I think Bernadette Stanis didn’t want to get into all that, about the problems between Esther Rolle, John Amos with Jimmy Walker. It was said that John Amos and Esther Rolle didn’t talk with Jimmy Walker. Jimmie Walker also didn’t attend Esther Rolle’s funeral. He felt that there wasn’t anything wrong with his character’s silliness because it brought in ratings and also made him a household name and they were threatened by his fame, but Esther Rolle and John Amos felt that he should have stood his ground with them that his character would have a better image to show before the world, instead of what they considered buffoonery. In reality they really did well in covering it up, because I always thought they all got along as working actors, but later learned that, that wasn’t true at all. I Love this show (Good Times) it will always be my favorite childhood memory.
Old school ways Old school was taught whatever happened inside the house, with the family stayed inside the house. You where not to tell family drama or business, to the outside the world. Same thing with the cast. Whatever happens with the cast/family stays within the family. Bernadette is trying to be respectful too. People didn't know for a long time ,why John or Esther left the show. I had heard Esther got sick and that's why she left for that one year. Good Times covered stuff up like they did on the Golden Girls Bea Arthur didn't like Betty White. Bea thought Betty was fake because she always was so happy and positive. That was just her personality No one knew that they didn't get along. They definitely were good actors. People found out after Bea, Estelle Rue had passed away. They also kept it a secret that Estelle Getty had dementia. They had to put her lines on index cards. They did a good job of covering up stuff back then
I'm from that era and I'm a be honest with you I always heard JJ was an a****** My mother couldn't even stand him Even till this day he's the only one And we like. The show, but not his a**
I'm from that time and I'm gonna be honest with you. JJ was ALWAYS something else My mother always said I can't stand his a** But everybody else she loved and she enjoyed the show but she's said personally People reported he was an ARROGANT a.sshole and to not feel you should greet YOUR ELDERS WOW SMH
No offense to the cast, but i dont think it would’ve never been the hit it became if not for “JJ” being the breakthrough character. He brought the laughs. Had it not been for him it just would’ve been a depressing show bout a poor black family.
I agree. Like you said no offense but everybody else was pretty much a supporting character around Jimmie Walker. I grew up in the '70s and if you had a Good Times lunch box it had Jimmy Walker's face on it and said Dy-no-mite!! It's obvious she didn't want to get into any of the gossip or behind the scenes nonsense but without Jimmy Walker that show would have had a season or two.
John Amos and Esther Rolles were seasoned trained actors and learned the art of acting at some of the most prestigious institutions in America. They were Civil Rights activists, and understood how the industry worked for Black Americans. Jimmie Walker was a 26 year old struggling comic. I understand how all three felt regarding their interpretation of success. John and Esther wanted roles they could take pride in and depicted Black Americans in a positive way. Jimmy Walker was a struggling comic that just wanted to be famous and a steady paycheck. 2 things can be true at the same time.
I met her and Ralph Carter last year at Comic Con. I lost my mind when I realized it was them, and they were the nicest, warmest and funniest people you could ever meet. I felt like they spent way more time talking with me than was required, just because they’re that gracious.
Hard to believe. Sweet Daddy must had his thugs bust JJ in the head one too many times. Thelma was looking " Dynomite " back in those days! It would have been hard for me to ignore her. She still looks good now, too.
Both the original AND the remake shown on Netflix were/are terrible programs, in my opinion … both probably set the image of black folks back by decades!
I don't think Esther or John Amos had issues with Jimmy Walker. The issue was they didn't want a show that was humorous by degrading Black American and feeding white people's negative stereotype of Black Americans. That is why Ester insisted that she has a husband on the show. Because of Jimmy Walker's youth, I don't think he cared how he was portrayed. Jimmy Walker embraced fame, fortune, and opportunity. The industry still has the same playbook when they elevate Black Americans in the entertainment industry. They are more subtle, but the rule book hasn't changed. Bernadette was young during those days. So, I don't think she was evading the question. That was her experience as a teenager. We forget "Good Times" premiered almost 50 years ago.
Jimmie was a beast in the 70's. He kicked it all through Hollywood he used to hang tough with Freddy Prinze. He was with him that evening before he killed himself.
Jimmie Walker has said publicly that he had no relationship with Ester Rolle or John Amos outside of the show. He said he knows nothing about them personally to this day
I'm 51. I don't know who I heard first, My Mother, My Father or the theme to GOOD TIMES. I even watched in the student lounge in college. And baby, let me tell you, if you wasn't in there by 11, it was standing room only...all to see GOOD TIMES.
