Thank you for this detail coverage of the great Eric Monte's work and revealing the truth about Norman Lear's thievery and plagiarism. May Monte's future work be seen and recognized.
Both Michale Evan and Eric Monte were responsible for the hit Good Times but never got full credit or the massive profits they deserved from that show. Blacklisting Monte also didn't help his career and seemed extremely petty since all Eric wanted was his fair share of the pie, which he earned.
Eric Monte should get every dime from every sitcom since 1971. Every single one. Even *Hello, Larry.* If there is so much as one red penny in profit from that show, it belongs to him.
You forgot to mention that the actor who originally played Lionel Jefferson, Mike Evans, was also the co creator of Good Times . Hence the Evans family last name and JJ’s brothers name being Mike Evans.
This was done in retaliation from lear and the other producers .Eric never needed or wanted him as a co writer this was done to get rid of him as a writer altogether . This was told to me out of Eric's mouth himself .
@@anthonysmith1555 he’s not innocent. He is even worse than Eric Monte describes him. He’s a fucking buckbreaker and all the racist self-loathing misandrist propaganda he pulled out of his ass should be fucking burned. There are plenty of TV shows with black actors on them that racist ped0 mob enabler Norman Lear had nothing to do with.
He's a lier and a thief he never once lived in the ghetto protects made $1 trillion from the black people struggle that's evil to be that selfish to not pay 😮Eric Monte smh I'm not watching those shows smh
I grew up watching the reruns of whats happening and goodtimes, they are some of my favorite shows even today. Back in the 90s I wrote an paper on Eric monte for a modern black history class. I was saddened to learn he didn't get the vredit he deserved for his contribution to history. It was around this time I saw cool high, I fell in love with this movie
There needs to be a movie about his life. That would be the movie that would put him back on top if marketed correctly. Which would include educating more people before hand on who he is since he never received credit for his past work
As well as Eric Monte suggesting to Lear to use Redd Foxx for Sanford and son. Lear didn't know who Foxx was, according to Monte. I totally believe Eric Monte!
I believe the episode that Eric wrote and didn't receive credit for was the 8th episode in the 1st season of all in the family. That was the introduction of Louise Jefferson.
Eric Monte should most definely received the credit due him for the talented writing he did. He was in the right when he sued Norman Lear. I very much liked "All In The Family", and "The Jeffersons".both was great shows.
If TV was any good back then, it was in spite of him, not because of him. In fact, he’s the reason sitcoms were declared dead in the early 1980s. Everybody talks about how he “created” seven hit shows but nobody talks about all the bombs he left behind in addition to those. He single-handedly perpetrated the biggest hoax in television history. Take every bad thing you’ve ever heard about Walt Disney and it’s probably true when Norman Lear is accused of it. Even his own producers made better shows without him. Lucille Ball loved *Three’s Company.* Its producers left Norman Lear behind to make it for Don Taffner.
Everyone is jumping to conclusions. Both Mr. Evans and Monte were supposed to be the sole writers, but they weren't experienced in script writing and what they produced didn't work. Another writer had to take over. This is sour grapes, not racism.
That’s some sad shttt steal my ideas make millions and millions only to give me one million then black ball me from earning a living but yet your earning a living off my work man he’s a strong man
I guess in show biz not everyone is a saint…. Archie Bunker is based on Norman Lear’s dad and I guess that the apple didn’t fall from the tree…. I may never watch All in the family the same again.
Watch *Gimme A Break!* instead. That show’s “critics” were just bigots projecting Norman Liar’s bigotry onto a far superior show made by his own writers and producers without him and proving once and for all that Norman Liar himself was the weak link in absolutely everything he did. He is the villain in his own life story which hopefully will be coming to a close soon. I sincerely hope hell is real so that he can go there where he belongs.
Norman Lear is nothing but a talentless thief. He's a "genius" because he usurped other people's intellectual property -- Eric Monte's to be specific. Also no producer of characters would ever willingly just kill off any character he created. Norman created absolutely nothing. He was simply very well connected in Hollywood and had knowledge of how to surcomvent what he wanted to simply take from someone else, knowing the business aspect of it real well...That's it.
Oh the one thing that is easy to take your ideas like Eric expierience because the head bosses and writers and production companies power as nd money...
You wait till Norman Lear dies and then spew your lies and hate speech. Norman Lear never said he created everything he was credited as the person who developed these shows. Get your facts straight!
