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''New Attitude'' was a 1990 sitcom that aired on Creator/{{ABC}} as part of the Franchise/{{TGiF}} block. The sitcom, based on the stage play ''Beauty Shop'' by Shelly Garrett, is about two sisters Vicki and Yvonne St. James (played by Creator/SherylLeeRalph and Creator/PhyllisYvonneStickney respectively) who partnered to run a hair salon and their personalities clashing throughout. Rounding out the cast is Lamarr ([[Music/TheTime Morris Day]]), the salon's top hairdresser, [=BeBe=] (Creator/BebeDrake), a gossipy hairdresser, Taylor (Creator/KarenBankhead), the flighty receptionist, and Chilly D (Creator/LarenzTate), a street-smart kid who's working at the salon for restitution.

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''New Attitude'' was a 1990 sitcom that aired on Creator/{{ABC}} [[Creator/AmericanBroadcastingCompany ABC]] as part of the Franchise/{{TGiF}} block. The sitcom, based on the stage play ''Beauty Shop'' by Shelly Garrett, is about two sisters Vicki and Yvonne St. James (played by Creator/SherylLeeRalph and Creator/PhyllisYvonneStickney respectively) who partnered to run a hair salon and their personalities clashing throughout. Rounding out the cast is Lamarr ([[Music/TheTime Morris Day]]), the salon's top hairdresser, [=BeBe=] (Creator/BebeDrake), a gossipy hairdresser, Taylor (Creator/KarenBankhead), the flighty receptionist, and Chilly D (Creator/LarenzTate), a street-smart kid who's working at the salon for restitution.
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* DroppedAfterThePilot: Creator/JaNetDuBois played one of the customer's regular customers in the pilot and was dropped.

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* DroppedAfterThePilot: Creator/JaNetDuBois played one of the customer's salon's regular customers in the pilot and was dropped.dropped when the series was picked up.
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The series ran for 6 episodes before being canceled, 8 were filmed with two being unaired. Episode 8 eventually made its way online, along with most of the other episodes.

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The series ran for 6 episodes before being canceled, 8 were filmed with two being unaired. Episode 8 Most of the episodes eventually made its way online, along with most of the other episodes.aside from a couple.
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''New Attitude'' was a 1990 sitcom that aired on Creator/{{ABC}} as part of the Franchise/{{TGiF}} block. The sitcom, based on the stage play ''Beauty Shop'' by Shelly Garrett, is about two sisters Vicki and Yvonne St. James (played by Creator/SherylLeeRalph and Creator/PhyllisYvonneStickney respectively) who partnered to run a hair salon and their personalities clashing throughout. Rounding out the cast is Lamarr (Morris Day), the salon's top hairdresser, [=BeBe=] (Creator/BebeDrake), a gossipy hairdresser, Taylor (Creator/KarenBankhead), the flighty receptionist, and Chilly D (Creator/LarenzTate), a street-smart kid who's working at the salon for restitution.

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''New Attitude'' was a 1990 sitcom that aired on Creator/{{ABC}} as part of the Franchise/{{TGiF}} block. The sitcom, based on the stage play ''Beauty Shop'' by Shelly Garrett, is about two sisters Vicki and Yvonne St. James (played by Creator/SherylLeeRalph and Creator/PhyllisYvonneStickney respectively) who partnered to run a hair salon and their personalities clashing throughout. Rounding out the cast is Lamarr (Morris Day), ([[Music/TheTime Morris Day]]), the salon's top hairdresser, [=BeBe=] (Creator/BebeDrake), a gossipy hairdresser, Taylor (Creator/KarenBankhead), the flighty receptionist, and Chilly D (Creator/LarenzTate), a street-smart kid who's working at the salon for restitution.
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''New Attitude'' was a 1990 sitcom that aired on Creator/{{ABC}} as part of the Franchise/{{TGiF}} block. The sitcom, based on the stage play ''Beauty Shop'' by Shelly Garrett, is about two sisters Vicki and Yvonne St. James (played by Creator/SherylLeeRalph and Creator/PhyllisYvonneStickney respectively) who partnered to run a hair salon and their personalities clashing throughout. Rounding out the cast is Lamarr (Creator/MorrisDay), the salon's top hairdresser, [=BeBe=] (Creator/BebeDrake), a gossipy hairdresser, Taylor (Creator/KarenBankhead), the flighty receptionist, and Chilly D (Creator/LarenzTate), a street-smart kid who's working at the salon for restitution.

