I know the guys probably won't care for this thread, but this is kind of taking this from that other thread that came from skinny JJ, Dr. Phil, Bill Cosby. I really like the build of John Amos. That's how I like my man. Not skinny, not thin; with some meat on him. I said on another thread that I found Dr. Phil's build nice. I like that. As Akita/Zion stated Dr. Phil is a tall man so the "fat" suits him just right. It doesn't look like fat on him. Just like John Amos. Oh man, when he was on Roots, you could finally see him without a shirt and his body was sooo nice. That's how I like a man, with some meat on him. JJ was too damn skinny. I can't stand a man with no meat or no fat on him. Sorry for this lame thread, just checking out John right now on the tube and it crossed my mind how great he looks. He is one "foxy dude".

I'm with you! As a kid, for some reason I thought John was more on the heavy side, but when I watched the marathon last week, he was lookin' good actually! :lol: A great tush on him too! ;)

I know the guys probably won't care for this thread, but this is kind of taking this from that other thread that came from skinny JJ, Dr. Phil, Bill Cosby. I really like the build of John Amos. That's how I like my man. Not skinny, not thin; with some meat on him. I said on another thread that I found Dr. Phil's build nice. I like that. As Akita/Zion stated Dr. Phil is a tall man so the "fat" suits him just right. It doesn't look like fat on him. Just like John Amos. Oh man, when he was on Roots, you could finally see him without a shirt and his body was sooo nice. That's how I like a man, with some meat on him. JJ was too damn skinny. I can't stand a man with no meat or no fat on him. Sorry for this lame thread, just checking out John right now on the tube and it crossed my mind how great he looks. He is one "foxy dude".

Ok here I am reading your post :rofl:. But you are speaking the truth. John Amos is a very handsome and well built man. I don't just like them built, but I also like them tall. I'm 5'6 and I like 3-4" heels and I aint comin out of them. I plan to be just like my great aunts, sexy at 85 still wearing regular hose, not support, and heels. I don't want to be looking at or down at a man. IMO there just aren't a whole lot of tall men anymore. I have a nephew who is 6'7 19 years old. He was 6'5 at the age of 14. My sister has to fight the older women away from him.

I can see you paralegal as you were thinking and posting about John Amos :drool:

That's all right we all :drool: over somebody. I can name a few myself that don't just make you :drool:, they make you hot :liplick:

I'm with you! As a kid, for some reason I thought John was more on the heavy side, but when I watched the marathon last week, he was lookin' good actually! :lol: A great tush on him too! ;)

Thanks for pointing out the tush. :liplick: :lol:

I'm with you! As a kid, for some reason I thought John was more on the heavy side, but when I watched the marathon last week, he was lookin' good actually! :lol: A great tush on him too! ;)
Oh hell yeah. MMmmm MMMMmmm. Nice. Makes you wonder why Florida didn't spend more time with him in the bedroom and saying: DAMN DAMN DAMN!!!!!!!
OH man, whoooo. I hear you. I know what you ladies mean. I like a tall man. I won't even go into the details. I saw a movie that came out in the 90's with John Amos and OMG :eek: He WAS SO FINE!!!! i swear that man gets better with age. I like when a man looks finer with time. okay ladies. you take it from here. :happyface

Well I saw him on a recent episode of Fresh Prince & he looked like he lost all of that build & gained weight which is pretty understandable since alot of people start gaining on weight with age.My mother said she used to have a crush on him when Good Times first aired.. LOL..

Well I saw him on a recent episode of Fresh Prince & he looked like he lost all of that build & gained weight which is pretty understandable since alot of people start gaining on weight with age.My mother said she used to have a crush on him when Good Times first aired.. LOL..
You know Georgiaboy, I saw that episode awhile back, and he still looked good for his age. whooo

How did JJ come out lookin like a slim jim with James as his father? lol

How did JJ come out lookin like a slim jim with James as his father? lol
Because James and Florida were so poor living in that one room place they had before the projects, so Florida didn't eat as much as she should have. Hey, wasn't there a reference made in one episode that JJ was so small as a baby that Florida put him to sleep in a dresser drawer????? I swear I heard that in one episode. Help me out here!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah, can't remember the episode, but James said that one morning with JJ sleeping in the dresser, he "damn near slipped him on as a neck tie" :crazy:

Yeah, can't remember the episode, but James said that one morning with JJ sleeping in the dresser, he "damn near slipped him on as a neck tie" :crazy:
yeah!!! that's the one. wish I knew what episode that was. I knew I wasn't crazy, I knew I had heard one of them say that abt JJ.

