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Lady T · 12-03-2003, 07:13 PM

Can someone tell what the dat was when the magazine Ebony published their article on Good Times; I went to a college campus Library and they had Ebony magazines..but their collection started from 1978...

Thanks

Tara

I am planning to check out another library, that I am 100% sure has every issue of Ebony magazine...

TVFactFan · 12-03-2003, 07:55 PM

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Originally posted by Mrs. R.N.HARRIS
Can someone tell what the dat was when the magazine Ebony published their article on Good Times; I went to a college campus Library and they had Ebony magazines..but their collection started from 1978...

Thanks

Tara

I am planning to check out another library, that I am 100% sure has every issue of Ebony magazine...

Tara I have a 1975 article about Good Times in Ebony-titled-"Bad Times on the Good Times Set"

I can mail you a copy of that article. Let me know if you are interested.

PS-it;s the article that explains why Good Times is not a spinoff-LOL

TVFactFan · 12-03-2003, 07:56 PM

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Originally posted by Mrs. R.N.HARRIS
Can someone tell what the dat was when the magazine Ebony published their article on Good Times; I went to a college campus Library and they had Ebony magazines..but their collection started from 1978...

Thanks

Tara

I am planning to check out another library, that I am 100% sure has every issue of Ebony magazine...

The date is September, 1975

Brian Damage · 12-03-2003, 08:15 PM

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Originally posted by Sitcom Analyzer
PS-it;s the article that explains why Good Times is not a spinoff-LOL

Actually, you are incorrect...the writer of the article admitted Florida was spun off from Maude...Nice Try.

Lady T · 12-03-2003, 11:04 PM

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Originally posted by Sitcom Analyzer
The date is September, 1975

Thanks for the info; I will check it out at the library tomorrow, wait, tomorrow is my birthday

, I will check it out on Mondays, but thanks for the info...

TVFactFan · 12-03-2003, 11:11 PM

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Originally posted by Mrs. R.N.HARRIS
Thanks for the info; I will check it out at the library tomorrow, wait, tomorrow is my birthday , I will check it out on Mondays, but thanks for the info...

Why do you still have to check it out at the library if i have the actual Ebony Magazine with the Good Times Cast on the front?-LOL

Lady T · 12-03-2003, 11:14 PM

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Originally posted by Sitcom Analyzer
Why do you still have to check it out at the library if i have the actual Ebony Magazine with the Good Times Cast on the front?-LOL

Oh I am not going to check it out; I just want to read the article...Do you know of any other magazines that feature Good Times articles or interviews..I am sure Jimmie Walker did his fair share of interviews back in the 1970's....

TVFactFan · 12-03-2003, 11:18 PM

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Originally posted by Mrs. R.N.HARRIS
Oh I am not going to check it out; I just want to read the article...Do you know of any other magazines that feature Good Times articles or interviews..I am sure Jimmie Walker did his fair share of interviews back in the 1970's....

Well if the Library doesn't have it I can mail you the article. Other Good Times articles is a 1978 article in Jet Magazine, Two TV guide articles from 1974, an another article on Ebony Magazine in July of 1974 with Redd Foxx on the Front

Lady T · 12-03-2003, 11:22 PM

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Originally posted by Sitcom Analyzer
Well if the Library doesn't have it I can mail you the article. Other Good Times articles is a 1978 article in Jet Magazine, Two TV guide articles from 1974, an another article on Ebony Magazine in July of 1974 with Redd Foxx on the Front

hmmmm..that is cool...Redd Foxx and Good Times all in the same magazine..too cool...

TVFactFan · 12-03-2003, 11:27 PM

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Originally posted by Mrs. R.N.HARRIS
hmmmm..that is cool...Redd Foxx and Good Times all in the same magazine..too cool...

