Dark Side of the '90s

Black Sitcoms' Last Laugh (Season 2, Episode 7)

TV-14

TV Episode | 44 min | Documentary, Biography, History

A look at the emergence and decline of African-American themed sitcoms.

Casting Director

Sergio Alvarado

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Release date

Jul 19, 2022 (United States)

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20 cast members

Name	Known for
Mark McGrath Narrator Narrator See fewer	Scooby-Doo (2002)
Naima Cochrane Self - Journalist Self - Journalist See fewer	Business Wars (2018)
Gary Coleman Arnold Jackson (archive footage) Arnold Jackson (archive footage) See fewer	Diff'rent Strokes (1978)
Kim Coles Self Self See fewer	Living Single (1993)
Bill Cosby Dr. Heathcliff 'Cliff' Huxtable (archive footage) Dr. Heathcliff 'Cliff' Huxtable (archive footage) See fewer	The Cosby Show (1984)
Charles S. Dutton Roc Emerson (archive footage) Roc Emerson (archive footage) See fewer	Gothika (2003)
Arsenio Hall Semmi / Morris / Extremely Ugly Girl / Reverend Brown (archive footage) Semmi / Morris / Extremely Ugly Girl / Reverend Brown (archive footage) See fewer	Coming to America (1988)
Sherman Hemsley George Jefferson (archive footage) George Jefferson (archive footage) See fewer	The Jeffersons (1975)
Tone Loc Self - Musician Self - Musician See fewer	Heat (1995)
Eve Plumb Jan Brady (archive footage) Jan Brady (archive footage) See fewer	A Very Brady Renovation (2019)
Christopher Reid Self Self See fewer	House Party (1990)
Alfonso Ribeiro Carlton Banks (archive footage) Carlton Banks (archive footage) See fewer	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990)
Esther Rolle Florida Evans (archive footage) Florida Evans (archive footage) See fewer	Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
Isabel Sanford Louise Jefferson (archive footage) Louise Jefferson (archive footage) See fewer	The Jeffersons (1975)
Adrien Sebro Self - Professor Self - Professor See fewer	Dark Side of the '90s (2021)
BernNadette Stanis Thelma Evans (archive footage) Thelma Evans (archive footage) See fewer	Good Times (1974)
Jean Stapleton Edith Bunker (archive footage) Edith Bunker (archive footage) See fewer	All in the Family (1971)
Mel Stewart Henry Jefferson (archive footage) Henry Jefferson (archive footage) See fewer	Tabitha (1976)
Monica Swann Self Self See fewer	New Jack City (1991)
Jimmie 'JJ' Walker James 'J.J.' Evans (archive footage) James 'J.J.' Evans (archive footage) See fewer	Good Times (1974)