MJJstudent said:

PDogz said:

Oh, these days I wouldn't even know what to say to him, lol. Plus I'm sure Ralph has plenty of people trying to meet him, lol. Sounds like you're talking about Fort Greene.

i grew up in bed stuy, then moved to fort green briefly. i lived on clinton ave.

Small world, lol. I have a buddy that lives on Clinton Ave, lol. Currently, I'm in Flatbush.

PDogz said:

silverchild said:

Tell me about it! Back in the day, that ass of his looked good in those tight pants. I got all hot and woozy from looking at these pictures. Michael was fine and thick back in the day

That lace shirt and tight pants....DAYUM!

Somebody was slamdunking that back in the day...LOL

He was a very handsome young man, and had an absolutely beautiful ass (...as did John Amos).

Yes, John Amos and Ralph Carter had asses to DIE for! And there were plenty of times where you could plainly see which side John was tucked on. But let's not forget about that other thick brother from "Good Times"...Ben Powers aka Keith. Dude had thighs and ass for days. He filled out those skin-tight pants in the episode where he slapped the shit out of Thelma. They were so tight that, from behind, you could make out his bikini underwear-line...

SEANMAN said:

PDogz said:

He was a very handsome young man, and had an absolutely beautiful ass (...as did John Amos).

Yes, John Amos and Ralph Carter had asses to DIE for! And there were plenty of times where you could plainly see which side John was tucked on. But let's not forget about that other thick brother from "Good Times"...Ben Powers aka Keith. Dude had thighs and ass for days. He filled out those skin-tight pants in the episode where he slapped the shit out of Thelma. They were so tight that, from behind, you could make out his bikini underwear-line...

While I recognize that Ben Powers, aka "Keith", was a handsome guy (...sort of reminded me of Al Jarreau), he was never my type. Kind of how a lot of people trip over Derek Jeter, another handsome guy, but wouldn't turn my head on the street (...aside from recognizing it was Derek Jeter).

But now John Amos was a different story. I even purchased "The BeastMaster" on DVD just to see him running around in that loincloth, lol. He would have been my pick of the three on "Good Times". I remember an episode where he and Esther Rolle were in bed, and something happened with the kids in the living room, maybe they were fighting or something. But James Sr. jumped up out of the bed, wearing a pair of pajamas, and you could make out all kinds of weight jumping around in the front of those PJ's as he swung his legs around to get out of the bed, lol. Now THAT scene I will never forget.

I only have the first season box set of "Good Times" on DVD. After this thread, I'm going to need to put my order in for the others, lol.

Incidentally SEANMAN: Who is that #8 Baseball player in your avatar?

^^Yeah, John Amos had a sick body, for sure. That's Cal Ripken Jr. in my avatar. As you can probably tell, Ripken has one hell of an ass too!

I just can't stop looking at this pic with him in that tight laceshirt, with his nipples peeking out. WOW! As JJ would say, "DYN-O-MITE!"

SEANMAN said:

^^Yeah, John Amos had a sick body, for sure. That's Cal Ripken Jr. in my avatar. As you can probably tell, Ripken has one hell of an ass too!

Thanks. I wanted to ask you about your avatar ever since we were discussing John Legend's ass, lol.

PDogz said:

SEANMAN said:

^^Yeah, John Amos had a sick body, for sure. That's Cal Ripken Jr. in my avatar. As you can probably tell, Ripken has one hell of an ass too!

Thanks. I wanted to ask you about your avatar ever since we were discussing John Legend's ass, lol.

That's another ass we should discuss at another time. He might be small, but LAWD!

PDogz said:

SEANMAN said:

^^Yeah, John Amos had a sick body, for sure. That's Cal Ripken Jr. in my avatar. As you can probably tell, Ripken has one hell of an ass too!

Thanks. I wanted to ask you about your avatar ever since we were discussing John Legend's ass, lol.

LOL I'm liking the turn this thread has taken. But yeah, Ripken is proof that not only black men can have some junk in their trunk. Homie's got some cakes...

That John Legend has got one phat ass! You'd never know he had that much junk. T4P, silverchild!

SEANMAN said:

PDogz said:

Thanks. I wanted to ask you about your avatar ever since we were discussing John Legend's ass, lol.

LOL I'm liking the turn this thread has taken. But yeah, Ripken is proof that not only black men can have some junk in their trunk. Homie's got some cakes...

