Holy mackeral, that was funny.

Between 1951 and 1955, there were 78 episodes of the tv version of Amos and Andy. Like the earlier radio shows they were hilarious. In most cases Kingfish (Tim Moore) was out to bilk trusting and naive Andy (Spencer Williams) while good friend Amos (Alvin Childress) looked on and  Kingfish's wife Sapphire (Ernestine Wade) and her fiery mother (Amanda Randolph) added even more comic relief.  But somehow the censors and those who know better decided that this program was insulting to blacks, though Kingfish was the only less than honorable person on the show. At any rate, it was removed from the airwaves. What replaced it?  Even more exaggerated stereotypes in such shows as Good Times, Sanford and Son, and What's Happening. Oddly nobody complained about these programs or the many other series that have been shown since. I think The Cosby Show is the only program that didn't have at least one or two black stereotypes. What's the point of this rant? Just to remind everyone that the tv series Amos and Andy was damned funny and its removal wasn't fair to viewers or to the talented African American actors who made up the cast.