(characters cheer) (upbeat funky music) it was an exact parallel to what my experience was at howard. - a memorable episode was the la riots. whitley just got married to dwayne. they were going to take their honeymoon in la, and the riots happened. (upbeat music) (objects clatter) - hey, hey, hey! - i remember being called in by the network. they were upset because we had white looters. and so what did we do? talked roseanne and tom arnold into playing the white looters, and we reshot it. - my feet are killing me! - i told you to steal some shoes. - they were happy then. - you all know that winning is not everything. - that's right! - but it so feel good! (characters cheer) (mid-tempo r&b music) - the real legacy of "a different world" is that we tripled the enrollment of historically black colleges. that show still stands the test of time. (soft ethereal music)