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''New Attitude'' was a 1990 sitcom that aired on Creator/{{ABC}} as part of the Franchise/{{TGiF}} block. The sitcom, based on the stage play ''Beauty Shop'' by Shelly Garrett, is about two sisters Vicki and Yvonne St. James (played by Creator/SherylLeeRalph and Creator/PhyllisYvonneStickney respectively) who partnered to run a hair salon and their personalities clashing throughout. Rounding out the cast is Lamarr (Creator/MorrisDay), (Morris Day), the salon's top hairdresser, [=BeBe=] (Creator/BebeDrake), a gossipy hairdresser, Taylor (Creator/KarenBankhead), the flighty receptionist, and Chilly D (Creator/LarenzTate), a street-smart kid who's working at the salon for restitution.



* AndStarring: Morris Day as Lamarr.

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* AndStarring: Morris Day (of Music/TheTime) as Lamarr.
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* GossipyHens: The hairdressers and customers at the salon.
* TheLoinsSleepTonight: Episode 4 "Not Your Average Date"; the sisters tell Lamarr that he will cross the wrong person with his casual sexism and he may get cursed. Sure enough, later on in the episode, he goes on a date and can't get it up.
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''New Attitude'' was a 1990 sitcom that aired on Creator/{{ABC}} as part of the Franchise/{{TGiF}} block. The sitcom, based on the stage play ''Beauty Shop'' by Shelly Garrett, is about two sisters Vicki and Yvonne St. James (played by Creator/SherylLeeRalph and Creator/PhyllisYvonneStickney respectively) who partnered to run a hair salon and their personalities clashing throughout. Rounding out the cast is Lamarr (Creator/MorrisDay), the salon's top hairdresser, BeBe (Creator/BebeDrake), a gossipy hairdresser, Taylor (Creator/KarenBankhead), the flighty receptionist, and Chilly D (Creator/LarenzTate), a street-smart kid who's working at the salon for restitution.

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''New Attitude'' was a 1990 sitcom that aired on Creator/{{ABC}} as part of the Franchise/{{TGiF}} block. The sitcom, based on the stage play ''Beauty Shop'' by Shelly Garrett, is about two sisters Vicki and Yvonne St. James (played by Creator/SherylLeeRalph and Creator/PhyllisYvonneStickney respectively) who partnered to run a hair salon and their personalities clashing throughout. Rounding out the cast is Lamarr (Creator/MorrisDay), the salon's top hairdresser, BeBe [=BeBe=] (Creator/BebeDrake), a gossipy hairdresser, Taylor (Creator/KarenBankhead), the flighty receptionist, and Chilly D (Creator/LarenzTate), a street-smart kid who's working at the salon for restitution.

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''New Attitude'' was a 1990 sitcom that aired on Creator/{{ABC}} as part of the Franchise/{{TGiF}} block. The sitcom, based on the stage play ''Beauty Shop'' by Shelly Garrett, is about two sisters Vicki and Yvonne St. James (played by Creator/SherylLeeRalph and Creator/PhyllisYvonneStickney respectively) who partnered to run a hair salon and their personalities clashing throughout. Rounding out the cast is Lamarr (Creator/MorrisDay), the salon's top hairdresser, Taylor (Creator/KarenBankhead), the plucky receptionist, and Chilly D (Creator/LarenzTate), a street-smart kid who's working at the salon for restitution.

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''New Attitude'' was a 1990 sitcom that aired on Creator/{{ABC}} as part of the Franchise/{{TGiF}} block. The sitcom, based on the stage play ''Beauty Shop'' by Shelly Garrett, is about two sisters Vicki and Yvonne St. James (played by Creator/SherylLeeRalph and Creator/PhyllisYvonneStickney respectively) who partnered to run a hair salon and their personalities clashing throughout. Rounding out the cast is Lamarr (Creator/MorrisDay), the salon's top hairdresser, BeBe (Creator/BebeDrake), a gossipy hairdresser, Taylor (Creator/KarenBankhead), the plucky flighty receptionist, and Chilly D (Creator/LarenzTate), a street-smart kid who's working at the salon for restitution.


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* DropInLandlord: Leon (Creator/EarlBillings) is the landlord of the property and is regularly fixing things.
* DroppedAfterThePilot: Creator/JaNetDuBois played one of the customer's regular customers in the pilot and was dropped.
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* CutShort: Only aired 6 episodes out of the 8 produced before being canceled.

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* RealSongThemeTune: "New Attitude" by Music/PattiLabelle, which was remixed after the pilot episode.