Yeah the title of the 1974 artic;e was a REAL SLICE OF GHETTO LIFE. Good Times was referred to as a Pork and Collard Greens Type of TV Show-LOL At the Time, Good Times was a Brand new show that just completed season one and ReddFoxx article was about his contract dsiputes with NBC

Lady T · 12-03-2003, 11:30 PM

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Originally posted by Sitcom Analyzer
Yeah the title of the 1974 artic;e was a REAL SLICE OF GHETTO LIFE. Good Times was referred to as a Pork and Collard Greens Type of TV Show-LOL At the Time, Good Times was a Brand new show that just completed season one and ReddFoxx article was about his contract dsiputes with NBC

Pork and Collard Green Type Show...

TVFactFan · 12-03-2003, 11:40 PM

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Originally posted by Mrs. R.N.HARRIS
Pork and Collard Green Type Show...

Correction, the title of the Article is-"A SALT PORK AND COLLARD GREENS TV SHOW"

And whAt they meant was the Show was a slice of Ghetto life as thick and juicy as a slab of salt pork simmering in a pot of Collard Greens.

Lady T · 12-03-2003, 11:42 PM

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Originally posted by Sitcom Analyzer
Correction, the title of the Article is-"A SALT PORK AND COLLARD GREENS TV SHOW"

And whAt they meant was the Show was a slice of Ghetto life as thick and juicy as a slab of salt pork simmering in a pot of Collard Greens.

oh okay..the show to me, seemed to be a soft touch to Ghetto life...because reality is not that funny especially on a sitcom...

W.J. Griffin · 12-04-2003, 11:54 AM

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Originally posted by Mrs. R.N.HARRIS
oh okay..the show to me, seemed to be a soft touch to Ghetto life...because reality is not that funny especially on a sitcom...

True 'dat, but remember...the only previous depiction of Black inner-city life prior to "Good Times" ("Julia" and ''The Bill Cosby Show" don't count, as their settings and situations were definitely middle class oriented) was "The Amos 'n' Andy Show", whose broad ethnic stereotypes have kept it off the air for almost forty years, now...and the only sitcom since "Good Times" to actually mine the same material was the excellent but short-lived "South Central", which many viewers felt was too brutal a depiction of city life. ("Sanford and Son", which predates "Good Times" by a couple of years, did indeed attempt to show inner-city living as well, but only as a counterpoint to its jokes.)

As a first attempt, however, I think "Good Times'' did pretty well for itself. Few other sitcoms with Black characters had the courage or finesse to pull off some of the storylines the Evans family faced. And for that the show is, indeed, a true pioneer.

Lady T · 12-04-2003, 06:02 PM

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Originally posted by W.J. Griffin
True 'dat, but remember...the only previous depiction of Black inner-city life prior to "Good Times" ("Julia" and ''The Bill Cosby Show" don't count, as their settings and situations were definitely middle class oriented) was "The Amos 'n' Andy Show", whose broad ethnic stereotypes have kept it off the air for almost forty years, now...and the only sitcom since "Good Times" to actually mine the same material was the excellent but short-lived "South Central", which many viewers felt was too brutal a depiction of city life. ("Sanford and Son", which predates "Good Times" by a couple of years, did indeed attempt to show inner-city living as well, but only as a counterpoint to its jokes.)

As a first attempt, however, I think "Good Times'' did pretty well for itself. Few other sitcoms with Black characters had the courage or finesse to pull off some of the storylines the Evans family faced. And for that the show is, indeed, a true pioneer.

excellent analogy; I totally agree..that to me a lot of the so called Urban Sitcoms of the 1970's were based on a white perspective on African-Americans family to boarden the viewers base

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Lady T Member Forum Star Join Date: Apr 20, 2003 Posts: 17,361	Good Times in Ebony Can someone tell what the dat was when the magazine Ebony published their article on Good Times; I went to a college campus Library and they had Ebony magazines..but their collection started from 1978... Thanks Tara I am planning to check out another library, that I am 100% sure has every issue of Ebony magazine...