The Truth About Hangin' with Mr. Cooper | Why Did Dawnn Lewis Leave? Why Did The Show Get Canceled?

[@angelgregory9445]

The first theme song is the best one by far. En Vouge is unmatched. Period.

[@danavixen6274]

Much agreed! AWESOME theme song! ❤

[@therealmarlonbellamy]

Fun fact: En Vogue also sung the theme song on Roc.

[@aliciasimmons8473]

​@@therealmarlonbellamy I remember that show did they really

[@therealmarlonbellamy]

@@aliciasimmons8473 It’s streaming on Pluto.

[@arizonaFIREent]

En Vouge is very underrated and unfortunately forgotten about 😢

[@Boogiesince]

Another fun fact: Terry Ellis from En Vouge and Holly RObinson- Peete are best friends in real life.

[@2amaysn]

They became friends on the set of Hangin With Mr Cooper

[@Wc7823]

And they look like they’re related.

[@danavixen6274]

I loved Hangin' with Mr. Cooper. I used to watch reruns of it constantly after school. Mark Curry is STILL a funny LEGEND! 😂❤

[@thetruesoulofanaquarius9302]

I met Mark Curry years ago at a comedy show. He was so nice and humble. He is very tall too.

[@danavixen6274]

@@thetruesoulofanaquarius9302 That is so cool. He seems like a good dude. 👍🏾

[@markrichardson1657]

coop was live

[@visionop8]

That was part of my after-school ritual too!

[@JayBelafonte]

Man you brought back memories. I would come home from school go in the refrigerator and straight to the TV to watch “Hangin with Mr Cooper” 😄

[@nicolesherman8974]

Unpopular opinion: the first season of this show was everything. Hangin with Mr. Cooper could have been the Black three’s company with Mark Curry, Dawnn Lewis, and Holly Robinson. All three worked well. Also, the first season’s theme song sung by the incomparable En Vogue. PS: Holly Robinson had the best outfits. Fashion queen. Holly Robinson and Terri from En Vogue are damn near twins lol, similar face and everything, plus they’re Virgos.

[@thetruesoulofanaquarius9302]

I agree with all of this.💯 Even as kid I hated when they replaced Dawn Lewis character.

[@IceManLikeGervin]

That's a popular opinion.

[@fatherdcm]

Fun fact: Holly and Terri are best friends.

[@vivalarazausarmyvet4453]

Season 1 is the cast that I remember. I didn't even know Nell Carter and Raven-Symone were part of the cast. I guess I must have dropped off after Season 1.

[@Attmay]

I remember Nell joining the cast and then being dropped like a rock after a year. Between that and going back to Broadway, she actually had to do telephone psychic commercials just like Dionne Warwick and Esther Rolle were doing concurrently.

[@tb22k]

Miss the 90s ❤❤❤❤

[@catherineharris4746]

YES!😭😭😭😭😭👍

[@justineebourgeois3420]

You miss not having smartphones and Uber?

[@JuicyPopEntertainment]

Me too!!! 😫

[@tb22k]

@@JuicyPopEntertainment 💋

[@martymart42]

I know how you feel. It' make me sad, but in a good way

[@beaniegee5129]

The first season theme song with En Vogue was and still is awesome

[@Da.Onus.Burger.618]

Shout out to Nell Carter! Loved her!🥰 Her life was so tragic and she was soooo talented!

[@therealmarlonbellamy]

Thank you for this video. Can we please get stories on the following underrated 90s sitcoms: Roc The Parenthood The Wayans Bros In The House The Steve Harvey Show Malcolm & Eddie

[@AM-fb4pb]

Yes yes and yes💯

[@lobecosc]

Can you also do the Sinbad show?

[@beaniegee5129]

The episode with Queen Latifah was amazing and she sang Just Another Day

[@vegasmitch1472]

Should've Left EnVouge & Ms. Dawn Lewis doing the Theme Song!!

[@ReginaldTate-le6fe]

& Holly Robinson Peete HERSELF too as well okay @vegasmitch1472.

[@daaiyahgreen]

Dawnn...Dawnn..Dawnn❤❤❤❤ I just adore the hell out of her🌸🌸

[@ReginaldTate-le6fe]

I myself PERSONALLY PREFER & LOVE Holly Robinson Peete even more okay @daaiyahgreen.

[@nataliemscrzysxycoolharris]

Honestly I don’t think these tv executives know what great tv is anymore. I find the shows I looked at in the 70-90s better than present day. They were more real and down to Earth.

[@AmoMe2009]

Completely agree! The shows now look cheap, are full of corny antics and are lazily written.

