This is not about mental health this is way deeper than any of you understand. This is a world that is crashing down on a man and he's not afraid of it crashing down on him he's afraid of it crashing down on his family. This has absolutely nothing to do with mental health nor is it actually pride. 🤬😡
@@centuryrox Yes I always loved how Norman Lear would mix drama with comedy on his sitcoms, usually when it's done by others it seems silly and a waste of time and insincere and corny but for some reason it seems to resonate more with me when it's done under Norman Lear's direction. It seems more like real life, where comedy and drama mix.
@@rtususian That's exactly what I loved about Good Times. Not only was it funny, but almost every episode had a very serious or heartbreaking scene in it, which made it feel all that more real for the viewer. The viewer could really relate to watching this family struggle to make ends meet, only to be knocked down by some tragedy or stroke of bad luck. You could really feel for them emotionally.
He and Florida had some good scenes on MAUDE too that tackled that subject, especially when he wanted Florida to quit her maid job with Maude's family.
It's called, "teamwork". I pitched in and got a paper route one summer for my family. Me and my sisters went to school with new threads that fall because of me. 💰
@@cwp4eva to be honest, the clowning happened before Mr. Amos left when the “JJ” character caught on with audiences. I think it would’ve been funnier if “JJ” was only just a wisecracking type of guy and not so silly. The jumping around, the silly walk, showing how skinny he was etc was a bit much.
@@ghanasoul All of that is the reason Esther Rolle said that she left the show. The writers were turning JJ into a stereotype, and she didn't like that.
Amos quit of his own accord. I am not sure, but I think he didn't want to be second-fiddle to Jimmie Walker's character. IMO it was a prideful mistake.
@@christiansoldier77 Wrong. Alda wished to make season 10 (1981-1982) M*A*S*H's last, but was persuaded by CBS to produce a slightly shortened 11th season, coupled with a farewell movie finale, at the request of CBS.
The show was doomed after James was killed off. Then when Flordia remarried and left the kids to fend for themselves it was so unbelievable of her character. It was a decent show for the times but I think it had run its course. A show with kids in it has a difficult time transitioning when the kids grow up.
I think I agree with John Amos, that the show killed off James because the quality of the show was deteriorating. He wanted creative input and they didn't like it. He wanted it more true to life. They wanted more "dy-no-MITE."
I’m surprised that they didn’t end the show when James was killed off! Sure it would have been a very sad ending to a great show but it just wasn’t the same without him.
@@conniecanas1422 he was killed "off screen" in a car wreck, and there was a big flap when Florida initially seemed not to accept that he was really dead.
John Amos is an excellent actor. I had the privilege of seeing him do his one man show entitled Halley's Comet when I was a student. It was a great performance.
In Loving Memory Of Norman Milton Lear July 27th, 1922-December 5, 2023. Thanks For The Legacy Of The Television Shows Like Good Times, Sanford And Son,The Jeffersons,Maude And All In The Family.
I really wish there more shows like Good Times. Though it was product of the times, it still showed the reality of life, but that the family can push forward together. What great writing on this show. A true classic.
Watching these clips at 57 years of age is so different than when I was a youngster. I so clearly understand what the show was portraying. It's sad to know that even after all these years and decades since it was on the air, the issues the show deals with are still relevant today.
Gone but never forgotten. Rest in peace John Amos 1938-2024.
When James was about to throw the chair 00:48 JJ hid behind Michael for two reasons.
1. Because he respected James
2. Because he feared for his life 😨
No lie...JJ was pretty sensible that episode
HA! Good one. They way Jimmie delivered that line was hilarious.
He hid behind Thelma, not Michael
@@j.i.r608He hid behind Michael the first time. 👀
@@j.i.r608 He knew Thelma was the tough one! 😅
I been through this before...it hurts physically, mentally and emotionally when you feel the world around you is falling apart
Thank God for his help in those times. The irony here is the short list of help is in the book of James Chapter 1 *wink*
God bless
Florida screaming "James no" was so dramatic, and funny. She acted her butt off on that show.
Yesss! Now that I’m older I have soo much love and respect for her! She is such an amazing actress!
They All did 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾❤️🖤💚🥰❤️🖤💚
She overacted
@@angelminaj617 Sometimes, that's what needs to happen to get the point across.
I loved it
That "JAMES NO!!"
😁😁
Florida mentioning she was a maid was, I believe, the only reference ever made to Maude; the series this was spun out of.
you gotta love the audience response to it.
All In The Family- Maude- Good Times
@jenniferwilliams5478 The Jeffersons was a spin off of All In The Family too.
They actually made a reference to Roots in one episode. Only time the show really broke the fourth wall. "He's making more money than US, now."
They should have stayed where they were. James was a fireman there and they seemed better off.
