Living Single
Bristle While You Work
Season 2, Episode 5 · Aired 1994-09-29
Synopsis
Regine convinces her boss, Mary, to consider having her boutique advertise in Flavor. Regine annoys Khadijah by crashing the pitch meeting. Mary agrees to purchase the ad if she finds the campaign acceptable, but suggests that the duo work on it together. Regine and Khadijah argue constantly, and decide to pitch individual ideas. When Mary expresses her disgust at the suggestions, Khadijah apologizes and promises that she and Regine will work together. Regine complains that Khadijah doesn't respect her, but Khadijah claims that Regine pushes people around because she underestimates her own intelligence. Their brainstorming results in a good slogan, and they rush off to tell Mary. An unemployed and extremely bored Max gets on Overton's nerves by appointing herself his apprentice and following him everywhere (even to his basement sanctuary, "Overland"). She surprises him by installing the new water heater, but starts a fire when she forgets to install the steam release valve.Tag:Max's re-wiring literally brings down the house.Music:"Burning on the River" (Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Proud Mary", also covered by Tina Turner), performed by John Henton and Erika Alexander
In the series
This episode is part of Living Single (1993–1998) on Fox.
Brooklyn brownstone friend group — Black Friends before Friends was a comparison.
Key cast
- Queen Latifah as Khadijah James
- Kim Coles as Synclaire James
- Erika Alexander as Maxine Shaw
- Kim Fields as Regine Hunter
- John Henton as Overton Wakefield Jones
- T.C. Carson as Kyle Barker