[@nataliemscrzysxycoolharris]

@@AmoMe2009 😉

[@bella_bella85]

Agree! That's all I watch these days, shows frm the late 60s 70s 80s and 90s. They're not only good TV they're my comfort tv. 😊

[@nataliemscrzysxycoolharris]

@@bella_bella85 YEEEESSSS! Comfort tv is exactly what it is.

[@bella_bella85]

@@nataliemscrzysxycoolharris When I tell you that's all I watch GIRL! Im binging THE PARENTHOOD Rn. Before that I found some episodes of THEA 🤣 and I be SOOOO content and COMFORTABLE 🤣 I gotta find something for after THE PARENTHOOD cause I'm on season 4 already 😩

[@donaldwilson2620]

Fun Fact: other than the 1st season theme song of Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, Holly Robinson Peete also sang the theme song for her previous show, 21 Jump Street. I always loved Holly.❤

[@One21Jiggawatts]

And Howard the duck.

[@Xayjohns]

I love this show to life. And Omar Gooding has been a part of two of my favorite shows, one being this and the other being Smart Guy.

[@lizd.8655]

Thank you for reminding us how awesome the En Vogue theme was!

[@AmandaNOTMandy]

My grandmother and I used to watch this every single time a new episode came on! Miss you Nan! 💕

[@TampaAries]

Mark Curry a very funny guy. I loved this show and Holly Robinson is so beautiful!

[@PoyTroy]

Holly always been a baddie lol

[@therealmarlonbellamy]

@@PoyTroyShe looks like Terry Ellis from En Vogue.

[@ReginaldTate-le6fe]

Very VERY BEAUTIFULLY FINE and smoking ass hot herself too as well okay @TampaAries.

[@sagqueen1984]

All the theme songs were so memorable.

[@harveymcelroy9332]

This show was a bonafide classic

[@danisweetlove]

So glad to see Cooper get covered, thanks JuicyPop. I have to say I really would have liked to see where the show would have went if they would have kept Dawn, but I still enjoyed the later seasons. Even though I liked the theme in seasons 3 and onward, the EnVogue them by far was my favorite.

[@lexkanyima2195]

Why they left Dawn out ?

[@chiaskid]

@@lexkanyima2195because of a really bad review saying that the show mirrored another older show called Three’s Company.

[@lexkanyima2195]

@@chiaskid there's no carbon copy

[@javonjohnson4723]

Should of just kept the En vouge version which is, imo was always the better theme song.

[@BillCosbyTouchedMyDoodle]

should’ve*

[@princemastaking]

I love your channel Juicy Pop. Hangin' With Mr Cooper is one of my favorite sitcoms. The En Vogue Theme Song is gotta be my favorite theme from a TV show I be jammin' to that. Mark Curry is funny. He got a unique style to his comedy and he could play ball too, standing at 6,6 220 lps, he should've went pro. Holly Robinson Peete, Dawnn Lewis and Sandra Quartermen are and still gorgeous. R.I.P. Nell Carter 🕊💐🙏

[@timmyheatz12]

Hangin with Mr. Cooper was and still my ishhh! Not to mention Mark Cooper playing for the warriors was my favorite episodes. This show didn't get a proper series finale 😢. This channel is bussin soo keep making em videos

[@ReginaldTate-le6fe]

Most of OUR BLACK TV Sitcoms NEVER EVER EVEN GET so much as a FINAL NOTICE, let alone a PROPER SENDOFF either okay @timmyheatz12.

[@jasonroyster9111]

I watch it every morning at 7 am. One of my favorite shows! And I'm 46.

[@leaiplussize]

The first season of Mr. cooper was the best season and the only one I watch. I like it. All 3 had great chemistry. When show decided to change it from the black 3 company to black full house I was out. I also heard that dawn left herself one they said they were going to make it more full house like, but whatever happed I would not blame her, the show could have been good if the network had not mad those bad changes

[@chancest.thomas5160]

He Woulda been a Terrific addition 2 da "In Living Color" Cast.

[@thetruesoulofanaquarius9302]

These networks do black cast shows so wrong. Black shows make alot of money for networks just to do them dirty during filming and at the end of the series just sad.

[@jayvandyke2972]

FOX UPN and The WB did the exact same thing all of the black shows were successful until they cancelled it and replaced with it friends seinfeld and many more

[@nellywilliams2776]

They use us to bring in the ratings.. once the viewership is up, we get dropped like a potato. Hollywood knows we’re the trendsetters.

[@lovelymelanin9336]

It’s a white world. They will never see us equal!

