20 years younger than Florida
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bilal_m2003 — 20 years ago(December 28, 2005 10:57 AM)
The producers should have never had him written out of the show because John Amos and Jimmie Walker made the show great, both of them are one of the reasons why I watch the show, and Wilona is too funny. The first three seasons had great memories and scenes with John Amos and the family. The last three seasons were good and funny, but I still felt that there was something missing, and that was John Amos. If he was around during seasons 4-6, maybe the show would have gone on until season 8 or 10. When he was gone from the show, there aws nobody to replace him, and no disrespect to Carl, but he couldn't fill in for James and become a father figure to the kids and a second husband to Florida because it just didn't feel right.
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skirk-2 — 20 years ago(January 01, 2006 10:18 PM)
I was under the impression that he left the show on his own due to the direction the show had taken. It was originally supposed to depict a strong family unit in the poverty stricken ghetto and as JJ's character got more popular, it just became a vehicle to showcase his nonsense.
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GoldenLifeIsMe — 20 years ago(January 04, 2006 10:28 AM)
You are correct. Even Esther Rolle was very upset that JJ's character had become so popular. She was a talented actress true to her craft and Jimmie Walker was a comedian, not an actor. I wonder if that's why she took that hiatus from the show.
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harlanlovestone — 20 years ago(February 18, 2006 08:35 PM)
JJ is exactly why she left the show. I think the fighting back stage canme to a head and Amos was canned and written out. Esther was not pleased , and when the JJ character did not grow after James'death then Esther decided to leave but finally returned after JJ was forced to be the lead and grow up, but by then the show was on it's last legs.
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hop21711999 — 20 years ago(February 25, 2006 01:24 PM)
fizbin4321 you said it right, Esther was a very talented actress and thats why she got the part, it had nothing to do with being a beauty queen. And you are 100% right when you say these rappers are neither talented nor attactive cause i have yet to see one who has 1 ounce of talent, nice to see i am not alone on those thoughts.
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Doc-McCoy — 20 years ago(March 14, 2006 05:20 PM)
Deespite the presence of the talented Esther Rolle, the quality of the show took a nose dive after Amos's character was killed off. The reason I heard for his leaving the show was a mutual disagreemment between him and the producers of the show, who were showcasing Jimmie Walker's antics - which Amos did not agree with. So, he was gone, and the show tanked bacuse Walker's constantly saying "Dynomite" was not nearly enough to sustain a show of any quality.
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eholmanjr — 20 years ago(March 17, 2006 07:55 PM)
It sure wasn't. I really hate the fact that there could not be some type of mutual agreement so that he could have remained on the show. I would have loved to see how he would have handled the situations where J J and Thelma wanted to get married.
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aquarius2285 — 20 years ago(March 26, 2006 07:25 PM)
Okback to the thread's topic.
I was always curious to know what their age difference was. I mean, I KNEW that she was older, but not an exact number. That's why I came here to find out. The irony is that someone already created a thread about it. It's amazing how people can be thinking of the same things. -
Courtesy_Flush — 19 years ago(April 11, 2006 08:09 PM)
Just for trivia, another Norman Lear show, "The Jeffersons," can claim the same. Sherman Hemsley is about 20 years younger than Isabel Sanford.
"All in the Family" spun off "The Jeffersons" and "Maude." "Maude" spun off "Good Times."
I think Norman Lear did 90% of my favorite sitcoms.
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evpad — 19 years ago(July 26, 2006 02:35 PM)
Sorry to re-hijack the post, but I gotta agree with the original posters. I also got tired of Florida's constant nagging and meddling and grandstanding. Gimme a break! They would have gotten out of that ghetto and had a better quality of life well into the first season had shoe not constantly shot down or turned down every opportunity the family had. I guess there wouldn't have been a show then though, so it had to be like that. Still, it's extremely irritating5b4.
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kim2u — 19 years ago(September 03, 2006 07:00 PM)
Please with all that being said keep in mind that there were white writers writing for a black family. All the actors did was read the lines that were written for them. That is why Rolle left because of the negative imagines of the show. Ask yourself why Michael is saying things that should be said by his parents. The networks were afraid the audience would be turned off or perceive James as an angry black man so the producers made Michael the black activist. If you feel that Florida was nagging or righteous that is the way the white writers and producers wanted it to be.
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bsteward-2 — 15 years ago(January 27, 2011 01:25 PM)
Please with all that being said keep in mind that there were white writers writing for a black family.
Actually, the two main writers/Creators were Black.. Ob68ne of the Creators/writers of this show was "Mike Evans" who played Lionel Jefferson on "All In The Family" and "The Jefferson's".. The other creator/writer was Eric Monte who was also black.. So this show had a lot of input from the black perspective..
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kim2u — 14 years ago(May 16, 2011 08:33 PM)
No it wasn't Why do you think Mike Evans went back to the Jefferson's He and Eric may have created the show and were writers but in the end they both had very little to do with the show. IF you read the creates you will see who the writers were. If you look at interviews with the cast they talk about the problems they had with the show which is my the two main stars left. Jimmy Walker's (JJ) to over but he was not intended to be the star. Most black shows had WHITE writers and they wrote what they thought was funny. And before any replies I know there were black writers and I never said there wasn't. What I am saying is most the writers were white and it was not the b111clack experience.