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

[Tom]

The last time I watched Amos 'n Andy was when it was on TV, at least where we lived -- back in the early 60's. So it's been a while. And I only watched it a few times. I was a kid, and I haven't watched it since.
 
If you find something worthwhile in watching Amos 'n Andy, more power to you. The fact that it was yanked off TV shortly after I saw it speaks for itself.
 

--- On Sun, 1/25/09, William A. Brent <bbrent at pipeline.com> wrote:

From: William A. Brent <bbrent at pipeline.com>
Subject: Re: [78-L] Amos 'n' Andy on TV]
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at 78online.com>
Date: Sunday, January 25, 2009, 5:17 PM

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.

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