[@kashking2276]

They use black peoples “essence” or substance to get popularity and money only to use it to create non-black shows that never do as well

[@catherineharris4746]

You know the Jaws don't want to see black people rise higher than them😕

[@jayfriday9485]

I loved this💜particularly the first season. this is probably my favourite show covered on this channel that I grew up watching 💜hope you do ‘city guys’ next🤞🏽

[@DeeNice681]

The first season was the highest rated season of the show!

[@JustinW06]

14.6 rating, rank 16th tied with fresh prince, Jackie Thomas show.

[@lexkanyima2195]

At their peak of edgy

[@williamljonesjr6695]

Yes because it was between “ Full House “ and “ Roseanne “ on Tuesday Nights ( ABC)

[@saundrabrown-um1xs]

I still watch "Hanging With Mr Cooper" on channel 365 BLK ❤

[@nwsmgquis]

One of my favorite shows of all time!

[@AggravatedMan365]

Thank you for this video! I still watch HWMC till this day. I really miss our 90's shows.

[@nobodycares7233]

Same!! I got so nostalgic 2 years ago & started watching ALL seasons of my favorite shows from 70’s- 90’s. I started with The Jefferson’s.

[@BSkill100]

They should've stuck with the first theme song

[@lexkanyima2195]

And the edgy product

[@Supremmo]

They should’ve just ignored the critics and maintained the same format. The fact that it was compared to Threes Company didn’t bother me. Plus unlike Three’s Company they didn’t have a landlord. Just mortgage and utilities to worry about. Thanks for letting us know where we could watch this show.

[@BuggieBee-nu4tg]

The episode "In Vanessa We Trust" in so funny episode during the opening when the landlord drops dead in front of her and Mark after choking on one of Nessa's cookies.

[@alexisc5358]

One of my favorite shoes in middle and high school.

[@smonelh]

This was literally in my top five favorite shows! I know every episode and have been hoping for the reruns for years

[@Regreviews]

The show was at its best the first season hated the transition Ps the en vogue theme was everything

[@lexkanyima2195]

It was at their peak of edgy, it should have stayed.

[@beaniegee5129]

Great story on Hangin with Mr. Cooper

[@Pdotbanks]

Didn’t realize this would be an unpopular opinion until literally today lol, but the third theme song is the best to me (the first one is a close second). Definitely a classic in my eyes!

[@Blackrain7920]

The critics always hate on black shows smh

[@lizd.8655]

PS I'm surprised that you didn't mention how Rodney Peete proposed to Holly Robinson on the show!

[@Cateye17]

Yes I remember that episode ❤❤❤

[@seanlamar29]

Thank you for this episode Loved this show The first season theme is the best

[@jaylene.turner6524]

One of my favorite shows!

[@cadillacdeville5828]

I saw Mark Curry in person 3 times and he is HILARIOUS. Side Note: I distinctly remember him mentioning Steve Harvey stole his jokes I want to hear stand ups and he was very serious about it. Steve is a slimy guy.

[@TexanEagleFan]

I just rewatched this and that first season was the best of all 🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️

[@tyrannosaurusburke]

I had the biggest crush on Holly Robinson when this show was making new episodes. If I ever meet Holly Robinson-Peete in person, which may happen, I will inevitably call her Vanessa at least once.

[@PoyTroy]

Had a huge crush on her from 21 jump street. Wasn’t until today did I learn she was on hanging with me cooper 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@johnbrown9654]

@@PoyTroywhy that face lol 😂

[@PoyTroy]

@@johnbrown9654 cause I’m mad I’m just not leaving this lol

[@PoyTroy]

Man growing in the 90s I never watched this show cause it was never put on hardly. And it sucks cause I know the main actresses from their show. As I’m older now I’m liking mark curry more and more. Just mad it doesn’t get the credit he deserves in the mainstream. In the comedy world he is highly praised and I see why now.

[@MikaNTey]

Sad

[@luciousthomas6141]

Loved Hangin wit Mr. Cooper. TGIF was the shiznit!

[@sinsearjones6081]

I used to think Terry Ellis from En Vogue and Holly Robinson was related when I was young 😂😂 this show was 🔥🔥💙💙

[@ChrisJobson313]

I’ve been waiting for you to do this video. You did not disappoint. I hope you eventually do In the House.

[@nellywilliams2776]

This is the show Steve all teeth Harvey ripped off 😂😂

[@wilnerolivier7971]

Hangin' With Mr. Cooper was a knockoff of Welcome Back Kotter!!

[@Angela-oo5uu]

Yep!!

