This would've been (when shown in re-runs in the late 50s or early 60s) one of my earliest TV Santas.
I know the controversy about this television series, and being white I don't feel qualified to speak on that. I will say I liked this show when I was quite small and felt a real kinship with some of the characters. I certainly felt more in tune with them than with small town Mayberry or any of the suburban families I saw on TV.
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I never watched Amos and Andy. I'm off for a walk this morning but hope to find time when I get home to watch this! If for nothing else, just to have actually seen Amos and Andy.
ReplyDeleteI hope you enjoy it. He's so sweet with his daughter :)
Delete...now this one goes back to when I was in third grade!
ReplyDeleteSome fun shows back then.
DeleteOhhh yeah I remember this show. There was never any controversy in my family.
ReplyDeleteIt was taken off the air because of the controversy. I just never got it.
DeleteI know the characters came from a radio show, but I don't remember this show.
ReplyDeleteI saw it in re-runs in the early 60s. I'd have been quite young and you most likely much younger still.
DeleteIt was before my time, but I remember a professor from my undergrad days told us she could tell a person's values by the TV shows they watched back then. I don't think she was talking about Amos and Andy, or even Mayberry, but the suburban shows where the woman dressed for dinner and fixed the perfect meal for the perfect family with the perfect sons (or daughters) who never got in serious trouble.
ReplyDeleteThose shows were filling the airwaves back in the day. I was never a fan.
DeleteI am sure most TV shows from previous years won't make the cut to what is now acceptable - part of the Cancel Culture :(
ReplyDeleteI've a new Christmas movie for you - The Christmas Candle. It has stars like Leslie Manning, Barbara Flynn & Susan Boyle (singer) has a singing/speaking part. Predictable but still a nice story & I don't think anyone could be offended :)
Thanks for the suggestion. I've found it online and will watch it later. Cool! I remember Susan Boyle when she first made such a big splash.
DeleteI remember Amos and Andy. It was a different time. I'll look forward to watching this one.
ReplyDeleteThe times were different, and it's entirely possible I'd have to be black to understand why that TV show was offensive to them when Sanford and Son, just for example, wasn't. I hope you enjoy this episode. I've always thought it was sweet.
DeleteI do remember watching this even though the years they were on were from when I was born till I was four. Must have been reruns at some point? NO specific memories of particular shows but I remember I really enjoyed it. Seeing this, I can see why. Was a very sweet show. Nice memories. I was too young to know anything about any controversy.
ReplyDeleteYes, they were re-runs when I saw them, too. I remember a few of the episodes but not many.
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