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Tap Dancer · 11-03-2013, 09:02 AM

They should have given him another offer like the Alaska one. Say he was going to be gone for six months. This time Florida could have kept her big mouth shut and let James go for half (or all) of season four. That would have given everyone behind the scenes time to work out their problems. THEN maybe there would have been a possibility of James coming back. It just sucks that they were so quick to kill him instead of trying to fix things.

comedyfreak · 11-03-2013, 09:06 AM

I agree. I read that John even admitted he should have handled things differently. What's done is done.

TVFactFan · 11-03-2013, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Tap Dancer

They should have given him another offer like the Alaska one. Say he was going to be gone for six months. This time Florida could have kept her big mouth shut and let James go for half (or all) of season four. That would have given everyone behind the scenes time to work out their problems. THEN maybe there would have been a possibility of James coming back. It just sucks that they were so quick to kill him instead of trying to fix things.

That would have only worked if he was sick not fired

Tap Dancer · 11-03-2013, 03:45 PM

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That would have only worked if he was sick not fired

Do you mean they couldn't have put him on suspension instead of firing him?

TVFactFan · 11-03-2013, 04:01 PM

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Do you mean they couldn't have put him on suspension instead of firing him?

He no longer had a contract so that's why he was killed off.

TMC · 06-07-2016, 03:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Tap Dancer

They should have given him another offer like the Alaska one. Say he was going to be gone for six months. This time Florida could have kept her big mouth shut and let James go for half (or all) of season four. That would have given everyone behind the scenes time to work out their problems. THEN maybe there would have been a possibility of James coming back. It just sucks that they were so quick to kill him instead of trying to fix things.

And yet, ironically, Florida had no qualms about leaving her children to fend for themselves in the ghetto to go off to Arizona w/ Carl shortly after her husband was killed.

pkripper001 · 06-07-2016, 08:36 AM

James was killed off because John Amos was complaining about J.J. getting most of the spotlight and his other to kids who were goal motivated not getting equal billing.
It was said that producers got tired of having their ''lives threatened over jokes''.
He had already been labeled as a ''disruptive
element''.
John Amos was on the phone with Norman Lear when he was told that he would not be with them for the next season,and John did not try to make things good with keeping his role. Lear asked him if he wanted to say something at the end of that phone conversation,he simply said no & hung up
John should have attempted to do something right then and there when he was first told the news by Lear.If John would have been more diplomatic about the issues he had with the shows they may have let him stay on.
There should be no doubt that Amos intimidated Lear.
It is said that they killed off a strong family unit to promote the broken-home
stereotype.

Wawwie · 06-07-2016, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by TVFactFan

He no longer had a contract so that's why he was killed off.

Really a shame since he was always the best actor on the show.

TVFactFan · 06-07-2016, 07:45 PM

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Really a shame since he was always the best actor on the show.

Sure was. That's why I sold my DVD's because it just doesn't make sense to own the series with James only being on for 3 seasons

Only series sets I buy are the ones with the main characters on the whole series

Jeffersons
Married With Children
Seinfeld

Wawwie · 06-07-2016, 07:54 PM

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Sure was. That's why I sold my DVD's because it just doesn't make sense to own the series with James only being on for 3 seasons

I don't blame you since Good Times pretty much sucked without John Amos.
I won't watch ANY episode of Good Times if John (James) is not in it.

Wawwie · 06-07-2016, 07:57 PM

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Only series sets I buy are the ones with the main characters on the whole series

Jeffersons
Married With Children
Seinfeld

By the way, The Jeffersons is the best sitcom of all time in my opinion. I also love Seinfeld, but I have never been too crazy about Married With Children.

TVFactFan · 06-07-2016, 08:37 PM

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By the way, The Jeffersons is the best sitcom of all time in my opinion. I also love Seinfeld, but I have never been too crazy about Married With Children.

Family Ties maybe on that list in 2017, I am hooked

11-03-2013, 09:02 AM	#1
Tap Dancer Member Forum Regular Join Date: Mar 20, 2005 Location: Virginia Posts: 754	Instead of killing off James... They should have given him another offer like the Alaska one. Say he was going to be gone for six months. This time Florida could have kept her big mouth shut and let James go for half (or all) of season four. That would have given everyone behind the scenes time to work out their problems. THEN maybe there would have been a possibility of James coming back. It just sucks that they were so quick to kill him instead of trying to fix things.

11-03-2013, 09:06 AM	#2
comedyfreak Cheers! Forum Fanatic Join Date: Dec 14, 2005 Location: Sunny California Posts: 11,061	I agree. I read that John even admitted he should have handled things differently. What's done is done.
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06-07-2016, 08:36 AM	#7
pkripper001 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 12, 2014 Location: Florida Posts: 401	James was killed off because John Amos was complaining about J.J. getting most of the spotlight and his other to kids who were goal motivated not getting equal billing. It was said that producers got tired of having their ''lives threatened over jokes''. He had already been labeled as a ''disruptive element''. John Amos was on the phone with Norman Lear when he was told that he would not be with them for the next season,and John did not try to make things good with keeping his role. Lear asked him if he wanted to say something at the end of that phone conversation,he simply said no & hung up John should have attempted to do something right then and there when he was first told the news by Lear.If John would have been more diplomatic about the issues he had with the shows they may have let him stay on. There should be no doubt that Amos intimidated Lear. It is said that they killed off a strong family unit to promote the broken-home stereotype.