47 Fun Facts About Sister, Sister

Which famous twins do Tia and Tamera face on a TV quiz show in a 1997 episode of Sister, Sister?

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen play themselves in 'Slime Party', and the showdown goes badly: Tamera ends up turned into a human sundae.

Which network first aired Sister, Sister in 1994, only to cancel it after two seasons?

ABC launched Sister, Sister in its Friday-night TGIF block in April 1994, then dropped it the following spring; the sitcom went on to run twice as long on a rival network.

Which network rescued Sister, Sister after its cancellation and aired its final four seasons?

The WB picked the cancelled sitcom up in 1995, and it went on to run for twice as many seasons there as it had on its first network.

Where does the family spend a two-part Thanksgiving on Sister, Sister, with the twins cast adrift on a sailboat?

Hawaii: Lisa's ex-boyfriend arrives at the holiday condo with Ray's ex-girlfriend, and the twins slip away, only to end up drifting out to sea.

What are the twins' surnames on Sister, Sister?

Landry and Campbell: Tia was adopted by Lisa Landry and Tamera by Ray Campbell, so the twins grew up with different surnames and no idea the other existed.

Where do Tia and Tamera first meet in the pilot?

A clothing store at a Detroit mall: the twins spot each other while shopping, and the series finale sends the family back to the very same shop.

Which actress plays Lisa, Tia's adoptive mother, on Sister, Sister?

Jackée Harry, an Emmy winner as Sandra on 227, told Steve Harvey's talk show in 2018 that a Sister, Sister revival was 'happening'; a year later Tia Mowry said rights tangles had left it looking dead.

Which actor plays Ray, Tamera's adoptive father, on Sister, Sister?

Tim Reid was already familiar as DJ Venus Flytrap on WKRP in Cincinnati, and his wife, the actress Daphne Maxwell Reid, turns up in a season-four guest role.

What is Lisa's profession on Sister, Sister?

Seamstress: Lisa sews for a living while dreaming of her own fashion line, and one episode sees her strike it big with clothes for dogs.

What business does Ray own on Sister, Sister?

A limo service: Ray puts the twins to work at Ray's Limo Service, where they try to juggle their shifts with second jobs at a burger joint.

Which singer plays Roger Evans, the neighbour in love with both twins on Sister, Sister?

Marques Houston, of the R&B group Immature, made Roger such a pest that the family's weary 'Go home, Roger!' became the show's running gag.

On Sister, Sister, which animal do the twins rescue from the set of Ray's TV commercial?

A pig: the twins decide Billy is being mistreated on the commercial shoot and smuggle him home, in an episode fittingly titled 'Free Billy'.

Which storytelling device did Tia and Tamera often use in the early seasons of Sister, Sister?

Breaking the fourth wall: in the pilot the twins turn to the camera to explain how they were separated at birth, and they kept confiding in viewers until the device was phased out.

Which comedy duo play the smooth-talking lawyers when Tia and Tamera face off in Student Court?

Kenan and Kel: Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell play new kids Trevor and Todd, and the casting stayed in the family, since their own Nickelodeon sitcom was created by Sister, Sister co-creator Kim Bass.

Which future Clueless star played the twins' friend Sarah in the first season of Sister, Sister?

Brittany Murphy played Sarah, who ends up the fifth wheel on the twins' birthday trip to Chicago; a year later Clueless made her famous.

Which two actors joined Sister, Sister's main cast in season six as the twins' college boyfriends?

RonReaco Lee and Deon Richmond play Tyreke and Jordan; Tyreke starts out in season five as a mystery customer at Tia's bookstore job who turns out to be the mechanic Ray is mentoring.

Which sitcom legend plays Ray's shady father, Grandpa 'Soupy', on Sister, Sister?

Sherman Hemsley, forever George Jefferson, plays a charming opportunist: Ray warms to his father during the visit, even though Grandpa leaves with some of his money.

Which future film star played Shawn on Sister, Sister?

Gabrielle Union actually played two parts in 1997: Vanessa, a new friend who turns out to be a shoplifter, in the season-four finale, then Shawn a few months later.

Where do the twins go to college in the final season of Sister, Sister?

University of Michigan: the twins arrive with high expectations and land in an athletic dorm, sharing a bathroom with two college jocks.

Whom does Lisa marry in the Sister, Sister series finale?

Victor, an old fraternity brother of Ray's, wins Lisa over in the final season; on the wedding day she bolts from the church, and it is Ray who talks her into going back.

What is the title of the Sister, Sister series finale?

Fly Away Home brings back Roger, absent since the twins left for college, to sing at Lisa's wedding.

Which Super Bowl MVP gives the speech at the twins' 1998 high-school graduation on Sister, Sister?

Terrell Davis had been named Super Bowl MVP four months before the episode aired, after scoring three touchdowns for Denver despite a migraine that kept him out for most of the second quarter.

On Sister, Sister, where is Lisa's engagement ring hidden as a surprise before it is accidentally given away?

In a cupcake: her boyfriend's surprise proposal unravels when the batch is carried off to a campus bake sale, sending the twins on a frantic hunt for the ring.

Which Atlanta spring-break event do the twins fly to in a season-six episode of Sister, Sister?

FreakNik: the episode sends the twins to Atlanta's famous street party, where Mýa and Blackstreet turn up to perform.