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''New Attitude'' was a 1990 sitcom that aired on Creator/{{ABC}} as part of the Franchise/{{TGiF}} block. The sitcom, based on the stage play ''Beauty Shop'' by Shelly Garrett, is about two sisters Vicki and Yvonne St. James (played by Creator/SherylLeeRalph and Creator/PhyllisYvonneStickney respectively) who partnered to run a hair salon and their personalities clashing throughout. Rounding out the cast is Lamarr (Creator/MorrisDay), the salon's top hairdresser, Taylor (Creator/KarenBankhead), the plucky receptionist, and Chilly D (Creator/LarenzTate), a street-smart kid who's working at the salon.

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''New Attitude'' was a 1990 sitcom that aired on Creator/{{ABC}} as part of the Franchise/{{TGiF}} block. The sitcom, based on the stage play ''Beauty Shop'' by Shelly Garrett, is about two sisters Vicki and Yvonne St. James (played by Creator/SherylLeeRalph and Creator/PhyllisYvonneStickney respectively) who partnered to run a hair salon and their personalities clashing throughout. Rounding out the cast is Lamarr (Creator/MorrisDay), the salon's top hairdresser, Taylor (Creator/KarenBankhead), the plucky receptionist, and Chilly D (Creator/LarenzTate), a street-smart kid who's working at the salon.
salon for restitution.



* AmbiguouslyGay: Lamarr, the salon's top hairdresser is very flamboyant and looking to start a music career.



* CampStraight: Lamarr, the salon's top hairdresser is very flamboyant and looking to start a music career. He is also straight and talks about dating women and having girlfriends.



* SiblingYinYang: Vicki and Yvonne, but they truly love and care for one another.

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* SiblingYinYang: Vicki and Yvonne, but Yvonne though they truly love and care for one another.

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''New Attitude'' was a 1990 sitcom that aired on Creator/{{ABC}} as part of the Franchise/{{TGiF}} block. The sitcom, based on the stage play ''Beauty Shop'' by Shelly Garrett, is about two sisters Vicki and Yvonne St. James (played by Creator/SherylLeeRalph and Creator/PhyllisYvonneStickney respectively) who partnered to run a hair salon and their personalities clashing throughout.

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''New Attitude'' was a 1990 sitcom that aired on Creator/{{ABC}} as part of the Franchise/{{TGiF}} block. The sitcom, based on the stage play ''Beauty Shop'' by Shelly Garrett, is about two sisters Vicki and Yvonne St. James (played by Creator/SherylLeeRalph and Creator/PhyllisYvonneStickney respectively) who partnered to run a hair salon and their personalities clashing throughout.
throughout. Rounding out the cast is Lamarr (Creator/MorrisDay), the salon's top hairdresser, Taylor (Creator/KarenBankhead), the plucky receptionist, and Chilly D (Creator/LarenzTate), a street-smart kid who's working at the salon.



* AmbigiouslyGay: Lamarr, the salon's top hairdresser who is very flamboyant and colorful and looking to start a music career.

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* AmbigiouslyGay: AmbiguouslyGay: Lamarr, the salon's top hairdresser who is very flamboyant and colorful and looking to start a music career.career.
* AndStarring: Morris Day as Lamarr.



* SassyBlackWoman: Everyone isn't Lamarr working at the salon. Somewhat {{justified}} as the cast is entirely Black and no one is a TokenBlackFriend.

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* SassyBlackWoman: Everyone isn't Lamarr working at the salon. Somewhat {{justified}} of a JustifiedTrope, as the cast is entirely Black and no one is a TokenBlackFriend.TokenBlackFriend.
* SiblingYinYang: Vicki and Yvonne, but they truly love and care for one another.
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''New Attitude'' was a 1990 sitcom that aired on Creator/{{ABC}} as part of the Franchise/{{TGiF}} block. The sitcom, based on the stage play ''Beauty Shop'' by Shelly Garrett, is about two sisters Vicki and Yvonne St. James (played by Creator/SherylLeeRalph and Creator/PhyllisYvonneStickney respectively) who partnered to run a hair salon and their personalities clashing throughout.

The series ran for 6 episodes before being canceled, 8 were filmed with two being unaired. Episode 8 eventually made its way online, along with most of the other episodes.
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* AmbigiouslyGay: Lamarr, the salon's top hairdresser who is very flamboyant and colorful and looking to start a music career.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Vicki is the responsible one and Yvonne is the foolish one, this comes out with their approaches to running the salon.
* RealSongThemeTune: "New Attitude" by Music/PattiLabelle, which was remixed after the pilot episode.
* SassyBlackWoman: Everyone isn't Lamarr working at the salon. Somewhat {{justified}} as the cast is entirely Black and no one is a TokenBlackFriend.

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