Re: [OT] The Ultimate Sitcom?
- From: ames@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Andrew Stephenson)
- Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2006 02:28:03 GMT
In article <1h8lrg0.fd1hn0name46N%usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx "Woody" writes:
> Andrew Stephenson <ames@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > (FWIW I remember "Amos 'n' Andy". As a ten-year-old I laffed
> > like a drain at some of their escapades. More recently, that
> > film from Spike Lee made such programming look so different.)
>
> I have never heard of it/them.
The format was simple. IIRC, Amos and Andy were good friends who
got into one daft scrape after another, thanks to a thoughtlessly
carefree approach to life. Somewhat like Laurel and Hardy except
these were stereotypical stage blacks, playing to a patronisingly
racist gallery and I hope getting a hefty wage for it. As actors
they had real comic talent but I have no idea where their careers
took them. AFAIR, I saw them on BBC-tv in the late 1950s. HTH.
--
Andrew Stephenson
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