When was the last time this was on television?

[dahur1]

Originally Posted by Zoneboy

How many dvds were in the set? I have a 18 disc set that was really well done. Some episodes are not perfect but still watchable. The pristine ones including the 6 lost episodes are in the CBS vaults where they no doubt will remain.

I have 16 in my set. (I seem to remember it was 72 shows, but I could be wrong about that) About 1 show per DVD has glitches. I returned 1 that was completely unwatchable, and he sent me another, and that works reasonably well. I got the complete "The Invaders" DVD set from the same seller, and have the same glitches with that set too.

[treky]

Originally Posted by dahur1

I have heard the NAACP had it removed from the air because it make black people look bad. Hey many black comedians/entertainers say they loved the show(Redd Fox for one), got a lot of their material from it, and say it should have been left on, as it was great stuff. If the show made black people look bad, well, what about the Three Stooges? There never were more stupid white guys than the Stooges. I never felt they should be removed from TV because it made the white race look bad. It was just plain fun, and good laughs, that's all. Why create something else from it?

from someone who's a HUGE 3 stooges fan, I have to agree with you 100%!

[MrCleveland]

Originally Posted by Vince 887

I heard the Thanksgiving radio program which I thought was funny...I also liked Rochester from the Jack Benny show...I don't see where the stereotyping is.... the weren't any racial remarks that I'm aware of.

Back before 1950, many white actors would be on Vaudeville and they would do Minstrel Shows which usually poked fun at the black community at the time. The guys who originally did Amos n' Andy were white and they decided to use black actors for the show because they thought blackface would be inappropriate for TV.

Many Looney Tunes cartoons used the blackface gag (It was basically the South Park of its time.) But many people in Hollywood thought it was just good clean fun and trying not to hurt anyone, but others today may say this....

(Sorry, couldn't help myself.)