Patti, Gladys, and Dionne chatting like old friends

It wouldn't have worked. For someone who started out singing in a group, Patti LaBelle is not an ensemble performer at all. She'd be the one constantly mugging, stealing the other women's lines, wearing the most outrageous clothes and crying at the drop of a hat. Warwick, the one with the most crossover appeal, would be her usual haughty, detached self. It'd be up to poor, normal, kind Gladys Knight to keep the peace and deliver anything resembling a character sketch.

Dionne was smoking. WTF?

Blacken Girls

Gladys is Rose.

Patti is Dorothy.

Dionne is Blanche.

Who plays the Sophia role? Ella Fitzgerald??

Nonsense. Dionne is not a slut. She's Dorothy if anyone. Labelle would be Sophia.

Phyllis Hyman as Blanche.

I cannot understand 2/3rds of what they were saying.

May I be of assistance?

Aretha needs to be in the cast. Maybe she could play a loin of pork or a cheesecake or a table.

r1 If you were trying to explain why it was a bad idea, you didn’t do a very good job. It sounds like a hilarious mess

Dionne is a real See You Next Tuesday. Seriously doubt that anyone can work with her for long.

That's not what Darlene Love said in her autobiography. Dionne was quite generous (overly so, probably).

I remember Patti LaYelle boasting on Oprah that she cussed Dionne out during the filming of that "Sisters in the Name of Love" special. All Dionne did was ask Patti not to scream and drown the other two singers out during their group numbers. Apparently this was enough for LaYelle to get defensive and start yelling.

Patti and Gladys both still had their vocal abilities while Dionne had destroyed hers through heavy smoking.

They should do a reunion of "Sisters In The Name of Love" while they're still here and able.

They didn’t invite Diane.

They couldn't afford her.

Guuuurrrllllll

They didn't invite Diane because the production budget could not afford all the alcohol Miss Cute would have guzzled.

Hussy

Aretha wanted no part of that "Sisters In The Name of Love" special.

No, she did not.

Miss Dionne has every right to be haughty. She was the first Black Queen of Pop. That buck toothed, scrawny Dionne can’t compare

Get a seat at the table for Martha Reeves.

Dusty Springfield was one of the great black girl singers of the ‘60s.

*I meant Diana Ross is a scrawny buck toothed whore who can’t compare

R24 is either Mary Wilson taking a break before her performance at the County Fair or Flo Ballard posting from beyond the grave.

In a post featurie Dionne Warwick and Diana Ross, you're calling Ross the buck toothed one...?

*featuring

Guest star Donna Summer: “Face it Dionne. Gladys and Patti are limited.”

Diane Ross has always had dirty-looking teeth. Sorta like she rushed over from a heavy rimming session with Berry and he hadn't kept himself clean down there.

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Funny that you would post this, OP. I used to watch this show in real time on HBO and was thinking about it YESTERDAY.

I remember there was a scene where the table was filled with food they were all eating, and Patti said something like, "I'm gonna eat this, and I'm putting on five pounds tonight and I'm fine with it."

R10=Nikki Taylor

Vocally, Miss Ross was not worthy of being in the same company as these three.

Miss Ross wouldn't have gone anywhere near the trainwreck that is Patti LaBelle. LaBelle is like a shrieking peacock. The first time you hear it, it's something different and noteworthy. After the third or fourth time you just want to wring it's annoying neck.

Patti can blow.

Diana has blown.