"Don't you DARE start crying on me." I love how Nell doesn't let Sam evade responsibility. :-)

@Toyotaboy497

4 жыл бұрын

How can you tell?

@johnshelton6434

Жыл бұрын

Nothing wrong with Samantha crying. She has feelings too.

@ohwell94

Жыл бұрын

​@@johnshelton6434 what Samantha did was cruel and she is old enough to know better than to pull such a nasty vicious stunt

@johnshelton6434

Жыл бұрын

@@ohwell94 , I agree. But Samantha felt neglected and rejected by Nell. Nothing wrong with Samantha crying, even though she was in the wrong for what she did.

@ohwell94

Жыл бұрын

@@johnshelton6434 nope Samantha can cry over the situation, and talked with Nell BEFORE she pulled this crap She involved a child who she lied to one who had no knowledge of the history saying Nell and everyone would be happy and impressed with his act at the church She embarrassed and humiliated Joey, Nell and that entire church because Sam felt neglected? How is pulling a racist act because your feelings are hurt in any way acceptable or even justifiable or excusable especially when you are old enough to know better? So nope...Sam was going to use tears to get out of it? No way

This will sound corny, but I remember watching this episode live and it really moved me, Nell did a wonderful job in this episode.

@sha11235

7 жыл бұрын

You mean when it first aired in prime time, right?

@mikeesernia4281

4 жыл бұрын

Travis Schlegel that doesn’t sound corny at all. 🙂

@lauraluffman6177

4 жыл бұрын

Yes she did I remember watching this episode as a child

@Ryooken

3 жыл бұрын

Nah she still should have whipped her behind over this. No black person talks calmly about blackface. Samantha racially humiliated Nell and more importantly turned black people's struggles with life and death into a game of sibling rivalry.

@NOTRUMPZONE

3 жыл бұрын

Nothing corny about the *TRUTH*

Carter was an awesome actress!!!!

This was one of TV Land's Most Shocking TV moments

Why am I fighting back years of rage right now? This was over 40 years ago and it shouldn't matter but it does.

Jesus, this is such a powerful episode, I still remember it playing live back in the day.

Loved Nell. This world lost such a treasure in her. We grew up seeing characters like her. It is horrible to think of the utter crap these last generations have been exposed to.

@Toyotaboy497

4 жыл бұрын

Amen.

40 years ago, this wasn’t offensive to me. I was 4. Seeing again PURE ANGER. You live & you learn!

@toffeenut1336

Жыл бұрын

Anger is a favorite past time for some. Especially when evolution never hits.

400 years of this guys. Important show. We raised their children better than they ever could.

@donaldsp360

4 жыл бұрын

You talking about Americans? Or British ? America hasn't been a country 400 yrs

@youtpfpm6097

3 жыл бұрын

You are 400 years old ? 😂

@toffeenut1336

Жыл бұрын

If you’re referring to America, it was only 76 years. And yeah after the last two years, we’ve seen how great your raise your kids. They’re on the news everyday.

I remember this one, where samantha was mad cause joey got all the attention, but n real life the jealousy that Sam was showing was quite real cause the actress who plays her was actually jealous but didn't want nobody else to know

“I’m still not crazy about her” 😂😂😂

@latonyamcguire6057

5 жыл бұрын

Me two...

@joel8583

4 жыл бұрын

Why? She wasn't a bad person.

@Asukenick

4 жыл бұрын

@@joel8583 They mean the sister.

0:02 the way how she threw her keys and purse😂😂😂

Nell Carter was a terrific performer, and was better than the writing on this series. That said, I remember the lesson from this episode.

@reginald1817

2 жыл бұрын

Nell was a tremendous talent! She is severely missed!! RIP!

Samantha's mother would've been so ashamed of her for this.

I just watch this episode on Antenna TV wow it's been a minute since I saw this I completely forgot about the hate crime episode of gimme a Break

“LOOK! AT! WHAT! YOU! DID! TO! THIS! CHILD!”

@isaacandjoey6919

2 жыл бұрын

Aunt Nell I'm getting dizzy!

@sancm8898

2 ай бұрын

@@isaacandjoey6919im sorry go upstairs and wash your face I wanna talk to Samantha alone

Absolutely relevant in 2020

I remember this episode

I'm watching this on MeTv right now

@Toyotaboy497

3 жыл бұрын

Actually, “Gimme A Break!” is on Antenna TV now.

@maximusprime3459

2 жыл бұрын

Same diffrerence.

80's tv programming was incredible!!

Dignity is not demanding respect when others act below the office.

But Nell did totally ignore everyone when Joey came.

Nell Carter was so fantastic, I wish she'd laid off all the soul food, she died way too soon.

@joel8583

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I hear that food is too fattening.

@CeliniacForLife

3 жыл бұрын

It wasn’t soul food that killed her. It was the effects from the drugs.

@Angie-wr1zv

3 жыл бұрын

Could we not w/ negative?

@oceaser6977

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, that’s a kind statement and a racist statement bundled quite nicely

I miss Nell Carter!!!

