Today in "Well, This Seems Fucking Fantastic"

The cast of Xmastime superslice of superslices A Different World is going on tour to help support Historically Black Colleges:

Their mission is to raise awareness and enrollment for such institutions, to establish a “Different World” scholarship fund and, of course, to give newer, younger fans a chance to see their parents’ hand-me-down TV idols in person.“The kids can watch it on their phones,” said Hardison, who played Dwayne Wayne, a gawky math whiz turned professor. “They can really tap in anywhere — that has given us a whole different life with it.” The show premiered 37 years ago, he noted, “so to think that it’s still doing good work is a bit of a dream.”

The spark for the tour came in 2016, when several cast members made an appearance at Norfolk State University in Virginia. In the years that followed, Bell courted potential backers to fund a full-fledged college tour. (Guy, who played Whitley Gilbert, the show’s resident diva, playfully calls Bell the “office manager” of the group.)

On top of the obvious, it's truly remarkable how much of the cast is back for this (THOUGH YOU KNOW I'M ASKING WHERE THE HELL IS SINBAD??!??!). I'm just bummed that apparently I missed them last week when they came thought DC for Howard University. Grrrrrrrr.