I learned this one in college in about 94. Mint Condition...So Fine! Thelma! Thelma! Thelma! Such a beautiful lady The kind you find in a dream And dreams are so real for me With eyes so warm and soothing They put me in a trance And I imagine us by the warm cozy fireplace The light shines on your face Your smile gets me higher and higher My heart starts to race I gotta say what I feel 'Cause girl you look so good to me So fine lady So fine you sway me So fine lady So fine you sway me Can't believe my eyes Take me for a ride Such a woman of quality Your body's so supreme When you dance you sway so elegantly Girl you simply dazzle me. That's enough. I guess 🤦🏽♂️💙💪🏼💯
When working a period of time. You would find conflicts etc… it’s like having to be with family. All of these shows has those issues of one character being jealous than the other.
JJ was treated badly by the cast of Good Times! The show would not have run as long as it did without him! Esther never spoke to Jimmy I guess she thought she was above him? John Amos was not nice to JJ either.
You are wrong. JJ literally didn't speak to hardly anyone on the show. The common denominator is his behavior, not Ester. JJ even said himself he distanced himself from everyone. Also, James Amos literally said that he didn't dislike JJ. He even said sometimes he would past break character at his jokes. He and Ester didn't like the fact that JJ character was lowered to no sense, no job, and a complete failure at everything and always cutting up. Plus, the writers used that to distract from the serious subject matter they would address on the show. Eventually they did come to resent his character cause JK Tthe actor didn't take his craft serious. Ester and James came from a background of serious acting and discipline. ANY actor would've done the same with JJ.
It seems that she was trying to be nice and fair to all of her co-stars by evading the issue. Also, it seems to me that Jimmie was being protective of her by telling her no all the time and once she went with them she got to see for herself. I think he felt that it was no place for her to be. He probably said something to his friends about not hitting on her or disrespecting her and/or because they were good friends they knew better.
WTF was wrong with those comedians? Back in the day, this little Italian guy had a crazy crush on Bernnadette Stanis. She was the JET MAGAZINE Centerfold in a Bikini one year. UH UH UHM.
My grandma didn’t like the show. She particularly didn’t like the Florida Evan’s character. She could not understand why someone who lived in poverty would always say “if you find money, give it back.” Also, she couldn’t stand JJ saying “dynamite.” I however, loved the show.
Why would you not give back a large amount of money if you found it, I've known people who got killed for keeping that. If it's $20, ok but if it is a large amount you better give it back if you love your life.
The conflict should've been with the producers. James and Michael's role should have clearly been switched. Also, James went off to war only to come home, struggle, and live in cabrini Green Projects... Good Grief. It's not like they were living in the Hamptons
He should have asked her why they dressed Florida in all that orange. She didn't start wearing other colors until 4 years into the show. Orange was not the color for her to wear. I've always wondered if that was her own doing.
I have no love for jimmy, but to be fair, it sounds like he KNEW IT WASN'T HER CROWD and that's a JUSTIFIABLE REASON WHY he wouldn't take her with him. Sounds like he was lowkey protecting her (AND HIMSELF) BY *NOT* having her around him and his krew. It appears that she was really green from the beginning & had a different impression of what "going out on the town" was like for a dude who was running the streets with his homies, "partying" (aka FREAKOFF shyt) -- especially in an era where dudes were free & even enabled to be preddatory (not necessarily *always* sekksually -- but still). Sounds like EVERYONE KNEW she was green (although she was positioned as the sekksSymbol)..... Ultimately, she was easily malleable (naive, if you will) for the producers/directors and all the veterans know they can't disrupt that for the "powers that be" . It was a time when those in managing positions will put the word out not to "mess with their money", and Bern was VERY FORTUNATE to be on a set where the kids were not blatantly sekksually grewmd/assolltid (because a successful blaq sitcom was fairly new and they were still working out HOW to groom blaq children in longevity). EVEN STILL, she is unable to participate EVEN IN INTERVIEWS with the conflict that yall/media tries to pull out of her (not necessarily a bad thing). Kollonized religion ALSO plays an important role in keeping them where they need her to be, and in fact she STILLL has an innocence about what REALLY goes on, and this is often demonstrated by the lowkey reverence she continues to hold for normanLear and his accomplices -- because BLAQppl are such a compassionate Culture and that often bites Us in the azz on some rinse&repeat type shyt when trusting lucyfurr's demons, as is demonstrated IN REALTIME AS WE ENDURE THE CURRENT JEANOSYDES AGAINST US. With THAT SAID, ALL HONORS to ERIC MONTE -- who ALSO became a victim of his trusted perceived allLIES.
