Let’s be honest, when people think of A Different World, they think of Jasmine Guy and Kadeem Hardison, not Lisa Bonet or Marissa Tomei. Yeah Bonet and Tomei were on the show, but only for the first season. From Season 2 through the end of the series, that show revolved around Whitley and Dwayne and the ties between A Different World and the Cosby Show became very few and far between — and were pretty much totally severed once A Different World addressed the fact Denise had gotten married and had a stepdaughter