Malcolm & Eddie
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Malcolm & Eddie is an American sitcom that aired in the late 1990s, starring Malcolm-Jamal Warner and Eddie Griffin as mismatched roommates running a bar in Kansas City.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Malcolm & Eddie canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10310788 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Malcolm & Eddie Context triple: [Tom Poston, notableWork, Malcolm & Eddie]
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A.
Cousin Eddie
Cousin Eddie is the crude, eccentric, and hilariously oblivious relative who provides much of the comic chaos in the National Lampoon’s Vacation film series.
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B.
Brownsville Boys
The Brownsville Boys were a notorious Brooklyn-based Jewish-American street gang and enforcement arm of organized crime during the early 20th century, closely associated with the group later dubbed Murder, Inc.
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C.
Brothers
Brothers is a 2009 psychological drama film about a soldier presumed dead in Afghanistan whose return home disrupts his family, starring Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Natalie Portman.
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D.
Brothers
"Brothers" is a television sitcom created by writer Gail Parent.
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E.
Brothers
"Brothers" is a critically acclaimed blues-rock album by The Black Keys, noted for its gritty sound and commercial breakthrough success.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Malcolm & Eddie Target entity description: Malcolm & Eddie is an American sitcom that aired in the late 1990s, starring Malcolm-Jamal Warner and Eddie Griffin as mismatched roommates running a bar in Kansas City.
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A.
Cousin Eddie
Cousin Eddie is the crude, eccentric, and hilariously oblivious relative who provides much of the comic chaos in the National Lampoon’s Vacation film series.
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B.
Brownsville Boys
The Brownsville Boys were a notorious Brooklyn-based Jewish-American street gang and enforcement arm of organized crime during the early 20th century, closely associated with the group later dubbed Murder, Inc.
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C.
Brothers
Brothers is a 2009 psychological drama film about a soldier presumed dead in Afghanistan whose return home disrupts his family, starring Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Natalie Portman.
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D.
Brothers
"Brothers" is a television sitcom created by writer Gail Parent.
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E.
Brothers
"Brothers" is a critically acclaimed blues-rock album by The Black Keys, noted for its gritty sound and commercial breakthrough success.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | television series ⓘ |
| airedOn | UPN NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Malcolm and Eddie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cameraSetup | multi-camera ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | Joel Madison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Columbia TriStar Television Distribution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endDate | 2000-05-22 ⓘ |
| executiveProducer |
Brian Robbins
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jeff Franklin NERFINISHED ⓘ Joel Madison NERFINISHED ⓘ Mike Tollin NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Krantz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresTheme |
friendship
ⓘ
odd-couple roommates ⓘ small business ownership ⓘ |
| filmingStyle | studio audience ⓘ |
| genre | sitcom ⓘ |
| hasBroadcastFormat | syndication (after original run) ⓘ |
| hasFormat | half-hour comedy ⓘ |
| hasSetting | sports bar ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacter |
Eddie Sherman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Malcolm McGee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadActor |
Eddie Griffin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Malcolm-Jamal Warner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Eddie Sherman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Malcolm McGee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainPlot | Two mismatched roommates run a bar together in Kansas City ⓘ |
| notableFor | pairing Malcolm-Jamal Warner and Eddie Griffin as co-leads ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 89 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 4 ⓘ |
| openingThemePerformer | Eddie Griffin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalChannelType | broadcast television network ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originallyBroadcastIn | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | UPN NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalRun | 1996–2000 ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Eddie Sherman – Eddie Griffin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Malcolm McGee – Malcolm-Jamal Warner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1996-08-26 ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Big Ticket Television NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInLocation | Kansas City, Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Eddie Griffin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Malcolm-Jamal Warner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult viewers ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 1990s ⓘ |
| typicalEpisodeRuntime | 22 minutes ⓘ |
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Instruction
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