Bernnadette stanis always cool and the gang and keeping it 💯. That car ride was wild. Jimmy walker was big in the tv world at one time. Cats were looking up to him for real. Esther Rolle and John Amos weren't feeling the shuffling that Norman lear was about
Jimmie really played up not getting along with John and Esther..saying he never had a discussion with them outside of acting which I found interesting as it would seem impossible..I have never seen 70 look so great..
@@marcusjohnson6412 I guess it makes sense as most of use do not have relationships with our coworkers outside of work, and only talk to them during work hours..I think it's more the tone he used like he couldn't tolerate a discussion with them..
OMG! PLEASE STOP with the dj vlad format, dropping 5min videos over months time! Shannon sharp successfully drops short videos, but ALSO drops the whole interview, so I'm not understanding why you all don't? Is there another platform where the whole interviews are and I'm just missing it?
Jon you missing the entire point it's obvious ms Stainis is saying mr Walker treated her like their characters a annoying younger sister who wants to hang with him everywhere and she's explaining how odd and perhaps boring the comedy field was behind the scenes..it wasn't what she thought it would be..I like how ms Bernadette shares her experiences she isn't adding any extras..good job
They didn't like the buffoonery that he brought to the show. We didn't have many shows back then nd they wanted us to be seen in a more positive light.
Being white when the show was on, my take was showing inequity at the time and family values was first and foremost. The father despite all obstacles, persevered and took care of his family. The mother was the glue of the family as most families are. Michael was intelligent and a fighter of right and wrong. Thelma was a descent, traditional women and JJ being very talented but a clown. But that was the comedy of it. I saw it as a teenager at the time, and think that all the characters portrayed were a microcosm of life. I took a positive opinion of the black community at the time as the majority of the characters were portrayed positively and good family values were projected. Hell, I have been married to my Black best friend and wife for over 34 years.
Do research on top 🔝 d this clip. She if what the others said match what she saying. Including Jimmie Walker. I applaud Bernadette for not bringing trash to John Amos and Esther Rolle. There’s no rumors there’s the words from them… when one was alive and one was in better health. Jimmie also said he didn’t get alone with them.
My only question is why do they have this young inexperienced unaware unreserved non journalist boy interviewing legends that doesn't do any homework on anyone?
Let me take a crack at your question.... comedy hype is a Youth oriented channel started and run by young people so they may not be as culturally knowledgeable about Black culture post 95 - mid 2000s...just my 2 cents
If you read Jimmy Walker's Autobiography.,"Dynomite!: Good Times, Bad Times, Our Times" that's EXACTLY what he was doing! The zinging jokes back and forth? Those guys (and all comedians for that matter) take their craft VERY seriously.
😂 love Bernadette she is so cute 😂I knew her and Jimmy and Ralph got along I had my doubts about Esther and John and Jimmy watching it today I can see a mild strain of (dislike) for Jimmy at times it was like they got tired of him u know always joking and saying certain things that seem to get to them like the episode when Michael wrote to Cuba and it lead to James losing his job and JJ also lost his job and Jimmy was doing a little to much at times like singing the strangled banner in the phone and talking in Michael's shoe u things like that I could see it got on Esther rolle's and John's nerves years ago I didn't notice well I was like what 6 back then Jimmy could be a little abrasive and out there at times but he kept the show going he brought laughter I'll give him that i watch it whenever I catch it on it's still one of my all time favorite sitcoms classic
@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc and he liked white woman but in an magazine interview he said the first time he saw bernadette he never seen her before and he said she was too pretty so you know I jimmie is into white women not black and he said that about his television sister you know bernadette is the most beautiful black woman in the world!!!
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Mrs bernadette is multitalented she's still beautiful and fine in the summertime she can act she can dance and she can write!!!
Y'all do know that Bernadette Stanis is 70 years old right .....WOW !!!
She's aging beautifully❤❤❤
@@jackiedavis4298🤔
Unbelievable bless her beautiful heart thanks 👍
Had you seen JJ👀 he probably figured it’s his sister in real life.
70 years old? Thats hard to believe.
Did anybody actually understand that she said she got in the car with Jimmy Walker, Jay Leno, Freddie Prinze and David Brenner!!! That's legendary!!!
Bern Nadette Stanis was surrounded by comic geniuses!
Nope they didn't catch a clue 😕
She was wondering was they gay. No one hit on her just a car full of men just joking. That's why she said hmmm
That's what I'm saying.