I had no idea the Governor of Virginia was a child actor on Gimme A Break! :D

@xavierwatkins4794

2 жыл бұрын

Who

@nassauguy48

Жыл бұрын

@@xavierwatkins4794 Not Youngkin, the current one. The previous one, a Democrat. He did a black face routine in college.

The beat down

Anyone looking at this in July 2020 and wishing it was this easy to "fix" things?

I would’ve slapped Samantha.

@Toyotaboy497

4 жыл бұрын

BadBoy Bill By being grounded for 2 weeks.

@reginald1817

2 жыл бұрын

Hmph! Y'all are too nice!!😂😂

@timriggins70

Ай бұрын

Why not she spanked Joey.

Y'all remember when Sam's father was gonna give her the "Spanking Of Her Life" when she said the N word? Well she had the Yelling of her Life.

@timriggins70

Ай бұрын

And Joey is the one who gets spanked for it

Poor Joey :-(

@carmesundae2

4 жыл бұрын

thatsright he thought hewas makeing everyone Laugh thats ritght poor joey

@gojewla

Жыл бұрын

I know. That haircut! 😂 he looks like a penis.

I am just realizing that all the shows I watched with Joey Lawrence, his name is usually Joey.

THIS WAS TV!!!

Wow. I remember this one. I know if she could, Nell would've brought that strap down on Sam and Joey.

Come on Samantha

i still believe in cracks or belts got at lest 2 times in school

Including the "n" word

@joel8583

4 жыл бұрын

I never forgot that episode!

@loklo101

8 ай бұрын

The n word came out of Samantha's mouth in a previous episode.

You don’t have to tell me, I know why Cozi TV stopped airing this episode in reruns

@mixon270

5 ай бұрын

But having the complete series is better it doesn't miss a beat

I know this episode was trying to make a statement but it really wasn’t consistent With the Sam Nell relationship. Even if Samantha was mad at her would she really stup to this level. Something more believable would’ve been Samantha talking Joey into singing a rap song in front of the church

@DBMe33

4 жыл бұрын

Not back then, rap was very, very different. It would have just seemed cute. Actually, not now either, really. Theyre doing all, kinds of non church stuff in churches now. But I agree that was a bit much considering their dynamic. Looking back, I noticed Gimme A Break did alot of heavy topic episodes. It was a sitcom thing back in the early 80s but they were particularly gutsy.

@zt1053

4 жыл бұрын

Io Genesis Maybe some church parishioners might’ve thought it was cute but Nell would still be embarrassed. I know Nell liked to take Joey with her everywhere she went But come on a white kid singing in a black church is just not very realistic and it’s asking for trouble

Nell should have already known Joey was made up like that. After all she drove him to church, and it was obviously Samantha who applied the makeup while still at home. Did Joey maybe have on a toboggan hate with eye holes, while en route to church?

@JamesJones-zq7pc

Жыл бұрын

Nell didn’t know, Joey was getting ready at church before he came out and start singing

Grounded for only 2 weeks??

Sam was my least liked character.

@toffeenut1336

Жыл бұрын

Probably never even watched the show.

I would've loved to see a collaboration with Nell & Roseanne (pre racist Roseanne). Two quick witted, sharp tongued outspoken women.....whewwwwww!!!!!! Those two would've ruled the world!!!!

.This was the end of a VERY controversial scene, including Children not knowing the racial history about 'B---- Face'; Nell is obviously irate, but, the timeline from when this was shown (Dec. 1984), was showing signs of growth...AND, regression.... (cont.) ...In 1984, Musical acts like Prince, Lionel Richie, Tina Turner, etc., were SO revered, they transcended JUST being thought of, as 'Black'... but, Nell was hurt because of the connotation of being thought of as, "The N Word"... (1:44) ....NOW, in 2022, so, SO many Ebony Youth use it, with such liquid-like flow, this moment loses it's TRUE meaning....One step forward.....

I didnt know blackface was a big deal then too....I mean I totally understand.

@kingblake2490

2 жыл бұрын

It has ALWAYS been a "big deal".

@samueljacksonii5473

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, it was a very big deal. Way back in the 1920's, non-Black theatre actors use to draw in large crowds with comedy skits where they would paint their faces black and make fun of how Black people acted and talked back then.

This episode: Blackface is wrong! (It is) Also this episode: Nah, it's cool to just shake a child like that. (It is not)

@gojewla

Жыл бұрын

You can shake children, just not babies.

They couldn't get away with doing this episode today with all these snowflakes. Ah, I missed the 80s.

Massa Nell had to ground ol Samantha!

@THEAdmiralXizor

4 жыл бұрын

REPORTED, you racist.

But Samantha was right.

@JamesJones-zq7pc

Жыл бұрын

How?

@travisjames3517

Жыл бұрын

Nell ignored Samantha when Joey arrived and Nell ignored Joey when Matthew arrived.

@gerawallstar3487

10 ай бұрын

​@travisjames3517 it still was no excuse of her to do something racist like that. Not only she offended Nell but also her race.

