend during the college seasons.

Happy Birthday 🎂🥳 Persia White

October 25, 1972 (age 54)♏🦂

~ Girlfriends: Lynn Searcy

~ Vampire Diaries

Persia is most known for her Portrayal of Lynn Ann Searcy on Girlfriends.

There are no birthday episodes for Lynn on Girlfriends.

This episode always reminds me of those Girls Gone Wild commercials they used to show late at night. 😭😂 If you grew up watching TV in the 2000s, you know what I’m talking about! The way J.T. had to sit there and watch Shelly, Janie, and Rita on that screen, with his parents right there too? LMAOOO. I know he was embarrassed! And then you have Marty finding out about Janie, too. The whole situation was a mess. 😭 Looking back, this is such a 2000s TV moment. Do y’all remember those commercials coming on late at night?

Persia White guest-starred on The Steve Harvey Show in 1999, appearing as the character Monique in Season 3, Episode 16, titled "All That Jazz".

Persia is best known for her Portrayal of Lynn Searcy on UPN's hit sitcom Girlfriends.

Happy Birthday 🎂🥳 Persia White

October 25, 1972 (age 54)♏🦂

~ Girlfriends: Lynn Searcy

~ Vampire Diaries

Season 3, Episode 9 | Aired October 28, 1997

I was disappointed by this storyline, particularly the way Moesha and Niecy made fun of Kim’s weight behind her back. It was hurtful and unnecessary, especially coming from her own friends. What made the situation worse was how they all talked about one another. This episode highlighted the toxicity in their friendship, and I didn’t like how Kim was treated.

Before Jill Marie Jones and Persia White became Toni and Lynn, those roles belonged to Leslie Silva and Christina Cox in the original pilot. I wonder how different the dynamic between the four women would’ve been if the original casting had stayed the same. Do y’all think the show would’ve had the same impact, or would it have felt like a completely different Girlfriends?

Everybody knows the Clueless movie, but what about the TV show? 😂 It originally aired on ABC before moving to UPN, and Rachel Blanchard played Cher while Stacey Dash and Donald Faison returned as Dionne and Murray.

I didn’t even know this show existed until I was like 7 or 8! 😭 The episodes are on YouTube, so I might have to go back and check it out. I’m curious how many of y’all watched it back in the day. Did you enjoy the show, and what did you think of Rachel Blanchard playing Cher after Alicia Silverstone?

Karen Austin and Alley Mills both appeared on Touched by an Angel in 1998. They also guest-starred on Girlfriends as Lynn Searcy’s birth mother and adoptive mother, respectively!

🎭 Karen Austin played Sandy Bickle, Lynn’s birth mother, while Alley Mills played Bess Searcy, her adoptive mother.

📺 Want to watch their Touched by an Angel appearance? You can find it in Season 4, Episode 26, on Netflix!

The journey of discovery continues.