@@DerryleBrown things that make you say hmmm
I think Bernadette Stanis didn’t want to get into all that, about the problems between Esther Rolle, John Amos with Jimmy Walker. It was said that John Amos and Esther Rolle didn’t talk with Jimmy Walker. Jimmie Walker also didn’t attend Esther Rolle’s funeral. He felt that there wasn’t anything wrong with his character’s silliness because it brought in ratings and also made him a household name and they were threatened by his fame, but Esther Rolle and John Amos felt that he should have stood his ground with them that his character would have a better image to show before the world, instead of what they considered buffoonery. In reality they really did well in covering it up, because I always thought they all got along as working actors, but later learned that, that wasn’t true at all. I Love this show (Good Times) it will always be my favorite childhood memory.
Old school ways
Old school was taught whatever happened inside the house, with the family stayed inside the house.
You where not to tell family drama or business, to the outside the world.
Same thing with the cast.
Whatever happens with the cast/family stays within the family.
Bernadette is trying to be respectful too.
People didn't know for a long time ,why John or Esther left the show.
I had heard Esther got sick and that's why she left for that one year.
Good Times covered stuff up like they did on the Golden Girls
Bea Arthur didn't like Betty White.
Bea thought Betty was fake because she always was so happy and positive.
That was just her personality
No one knew that they didn't get along. They definitely were good actors.
People found out after Bea, Estelle Rue had passed away.
They also kept it a secret that Estelle Getty had dementia.
They had to put her lines on index cards. They did a good job of covering up stuff back then
I'm from that era and I'm a be honest with you I always heard JJ was an a****** My mother couldn't even stand him Even till this day he's the only one And we like.
The show, but not his a**
I'm from that time and I'm gonna be honest with you. JJ was ALWAYS something else My mother always said I can't stand his a** But everybody else she loved and she enjoyed the show but she's said personally People reported he was an ARROGANT a.sshole and to not feel you should greet YOUR ELDERS WOW SMH
No offense to the cast, but i dont think it would’ve never been the hit it became if not for “JJ” being the breakthrough character. He brought the laughs. Had it not been for him it just would’ve been a depressing show bout a poor black family.
I agree. Like you said no offense but everybody else was pretty much a supporting character around Jimmie Walker. I grew up in the '70s and if you had a Good Times lunch box it had Jimmy Walker's face on it and said Dy-no-mite!! It's obvious she didn't want to get into any of the gossip or behind the scenes nonsense but without Jimmy Walker that show would have had a season or two.
“I know you better say hello.” That made me laugh. She got him, but she also demanded courtesy. She’s great.
It's very common for co-workers not to get along. Esther and John were good enough actors to make their "love" for J.J. look real.
John Amos and Esther Rolles were seasoned trained actors and learned the art of acting at some of the most prestigious institutions in America. They were Civil Rights activists, and understood how the industry worked for Black Americans. Jimmie Walker was a 26 year old struggling comic. I understand how all three felt regarding their interpretation of success. John and Esther wanted roles they could take pride in and depicted Black Americans in a positive way. Jimmy Walker was a struggling comic that just wanted to be famous and a steady paycheck. 2 things can be true at the same time.
There was an interview in 78 where esther defended Jimmie after an interviewer disrespected him
Really were is it?
@@AngelHoll-pr8fzright. I’m going to search it.
She seems like a really sweet lady who wanted to keep the peace on the set of Gd times
JJ - " Mama I find them"
FLORIDA - "Well I don't want you FINDIN IT, before it gets lost"
😂
What does finding it mean? Stealing?
@@AngelHoll-pr8fz Five finger discount
@@AngelHoll-pr8fz Yes
@@MR.Wilson-y5y oh ok thank you
I met her five years ago, this lady was still gorgeous at sixty-five years old. Her body was very much in shape.
I met her and Ralph Carter last year at Comic Con. I lost my mind when I realized it was them, and they were the nicest, warmest and funniest people you could ever meet. I felt like they spent way more time talking with me than was required, just because they’re that gracious.
Ain't no way in hell I would've been shunning Thelma...JJ was bugging...
😁
No stuff Jimmy Walker turned down Thelma,s Fine Self
Hard to believe. Sweet Daddy must had his thugs bust JJ in the head one too many times. Thelma was looking " Dynomite " back in those days! It would have been hard for me to ignore her. She still looks good now, too.
He definitely was bugging maybe he had the brother complex in real life
Mr. Walker preferred the Caucasian persuasion.