Take a good script and change the creator’s name. It’s been happening since the beginning of time. The writers are the creative force behind the shows. Racial inequality was going on back during these shows was aired an people still watch it in syndication today. Black experiences are best told by black peoples, different races of people have their own experiences too. Racial discrimination was going on in the 1970’s, since the beginning of time. We got a long way to make peace, get credit, acknowledged, but got stand strong regardless. Odd, sad video of not being compensated for your work.
I didn't watch most of these shows when they were on tv. When I did I always wondered why the grandmother in every show could have been easily replaced by a Jewish grandma since she had all the mannerisms and characteristics. I suppose the reason was that most of the writers were white and had no experience with black families.
Anytime the characters he created is mentioned or shows up Eric is supposed to be paid and there has been many many many times Sherman Hemsley has shown up on other shows as George Jefferson. Not to mention other characters and parodying of the show
I didn’t know Norman Lear was a liar I thought he was a standup guy when I was a kid.smh😢 I am 58 years old. I grew up watching most of those shows true fact Jimmie, JJ Walker supposed to be a relative of mine that’s no lie if I’m lying I am Norman Lear
@@harperstacey9604 That's true. Now do you think that what Hollywood and Norman did to Eric contributed to that unfortunate lifestyle. You don't see how they out cast him.
@@anthonysmith1555 I googled Eric Monte. He received a million dollar settlement and some residuals from Norman lear and his production company. He invested his money on a failed tv pilot that financially wiped him out. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
That asshole was already in the Senate destroying America when this crappy show was on the air demoralizing a nation. Imagine what the last 50 years could’ve been if this show had never existed. Imagine the racial progress we could have made.
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Thank you for this detail coverage of the great Eric Monte's work and revealing the truth about Norman Lear's thievery and plagiarism. May Monte's future work be seen and recognized.
Both Michale Evan and Eric Monte were responsible for the hit Good Times but never got full credit or the massive profits they deserved from that show.
Blacklisting Monte also didn't help his career and seemed extremely petty since all Eric wanted was his fair share of the pie, which he earned.
Eric Monte should get every dime from every sitcom since 1971. Every single one. Even *Hello, Larry.* If there is so much as one red penny in profit from that show, it belongs to him.
You forgot to mention that the actor who originally played Lionel Jefferson, Mike Evans, was also the co creator of Good Times . Hence the Evans family last name and JJ’s brothers name being Mike Evans.
This was done in retaliation from lear and the other producers .Eric never needed or wanted him as a co writer this was done to get rid of him as a writer altogether . This was told to me out of Eric's mouth himself .
Really? I didn't know that.
@@jasonpalacios2705 Absolutely
FACTS
All I can do is SMH😣 black people always had it hard, But we never give up and do amazing things in spite or it all W.C.I.S?????
Eric Monte deserves the credit.
I always respected John Amos for standing up to Norman Lear. I wasn’t familiar with Eric Monte
We all know that Lear couldn't have done this all by himself!
Just say norman is innocent and get on with it.
@@firefx99 it will end when he ends. When he dies, which I hope is soon, his shows need to go with him.
@@anthonysmith1555 he’s not innocent. He is even worse than Eric Monte describes him. He’s a fucking buckbreaker and all the racist self-loathing misandrist propaganda he pulled out of his ass should be fucking burned. There are plenty of TV shows with black actors on them that racist ped0 mob enabler Norman Lear had nothing to do with.
He's a lier and a thief he never once lived in the ghetto protects made $1 trillion from the black people struggle that's evil to be that selfish to not pay 😮Eric Monte smh I'm not watching those shows smh
@@firefx99very wicked smh 😮
I grew up watching the reruns of whats happening and goodtimes, they are some of my favorite shows even today. Back in the 90s I wrote an paper on Eric monte for a modern black history class. I was saddened to learn he didn't get the vredit he deserved for his contribution to history. It was around this time I saw cool high, I fell in love with this movie
There needs to be a movie about his life. That would be the movie that would put him back on top if marketed correctly. Which would include educating more people before hand on who he is since he never received credit for his past work
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Where was Oprah?
@@hermanmunster714ugh she makes me sick she's on that mans side Lear smh
As well as Eric Monte suggesting to Lear to use Redd Foxx for Sanford and son. Lear didn't know who Foxx was, according to Monte. I totally believe Eric Monte!