Might be worth starting a dedicated thread to the male ass, lol. That way the unwilling won't have to belabor our drool, as I'm sure there could be much more to share. Plus, it would only be fair to the OP, being that we've already deviated so far from the subject of Michael Evans singing "You And I".

Though on Cal Ripken, Jr.: I'm not a huge baseball fan, but I see his face on the news a lot. Seems like a nice guy.

My apologies to the OP: Back to Michael Evans on "Good Times".

Incidentally, since the start of this thread, I've been Googling & Wikipedia-ing a lot of info about the show. Had no idea Esther Rolle fought so hard for the direction of the show, even subsequent to John Amos' departure from it. They should have never killed off James' character and given John Amos whatever he was asking for to stay. But once he was gone, they sure as Hell should have listened to what Esther Rolle was saying. Actually, it appears like they eventually did, but they did so too late. "Good Times" was a hot show, and they kind of killed it by messing with it. Just gotta wonder where the show would have gone if they had kept the original formula.

NOW THAT'S AN ASS!!!

The 8th wonder of the world.

PDogz said:

SEANMAN said:

LOL I'm liking the turn this thread has taken. But yeah, Ripken is proof that not only black men can have some junk in their trunk. Homie's got some cakes...

Might be worth starting a dedicated thread to the male ass, lol. That way the unwilling won't have to belabor our drool, as I'm sure there could be much more to share. Plus, it would only be fair to the OP, being that we've already deviated so far from the subject of Michael Evans singing "You And I".

Though on Cal Ripken, Jr.: I'm not a huge baseball fan, but I see his face on the news a lot. Seems like a nice guy.

My apologies to the OP: Back to Michael Evans on "Good Times".

Incidentally, since the start of this thread, I've been Googling & Wikipedia-ing a lot of info about the show. Had no idea Esther Rolle fought so hard for the direction of the show, even subsequent to John Amos' departure from it. They should have never killed off James' character and given John Amos whatever he was asking for to stay. But once he was gone, they sure as Hell should have listened to what Esther Rolle was saying. Actually, it appears like they eventually did, but they did so too late. "Good Times" was a hot show, and they kind of killed it by messing with it. Just gotta wonder where the show would have gone if they had kept the original formula.

Them feeding off the J.J. character is what killed it.

Timmy84 said:

PDogz said:

Might be worth starting a dedicated thread to the male ass, lol. That way the unwilling won't have to belabor our drool, as I'm sure there could be much more to share. Plus, it would only be fair to the OP, being that we've already deviated so far from the subject of Michael Evans singing "You And I".

Though on Cal Ripken, Jr.: I'm not a huge baseball fan, but I see his face on the news a lot. Seems like a nice guy.

My apologies to the OP: Back to Michael Evans on "Good Times".

Incidentally, since the start of this thread, I've been Googling & Wikipedia-ing a lot of info about the show. Had no idea Esther Rolle fought so hard for the direction of the show, even subsequent to John Amos' departure from it. They should have never killed off James' character and given John Amos whatever he was asking for to stay. But once he was gone, they sure as Hell should have listened to what Esther Rolle was saying. Actually, it appears like they eventually did, but they did so too late. "Good Times" was a hot show, and they kind of killed it by messing with it. Just gotta wonder where the show would have gone if they had kept the original formula.

Them feeding off the J.J. character is what killed it.

They ran it in the ground. JJ's character should have only ever been the ice cream on top. Instead, they tried to make him the main course.

Thank you all for getting back on topic.

I often wondered how Jimmy Walker felt about John and Esther leaving because of his character. Did he feel that they were being haters, or was he, too, ashamed that JJ had become a buffoon?

SEANMAN said:

I often wondered how Jimmy Walker felt about John and Esther leaving because of his character. Did he feel that they were being haters, or was he, too, ashamed that JJ had become a buffoon?

No one has really asked him how he felt about the character. I'm guessing it's a touchy subject for him too.

Timmy84 said:

SEANMAN said:

I often wondered how Jimmy Walker felt about John and Esther leaving because of his character. Did he feel that they were being haters, or was he, too, ashamed that JJ had become a buffoon?

No one has really asked him how he felt about the character. I'm guessing it's a touchy subject for him too.

Probably. With him being a comedian, I'm pretty sure he didn't have too much an issue about JJ's antics, but since Esther and John were serious actors, I can see why they had had enough.

SEANMAN said:

Timmy84 said:

No one has really asked him how he felt about the character. I'm guessing it's a touchy subject for him too.

