This article mentions the exact things John Amos, Esther Rolle and Mabel King found sad and pathetic abt their sitcoms and their individual characters. Mabel mentions regretting leaving broadway to work on WH. John Amos talks abt how his writing skills were ignored. Read on:

http://www.gsusignal.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/02/23/43fdda6248e6e

Great article Irene. Interesting read- thanks for posting!

You are quite welcome.

That was an interesting and good article. I wasn't surprised by what I read... I also remember reading another article that talked about how the death of James on Good Times was the biggest mistake ever. The death played into the black, single mother stereotype raising her kids in the ghetto.

That is a good article. :)

Thank you. I try to find new articles on these shows and since it was Black History Month last month, this article came out. I feel sorry for Mabel who thought the show was going to be built around her family and instead it revolved around the guys.

It was a very good article.

That was an interesting and good article. I wasn't surprised by what I read... I also remember reading another article that talked about how the death of James on Good Times was the biggest mistake ever. The death played into the black, single mother stereotype raising her kids in the ghetto.
The exact thing Esther Rolle and Mabel King detested.