[78-L] Amos 'n' Andy on TV]

[William A. Brent]

sorry for continuing this, but its like people who have heard about a 
record, commenting
on it, without actually listening to it.

you really have never watched the A&A show, have you. there were Bank 
Presidents,
Store owners, doctors - even Amos was a cab driver and family man. 
Andy was a more likeable
version of Ralph Kramden - Kingfish was pretty close to Fred Sandford 
- Lightning, well
that one I'll give ya - but thats one minor recurring character.
The women were smarter and more industrious than the men (a step 
above Alice and
Trixies). And in one episode - The  Diner - when Kingfish and Andy 
try to better
themselves and buy a business - its the white owners who sell it to 
them, knowing that
the business was about to fail.



At 04:45 PM 1/25/2009, you wrote:
>However, at least on Law and Order you also have positive role 
>models in African American judges, investigators, defense lawyers, 
>professionals and so forth. You know, people who actually have to be 
>self-disciplined, focused, who go to work every day, work for a 
>living, that sorta thing. The Kingfish's main livelihood was 
>conniving others. Not exactly a great role model, as role models go.