Probably. With him being a comedian, I'm pretty sure he didn't have too much an issue about JJ's antics, but since Esther and John were serious actors, I can see why they had had enough.

Exactly. To Jimmy it was just a job. John and Esther obviously took it very differently.

a lil' trivia: Ja'net Dubois co-wrote (with Jeff Barry) and sung The Jeffersons's theme song, "Movin' on Up".

I had a chance to see Ms. Dubois -she was signing autographs- at the LA / Crenshaw Block Party two years ago, sista girll hadn't aged a bit and was very personable.

sosgemini said:

Thank you all for getting back on topic.

Timmy84 said:

SEANMAN said:

Probably. With him being a comedian, I'm pretty sure he didn't have too much an issue about JJ's antics, but since Esther and John were serious actors, I can see why they had had enough.

Exactly. To Jimmy it was just a job. John and Esther obviously took it very differently.

Job or self-worth? If there's a difference than I think you've kinda sold your soul to the devil.

From what I can remember it appears John and Esther gave the producer Norman Lear grief over the scripts; none of their objections were directed a Jimmy per say. . . I don't think.

TD3 said:

Timmy84 said:

Exactly. To Jimmy it was just a job. John and Esther obviously took it very differently.

Job or self-worth? If there's a difference than I think you've kinda sold your soul to the devil.

From what I can remember it appears John and Esther gave the producer Norman Lear grief over the scripts; none of their objections were directed a Jimmy per say. . . I don't think.

Yeah that's true.

TD3 said:

a lil' trivia: Ja'net Dubois co-wrote (with Jeff Barry) and sung The Jeffersons's theme song, "Movin' on Up".

I had a chance to see Ms. Dubois -she was signing autographs- at the LA / Crenshaw Block Party two years ago, sista girll hadn't aged a bit and was very personable.

Yep, that's her other claim to fame. I'm sure those checks are still rollin' in.

sosgemini said:

Thank you all for getting back on topic.

Technically it's still not on topic, which was about Michael/Ralph singing and not problems the actors had on the set.

SEANMAN said:

TD3 said:

a lil' trivia: Ja'net Dubois co-wrote (with Jeff Barry) and sung The Jeffersons's theme song, "Movin' on Up".

I had a chance to see Ms. Dubois -she was signing autographs- at the LA / Crenshaw Block Party two years ago, sista girll hadn't aged a bit and was very personable.

Yep, that's her other claim to fame. I'm sure those checks are still rollin' in.

I guess she made a lot of money from Nelly (Batter Up) too.

MickyDolenz said:

sosgemini said:

Thank you all for getting back on topic.

Technically it's still not on topic, which was about Michael/Ralph singing and not problems the actors had on the set.

This thread began to veer off topic from the 3rd post.

TD3 said:

Timmy84 said:

Exactly. To Jimmy it was just a job. John and Esther obviously took it very differently.

Job or self-worth? If there's a difference than I think you've kinda sold your soul to the devil.

From what I can remember it appears John and Esther gave the producer Norman Lear grief over the scripts; none of their objections were directed a Jimmy per say. . . I don't think.

I believe that to be true. They realized Jimmie Walker was trying to eat, just like the rest of them.

It's funny how John Amos was only 8 years older than Jimmie Walker, and yet he was playing his father on "Good Times". Not so funny that Esther Rolle was 19 years older than John Amos, and playing his wife, lol.

MickyDolenz said:

sosgemini said:

Thank you all for getting back on topic.

Technically it's still not on topic, which was about Michael/Ralph singing and not problems the actors had on the set.

Yeah it is.

Michael/Ralph did a very nice job of singing, how many times can we say that.

TD3 said:

MickyDolenz said:

Technically it's still not on topic, which was about Michael/Ralph singing and not problems the actors had on the set.

Yeah it is.

Michael/Ralph did a very nice job of singing, how many times can we say that.

PDogz said:

TD3 said:

Job or self-worth? If there's a difference than I think you've kinda sold your soul to the devil.

From what I can remember it appears John and Esther gave the producer Norman Lear grief over the scripts; none of their objections were directed a Jimmy per say. . . I don't think.

I believe that to be true. They realized Jimmie Walker was trying to eat, just like the rest of them.

It's funny how John Amos was only 8 years older than Jimmie Walker, and yet he was playing his father on "Good Times". Not so funny that Esther Rolle was 19 years older than John Amos, and playing his wife, lol.

On the original Star Trek show/movies, there wasn't much of a difference in the ages of the actors who played Spock (son) & Sarek (father) either.