anybody see Rollo on the BET comedy awards? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

eza · 09-30-2004, 08:50 PM

they had some sort of theme going where all the comedy actors from the pass presented the awards on the big screen behind the stage.

anyways rollo was 1 of the presenters. this was my first time seeing him in god knows how long because I never saw the comic view episode in which he was apart of. Hes real gray now(what u expect from an old man) but it just caught me off guard cause Im so used to him looking like his Sanford n Son self.

I wonder if they reached out to lamont to present the award and he declined?

isiahthomas · 10-01-2004, 10:29 AM

I saw Rollo on BET Comedy Awards.

GARFIELDKOOL · 10-01-2004, 11:06 AM

I wanted to see Rollo. I think Lamont left acting. He's a priest or something.

vashti1999 · 10-01-2004, 12:02 PM

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Originally posted by GARFIELDKOOL
I wanted to see Rollo. I think Lamont left acting. He's a priest or something.

Demond Wilson didn't leave acting, he just appeared on the season premiere of Girlfriends last week.

glenny · 10-01-2004, 05:05 PM

I think Demond runs some kind of halfway house for parolees or something like that.

BabyGurl1142 · 11-28-2004, 12:38 AM

yeah I saw a rerun of the BET Comedy Awards Show last night and I saw the guy who played Rollo. I was glad to see him on tv again. I was wondering how he looked these days. I haven't seen him in awhile. I heard he was also on an epsoide of comic view but I missed that.

TVFactFan · 11-28-2004, 12:18 PM

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Originally posted by BabyGurl1142
yeah I saw a rerun of the BET Comedy Awards Show last night and I saw the guy who played Rollo. I was glad to see him on tv again. I was wondering how he looked these days. I haven't seen him in awhile. I heard he was also on an epsoide of comic view but I missed that.

I think if he never said who he was, no one would have ever known it was him because he changed so much over the years. But since he was a supporting character, he should have said-"I was known as Rollo from Sanford and Son" instead of just I was Rollo. Rollo from where? I think he would have gotten a much bigger round of applause if he said from Sanford and Son. Most people probably didn't know who Rollo was which was probably the reason not that many people cheered.

BabyGurl1142 · 11-28-2004, 04:14 PM

Yeah i would have to agree with you on that. I wouldn't have know who he was if he hadn't said he used to play Rollo. He really has changed alot of the years. I wish they could have shown more of him than just that little clip. I didn't even get to look at him at good. i have searched all over the internet trying to find pictures of him but I haven't had any luck. If anyone has any info that I could use just let me know.

kb2xbass · 12-03-2004, 12:33 PM

'Sanford and Son' star now a minister, writer
Preacher man
Serena Kappes
PEOPLE
Tuesday, October 15, 2002

(PEOPLE) -- Demond Wilson, known to most people as Redd Foxx's long-suffering son on the hit 1970s sitcom "Sanford and Son," was 12 years old when a burst appendix almost ended his life. "I was literally dying ... I felt my body separated from my spirit," he recalls. He recovered, and Wilson soon had an epiphany: "That's when (God) called me out," he says. "I went home and told my mom and dad that I was gonna be a priest."

Though it took Wilson, now 56, nearly 20 years to fully realize his religious calling -- he became a minister in 1983 -- he never doubted that he would do so. "God is a very persuasive creator," he says. "If God is the catalyst, there's nothing you can do about it." After starring on "Sanford and Son" for six seasons (1972-78), followed by two short-lived sitcoms -- 1978's "Baby, I'm Back" and 1982's "The New Odd Couple" -- he felt burnt out.

At the time, he was also using cocaine. "I didn't want to see anybody, didn't want to talk to anybody," he recalls. Then, he found strength in his faith -- so much so that he changed the course of his life. "I went from sinner to saved by grace," he says.

In 1994, after preaching all over the world for more than a decade, Wilson founded the Restoration House of America, a nonprofit organization devoted to rehabilitating former prison inmates. The first Restoration House, in which 150 men live for a year's stint, is near Lynchburg, Virginia, and sits on 500 acres. Plans are in the works for a second facility to be built in Valdosta, Georgia, Wilson's birthplace.

But Wilson, who is father to six children (ranging in age from 13 to 29) and has been married to wife Cicely for nearly 30 years, hasn't left show business behind completely. In 1999, he began writing a screenplay, "The Legend of Ned Turner," which takes place in 1845 and "chronicles the life of an ex-slave who put his life on the line for others." He is currently executive-producing the movie, which is scheduled to begin filming in the spring.

But acting itself doesn't hold the same charge it once did for him. He is proud of his work on the groundbreaking "Sanford and Son" -- "Redd and I were the catalysts, we opened the door" for modern African-American sitcoms that followed, such as "Good Times" and "The Jeffersons," he says. "They don't give us that credit, but we opened that door, kicked it right in" -- but he no longer feels the pull to act on a regular basis. (He did appear as a prisoner in the 2000 comedy "Hammerlock.") "I don't go on auditions," he explains.

Now, he says, nothing compares to the feeling he gets when he's preaching: "When I stand up and minister, I can minister until I turn into a puddle of perspiration and the spirit of God will just renew me."