[@kirkindog]

I never caught on to "Hangin' with Mr. Cooper", but that opening sequence with Alan Thicke (R.I.P.) on the pilot episode was very clever!

[@darrellthomas884]

You read my mind, I've been wondering why mark didn't get a nice movie deal or even co-lead another sitcom.

[@ACARDtvMusic]

That’s why there was a Full House crossover episode with Michelle and uncle Jesse.

[@michellejorden1539]

All 3 theme songs are good

[@Leslie-x9x]

Definitely in my top 5🔥

[@ShebaTheMelaninatedQueen2663]

I love hanging with Mr. Cooper. Steve Harvey can never🎉😂🎉🎉

[@ScorpionLee1]

Steve Harvey show was still good in its own way

[@taiwanarnold5927]

Steve Harvey stole his style wearing suits

[@soulangel835a]

STEVE'S SUITS WERE LOUD AF LOL

[@bklee2720]

Actors have been wearing suits on TV shows since TV began in the 1930's.😏

[@codyneuhaus4114]

What didn’t Steve Harvey steal?

[@chrystal0411]

​@@bklee2720Exactly.

[@chrystal0411]

Steve Harvey already had that style, the suits and the alligators on Showtime at the Apollo.

[@prestonpfeiffer]

The 1st Season and Theme song were the absolute best. Dawn Lewis as Janet,Mark Curry as Jack and Holly as Chrissy was perfect chemistry. The Geneva years were funny but not in the same way

[@BrandNubian84]

I miss this show. I thought it was strange but cool that the mother/daughter characters had the same names as my mother's name is Geneva and my middle name is Nicole.😊

[@happygolucky7241]

Memories 📺💯❤️‍🔥

[@kyliemari8169]

😊 one of my favorites ❤ my fast little 8 year old self had the biggest crush on him😅

[@dmajorx]

Fun fact they alway moved the black shows tv slots so the viewership would look inconsistent never really want us to win.

[@capricornqueen90]

It’ll be cool if they would do a reboot of this show. I actually loved watching this show as a lil girl with my mom 😊

[@Sunflower94H]

Thank you for doing this one!!!! Oh yes, I ❤ this show!!!!😊

[@mikeyork3093]

Cooper, Cooper is the reason why I still remember the show.

[@IceManLikeGervin]

Holly Robinson 😍was a smart cast addition as she was hot from 21 Jump Street fame. Same with Dawn Robinson😘who was hot from A Different World fame. Moving the show to TGIF made the show's producers want to add a family element to it thus Dawn was out and in was Raven and Sandra Quarterman. ABC did the final season of the series dirty especially with the unexpected hiatus between the end of season 4 (May 10, 1996) and the beginning of season 5 (June 21, 1997). En Vogue's season 1 theme song for the show was one of the dopest TV theme songs any TV show- bar none... Steve Harvey jacked Mark Curry's sitcom premise after his previous sitcom: Me And The Boys didn't catch on 🤦🏾‍♂.

[@Profess84]

I loved Hanging With Mr. Cooper, I went to a taping of the season 2 episode on the Warner Bros lot with guest star Ja'Net DuBois as a kid, the process was great, I will never forget that experience.

[@Xayjohns]

Dang, that's awesome!

[@JustinW06]

If that's the episode when Janet dubois character had that dinner meeting with Mark and Vanessa that was from the first season.

[@BillCosbyTouchedMyDoodle]

She been in show business since she was in her 20s, and Cooper came out in 1992. TF you mean “Janet DuBoies as a kid”???

[@cdgates1]

​@@BillCosbyTouchedMyDoodle He was saying he visited the set as a kid

[@lifeoferinr9383]

Tania & Cousin Skeeter, we need one for those!! Pleaseeee

[@DarkSkinT]

I was born in 95 always heard about it but I don’t ever remember watching it …. You can’t even find it anywhere

[@jayvandyke2972]

Why do the networks treat the black shows badly with their final seasons moving the timeslot is not fair

[@lexkanyima2195]

Not for The Cosby Show, Fresh Prince, Martin

[@ReginaldTate-le6fe]

Simply to get RID of THEM too, THAT'S EXACTLY WHY okay @jayvandyke2972.

[@jayvandyke2972]

@@ReginaldTate-le6fe shessh you didn't have to be rude

[@beezy22]

Hangin With Mr Cooper:ABC Tuesday And TGIF Classic……Tbh, When Dawnn Lewis left after the first season and the show being moved to TGIF, Hangin With Mr Cooper managed to survive the final four seasons on ABC……The biggest kickers was letting Nell Carter leave after the fourth season and not giving Hangin With Mr Cooper a proper series finale…..Still have Hangin With Mr Cooper in my KZbin Tv playlist to this day…RIP Nell Carter….

