<Li> Mr. and Mrs. Booker (Jeris Lee Poindexter and Ellia English): A married couple and audience members of Martin's "Word on the Street" television program . The Bookers are constantly arguing . Mr. Booker appears to be somewhat goofy and dimwitted, while Mrs. Booker is loud and aggressive . Their most prominent appearance is in the Season 4 episode "Kicked to the Curb", where they assist Martin and Gina in getting their apartment back, by scaring off the new tenants after Mrs. Booker pretends to be a scorned wife looking to fight the woman who was "creeping with her husband". </Li> <Li> Maddie Brown (Laura Hayes): Cole's gossiping, no - nonsense mother who still supports him . She's known for talking about other people and spreading their business around . For example, Martin being broke and having Gina support him . </Li> <Li> Evelyn Porter (LaWanda Page): A senior resident who lives in Martin's apartment building who is also friends with Mama Payne and Cole's mother, Maddie . </Li> <Li> The Reverend Leon Lonnie Love (David Alan Grier): A local fire - and - brimstone preacher whose brand of religion doesn't seem to frown upon avarice, lying, cheating, stealing, and philandering--even with his own cousin Pam . </Li>

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