All In The Family and Sanford & Son are American versions of British shows too
A million dollars😢😢😢 that’s like a $1 compared to what Norma has 😢😢😢😢😢
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I believe the episode that Eric wrote and didn't receive credit for was the 8th episode in the 1st season of all in the family. That was the introduction of Louise Jefferson.
Eric ,Dr .Sebi and eye were good friends and this was done well .Thank you for getting it right .
Why aren't you still friends?
@Jeremiah Woods Greetings Friend ,The late and very great Dr. Sebi has since transitioned back in 2016. Eye am still his Friend in Holy Spirit.
@@WonderfulHoBo yes rest well Dr.Sebi you knew Mr. Eric Monte also?
Eric was cheated out of royalties. Tragic and shameful.
Eric Monte was treated poor;y and this is a sad shame. He should have received credit for his work and also paid well.
Actually Normal Lear took the story of AITF from the British sitcom Till Death do us Part.
You mean he outright stole it. Say it. Say he stole it because you know it’s true.
@@Attmay Actually he watered down the story as well.
And Eric Monte created the black characters for that show.
@@livefree1111 What show?
@@livefree1111the British original? I don’t know but I highly doubt that 😂
Well i appreciate Mr.lear shows wouldn't Ben here cheers🎉✊ flowers is yours bro.
The Black Panthers were not wrong to occupy his office. They were wrong to ever leave it. They should’ve taken over every TV network.
Redd Foxx 1922-1991 also had static with Norman Lear 1922-2023
Cool Eric amazing. Yes I luv all old shows
Eric Monte should most definely received the credit due him for the talented writing he did. He was in the right when he sued Norman Lear.
I very much liked "All In The Family", and "The Jeffersons".both was great shows.
*The Jeffersons* is better because we don’t have to watch that fucking fat communist freak show Rob Reiner.
Definitely give credit where credit is do!! Loved all these shows- back when TV was good. Currently watching Welcome Back Kotter. 😁
If TV was any good back then, it was in spite of him, not because of him. In fact, he’s the reason sitcoms were declared dead in the early 1980s. Everybody talks about how he “created” seven hit shows but nobody talks about all the bombs he left behind in addition to those.
He single-handedly perpetrated the biggest hoax in television history. Take every bad thing you’ve ever heard about Walt Disney and it’s probably true when Norman Lear is accused of it. Even his own producers made better shows without him. Lucille Ball loved *Three’s Company.* Its producers left Norman Lear behind to make it for Don Taffner.
Everyone is jumping to conclusions. Both Mr. Evans and Monte were supposed to be the sole writers, but they weren't experienced in script writing and what they produced didn't work. Another writer had to take over. This is sour grapes, not racism.
Or other writers were brought in to continue the black inferiority stereotype while Evans and Monte wanted to portray more dignified roles.
That’s some sad shttt steal my ideas make millions and millions only to give me one million then black ball me from earning a living but yet your earning a living off my work man he’s a strong man
THERE WAS A LOT OF COPYWRITE VIOLATIONS IN THE INDUSTRY, ESPECIALLY IF YOU WETE AN ASSISTANT WRITTER OR ARTIST
Not really called a violation when you’re a giant in the industry AND a black David 💯
It's known that Lear used to fire writers almost on a weekly basis so he could take the credit for everything himself.
I guess in show biz not everyone is a saint….
Archie Bunker is based on Norman Lear’s dad and I guess that the apple didn’t fall from the tree….
I may never watch All in the family the same again.
Watch *Gimme A Break!* instead. That show’s “critics” were just bigots projecting Norman Liar’s bigotry onto a far superior show made by his own writers and producers without him and proving once and for all that Norman Liar himself was the weak link in absolutely everything he did. He is the villain in his own life story which hopefully will be coming to a close soon. I sincerely hope hell is real so that he can go there where he belongs.
I thought Archie was a racist pr@k as a child, and stopped watching that show then.
Too bad Eric Monte ever met Norman Lear.
Norman Lear is nothing but a talentless thief. He's a "genius" because he usurped other people's intellectual property -- Eric Monte's to be specific.
Also no producer of characters would ever willingly just kill off any character he created.
Norman created absolutely nothing. He was simply very well connected in Hollywood and had knowledge of how to surcomvent what he wanted to simply take from someone else, knowing the business aspect of it real well...That's it.