Sanford's Son · 12-05-2004, 05:29 PM

Great read, Thanks.

I wouldnt mind hearing him preach.

09-30-2004, 08:50 PM	#1
eza WHYYY I NEVER!!! Occasional Poster Join Date: Aug 29, 2003 Posts: 36	anybody see rollo on the BET comedy awards? they had some sort of theme going where all the comedy actors from the pass presented the awards on the big screen behind the stage. anyways rollo was 1 of the presenters. this was my first time seeing him in god knows how long because I never saw the comic view episode in which he was apart of. Hes real gray now(what u expect from an old man) but it just caught me off guard cause Im so used to him looking like his Sanford n Son self. I wonder if they reached out to lamont to present the award and he declined?

11-28-2004, 12:38 AM	#6
BabyGurl1142 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jul 30, 2004 Location: Jackson, Tennesee Posts: 7	yeah I saw a rerun of the BET Comedy Awards Show last night and I saw the guy who played Rollo. I was glad to see him on tv again. I was wondering how he looked these days. I haven't seen him in awhile. I heard he was also on an epsoide of comic view but I missed that.
	__________________ TamekaF

12-03-2004, 12:33 PM	#9
kb2xbass Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Dec 03, 2004 Posts: 5	What's Demond Wilson up to? 'Sanford and Son' star now a minister, writer Preacher man Serena Kappes PEOPLE Tuesday, October 15, 2002 (PEOPLE) -- Demond Wilson, known to most people as Redd Foxx's long-suffering son on the hit 1970s sitcom "Sanford and Son," was 12 years old when a burst appendix almost ended his life. "I was literally dying ... I felt my body separated from my spirit," he recalls. He recovered, and Wilson soon had an epiphany: "That's when (God) called me out," he says. "I went home and told my mom and dad that I was gonna be a priest." Though it took Wilson, now 56, nearly 20 years to fully realize his religious calling -- he became a minister in 1983 -- he never doubted that he would do so. "God is a very persuasive creator," he says. "If God is the catalyst, there's nothing you can do about it." After starring on "Sanford and Son" for six seasons (1972-78), followed by two short-lived sitcoms -- 1978's "Baby, I'm Back" and 1982's "The New Odd Couple" -- he felt burnt out. At the time, he was also using cocaine. "I didn't want to see anybody, didn't want to talk to anybody," he recalls. Then, he found strength in his faith -- so much so that he changed the course of his life. "I went from sinner to saved by grace," he says. In 1994, after preaching all over the world for more than a decade, Wilson founded the Restoration House of America, a nonprofit organization devoted to rehabilitating former prison inmates. The first Restoration House, in which 150 men live for a year's stint, is near Lynchburg, Virginia, and sits on 500 acres. Plans are in the works for a second facility to be built in Valdosta, Georgia, Wilson's birthplace. But Wilson, who is father to six children (ranging in age from 13 to 29) and has been married to wife Cicely for nearly 30 years, hasn't left show business behind completely. In 1999, he began writing a screenplay, "The Legend of Ned Turner," which takes place in 1845 and "chronicles the life of an ex-slave who put his life on the line for others." He is currently executive-producing the movie, which is scheduled to begin filming in the spring. But acting itself doesn't hold the same charge it once did for him. He is proud of his work on the groundbreaking "Sanford and Son" -- "Redd and I were the catalysts, we opened the door" for modern African-American sitcoms that followed, such as "Good Times" and "The Jeffersons," he says. "They don't give us that credit, but we opened that door, kicked it right in" -- but he no longer feels the pull to act on a regular basis. (He did appear as a prisoner in the 2000 comedy "Hammerlock.") "I don't go on auditions," he explains. Now, he says, nothing compares to the feeling he gets when he's preaching: "When I stand up and minister, I can minister until I turn into a puddle of perspiration and the spirit of God will just renew me."

12-05-2004, 05:29 PM	#10
Sanford's Son -=The Myth=- Occasional Poster Join Date: Nov 18, 2004 Location: Arkansas Posts: 11	Great read, Thanks. I wouldnt mind hearing him preach.
	__________________ Sanford and Son.... the reason TV was invented.

10-01-2004, 10:29 AM	#2
isiahthomas Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Aug 20, 2002 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 10,704	I saw Rollo on BET Comedy Awards.

10-01-2004, 11:06 AM	#3
GARFIELDKOOL Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Sep 02, 2004 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 7,204	I wanted to see Rollo. I think Lamont left acting. He's a priest or something.

10-01-2004, 05:05 PM	#5
glenny Member Forum Regular Join Date: Dec 21, 2001 Location: New Jersey Posts: 951	I think Demond runs some kind of halfway house for parolees or something like that.

11-28-2004, 04:14 PM	#8
BabyGurl1142 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jul 30, 2004 Location: Jackson, Tennesee Posts: 7	Yeah i would have to agree with you on that. I wouldn't have know who he was if he hadn't said he used to play Rollo. He really has changed alot of the years. I wish they could have shown more of him than just that little clip. I didn't even get to look at him at good. i have searched all over the internet trying to find pictures of him but I haven't had any luck. If anyone has any info that I could use just let me know.