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To: nopardons

“Honeymooners was a white version of “Amos ‘n Andy”.


155 posted on 01/26/2018 5:44:28 AM PST by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: Jimmy Valentine
Oh HELL NO, it was not!

For starters, AMOS & ANDY was written and acted by WHITES (Freeman Gosden & Charles Correll who also acted those roles ) was originally a RADIO SHOW, that harkened back to the old MINSTREL SHOWS.

The HONEYMOONERS was a semi-takeoff of LAUREL & HARDY, whose slap-stick comedy goes back to the COMEDIA DEL ARTE.

And as an original member, in good standing, of THE HONEYMOONIES, not to mention someone who has read ALL of the books books about that show, seen all of the CLASSIC 39, has them on disc, which I know every script of by heart, and also seen all of the other Gleason shows, where the HOMYMOONERS skits were in.

If you don't know much or anything about a topic, it would behoove you to NOT talk about it. ;^)

184 posted on 01/26/2018 12:22:51 PM PST by nopardons
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