Laidbackman
All Star
Tbh, "In Living Color" was "Amos and Andy" on steroids. I don't remember "Amos and Andy" that well, but when I saw a few reruns on you-tube, it didn't look all that offensive, other than that Black stereotypical shocked bulging-eyed look, which you still see today. I actually thought "Amos and Andy" was suppose to be about a bunch of Black people eating watermelons or something. That's what you would have thought from the bad reputation it eventually gained, and if you were too young to remember the show like I was, or if you wasn't even born when it first aired. It turned out that show was really the blueprint for Black comedy sitcoms. Even "Sanford and Son" emulated it in many ways. Btw, Jester Hairston, the one who played Henry Van Porter on "Amos and Andy", was my cousin. Jester Hairston also played Rolly Forbes on "Amen". On that note, he wrote the original song "Amen". That's why the show was named "Amen". But I really digressed this time.
Like I said, if any show came close to the bad image they gave "Amos and Andy", which got it cancelled, it would have been "In Living Color", which was way more stereotypical. Meanwhile, "Amos and Andy" were business owners buying their girlfriends plane tickets. Now that I think about it, although "Amos and Andy" eventually got cancelled for whatever reason, it really didn't carry that bad reputation when I was in elementary school, even though it was cancelled before I started school. The reputation seemed to had gotten worst later on, like when I was in high school. Although the NAACP got it cancelled, I believe the average Black family who grow up watching it, was just as divided as the families that grew up watching "In Living Color".
Like I said, if any show came close to the bad image they gave "Amos and Andy", which got it cancelled, it would have been "In Living Color", which was way more stereotypical. Meanwhile, "Amos and Andy" were business owners buying their girlfriends plane tickets. Now that I think about it, although "Amos and Andy" eventually got cancelled for whatever reason, it really didn't carry that bad reputation when I was in elementary school, even though it was cancelled before I started school. The reputation seemed to had gotten worst later on, like when I was in high school. Although the NAACP got it cancelled, I believe the average Black family who grow up watching it, was just as divided as the families that grew up watching "In Living Color".
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Forgot about that shyt.
only sketch that got banned