Enjoy this interview...Netflix did Good Times a injustice with the cartoon
That thing made me sick to my stomach when I saw it! Now, when kids look up, Good Times in the future, that crap will come up. It's disgusting.
@user-px4ho2ti5x 😮 I think that's exactly what norman lear was hoping for.. simply disgusting.
They got all of us labeled like that...and that's so false!! Assassinating our characters!!
@@MR.Wilson-y5y. I didn't see anything wrong with it.
Both the original AND the remake shown on Netflix were/are terrible programs, in my opinion … both probably set the image of black folks back by decades!
I don't think Esther or John Amos had issues with Jimmy Walker. The issue was they didn't want a show that was humorous by degrading Black American and feeding white people's negative stereotype of Black Americans. That is why Ester insisted that she has a husband on the show. Because of Jimmy Walker's youth, I don't think he cared how he was portrayed. Jimmy Walker embraced fame, fortune, and opportunity. The industry still has the same playbook when they elevate Black Americans in the entertainment industry. They are more subtle, but the rule book hasn't changed. Bernadette was young during those days. So, I don't think she was evading the question. That was her experience as a teenager. We forget "Good Times" premiered almost 50 years ago.
That's it.
Esther and John had a lot to say about how his character was degrading... But, they never had anything bad to say about Jimmy Walker...
Exactly 💯
Ester roll n John Amos were the oldest of the cast so their generation thought and did things differently than the younger cast members
Ok lol
Jimmie was a beast in the 70's. He kicked it all through Hollywood he used to hang tough with Freddy Prinze. He was with him that evening before he killed himself.
Imagine that... giving flowers to a flower.
She has so much class and grace! Not mention so beautiful!
Jimmie Walker has said publicly that he had no relationship with Ester Rolle or John Amos outside of the show. He said he knows nothing about them personally to this day
I'm 51. I don't know who I heard first, My Mother, My Father or the theme to GOOD TIMES. I even watched in the student lounge in college. And baby, let me tell you, if you wasn't in there by 11, it was standing room only...all to see GOOD TIMES.
Bernadette she is still beautiful and fine as wine in the summertime!!! It should be a crime to be as beautiful and as fine as she is!!!
That woman is awesome. ....she's 70 yrs old.... WOW!!!
Yes Lord
It should be a crime being married 4 times like her
No, it's not a crime for her to be "fine as wine" at her age. I love it!
I learned this one in college in about 94. Mint Condition...So Fine! Thelma! Thelma! Thelma!
Such a beautiful lady
The kind you find in a dream
And dreams are so real for me
With eyes so warm and soothing
They put me in a trance
And I imagine us by the warm cozy fireplace
The light shines on your face
Your smile gets me higher and higher
My heart starts to race
I gotta say what I feel
'Cause girl you look so good to me
So fine lady
So fine you sway me
So fine lady
So fine you sway me
Can't believe my eyes
Take me for a ride
Such a woman of quality
Your body's so supreme
When you dance you sway so elegantly
Girl you simply dazzle me.
That's enough. I guess 🤦🏽♂️💙💪🏼💯
I love the way Bernadette shows so much respect for her castmates. Nothing solacious or T spilling.
Yep, a real lady.
@@gigilamoore2656 100%
I mean considering what we know about Hollywood now maybe he didn't take her out to protect her.
It looks like she really didn't want to go in to details of Jimmie and Esther's beef.
exactly, I thought I missed something, because she didn't really answer the question.
She pretty much talked about her own relationship with him.
She said, she used to beg JJ to take her out. Now, that’s one time for sure when he should have screamed DY-NO-MITE 🤣
I can't believe that Jimmie Walker passed up the chance to date Bern Nadette Stanis.
He likes white women but ain't no way on God's green earth I'm turning down bernadette!! she's just too beautiful and too fine!!!!
@@AngelHoll-pr8fz I’m just gonna say it… JJ was trippin 😂
Come on man y'all know Jimmy clapped them cheeks and they exploded like dynamite
@@shungun4112🤣🤣
I’m glad she cleared this up!!! By saying “Not my business” 😂😂😂😂
I stopped watching Good Times when Jimmy Walker became the central figure. Bernadette you are cool❤
Hey!..... agree, Jimmie was and is an obnoxious a-hole 😡
Can you imagine Bernadette Stanis begging you to taker her out?
No I can't definitely not!!! But in a interview in 2016 she said back in the 1970s they were secluded during that time!!!
REST in Peace John Amos...