@travisjames3517

10 ай бұрын

@@gerawallstar3487True, but Nell did the same thing when Joey’s brother came. She totally ignored him.

what is da whole thang about gays doing it as an act

You don't shake a child like that, especially for something as petty as this...

@kingblake2490

2 жыл бұрын

It was for comedic affect, she wasn't "abusing" or disciplining him. My God.

@EyesOfFrozenMeat

2 жыл бұрын

@@kingblake2490 I don't care what it is for. You do that to my child and you be swiftly rendered unconscious.

@kingblake2490

2 жыл бұрын

@@EyesOfFrozenMeat 💯...good for you.

@maximusprime3459

2 жыл бұрын

Its a sitcom, stop being a dope fiend about it.

@gojewla

Жыл бұрын

Not true. You just can’t shake babies. It’s because their anatomy isn’t fully formed yet.

This is horrible, there is nothing good about any of this.

Nell Shouldn’t of had a white kid singing in a black church in the first place.

@OysterPir8

3 жыл бұрын

I've sang in black churches

@jcarter7929

3 жыл бұрын

Wierdo

@toffeenut1336

Жыл бұрын

But it’s so progressive to mix.

they should have arrested her for shaking Joey's head like that.

@swankhood

3 жыл бұрын

Clearly you weren't raised in the 80's..... Now everyone are snowflakes.

@kingblake2490

2 жыл бұрын

@@swankhood I mean EVERYONE is a snowflake and ultra sensitive. It was for comedic affect, Joey was not being abused or "disciplined". People cry about everything now days. I miss the 80s.

They should have banned this episode for having a white kid in "blackface" it is an insult to African Americans everywhere

@millenniumman75

9 жыл бұрын

Today, they probably would. The N word was also used frequently on The Jeffersons' early seasons. In 2005 TV Land ranked this episode # 38 as part of its "100 Most Unexpected Moments in TV History". In this case, it probably should be allowed for the sole reason in that it directly addressed the issue and showed that it is unacceptable. In any other context, it wouldn't be acceptable to broadcast. Since the main character is African-American, it could be properly handled. In early 1983, there was an episode where Margaret's sister (the sister of the mother) wanted to take custody of the girls and didn't want Nell raising them. That was a different facet of how racism was handled, but it was just as valid.

@baybeeb521

9 жыл бұрын

So does Sanford and son

@baybeeb521

9 жыл бұрын

And all in the family

@baybeeb521

9 жыл бұрын

Just like in the 70s movies but true

@schewitt1977

8 жыл бұрын

+millenniumman75 I think it was handed very well. She learned her lesson.

NELL CAN’T PUNISH SAMANTHA, SHE’S NOT SAMANTHA’S MOTHER

@kristibradford302

5 жыл бұрын

She raised those girls. Sam was a little girl when Nell first came into the family. The mother and father has handed Nell full responsibility for raising those children and that included disciplining them. So yes Nell has every right to discipline her.

@monica012077

2 жыл бұрын

Nell is their guardian. Both the girls parents are dead

@justingandara9289

2 жыл бұрын

@@monica012077 THIS IS SEASON 4, HER FATHER'S STILL ALIVE, SO NELL CAN'T PUNISH SAMANTHA, AND BY THE WAY, PARENT AND GUARDIAN ARE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT, THEY'RE NOT THE SAME

@justingandara9289

2 жыл бұрын

@@kristibradford302 NO SHE DOESN'T, SHE DOESN'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO DISCIPLINE HER OR RAISE HER, BECAUSE SHE'S NOT THE MOTHER

@kristibradford302

2 жыл бұрын

@@justingandara9289 it doesn't matter whether she's their blood parent or not. She has the right to discipline the kids because the parents gave her that authority over them. And that included disciplining the kids when ever needed. She has dealt with those kids since they were little girls. She is like a mom to them .

I really don’t see what the big deal is. I don’t Why Samantha had to apologize. She puts Joey in blackface, so what?

@annmcdonald7713

5 жыл бұрын

Because you are dumb

@AnonymousC-lm6tc

5 жыл бұрын

You truly are a moron if you see nothing wrong with blackface. Go do some research before you make idiotic comments you insipid fool.

@ladyodawna

5 жыл бұрын

Ok you guys are no better than someone in black face when you call her moron and dumb. You could just explain why its bad rather than resorting to name calling.

@annmcdonald7713

5 жыл бұрын

@@ladyodawna She is wilfully ignorant. She obviously has internet access. A quick google search will give her a quick explanation for a thousand people. But she does not want to listen. That is what makes her a moron

@annmcdonald7713

5 жыл бұрын

@@ladyodawna also you obviously dont know what blackface is either, to compare the two very different things

What's wrong with Blackface??

@JamesJones-zq7pc

Жыл бұрын

It brings back to racism when a white man or woman use black paint like makeup but it was more in humor against blacks back in the 1920s, 1930s, 1940s

I remember this episode