Posted on 03/03/2019 10:33:41 AM PST by ETL
Whitman “Grady” Mayo died back in 2001 at 70. He was a little over 7 years older than Nathaniel Taylor (but looked way older).
Everyone in that show was perfectly typecast. Like a few others, MASH, All in the Family...no one could play a better Meathead than Reiner and no one could play a better Lamont than Demond.
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/good-times-star-jimmie-walker-supports-trump-slams-pc-culture
“Walker appeared on The O’Reilly Factor on July 11, 2012.
He stated that he did not vote for Barack Obama and that he would not vote for him in the 2012 election either.[7]
In an interview with CNN, Walker described himself politically as a “realist independent” and stated that he opposed affirmative action, saying that it had outlived its usefulness.
He also said that he was against gay marriage on moral grounds,”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmie_Walker#Personal_life_and_political_views
no one could play a better Meathead than Reiner
I posted this scene on a thread yesterday, it was my all-time favorite scene between Archie and Meathead
“A sock and sock, and a shoe and a shoe”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFuniFSP2fo
He didn’t no jive,tuna.
Smitty: I think you meant turkey not tuna.
He made many jokes and insults about fellow blacks, often about the ghetto lifestyle, including various common scams such as insurance fraud.
Re: episodes about faking whiplash in a car accident (involving their pickup truck), falsely reporting furniture being stolen, fraudulent lottery, etc, etc.
Grady died in 2001.
"Whitman Blount Mayo (November 15, 1930 – May 22, 2001) was an American actor, best known for his role as Grady Wilson on the 1970s television sitcom Sanford and Son. "
“Fish Eyed Fool!”
“Che” Cortez, anyone?
What was the fake African name Lamont adopted in that episode?
Name any show—down to Romper Room—and it would be “problematic” in “Current Year.”
Walker wrote an occasional piece that posted on Jewish World Review. As if he was just another conservative columnist.
I’m a huge fan of all the old black comedians, Richard Pryor, and Eddie Murphy’s standup still crack me up as much today as it did, then.
I loved the black movies in the 80s, like I’m Gonna Git You Sucka, and Hollywood Shuffle, and “In Living Color”.
Then in the 90s something changed.
Here’s (supposedly) the full transcript of the episode...
Lamont Goes African
But see, now I’ve taken a new name to reflect the new me.
Now, remember I was telling you I was gonna turn over a new leaf? Well, my new name and my new clothes and my new language is all a part of that.
Oh, yeah? Hmm.
Well, you see, Pop Now, I’m a black man, right? You can say that again.
Come on, Pop, this is serious.
I should have a name, a language and clothes that lets everybody know that I’m a black man.
People would know you were a black man if your name was Spiro T.
Agnew.
All they had to do was just look at you.
Would you listen to me for a minute? ‘Cause this is really serious.
We shouldn’t have these names.
Do you know any white people with names like Lumumba, Kasavubu or Tachaka? I don’t even know no black people with names like that.
That’s just the point, Pop.
Black people in America have been cut off from their homeland for so long they don’t even know the names of their ancestors.
My ancestor’s name was Sanford.
My father’s name was Sanford, his father’s name was Sanford his father’s father and their father we all been Sanfords.
And I’ve only been cut off of my homeland a little over 30 years.
And I suppose that’s when your ancestors left Africa? No, that’s when I left St.
Louis.
- I’m talking about before that.
- Before that? That was ancient history.
No need to bring that up.
What we called ourselves before we called ourselves Sanford is the thing that’s important because that reflects where we originally came from.
That’s why I’ve chosen a name that leaves no doubt about my origin.
Well, what’s your original new name? Kalunda.
- Ka-who? - Kalunda.
If you think I’m gonna change the sign from Sanford and Son to Sanford and Kalunda, you crazy! Well, you better get used to it ‘cause I ain’t answering to Lamont no more.
- Listen, Lamont - Not Lamont.
Kalunda.
Kalunda.
Say it.
Calendar.
Hey, man, just say it right.
Come on.
Kalunda.
- Kalunda.
- That’s it.
Kalunda.
I just need more practice.
“I’d like you to meet my son, Kalunda.
“ “Package for Mr.
Kalunda.
“ “Call for Kalunda!” That sounds Italian.
You sure that’s African? It’s Congolese.
You see, I met this Nigerian sister and she told me I look like a member of the Baluba tribe one of the largest tribes in the Congo.
Kalunda.
It just don’t sound right for a junk dealer.
With a name like Kalunda, you should be driving an elephant, not a truck.
Here’s (supposedly) the full transcript of the episode...
Lamont Goes African
One of the best shows ever, just hilarious at times. Aunt Maxine..er Esther was my probably favorite but it’s close.
Rockford files, too racist, sexist and white male to make today
All in the family - too racist, sexist and white male to make today
The best one was the Jail episode. “Shut you double-breasted lips”
As usual, Rollo got them into hot water.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrGhnC0OWH4
My favorite Fred scene was when he was waiting to talk to the phone company. The automated message told him to wait for the next operator and he responded “I bet I wouldn’t have to wait if I was white”.
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