She wouldn’t have had to tell me twice to take her out
She's still a beautiful queen ❤
When working a period of time. You would find conflicts etc… it’s like having to be with family. All of these shows has those issues of one character being jealous than the other.
beautiful! Hi,from Chicago South Side!
She wouldn't have to ask me to take Her, ANYWHERE
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Other than John Amos everyone else got type cast, and didn't do much in Hollywood after the show ended
Power station was an '80s supergroup. 2 members from Duran Duran, the drummer from Chic and Robert Palmer.
They sure were - but what the heck does that have to do with Good Times?!?!?!?!?
Probably felt she was too young
16 is a young adult!!! She is about 16 in 1974!!!
In 1974, Bernadette Stanis was 21@@AngelHoll-pr8fz
JJ was treated badly by the cast of Good Times! The show would not have run as long as it did without him! Esther never spoke to Jimmy I guess she thought she was above him? John Amos was not nice to JJ either.
Esther was a serious theatre-trained actor. Buffoonery was low-brow and lowest common denominator stuff to her.
You are wrong. JJ literally didn't speak to hardly anyone on the show. The common denominator is his behavior, not Ester. JJ even said himself he distanced himself from everyone.
Also, James Amos literally said that he didn't dislike JJ. He even said sometimes he would past break character at his jokes. He and Ester didn't like the fact that JJ character was lowered to no sense, no job, and a complete failure at everything and always cutting up. Plus, the writers used that to distract from the serious subject matter they would address on the show. Eventually they did come to resent his character cause JK Tthe actor didn't take his craft serious. Ester and James came from a background of serious acting and discipline. ANY actor would've done the same with JJ.
I just love this sista…. she will always be my first crush 😘🌹❤️
She talked about her own relationship with Jimmie, instead of talking about Esther and John’s relationship with him.
It seems that she was trying to be nice and fair to all of her co-stars by evading the issue. Also, it seems to me that Jimmie was being protective of her by telling her no all the time and once she went with them she got to see for herself. I think he felt that it was no place for her to be. He probably said something to his friends about not hitting on her or disrespecting her and/or because they were good friends they knew better.
She still look pretty❤
WTF was wrong with those comedians? Back in the day, this little Italian guy had a crazy crush on Bernnadette Stanis. She was the JET MAGAZINE Centerfold in a Bikini one year. UH UH UHM.
Maaaan I love this woman
THEY'RE BOTH FRM. BKLYN! IMAGINE THAT CAR RIDE👍(THAT'S NOT A CAR RIDE IT'S A COMEDY FANTASY)
i bet he was speaking to the wte folks on set
Yup. Look at his friends
Of Course He Did 🤣🤣
Based on recent interviews I've seen with him, I don't doubt your statement.
Crazy he kissed all those white folks butts and he's not even worth a million.
So what if he spoke to white folks on the set. They treated him better than his castmates.
My grandma didn’t like the show. She particularly didn’t like the Florida Evan’s character. She could not understand why someone who lived in poverty would always say “if you find money, give it back.” Also, she couldn’t stand JJ saying “dynamite.” I however, loved the show.
My grandma hated Good Times too I always thought it was crazy.
Why would you not give back a large amount of money if you found it, I've known people who got killed for keeping that. If it's $20, ok but if it is a large amount you better give it back if you love your life.
The conflict should've been with the producers. James and Michael's role should have clearly been switched. Also, James went off to war only to come home, struggle, and live in cabrini Green Projects... Good Grief. It's not like they were living in the Hamptons
Wow they had a lot of more with Norman lears
where is the rest of the interview
70? I’d still beat on that box😂!
I'm sure that she would be thrilled to know that
@@TwinkTwinkie I’m sure she would too
🙄
He should have asked her why they dressed Florida in all that orange. She didn't start wearing other colors until 4 years into the show. Orange was not the color for her to wear. I've always wondered if that was her own doing.
I have no love for jimmy, but to be fair, it sounds like he KNEW IT WASN'T HER CROWD and that's a JUSTIFIABLE REASON WHY he wouldn't take her with him. Sounds like he was lowkey protecting her (AND HIMSELF) BY *NOT* having her around him and his krew. It appears that she was really green from the beginning & had a different impression of what "going out on the town" was like for a dude who was running the streets with his homies, "partying" (aka FREAKOFF shyt) -- especially in an era where dudes were free & even enabled to be preddatory (not necessarily *always* sekksually -- but still). Sounds like EVERYONE KNEW she was green (although she was positioned as the sekksSymbol)..... Ultimately, she was easily malleable (naive, if you will) for the producers/directors and all the veterans know they can't disrupt that for the "powers that be" .
