Willona saying, "NEGRO PLEASE"...was she really supposed to be implying - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Ireneparalegal · 03-03-2007, 05:19 PM

"N****r please"? In the episode where she takes Penny to the clinic and becomes upset with the doctor, she says "Negro Please". What I am wondering, is she really wanting to say the "N" word but instead used a nicer word or is there some reason behind saying "Negro" in that sarcastic tone? I have heard it said on other shows, movies, and always wondered what is meant by it?

Brian Damage · 03-03-2007, 05:38 PM

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"N****r please"? In the episode where she takes Penny to the clinic and becomes upset with the doctor, she says "Negro Please". What I am wondering, is she really wanting to say the "N" word but instead used a nicer word or is there some reason behind saying "Negro" in that sarcastic tone? I have heard it said on other shows, movies, and always wondered what is meant by it?

I don't think so. Back in the 70's, it was said a lot more on tv.

Brieannas21 · 03-04-2007, 03:22 AM

I've heard people now and some of my cousin say it. It's just something that some black people say.

TVFactFan · 03-04-2007, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Ireneparalegal

"N****r please"? In the episode where she takes Penny to the clinic and becomes upset with the doctor, she says "Negro Please". What I am wondering, is she really wanting to say the "N" word but instead used a nicer word or is there some reason behind saying "Negro" in that sarcastic tone? I have heard it said on other shows, movies, and always wondered what is meant by it?

Yup Willona said it to J.J too-lol I have heard Louise Jefferson say-"N***ger Please in the early years of the Jefferson

Ireneparalegal · 03-04-2007, 05:43 PM

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Yup Willona said it to J.J too-lol I have heard Louise Jefferson say-"N***ger Please in the early years of the Jefferson

That's the feeling I get when I heard her say it, as if she was wanting to say the "N" word instead.

TVFactFan · 03-04-2007, 05:48 PM

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That's the feeling I get when I heard her say it, as if she was wanting to say the "N" word instead.

I only heard those statements on only the Jeffersons and Good Times. Oh Yeah I heard it on on Baby I'm Back also.

Brian Damage · 03-04-2007, 07:42 PM

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I only heard those statements on only the Jeffersons and Good Times. Oh Yeah I heard it on on Baby I'm Back also.

Didn't Fred Sanford say it too?

TVFactFan · 03-04-2007, 07:53 PM

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Didn't Fred Sanford say it too?

I never heard it on Sanford and Son

Sammy Reed · 03-04-2007, 08:24 PM

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I never heard it on Sanford and Son

"Slam, bam, boom, somebody get this... out of my room."
"Bunch o' jive..."
"Look at all these... in here"

Anyway, there was an episode of "Carter Country" where Kene Holliday's character had the word spray-painted on his door, and there was an entire episode of "Gimme a Break" devoted to discussing that word.

(It does frankly bother me having to go "..." and "that word" to comply with PC forum rules.)

TVFactFan · 03-04-2007, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Sammy Reed

"Slam, bam, boom, somebody get this... out of my room."
"Bunch o' jive..."
"Look at all these... in here"

Anyway, there was an episode of "Carter Country" where Kene Holliday's character had the word spray-painted on his door, and there was an entire episode of "Gimme a Break" devoted to discussing that word.

(It does frankly bother me having to go "..." and "that word" to comply with PC forum rules.)

We are not talking about the word N**Ger, we are talking about it being used in the way Willona used it

"Negro Please"

Sammy Reed · 03-05-2007, 12:43 AM

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We are not talking about the word N**Ger, we are talking about it being used in the way Willona used it

"Negro Please"

OK, now I think I've got one.
"Hey negro, come here." Fred said that to the Mexican waiter in the Julio episode about "sangria".

SitcomGyrl1955 · 03-05-2007, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Ireneparalegal

"N****r please"? In the episode where she takes Penny to the clinic and becomes upset with the doctor, she says "Negro Please". What I am wondering, is she really wanting to say the "N" word but instead used a nicer word or is there some reason behind saying "Negro" in that sarcastic tone? I have heard it said on other shows, movies, and always wondered what is meant by it?

I don't like either one of them, just like I don't like the word "colored". But back in the 70's, saying "Negro please" was more acceptable than it is today. We were still called "Negroes", not yet African-Americans.

Ireneparalegal · 03-08-2007, 09:08 PM

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I don't like either one of them, just like I don't like the word "colored". But back in the 70's, saying "Negro please" was more acceptable than it is today. We were still called "Negroes", not yet African-Americans.

So, Willona saying it to the doctor was really being rude? I am trying to understand her reason for using that word "Negro"...it is obvious the doctor was black, why the emphasis for her to say "Negro"?

I am hispanic, I can't see myself saying to a hispanic doctor who was being rude or mean, "Mexican please!" I don't get it. Was it common for black people to say that to other black people who have pissed them off?

Brieannas21 · 03-08-2007, 09:16 PM

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So, Willona saying it to the doctor was really being rude? I am trying to understand her reason for using that word "Negro"...it is obvious the doctor was black, why the emphasis for her to say "Negro"?

I am hispanic, I can't see myself saying to a hispanic doctor who was being rude or mean, "Mexican please!" I don't get it. Was it common for black people to say that to other black people who have pissed them off?

It's common now a day for black people to say "Negro Please." It's like saying "Man Please" it can be taken as a insult or not. It's when you put the "ER" at the end of the word when it turns ugly.

comedyfreak · 03-09-2007, 01:51 AM

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I never heard it on Sanford and Son

You're kiddin. He said it in the episode where Lamont went to court to fight a traffic ticket, at the urging of Fred. At the end Fred stood up and told the Judge "You got enough n***ers in here to make a Tarzan movie".

Aunt Esther said it too and it gets edited out on TVland.

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Brieannas21 Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Apr 05, 2004 Location: Texas Posts: 9,792	I've heard people now and some of my cousin say it. It's just something that some black people say.