History Trivia / LivingSingle

* RealLifeRelative: Khadijah's mother was played by Queen Latifah's real mother. Averted with her baby half-sister and her father.

* DuelingShows: With ''Series/{{Friends}}'' - Both feature six friends living & working in new york, both have characters that are originally just shallow & fashion oriented, both have formerly fat characters, both have characters seen in universe as a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} - and while Friends went on to, ultimately, be more popular it was, Living Single premiered first - a year earlier in fact.

* RealLifeRelative: Khadijah's mother and grandmother were played by Queen Latifah's real mother and grandmother. Averted with her baby half-sister and her father.

* RetroactiveRecognition: One of Khadijah's serious boyfriends was played by [[Series/GreysAnatomy Isaiah Washington]] and was also a doctor.
** T.C. Carson is possibly this for gamers as he goes on to voice [[VideoGame/GodOfWar Kratos]]. Which makes a {{Stinger}} where Overton asks him to open a Box from his aunt Pandora HilariousInHindsight.
** Throw in a young Creator/WillFerrell as a guest on a talk show the women appeared on in the episode "Talk Showdown".
** Creator/CressWilliams played Khadijah's VictoriousChildhoodFriend Scooter years before becoming a successful voice actor and [[Series/BlackLightning2018 a DC superhero.]]

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The series was originally pitched to Creator/{{NBC}}, who rejected it. Yet, they ''did'' greenlight that [[Series/{{Friends}} other show in NYC about six single friends...]]

* DuelingShows: With ''Series/{{Friends}}'' - Both feature six friends living & working in new york, both have characters that are originally just shallow & fashion oriented, both have formerly fat characters, both have characters seen in universe as a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} - and while Friends went on to, ultimately, be more popular it was Living Single that premiered first - a year earlier in fact.

** Regine's mother is played by Kim Fields' real mother Chip Fields.