Which WNBA star, playing herself, offers Tia a dream media job on Sister, Sister?

Lisa Leslie meets Tia at a book signing and offers her a job in the WNBA's media department, forcing a choice between the league and college.

Which hip-hop group play themselves on Sister, Sister when Ray backs a ban on big campus concerts?

Goodie Mob are booked to play the college just as Ray backs the concert ban; Tamera says he is giving the group a bum rap, which hands the episode its title.

On Sister, Sister, which R&B group do the twins skip school and fly to Chicago to see on their birthday?

Boyz II Men: an uncle's advice to 'seize the day' inspires the trip, but a string of mishaps turns the dream birthday into a nightmare, and Lisa and Ray find out.

Which Mowry sibling guest-stars on Sister, Sister as an SAT tutor named T.J.?

Tahj Mowry was playing child genius T.J. Henderson on his own sitcom, Smart Guy, at the time, so the tutor is the same character in a crossover.

Which veteran comedian plays Edgar, Tamera's difficult charge at a retirement home, on Sister, Sister?

Milton Berle, early television's 'Mr. Television', plays Edgar, a bitter resident the volunteering twins end up befriending.

On Sister, Sister, where do the twins end up after taking Ray's car on Halloween?

The Canada-US border: hunting for a Halloween party, the twins get as far as the border, which runs along the river at Detroit's edge, and end up on the late-night news.

At which fast-food joint on Sister, Sister do the twins work, with Tia rising to assistant manager?

Rocket Burger: Tamera leaves the freezer open, the stock spoils and Tia takes the blame and is fired, only for Tamera to be offered her job.

What is the name of Lisa's cat on Sister, Sister?

Little Ray: the cat shares a name with the man whose house Lisa has moved into, and in season one she talks Ray into taking it to the vet.

In the Sister, Sister pilot, which city was Lisa about to move to for a job before Ray's offer?

St. Louis: Lisa had a job lined up there, which would have split the newly reunited twins, so Ray offered the pair a home despite his dislike of her.

Which supermarket manager becomes Lisa's steady boyfriend in the early seasons of Sister, Sister?

Terrence proposes and Lisa says yes, but a bizarre dream gives her second thoughts and the couple split over her refusal to marry.

Sister, Sister was made by Suzanne de Passe, who built her career as a young executive at which record label?

Motown: hired as Berry Gordy's creative assistant in 1968, de Passe helped shape the Jackson 5's stage act, then ran the label's film and TV arm before producing the Detroit-set sitcom through her own company.

Which Emmy did Sister, Sister win in 1995?

Lighting direction for a comedy series: the sitcom's only Emmy went not to its stars but to George Spiro Dibie, the cinematographer who lit them, and his three later nominations brought no repeat.

Which 2000 TV film reunited the Mowry twins with their younger brother a year after Sister, Sister ended?

Seventeen Again: a lab experiment gone wrong turns two bickering grandparents into teenagers, with Tamera playing the grandmother at 17 and Tia her granddaughter.

On Sister, Sister, into which Great Lake do the twins drive their new convertible?

Lake Erie: Ray and Lisa had only just helped the twins get their first car, a convertible, when a late night out left it underwater.

The Mowry twins were born to a US Army family stationed where?

West Germany: Tia and Tamera were born in Gelnhausen while their father was in the Army, and the family's later move to California put the twins in front of the cameras.

Which Disney TV movie later reunited the Mowry twins as witch sisters?

Twitches reunites them as long-lost twin witches who meet on their 21st birthday and must save their kingdom from the forces of darkness; a sequel followed in 2007.

Which daytime talk show did Tamera Mowry co-host from 2013 to 2020, winning a Daytime Emmy?

The Real began as a four-week trial on a handful of Fox stations in summer 2013; five years later Tamera and her co-hosts shared the Daytime Emmy for talk-show hosts.

On Sister, Sister, what is the job of Matt Sullivan, the campus visitor who turns out to be the twins' birth father?

Photojournalist: Matt Sullivan turns up on campus late in the final season, and by its end Tia is weighing a summer with him and Tamera against a WNBA internship.

What sends both twins to hospital at once on Sister, Sister, leading them to hunt for their birth records?

Appendicitis: both twins are rushed into surgery, and while recovering they learn they were born in that very hospital and go looking for their birth records.

On Sister, Sister, which sport do the twins try out for disguised as boys?

Ice hockey: girls are barred from the school team's tryouts, so the twins sneak in dressed as boys and cross-check a few chauvinists, in an episode called 'Some Like It Hockey'.

Which NBA rookie is the star guest at a rival's party in a 1996 episode of Sister, Sister?

Kobe Bryant was an 18-year-old Laker who had yet to play an NBA game when the episode aired in October 1996; the twins answer the rival's coup by kidnapping a rapper for a party of their own.

Which radio legend plays himself on Sister, Sister as a famous graduate of the twins' high school?

Casey Kasem returns to dedicate an arts center at the twins' Roosevelt High, and the casting fits: the American Top 40 host was himself born and raised in Detroit.

Which Best in Show regular plays Mr. Mitushka in a supporting role on Sister, Sister?

Fred Willard appeared three times as Carl Mitushka of Roosevelt High, an educator who peppers his talk with teen slang in an effort to sound cool to his students.