Rip James,
Truly a legendary actor and
Played the most stoic father figure I’ve ever seen in television. 🕊
Every father who puts food on the table knows exactly what James feels like. An incredible performance.
Damm straight!!! Work like a dog, pack like a mule but the weekends are for the love ones. 😍
Bingo.
Immature dads like my evil step dad
@@pocahontasseguinart7099 Your dad gave you life. Honor your parents. You don't know what's like to be a man.
Amen.
One of the first scenes in a sitcom to honestly deal with mental health.
Yeah,but mental health wasn't an emphasis back then than it is today.
@@kennethharden9191 true, that's why it was groundbreaking for the time then
All of you are correct.
This is not about mental health this is way deeper than any of you understand. This is a world that is crashing down on a man and he's not afraid of it crashing down on him he's afraid of it crashing down on his family. This has absolutely nothing to do with mental health nor is it actually pride. 🤬😡
And the second one was 30 years later in a South Park episode. We are still waiting on the third one.
John Amos was a great actor.
Still is!
Was or is? You do know he’s still alive.
Correction he STILL is❤️🖤💚🥰❤️🖤💚
@@RenzaBossDaddyhe's very much alive more alive than Norman Lear who killed him off the show🤔❤️🖤💚🥰❤️🖤💚
He still is
James is my all time fav tv 📺 Dad
#1 James Evans, SR
#2 Ward Cleaver
#3 Phillip Banks
#4 Carl Winslow
#5 Al Bundy 😁
1. Archie Bunker
2. James Evans
3. Michael Brady
Some would also say
Andy Taylor
Ben Cartwright
Lucas McCain
Tom Corbett
THERE IS DIGNITY IN ALL WORK.
Let's not get carried away with that "there is this dignity in all work" rhetorical.
Even prostitution? Hmmmm.
Not onlyFans.
That's true
@@w.a.franklin4739shut up bootlicker
No matter what "GoodTimes" is a true classic.....
3:54 JJ hiding behind Thelma was smart because he not gonna hit her with the chair 😄
Exactly because he loves her and she's his only daughter!!!
😂😂😂
He’d never hit a woman
The whole set shook when he slammed the door!
That's a man's man for you
James is one of my favorite TV dads.
Like it when James saw how scared he was making his own children
1 because I respect you and 2 because i'm scared of you!😂
It looks like a man that's had enough of this fkd up world
Agreed
The world is what it is. It was here long before we were and it was much tougher back then.
If you can't handle reality, you've lost.
@@blt4life112 the world is much tougher now
YES SIR...
@@blt4life112and you're probably the main one lost in the sauce now so stfů
RIP John Amos. Better acting and dialogue in this clip than most "top tier" movies today.
This series was the best when James was on it. It just wasn't the same after he was fired at the beginning of Season 4.
Totally agree. There were a handful of good episodes without him (mainly Penny's mother episodes), but nowhere like the first 3 seasons.
@@centuryrox the ratings definitely fell after he left.
@@centuryrox Yes I always loved how Norman Lear would mix drama with comedy on his sitcoms, usually when it's done by others it seems silly and a waste of time and insincere and corny but for some reason it seems to resonate more with me when it's done under Norman Lear's direction. It seems more like real life, where comedy and drama mix.
@@rtususian That's exactly what I loved about Good Times. Not only was it funny, but almost every episode had a very serious or heartbreaking scene in it, which made it feel all that more real for the viewer. The viewer could really relate to watching this family struggle to make ends meet, only to be knocked down by some tragedy or stroke of bad luck. You could really feel for them emotionally.
Yes,Most of us say the same thing.
James should've just opened McDowels and competed with McDonalds.
“Coming To America”
McDowell: Son, I'm only going to tell you this one time.
Akeem: Yes?
McDowell: If you want to keep working here, stay off the drugs.
😂😂😂😂 HILARIOUS
Lol
They got the Golden Arches… we got the golden arcs!
James was a great Father, but sometimes he had too much pride.
And a bit of a temper, too.
He and Florida had some good scenes on MAUDE too that tackled that subject, especially when he wanted Florida to quit her maid job with Maude's family.
He's supposed to have pride❤️🖤💚🥰❤️🖤💚
@@rtususiantrue Good Times is a spin off of Maude❤️🖤💚🥰❤️🖤💚
@@erikbunty2016if you were overworked and underpaid you may act like that too ❤️🖤💚😘
John Amos and Esther Rolle were phenomenal actors on Good Times.
John Amos is still alive.
Facts 💯 💯
@@Gumbier_Than I know, I meant they "were" phenomenal actors on Good Times. Point taken though : )
@spockboy but jimmy walker and bernadette they made the sitcom funny!!!
If it wasn't for Florida, James temper and pride would have landed him in jail a long time ago.
Very intelligent observation and this was a very good show. I watched reruns almost every day growing up.
