I read Bill Cosby did not like this show because of the Evans Family Financial Situat

[TVFactFan]

Bill had a problem with the negative stereotype that was promoted on Good Times and never cared for the show. He actually felt the same way about the Jeffersons and Sanford and Son. I just found the show to be funny and enjoyed it. I can understand at the time how Bill could have been saying why they have to show that all black families are poor? Why can't a black family be doing financially well on TV? So i can see his point but to me the only negative stereotype was the J.J. character. It was said since Bill Cosby Lived in a similar area that's shown in the opening credits while growing up in philadelphia so that's why he had no interest in this show when it debuted in 1974. That also explains why the Cosby Show never made reference to This show, Jeffersons, and Sanford and Son in any of their episodes.

[laneyday]

I like Bill but I tend to feel sometimes, especially concerning black entertainment, that he is trying to forget where he came from.

[TVFactFan]

Originally posted by laneyday
I like Bill but I tend to feel sometimes, especially concerning black entertainment, that he is trying to forget where he came from.

I know, Bill has his nose so high in the air that he can't smell own mouth wash-lol

[Edster2973]

Originally posted by TVShow Analyzer
I know, Bill has his nose so high in the air that he can't smell own mouth wash-lol

Let's be grateful he uses mouth wash at all, after many years of doing those awful Jello and Pudding commercials...

Eeewwww...





Ed

[TVFactFan]

Originally posted by Edster2973
Let's be grateful he uses mouth wash at all, after many years of doing those awful Jello and Pudding commercials...

Eeewwww...





Ed

I think that's what Bill was known for in the 1970's since all his shows were a FLOP.

[liane49]

Originally Posted by TVFactFan

I know, Bill has his nose so high in the air that he can't smell own mouth wash-lol

Bill himself grew up poor. He makes a joke and says they weren't poor, they were broke.

[biffbronson]

I'm starting to wonder if there were any sitcoms that Bill liked, aside from his own? I'd like to ask him, as Mushmouth: "Hey-ba, what-ba do-ba you-ba enjoy-ba?"

Gotta say though that Bill was impressive in his day -- I think he played tennis to stay in shape. I just watched him in a '70s (?) movie with Richard Pryor and Bill was the man.

[robyrob]

i don't know why Bill would say/feel that way about the Jeffersons - George wasn't poor, he was a hard working self-made man. He certainly had more self respect than Cliff Huxtable ever did.

[Edster2973]

For what it's worth, Bill Cosby may not have said anything about the show, or, if he did, he might have made similar gripes about it that stars John Amos and Esther Rolle made. We simply don't know for sure...

Just sayin'...

Ed

[DJM77]

Originally Posted by biffbronson

I'm starting to wonder if there were any sitcoms that Bill liked, aside from his own?

I know that he was a fan of the 1993 sitcom, Where I Live.

[treky]

Originally Posted by biffbronson

I'm starting to wonder if there were any sitcoms that Bill liked, aside from his own? I'd like to ask him, as Mushmouth: "Hey-ba, what-ba do-ba you-ba enjoy-ba?"

Gotta say though that Bill was impressive in his day -- I think he played tennis to stay in shape. I just watched him in a '70s (?) movie with Richard Pryor and Bill was the man.

who is mushmouth????

[DJM77]

Originally Posted by treky

who is mushmouth????

A character from Fat Albert

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by robyrob

i don't know why Bill would say/feel that way about the Jeffersons - George wasn't poor, he was a hard working self-made man. He certainly had more self respect than Cliff Huxtable ever did.

Because there were negative stereotypes on the show

Use of the N-word
Angry Black Man
Use of the word whitey
Looking down on poor people



All the things that were never seen on the Cosby show

[biffbronson]

Originally Posted by TVFactFan

Use of the word whitey

If I remember right after all these years, I think I learned the word "honky" from The Jeffersons.

I liked Good Times, The Jeffersons, and Sanford & Son. I used to watch Fat Albert as well, but I think a lot of Bill's messages went over my head. People tend to forget how many African-American series ran concurrently in the '70s. I should mention too that Flip Wilson was extremely popular in the early '70s, and my family always loved it when he did Geraldine.

Some thoughts about Good Times after all these years, watching again now:

The acting on this series is better than I remembered, and I can see it was well-cast. I was surprised to hear the "n" word after watching less than a half-dozen eps on Antenna TV. JJ's dyn-o-mite is just as funny as ever, and in my opinion one of the all-time great catchphrases in sitcom history. I recalled that JJ was an artist, but his talents played into more storylines than I had remembered. Walker's enthusiasm is welcome. I had totally forgotten things like his red-velour tuxedo and how his character became combative when his father was protective of a threat.

Just watching the ep where the neighbor lady brings over her meatloaf, and the scene is really funny when the family suspects it was made with pet food. Very entertaining.

[hatwink]

Originally Posted by TVFactFan

Bill had a problem with the negative stereotype that was promoted on Good Times and never cared for the show. He actually felt the same way about the Jeffersons and Sanford and Son. I just found the show to be funny and enjoyed it. I can understand at the time how Bill could have been saying why they have to show that all black families are poor? Why can't a black family be doing financially well on TV? So i can see his point but to me the only negative stereotype was the J.J. character. It was said since Bill Cosby Lived in a similar area that's shown in the opening credits while growing up in philadelphia so that's why he had no interest in this show when it debuted in 1974. That also explains why the Cosby Show never made reference to This show, Jeffersons, and Sanford and Son in any of their episodes.

Bill is a great comic, did great with the shows, but with the stuff coming out with the drugging, and womanizing, that he's done, he needs to shut up.