48 Hour Good Times Marathon on Nick at Night
rootlesscosmo
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Anyone peeping this?Some great episodes I had never seen.Bernadette Stanis fine as ever.
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she just doesn't recognize the real.
me not watching the dope shit represents the struggle.
He dissappeared from Hollywood life for the most part afterwards popping up occasionally to write for Moesha or give interviews on the idea of the black family on television.
He is one of the unsung heroes of helping to create a positive black image on the screen. Unfortunately he's fallen on hard times as of late
If I ever gain the opportunity I plan to work with him and learn all I can
Interesting...I was watching the marathon today, the episode where Janet Jackson makes her debut I believe and noticed the name Eric Monte for the first time.
Found a great interview: Here
Excerpt:
jimi izrael: wait a second
jimi izrael: you pitched "The Cosby Show"?
Eric Monte: Yes.
jimi izrael: With the doctor husband, lawyer wife, etc?
Eric Monte: Yes. Only the wife wasn't a lawyer.
jimi izrael: what was she?
Eric Monte: Fine and smart. Here comes another long story.
Eric Monte: Up until that time, whenever they did a black comedy, all the mothers were fat. On the white shows, all the mothers were slim and gorgeous. And I told Marcy that I thought that was wrong and stereotypic. That even though I didn't reflect it, my mother was gorgeous. I felt there should be a black show with an intellegent father and a beautiful wife. She told me it wouldn't work.
Hi. I am writing a book on Norman Lear and I was wondering how I could talk to Eric Monte about his experiences on Good Times. Is there any way I could contact him to ask him a question or two for the book? I am 15 years old[/b], and a publisher (BearManor Media) is interested in the idea. I am looking to interview many of the people that worked with Lear. For more information, visit my website at
www.dear-norman.com.
dude how this kid even ever heard of Norman Lear is beyond me...
hang in there mayne. it's a worldwide struggle.
I think my hatred of Goodtimes is rooted in the fact that it used to come on after Mr. Rogers Neighborhood and when the Goodtimes music started that meant that the kids shows were over. Goodtimes meant the end of fun. It is this exact same reason that makes it impossible for me to enjoy M*A*S*H*. Goddamn I hate that themesong.