It was a time when those in managing positions will put the word out not to "mess with their money", and Bern was VERY FORTUNATE to be on a set where the kids were not blatantly sekksually grewmd/assolltid (because a successful blaq sitcom was fairly new and they were still working out HOW to groom blaq children in longevity).
EVEN STILL, she is unable to participate EVEN IN INTERVIEWS with the conflict that yall/media tries to pull out of her (not necessarily a bad thing). Kollonized religion ALSO plays an important role in keeping them where they need her to be, and in fact she STILLL has an innocence about what REALLY goes on, and this is often demonstrated by the lowkey reverence she continues to hold for normanLear and his accomplices -- because BLAQppl are such a compassionate Culture and that often bites Us in the azz on some rinse&repeat type shyt when trusting lucyfurr's demons, as is demonstrated IN REALTIME AS WE ENDURE THE CURRENT JEANOSYDES AGAINST US.
With THAT SAID, ALL HONORS to ERIC MONTE -- who ALSO became a victim of his trusted perceived allLIES.
Thank you for This awesome breakdown.. I too stand with Eric Monte!
Why does it always have to be oh I wonder if somebody found you attractive what like seriously this is all that you have to ask this legend wow
Well there was a 6 year difference between them, so maybe he didn't feel it was appropriate at the time to take her places.
Maybe, he didn't want to date her because they worked together.
Maybe his old lady said she'd cut him if she found out they were hanging together.
@@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hcShe didn't say anything about dating him. She wanted him to take her out !
Damn, Thelma is by far the prettiest woman I ever known.
Bernadette she is definitely beautiful and fine!!!
Man just drop the whole damn interview
Bernnadette stanis always cool and the gang and keeping it 💯. That car ride was wild. Jimmy walker was big in the tv world at one time. Cats were looking up to him for real. Esther Rolle and John Amos weren't feeling the shuffling that Norman lear was about
Jimmie really played up not getting along with John and Esther..saying he never had a discussion with them outside of acting which I found interesting as it would seem impossible..I have never seen 70 look so great..
Yeah I remember him saying that.
He said outside of the set. So he probably had conversations with them during taping just probably only about the tapings.
@@marcusjohnson6412 I guess it makes sense as most of use do not have relationships with our coworkers outside of work, and only talk to them during work hours..I think it's more the tone he used like he couldn't tolerate a discussion with them..
OMG! PLEASE STOP with the dj vlad format, dropping 5min videos over months time! Shannon sharp successfully drops short videos, but ALSO drops the whole interview, so I'm not understanding why you all don't? Is there another platform where the whole interviews are and I'm just missing it?
Full interview is now available at HypersClub.Com
Daymn.. 70 yold and she's absolutely still got IT!! Looks fan friggin tastic!
Just like a brother and sister
Yep
Jimmie Walker is a REAL ONE! He took her out as a big brother them other comedians knew what was up(R.I.P to Freddie Prinze who was with Pam Grier.
It's odd to hear actors & actress say the real names of their co-workers, instead of their stage names....😂
Jon you missing the entire point it's obvious ms Stainis is saying mr Walker treated her like their characters a annoying younger sister who wants to hang with him everywhere and she's explaining how odd and perhaps boring the comedy field was behind the scenes..it wasn't what she thought it would be..I like how ms Bernadette shares her experiences she isn't adding any extras..good job
Wow...They Had Issues Quite Naturally.
Wasn’t good times a Comedy show, and JJ was a comedian right, doing his job on the show, so what did he do what was wrong??
They didn't like the buffoonery that he brought to the show. We didn't have many shows back then nd they wanted us to be seen in a more positive light.
Being white when the show was on, my take was showing inequity at the time and family values was first and foremost.
The father despite all obstacles, persevered and took care of his family. The mother was the glue of the family as most families are. Michael was intelligent and a fighter of right and wrong. Thelma was a descent, traditional women and JJ being very talented but a clown. But that was the comedy of it.
I saw it as a teenager at the time, and think that all the characters portrayed were a microcosm of life. I took a positive opinion of the black community at the time as the majority of the characters were portrayed positively and good family values were projected. Hell, I have been married to my Black best friend and wife for over 34 years.
Bet if she was a 👱♀️ he would've been like "OF COURSE U CAN COME; I WAS JUST ABOUT TO ASK U"
Facts!! Because they are the ONLY ones who thought he was cute!!
