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A Different World

American television program
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  • The Cosby Show
    The Cosby Show

    It produced a spin-off program, A Different World (1987–93), set at a historically Black college and initially focusing on Bonet’s Denise character.

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    It produced a spin-off program, A Different World (1987–93), set at a historically Black college and initially focusing on Bonet’s Denise character.

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  • Marisa Tomei
    Marisa Tomei

    …(1987–88) of the television sitcom A Different World, a spinoff of The Cosby Show, and she had small parts in two minor movies before being cast in My Cousin Vinny.

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    …(1987–88) of the television sitcom A Different World, a spinoff of The Cosby Show, and she had small parts in two minor movies before being cast in My Cousin Vinny.

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