Picks and Pans Review: Taping Tip

By David Hiltbrand

UPDATED 05/07/1990 at 01:00 AM EDT • Originally published 05/07/1990 at 01:00 AM EDT

>Singer Patti LaBelle shows up on the season finale of NBC's A Different World (Thurs., May 3, 8:30 P.M. ET) as the doting mother of Dwayne Wayne (Kadeem Hardison). Since this pop powerhouse acts with as much vigor as she sings, Whitley (Jasmine Guy) is likely to be very sorry she ever trifled with that boy.