Do research on top 🔝 d this clip. She if what the others said match what she saying. Including Jimmie Walker. I applaud Bernadette for not bringing trash to John Amos and Esther Rolle. There’s no rumors there’s the words from them… when one was alive and one was in better health. Jimmie also said he didn’t get alone with them.
Dam black dont crack...she still fine 50 yrs later
I love everything about her. I would love to take you out.
My only question is why do they have this young inexperienced unaware unreserved non journalist boy interviewing legends that doesn't do any homework on anyone?
Let me take a crack at your question.... comedy hype is a Youth oriented channel started and run by young people so they may not be as culturally knowledgeable about Black culture post 95 - mid 2000s...just my 2 cents
They seem to enjoy speaking to him, in general, it doesn't come off as scripted.
It's his channel so he pops out for certain guest that i personally believe Symphony fine self need to handle.
She is gorgeous
She’s so beautiful still
Omg Betnadetteu met Freddy princess!!? Get out gurrl! Fkn love u gurl for life #53🇵🇷
There was a time when she was the most beautiful woman on TV.Still gorgeous❤️🙏🏾💪🏾
She still is the most beautiful and finest!!!
I read that Amos didn't think Esther was hot enough looking for him. She was no beauty & he thought he deserved a better looking wife.
THEY'RE BOTH FRM. BKLYN! IMAGINE THAT CAR RIDE👍
Sounds like he(Jimmy) would go out with his friends and do his comedy gigs after tapings of the shows..
If you read Jimmy Walker's Autobiography.,"Dynomite!: Good Times, Bad Times, Our Times" that's EXACTLY what he was doing! The zinging jokes back and forth? Those guys (and all comedians for that matter) take their craft VERY seriously.
She is so beautiful 🤩
Dam, I have been watching Good Times Seasons for the past 7 Days, how Ironic :)
She was too Pretty & Black for JJ
Hey!....plus, she wasn't a male.....lol
I didnt know that Jimmiw Walker was older than John Amos
He isn't - Amos was born in 1939 and now 84 and Walker was born in 1947 and currently 76.
Bernadette could still get it🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
Can’t believe any woman that was married 4 times ❌
Bern Nadette 's ex-husbands were controlling and insecure.
@@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc all of them huh? 😂 everybody else’s fault but hers huh? No accountability
😂 love Bernadette she is so cute 😂I knew her and Jimmy and Ralph got along I had my doubts about Esther and John and Jimmy watching it today I can see a mild strain of (dislike) for Jimmy at times it was like they got tired of him u know always joking and saying certain things that seem to get to them like the episode when Michael wrote to Cuba and it lead to James losing his job and JJ also lost his job and Jimmy was doing a little to much at times like singing the strangled banner in the phone and talking in Michael's shoe u things like that I could see it got on Esther rolle's and John's nerves years ago I didn't notice well I was like what 6 back then Jimmy could be a little abrasive and out there at times but he kept the show going he brought laughter I'll give him that i watch it whenever I catch it on it's still one of my all time favorite sitcoms classic
Bernadette she is beautiful and fine!!!
@@AngelHoll-pr8fz yeah she still looks like she did when she was on goodtimes hardly aged at all
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Bernadette was and is still beautiful....
She sure is!!!
This is porsha Williams real mom lol
Porscha does favors her lol
Now I can’t unsee it!✨
As fine as she was, she had to beg him to take her out??? Wow!!! Jimmy what's up with that???
Yeah she was in the car with a bunch of Hollywood dudes and paid her no attention makes complete sense
Stealing of the flowers isn’t hilarious-that was theft & wrongful appropriation, even.
THELMA THELMA THELMA..
She had the best tatas on tv.!
Did she ever go o. Soul Train?
JJ wierd. Not wanting pick up Thelma!! ???? 😮😂
I think Jimmie Walker had a steady girlfriend at the time.
@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc and he liked white woman but in an magazine interview he said the first time he saw bernadette he never seen her before and he said she was too pretty so you know I jimmie is into white women not black and he said that about his television sister you know bernadette is the most beautiful black woman in the world!!!
I still want her😍
Interviewer needs some training.
Jimmy walker lame af. Why Thelma has to beg you to escort her out on the town? I’m siding with John Amos and Esther rolle( rip).
Wasn't Bernadette married at that time?
@darylwoodard1054 how could she be married in 1974? She was like 15 right? you have to be 18 to get married
@@AngelHoll-pr8fz She was born in the latter part of 1953, and I remember reading she had a husband at that time.
@darylwoodard1054 oh ok