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how about I don't give a shit about an entertainer's skin color? If I like your work, I like your work, full stop. I'm a grown ass man, so I don't need a role model or any political statements (from either side of the aisle) for the most part. I don't watch much TV anyway, except history, science, and MMA. What's great about the US is any group can make their own network if they don't like the status quo, which is awesome!
When Cosby first put his show out there in the 80s it was an instant hit. First the first time, Black America got to have their own "Leave It to Beaver" esque fantasy television of a well off family with relatively trivial matters instead of "scratching and surviving" and "hanging in the chow line." While it wasn't my personal cup of tea ( I always preferred The Fresh Prince take where they still dealt with issues facing their audience), it's a damn shame that Bill's personal life will now forever taint that for many people.
"hanging in the chow line." DAMN! So that's what they were singing! I thought they were singing "hanging in a challenge" but American Ninja competitions were many years off, so that wouldn't make any sense. That said, in "The Jeffersons" theme I think one line was "hang dog lice in the kitchen" but I figured it must be black slang/code talk for something. Yeah....a diminished ability to understand human speech makes for some interesting lyrical interpretations to say the least!
Fish don't fry in the kitchen. Beans don't burn on the grill. It took a whole lotta tryin' Just to get up that hill. Now we're up in the big leagues. Gettin' our turn at bat. Long as we live, it's you and me, baby. There ain't nothin' wrong with that. Check out the new page on our web-site. Modern Photos: http://home.earthlink.net/~okblaze/id3.html
I liked "Good Times" a lot until it basically became the "Jimmy Walker show". It did an excellent job of showing the triumphs (and trials) of a working class African American family. Though "The Jeffersons" was a good show as well but George's buffoonery sometimes wore pretty thin.
