Both Michale Evan and Eric Monte were responsible for the hit Good Times but never got full credit or the massive profits they deserved from that show. Blacklisting Monte also didn't help his career and seemed extremely petty since all Eric wanted was his fair share of the pie, which he earned.

@Attmay

2 ай бұрын

Eric Monte should get every dime from every sitcom since 1971. Every single one. Even *Hello, Larry.* If there is so much as one red penny in profit from that show, it belongs to him.

You forgot to mention that the actor who originally played Lionel Jefferson, Mike Evans, was also the co creator of Good Times . Hence the Evans family last name and JJ’s brothers name being Mike Evans.

@WonderfulHoBo

2 жыл бұрын

This was done in retaliation from lear and the other producers .Eric never needed or wanted him as a co writer this was done to get rid of him as a writer altogether . This was told to me out of Eric's mouth himself .

@jasonpalacios2705

2 жыл бұрын

Really? I didn't know that.

@WonderfulHoBo

2 жыл бұрын

@@jasonpalacios2705 Absolutely

@sirjefferson4790

2 жыл бұрын

FACTS

@helengrasty6321

2 жыл бұрын

All I can do is SMH😣 black people always had it hard, But we never give up and do amazing things in spite or it all W.C.I.S?????

I grew up watching the reruns of whats happening and goodtimes, they are some of my favorite shows even today. Back in the 90s I wrote an paper on Eric monte for a modern black history class. I was saddened to learn he didn't get the vredit he deserved for his contribution to history. It was around this time I saw cool high, I fell in love with this movie

We all know that Lear couldn't have done this all by himself!

@anthonysmith1555

2 жыл бұрын

Just say norman is innocent and get on with it.

@Attmay

2 жыл бұрын

@@firefx99 it will end when he ends. When he dies, which I hope is soon, his shows need to go with him.

@Attmay

2 жыл бұрын

@@anthonysmith1555 he’s not innocent. He is even worse than Eric Monte describes him. He’s a fucking buckbreaker and all the racist self-loathing misandrist propaganda he pulled out of his ass should be fucking burned. There are plenty of TV shows with black actors on them that racist ped0 mob enabler Norman Lear had nothing to do with.

@tinaanderson200

7 ай бұрын

He's a lier and a thief he never once lived in the ghetto protects made $1 trillion from the black people struggle that's evil to be that selfish to not pay 😮Eric Monte smh I'm not watching those shows smh

@tinaanderson200

7 ай бұрын

​@@firefx99very wicked smh 😮

I always respected John Amos for standing up to Norman Lear. I wasn’t familiar with Eric Monte

Eric Monte should most definely received the credit due him for the talented writing he did. He was in the right when he sued Norman Lear. I very much liked "All In The Family", and "The Jeffersons".both was great shows.

@Attmay

2 жыл бұрын

*The Jeffersons* is better because we don’t have to watch that fucking fat communist freak show Rob Reiner.

Eric Monte deserves the credit.

There needs to be a movie about his life. That would be the movie that would put him back on top if marketed correctly. Which would include educating more people before hand on who he is since he never received credit for his past work

@FactsVerse

Жыл бұрын

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@hermanmunster714

Жыл бұрын

Where was Oprah?

@tinaanderson200

7 ай бұрын

​@@hermanmunster714ugh she makes me sick she's on that mans side Lear smh

As well as Eric Monte suggesting to Lear to use Redd Foxx for Sanford and son. Lear didn't know who Foxx was, according to Monte. I totally believe Eric Monte!

Thank you for this detail coverage of the great Eric Monte's work and revealing the truth about Norman Lear's thievery and plagiarism. May Monte's future work be seen and recognized.

I believe the episode that Eric wrote and didn't receive credit for was the 8th episode in the 1st season of all in the family. That was the introduction of Louise Jefferson.

Eric Monte was treated poor;y and this is a sad shame. He should have received credit for his work and also paid well.

Actually Normal Lear took the story of AITF from the British sitcom Till Death do us Part.

@Attmay

2 жыл бұрын

You mean he outright stole it. Say it. Say he stole it because you know it’s true.

@jasonpalacios2705

2 жыл бұрын

@@Attmay Actually he watered down the story as well.

@livefree1111

Жыл бұрын

And Eric Monte created the black characters for that show.

@jasonpalacios2705

Жыл бұрын

@@livefree1111 What show?

@RedDevil_Joe

7 ай бұрын

@@livefree1111the British original? I don’t know but I highly doubt that 😂

Eric ,Dr .Sebi and eye were good friends and this was done well .Thank you for getting it right .