The nostalgia of these old CBS comedies is overwhelming at times. The show's today on 📺 are goat tripe😂
I doubt it
RIP John Amos🕊️
How is JJ hiding behind Michael 😂😂😂
He also hid behind Thelma
James Evans strong dad and loving husband he made sure he keeps his family on point but struggled to find long term employment
The evans parent's have 4 children right? Isn't Penny thier daughter also 2 son's and 2 daughter's right?
@@AngelHollno . Florida & James have 3 kids( JJ, Thelma & Michael) Penny is Willona Woods adopted daughter
@@alishashay17 oh ok thanks!!!
if they would have kept John Amos the final episode might have been sweeter than what it was
It's called, "teamwork". I pitched in and got a paper route one summer for my family. Me and my sisters went to school with new threads that fall because of me. 💰
Proud of you! 🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤
James Evans- legend.
Rip John A ❤😢
Sad 😢
James was indeed the strong father figure !
THEE best, most disciplined and loving father on TV. For me hands down.
Going thru the same bs in 2024, nothing's changed.
Great show, brings back TV memories from my childhood.
Pluto needs to get the rights to this and play it on Black Classics or any of the channels with classic sitcoms.
Good Times is on TV One every Friday and Saturday
It's also on metv
You can also watch it Peacock and Freevee
3:45 don't even know it" pick up the chair 😂😂😂😂
John amos laughed when heard that lollipop joke😂❤
When James picked up that chair it reminded of an angry Steve Wilkos
Oh ok
Exactly with him screaming GET OFF MY STAGE
JAMES. WAS A GOOD DAD&MAN. HE WAS DOING HIS BEST TO SUPPORT HIS FAMILY. BUT LIFE KEEP ON BEATING HIM DOWN... BUT HE KEEP ON GETTING UP!!!
Now THIS was the series at its best. No clowning, but the truth. It is a SHAME that the series devolved into being a cartoon.
Notice how it happened after he left
@@cwp4eva to be honest, the clowning happened before Mr. Amos left when the “JJ” character caught on with audiences. I think it would’ve been funnier if “JJ” was only just a wisecracking type of guy and not so silly. The jumping around, the silly walk, showing how skinny he was etc was a bit much.
@@ghanasoul All of that is the reason Esther Rolle said that she left the show. The writers were turning JJ into a stereotype, and she didn't like that.
Same thing happened to reganald vel Johnson on family matters after uerkle became popular..
Right on Florida!
R I.P John Amos 😢❤🙏🕊️. You were one of the greatest tv dads ever!
Back when they didn't make the man of the house look like a buffoon. This is all my family used to watch when we was younger.
Truth Indeed
R.i.p., John Amos! We loved you, dad! 😢 💐🌹💐
3:56 that look of wait a minute my own family is afraid of me, that's what did it for him.
Yesss
That zoom in at the very end was excellent. Fits very well.
One of the best tv shows ever
They never should have gotten rid of John Amos.....big mistake.
Yes it was
They didn't get rid of him. The show began to focus on Jmmie Walker which Amos thought was a mistake. So he quit. It turned out he was right.
Amos quit of his own accord. I am not sure, but I think he didn't want to be second-fiddle to Jimmie Walker's character. IMO it was a prideful mistake.
@@MrPatrickworthington No thats not why . He wanted more money and they said no so he left
@@christiansoldier77 Wrong. Alda wished to make season 10 (1981-1982) M*A*S*H's last, but was persuaded by CBS to produce a slightly shortened 11th season, coupled with a farewell movie finale, at the request of CBS.
R.I.P. John Amos
The show was doomed after James was killed off. Then when Flordia remarried and left the kids to fend for themselves it was so unbelievable of her character. It was a decent show for the times but I think it had run its course. A show with kids in it has a difficult time transitioning when the kids grow up.
And her second husband also died, of lung cancer.
I think I agree with John Amos, that the show killed off James because the quality of the show was deteriorating. He wanted creative input and they didn't like it. He wanted it more true to life. They wanted more "dy-no-MITE."
I’m surprised that they didn’t end the show when James was killed off! Sure it would have been a very sad ending to a great show but it just wasn’t the same without him.
@erikbunty2016 they never said he died. They just didn't memrion him anymore
@@conniecanas1422 he was killed "off screen" in a car wreck, and there was a big flap when Florida initially seemed not to accept that he was really dead.
Norman Lear helped raise us all.
JJ cracked James with the lollipop Joke 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
One of the best shows on TV. Family values. Love for each other & the Lord. Ahead of it's time. Both old fashioned & progressive.
When she said when she was a maid she was talking about the show "Maud" and James was her husband on that show also
Funny though, how Maude was in NY and Good Times was in Chicago.
@@MichaelBradley1967and I believe James was named Henry on Maude.
