I wouldn't be surprised if the episode-"Brother Tom" offended White and Black People - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TVFactFan · 09-06-2006, 06:48 PM

I just feel this episode could have been written a better way, instead of saying Tom wanted George to teach him to be black he could have asked George to teach him how to be Cool. It's cool people in ALL RACES not just the Black race-lol I mean that's what it was really all about because Helen's friends wasn't ignoing Tom because he was white, they were igoring him because he just came off as a square. So that Wanting to be Black thing so I can fit in probably rubbed a lot of people the wrong way back in 1979 when first aired on CBS.

Ireneparalegal · 09-06-2006, 06:52 PM

But Tom was a HONKEY, he was too honkey to say TEACH ME HOW TO BE COOL...that's how uncool he was. Tom didn't get it until the end that he felt the way he did because he didn't understand what the friends were talking abt. If a group of people around you all of a sudden started talking Portuguese, you would feel out of place too.

Him saying teach me to be "black" shows how ignorant he was.

Brian Damage · 09-06-2006, 06:53 PM

I guess you have a point, but people weren't as ridiculously PC then as they are now.

TVFactFan · 09-06-2006, 06:58 PM

I did like how Tom was himself at the end when he took the boxing ticket away from George so he could go to the fight and George was like-"Please tom ole buddy can I go"

And Tom said-"George you are begging and that ain't cool"-lol

Ireneparalegal · 09-06-2006, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by TVResearcher

I did like how Tom was himself and still HIP at the end when he took the boxing ticket away from George so he could go to the fight and George was like-"Please tom ole buddy can I go"

And Tom said-"George you are begging and that ain't cool"-lol

Good for Tom for learning something from George. Remember when George told him not to let someone call him a "chump" and so forth? That's why Tom did that...

09-06-2006, 06:48 PM	#1
TVFactFan Member Forum Junkie Join Date: Aug 17, 2002 Posts: 99,062	I wouldn't be surprised if the episode-"Brother Tom" offended White and Black People I just feel this episode could have been written a better way, instead of saying Tom wanted George to teach him to be black he could have asked George to teach him how to be Cool. It's cool people in ALL RACES not just the Black race-lol I mean that's what it was really all about because Helen's friends wasn't ignoing Tom because he was white, they were igoring him because he just came off as a square. So that Wanting to be Black thing so I can fit in probably rubbed a lot of people the wrong way back in 1979 when first aired on CBS.

09-06-2006, 06:52 PM	#2
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09-06-2006, 06:53 PM	#3
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	I guess you have a point, but people weren't as ridiculously PC then as they are now.
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09-06-2006, 06:58 PM	#4
TVFactFan Member Forum Junkie Join Date: Aug 17, 2002 Posts: 99,062	I did like how Tom was himself at the end when he took the boxing ticket away from George so he could go to the fight and George was like-"Please tom ole buddy can I go" And Tom said-"George you are begging and that ain't cool"-lol