His role in coming to America is by far my favorite, of all of his works. " I feel like Break Dancing!" -Cleo McDowell
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marcus-holmer — 17 years ago(August 11, 2008 06:21 AM)
The funny thing in this movie is the old men in the hair saloon referring to "Kunta Kinte" each time the prince shows up there.
John Amos played Kunta Kinte in the Alex Hailey tv series "Roots" in the seventies. -
instant_change — 17 years ago(April 05, 2009 03:41 AM)
"The funny thing in this movie is the old men in the 5b4hair saloon referring to "Kunta Kinte" each time the prince shows up there.
John Amos played Kunta Kinte in the Alex Hailey tv series "Roots" in the seventies. "- Nope, that was LeVar Burton. John Amos was in The Roots, but his character's name was "Toby".
I know him pretty much only from Good Times and Coming To America
- Nope, that was LeVar Burton. John Amos was in The Roots, but his character's name was "Toby".
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Pharaoh Osmosis — 16 years ago(March 16, 2010 06:21 AM)
You are wrong, both LeVar Burton and John Amos played Kunte Kinte; "Toby" is the slave name of Kunte Kinte. Burton was the young Kunte Kinte and John Amos the older Kunte Kinte.
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fiatlux-1 — 17 years ago(January 07, 2009 10:24 PM)
I didn't even recognize him in this film for a long while!
I keep remembering him as James in "Good Times"!
He seemed taller on the show too.
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Riff98 — 16 years ago(September 01, 2009 09:35 AM)
I like when he yells at Darryl and says "Don't you get it?! The girl doesn't like you anymore. Can't you get that through your greasy head?!" LOL
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