[@lexkanyima2195]

The first season was really edgy, the 2nd season they changed really PG.

[@beezy22]

@@lexkanyima2195 truth and 💯….. I think the reason why Hangin With Mr Cooper got moved to ABC TGIF is because ABC didn’t want the show to compete with Full House….ijs….

[@lexkanyima2195]

@@beezy22 for no reason Dawn Lewis should have stayed.

[@beezy22]

@@lexkanyima2195 Facts….💯

[@Coach_Run]

In the 80’s & 90’s you had to have a great theme song lol. A good theme song will make or break a show. Damn I loved hanging with Mr. Cooper

[@Wc7823]

3:33 I miss this about tv back then. My favorite theme song is Moonlighting’s by Al Jarreau.

[@beaniegee5129]

Hangin with Mr. Cooper ended a week before Duckman ended. And speaking of Duckman I hope you do a story on the cartoon Duckman

[@peppermintpetty6766]

I completely forgot about Duckman! My brother and I used to sneak and watch that after our mom went to bed. We used to love that and Weird Science!

[@GMANKOOL23]

The research for this series was well done 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

[@hassanburton669]

Big Respect 🫡 To Mark Curry! He Bleeds The Bay Area. I Did Not No Jeff Franklin Produced The Show. No Surprise Full House Took Place in San Fran The Bay.

[@mizzkaykay93]

Yall saying Steve stole this. But there were a lot of similar storylines and plots for some of the 90s sitcoms, plus the Steve Harvey show was better tbh.

[@lobecosc]

I had the biggest crush on Dawn Lewis back then. The show was the black Three's Company until Dawn left. Great show and loved watching it.

[@Imgoodphelps]

The show was 🔥🔥🔥🔥 I still watch it and it had so many future movie and TV show stars pop up on episodes

[@michellejorden1539]

He played on martin

[@cdgates1]

Whatever happened to Saundra Quarterman?

[@dark7909]

Still doesn't say why they were cancelled

[@RobinPalmerTV]

I'd forgotten how "loud and jazzy" neckwear was back then in both the US and UK.

[@stingrey1571]

I loved the first season. I really didn’t follow it after it was revamped.

[@lexkanyima2195]

It became less edgy after season 1 for no reason

[@stingrey1571]

@@lexkanyima2195 tgif was about family comedies. Season one doesn’t fit that format

[@lexkanyima2195]

@@stingrey1571 well season 3 could have make a changed, look at Family Matters, Home Improvement, Roseanne, Step By Step adult oriented(edgy). ABC made a huge mistakz

[@francescorengifo]

22 usual episodes... Those were the days

[@Lynn17]

This show was part of the TGIF I grew up with, I remember a LOT of episodes. Also the fact that Mark and Vanessa has never made a single "Top TV Couples No One Knew They Wanted Until They Happened" list is a crime. I have MEMORIES of watching Mark admit his feelings and rooting for them to really go the distance.

[@Rockhead84]

Classic last show of TGIF during it's run. Who remembers Kris Kross performing "It's a Shame" on here? That was a "very special episode" about youth gangs & gun violence.

[@MeetThaNewBadGuy]

I just watched a whole season of hanging with Mr. Cooper on Max n Loved it

[@skorwolf2719]

That music was legendary

[@aliciasimmons8473]

I remember when he did a guest appearance on living single as regines boyfriend

[@tawnimarie1402]

I love this channel!!!!!!!!!

[@Plum9085]

I don't know if I missed it but I never heard why dawn left the show

[@JustinW06]

My guess was because they were making the show a family show and I think that's why she left, I wish it would have stayed like it did in the first season.

[@moon230686]

You should do Gimme a break!! I love your videos!!

[@Vancouverallday]

I love this show growing up

[@JazzyNoJeff]

🎶 Cooooooperrrr 🎙️😮‍💨🎶

[@Xayjohns]

I posted a comment here yesterday that said something along the lines of this looking like a Tubi original. Please know that I was NOT talking about this show. I was trying to comment that on another video and somehow commented that on this one. This show is one of my all-time favorite shows. So sorry about that. I was talking about the Netflix Good Times remake, and someone did a video about it. I was trying to post on that. So if you saw a comment calling this a Tubi original, I was referring to something else. Had to clear that up.

[@antoinecampbell7473]

He made the right choice and did his own show.

[@sheldonbarrocks]

The show was never the same after season 1. Even I knew that as a kid.