This is why Jewish assimilation into yt anti-culture was and is a mistake. It has cost the Jewish people our soul and our identity.
Very well said! So tired of hearing him hailed as a “genius.”
Good Work 💯
Stop The Stealing of Black Works 🎉 Do your own work.
Well Norman has left the building. Stay well Eric.
That dam Norman family needs to be sued , but if Norman did wrong, I promise KRAMA will come back. That 💰💰💰💰💰💰 will COLLAPSE! On them.
Norman lear didnt create the jeffersons - good times & what's happening. ericonte created those characters.
That's what they do.
Oh the one thing that is easy to take your ideas like Eric expierience because the head bosses and writers and production companies power as nd money...
You wait till Norman Lear dies and then spew your lies and hate speech. Norman Lear never said he created everything he was credited as the person who developed these shows. Get your facts straight!
You might want to look at when this video was uploaded
Very interesting
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They would never want black writers writing for a predominantly white cast.
Lear is disgusting he pertended so much.
And Eric been telling the same story for years about how he lie
The GREED of 💰💰💰💰💰💰💰😢😢😢😢😢
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Wow
It's kind of messed up because most of us liked Good Times with John Amos, but now you tell us that's not how real black America was????
Take a good script and change the creator’s name. It’s been happening since the beginning of time. The writers are the creative force behind the shows. Racial inequality was going on back during these shows was aired an people still watch it in syndication today. Black experiences are best told by black peoples, different races of people have their own experiences too. Racial discrimination was going on in the 1970’s, since the beginning of time. We got a long way to make peace, get credit, acknowledged, but got stand strong regardless. Odd, sad video of not being compensated for your work.
That is the way of the American standard ,this is how white America standard survives worldwide .
I didn't watch most of these shows when they were on tv. When I did I always wondered why the grandmother in every show could have been easily replaced by a Jewish grandma since she had all the mannerisms and characteristics. I suppose the reason was that most of the writers were white and had no experience with black families.
Only Black people can write competent comedy scripts. Black people know what’s best for every race, not just their own.
@@Attmay like seinfeld?
This didn't make abc
Anytime the characters he created is mentioned or shows up Eric is supposed to be paid and there has been many many many times Sherman Hemsley has shown up on other shows as George Jefferson. Not to mention other characters and parodying of the show
Why is Oprah interviewing the royals and not Eric Monte?
Are you high??? You're comparing strawberries and salmons!!!
Monte created Chara CC ters try hat Norman Lear gets credit for he was the face not creator Eric monte created many characters.
I didn’t know Norman Lear was a liar I thought he was a standup guy when I was a kid.smh😢
I am 58 years old. I grew up watching most of those shows true fact Jimmie, JJ Walker supposed to be a relative of mine that’s no lie if I’m lying I am Norman Lear
Norman.ear we I'll get his from the maker ok neday bud yorkin is already getting his punishment for stealing material.
LET’S GO BRANDON !!!
What???!!!!!
🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈I love Mr.Norman Lear. His best show was the first ONE DAY AT A TIME!! May he be around for another 99 years!!🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈
MAKE A STATUS STATUE IN HIS ARTFANTASCO NAME..THEIR NO MONTY IN MY FOOL..LOL..YOHO.
FJB
This is nothing to do with trump or Biden.
Amos and Andy was not degrading and as far as him producing all of the family and Sanford and son those were more of Budd Yorkin s
ideas
None of those shows have ever had to compete with it in syndication.
Norman lear will be 100 years of age on July 27, 2022. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
Fun stuff, thanks for sharing!
Some bigots and thieves live a long time. While Eric Monte the creator of Good Times lives in a shelter.
@@anthonysmith1555 Eric Monte had a severe drug addiction that led to his homelessness. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
@@harperstacey9604 That's true. Now do you think that what Hollywood and Norman did to Eric contributed to that unfortunate lifestyle. You don't see how they out cast him.
@@anthonysmith1555 I googled Eric Monte. He received a million dollar settlement and some residuals from Norman lear and his production company. He invested his money on a failed tv pilot that financially wiped him out. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
Let’s go Brandon
That asshole was already in the Senate destroying America when this crappy show was on the air demoralizing a nation. Imagine what the last 50 years could’ve been if this show had never existed. Imagine the racial progress we could have made.
Shut up.