@@amitypredator9385 IMDB agrees.
@@MichaelBradley1967 Must've been one helluva long commute. 🙂
Society needs to see these old shows. They should be on prime time.
They are
So where are the men like James these days, nowadays men will sit on the couch and do nothing,while you get up and go to work.Not giving a damn.
OH YOU GOT THAT RIGHT ✅️ They don't make anymore James Evans. That's over. It's a damn shame, but True.
And where women that actually wanna work and help they man not just eat up the fruits of the labor think sellin kitty 🐱🐱 is work
We're at work not in the comments
RIP JOHN AMOS
Amen; all work is important to us all.
Good show...wish we coulda gotten more of John Amos.
Do the best job no matter what job you are given. That's how you get ahead in life.
Not having enough money to cover all expenses is more than enough to cause stress and hypertension.
...possibly the ONLY _Maude_ reference in the ENTIRE series? 🤔 1:43
and they didn't even mentioned Maude.
John Amos is an awesome actor and human being. Glad he is still around
Excellent show!
He really had too much pride. I dont understand why he wouldn't let Florida work. 3 kids to feed and no job. Somebody has to pay the bills.
James is old school with the belief of him out working while Florida stays home to do the housework...
@@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854his old school thinking kept them poor
That’s all well and good but they have kids. This is bigger than him. What good is pride when the lights are off and your kids are hungry?
One of the best shows ever. Well written.
James was a man’s man
Never bring home a bad report card
Or cheat on your school test.
J.J. spoke the truth about his father about he respects him
And feared him lol😂
He knew James would have knocked him into the next century if he got out of line.
Need more dads like James in 2 days world
black fathers?
@@AmandaDragmire
Men in general. We could definitely use more black men like him too.
today's world.
Not two days...😂
@@janeentumbao8690 I dunno- crime stats would suggest 13% is already WAAAY too much
Poor guy. I always felt for him.
John and Esther are so great. They make it look so easy.
Best father ever. I used to watch this amazing show with amazing actors.
He was the best actor on the show. It died a little when he left.
3:58 The audience failed the vibe check
I understand the frustration but also James should control his emotions
John Amos is an excellent actor. I had the privilege of seeing him do his one man show entitled Halley's Comet when I was a student. It was a great performance.
Florida always wore orange.
And paisley
James Evans is a true black dad..🗣🔥🔥🔥💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿👤👤👤💯💯💯👑👑👑👑
😅 This is my grandfather DADDY!! He was an amazing man. BEST Father I ever had.❤❤
In Loving Memory Of Norman Milton Lear July 27th, 1922-December 5, 2023.
Thanks For The Legacy Of The Television Shows Like Good Times, Sanford And Son,The Jeffersons,Maude And All In The Family.
man that voice makes me think of Coming to America
at around 2:42 looks like he's trying not to laugh
I had 4 fathers growing up: James Evans Sr., Charles Ingalls, Mr. Drummond for Different Stroke, and of course dad.
My dad list is James Evans, Steven Keaton,Hank hill.
I had the same , but 1 addition Al Bundy
Such an amazing cast and great storylines.
Maybe the best show on TV in the 70s.
One of my favorite episodes in the series 🤣💯
James Evans is the best TV Dad, no question.
JJ hides behind Thelma 😆😆😆
He hid behind Michael, not Thelma. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
@@harperstacey9604 3:56 he's hiding behind Thelma
@@sbrecke1507 sorry, I didn't see that part. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
@@harperstacey9604 it's alright!
I watched it again to double check! I love Good Times!
@@sbrecke1507 the show wasn't the same when James was killed in a car accident. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
Excellent show
RIP
JOHN AMOS😢😢😢
R.I.P Mr. John Amos, I will always watch your episode on Good Times
I love this show.
I really wish there more shows like Good Times. Though it was product of the times, it still showed the reality of life, but that the family can push forward together. What great writing on this show. A true classic.
Nah it just look like a man who is stressed about trying to maintain.
Which raises blood pressure…
DOES THIS LOOK LIKE A MAN WITH HYPERTENSION!!!!😠😤
I'd say a lot of stress.
*Yes.*
One of the great shows on television
2:43 - James also cracked 😂
He saw that face jj made 😂
JJ in his nature defense mode hiding behind Thema! LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL
Yeah jimmie walker and bernadette have beautiful and natural chemistry!!!
@@AngelHoll-pr8fz True Classic indeed!
Watching these clips at 57 years of age is so different than when I was a youngster. I so clearly understand what the show was portraying. It's sad to know that even after all these years and decades since it was on the air, the issues the show deals with are still relevant today.
But dealt with in a more respectful way than this woke crap.
@@lemurianchick "Good Times" WAS "woke crap." The term didn't exist back then, of course, but if it had, that's what the haters would've called it.