Ok here I am reading your post :rofl:. But you are speaking the truth. John Amos is a very handsome and well built man. I don't just like them built, but I also like them tall. I'm 5'6 and I like 3-4" heels and I aint comin out of them. I plan to be just like my great aunts, sexy at 85 still wearing regular hose, not support, and heels. I don't want to be looking at or down at a man. IMO there just aren't a whole lot of tall men anymore. I have a nephew who is 6'7 19 years old. He was 6'5 at the age of 14. My sister has to fight the older women away from him.

I can see you paralegal as you were thinking and posting about John Amos :drool:

That's all right we all :drool: over somebody. I can name a few myself that don't just make you :drool:, they make you hot :liplick:
Honey, I am five foot eight and a half and I love to wear heels..so I know where you are coming from...but besides that. John Amos was a hottie. He was tall with a handsome face and a great build (Florida was ONE lucky lady) and Eshter Rolle was lucky enough to have the great pleasure of kissing Amos when they both appeared on Good Times... :)

yeah!!! that's the one. wish I knew what episode that was. I knew I wasn't crazy, I knew I had heard one of them say that abt JJ.

It may have been the episode "JJ's Fiance" when James and Florida are looking through an old photo album with the girl's parents while they're at the prom. Not sure though.

He had a very nice build! ;)

yeah!!! that's the one. wish I knew what episode that was. I knew I wasn't crazy, I knew I had heard one of them say that abt JJ.



Here you go, this is one reason I finally sign on this board, to lend a helping hand. That episode is "Love In the Ghetto", when Larry and Thelma wanted to get engaged. :wave:

Here you go, this is one reason I finally sign on this board, to lend a helping hand. That episode is "Love In the Ghetto", when Larry and Thelma wanted to get engaged. :wave:
thank you. u are such a dear. come back soon. again thanx for the info. I can sleep now. :wave:

thank you. u are such a dear. come back soon. again thanx for the info. I can sleep now. :wave:



Your welcome. :tiphat:

Watching the episodes now,I have a 30 year-delayed crush on him :lol:

Thanks for pointing out the tush. :liplick: :lol:

I think I said it in another thread about this, John wore those pants well!!! :grineyes: :blush: :tehcool:

Your right Zions Mother, I love my men tall, and there aren't a lot of tall men around.

I can't help but look at his tush when he wears those cream colored pants. Damn, they hug his A** RIGHTEOUSLY!!!!!!

..and he married Florida, of all people. He could've had any woman he wanted. Sorry, I just had to get that in. :lol:

..and he married Florida, of all people. He could've had any woman he wanted. Sorry, I just had to get that in. :lol:
I try to think in my head what Florida may have looked like in her early years. Does any one have a pic of what Esther Rolle looked like in her early years? It seems all I have ever seen are pics of her from Good Times and anything she did after that. I want to see what she looked like before all that.

I know! I cannot picture her as a girl or very young woman!

I know! I cannot picture her as a girl or very young woman!
Isn't that weird? We feel the same way. Hmmmmm....i have tried and tried to imagine what she may have looked like but my brain won't do it!!!!! LOL

Wasn't she something like 20 years older than John? Much like George and Weezie.

yeah, John was abt 33-35 years old and Esther, I can't exactly remember, Soloman would know, she was around 45.

I try to think in my head what Florida may have looked like in her early years. Does any one have a pic of what Esther Rolle looked like in her early years? It seems all I have ever seen are pics of her from Good Times and anything she did after that. I want to see what she looked like before all that.

If you ever have a chance to pick up the video or dvd of the 1964 movie Nothing But A Man with Ivan Dixon and Abby Lincoln you'll notice Esther Rolle as an extra in the wedding scene. She sits down in one of the church pews- she doesn't have any lines, but she's right in the foreground clear as day wearing a head wrap. She looks just like she did a decade later in Good Times. That film has a few other black actors in bit parts who went on to bigger things. The guy who Florida had a drink with in the year 4 episode where she and Willona go to a night club plays Ivan Dixon's father.

Thanx for the info. I will check that out.

yeah, John was abt 33-35 years old and Esther, I can't exactly remember, Soloman would know, she was around 45.

I think Solomon posted something on here or I read somewhere, that she was 19 years older than John, and John was 8 years older than Jimmie.

Nothing But A Man is a great movie, I have to watch again, because I must have missed seeing Esther.