@jeremiahwoods-xc6gy

Жыл бұрын

Why aren't you still friends?

@WonderfulHoBo

Жыл бұрын

@Jeremiah Woods Greetings Friend ,The late and very great Dr. Sebi has since transitioned back in 2016. Eye am still his Friend in Holy Spirit.

@jeremiahwoods-xc6gy

Жыл бұрын

@@WonderfulHoBo yes rest well Dr.Sebi you knew Mr. Eric Monte also?

Eric was cheated out of royalties. Tragic and shameful.

Cool Eric amazing. Yes I luv all old shows

Everyone is jumping to conclusions. Both Mr. Evans and Monte were supposed to be the sole writers, but they weren't experienced in script writing and what they produced didn't work. Another writer had to take over. This is sour grapes, not racism.

@underconstruction778

Жыл бұрын

Or other writers were brought in to continue the black inferiority stereotype while Evans and Monte wanted to portray more dignified roles.

Definitely give credit where credit is do!! Loved all these shows- back when TV was good. Currently watching Welcome Back Kotter. 😁

@Attmay

2 жыл бұрын

If TV was any good back then, it was in spite of him, not because of him. In fact, he’s the reason sitcoms were declared dead in the early 1980s. Everybody talks about how he “created” seven hit shows but nobody talks about all the bombs he left behind in addition to those. He single-handedly perpetrated the biggest hoax in television history. Take every bad thing you’ve ever heard about Walt Disney and it’s probably true when Norman Lear is accused of it. Even his own producers made better shows without him. Lucille Ball loved *Three’s Company.* Its producers left Norman Lear behind to make it for Don Taffner.

A million dollars😢😢😢 that’s like a $1 compared to what Norma has 😢😢😢😢😢

@FactsVerse

7 ай бұрын

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All In The Family and Sanford & Son are American versions of British shows too

THERE WAS A LOT OF COPYWRITE VIOLATIONS IN THE INDUSTRY, ESPECIALLY IF YOU WETE AN ASSISTANT WRITTER OR ARTIST

@cheriep8375

Жыл бұрын

Not really called a violation when you’re a giant in the industry AND a black David 💯

@niamcd6604

3 ай бұрын

It's known that Lear used to fire writers almost on a weekly basis so he could take the credit for everything himself.

I guess in show biz not everyone is a saint…. Archie Bunker is based on Norman Lear’s dad and I guess that the apple didn’t fall from the tree…. I may never watch All in the family the same again.

@Attmay

2 жыл бұрын

Watch *Gimme A Break!* instead. That show’s “critics” were just bigots projecting Norman Liar’s bigotry onto a far superior show made by his own writers and producers without him and proving once and for all that Norman Liar himself was the weak link in absolutely everything he did. He is the villain in his own life story which hopefully will be coming to a close soon. I sincerely hope hell is real so that he can go there where he belongs.

@niamcd6604

3 ай бұрын

I thought Archie was a racist pr@k as a child, and stopped watching that show then.

Good Work 💯 Stop The Stealing of Black Works 🎉 Do your own work.

Well Norman has left the building. Stay well Eric.

Oh the one thing that is easy to take your ideas like Eric expierience because the head bosses and writers and production companies power as nd money...

The Black Panthers were not wrong to occupy his office. They were wrong to ever leave it. They should’ve taken over every TV network.

Well i appreciate Mr.lear shows wouldn't Ben here cheers🎉✊ flowers is yours bro.

That's what they do.

Redd Foxx 1922-1991 also had static with Norman Lear 1922-2023

Anytime the characters he created is mentioned or shows up Eric is supposed to be paid and there has been many many many times Sherman Hemsley has shown up on other shows as George Jefferson. Not to mention other characters and parodying of the show

Very interesting

@FactsVerse

2 жыл бұрын

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@my.0224

5 ай бұрын

They would never want black writers writing for a predominantly white cast.

Take a good script and change the creator’s name. It’s been happening since the beginning of time. The writers are the creative force behind the shows. Racial inequality was going on back during these shows was aired an people still watch it in syndication today. Black experiences are best told by black peoples, different races of people have their own experiences too. Racial discrimination was going on in the 1970’s, since the beginning of time. We got a long way to make peace, get credit, acknowledged, but got stand strong regardless. Odd, sad video of not being compensated for your work.

@WonderfulHoBo

2 жыл бұрын

That is the way of the American standard ,this is how white America standard survives worldwide .

Norman Lear is nothing but a talentless thief. He's a "genius" because he usurped other people's intellectual property -- Eric Monte's to be specific. Also no producer of characters would ever willingly just kill off any character he created. Norman created absolutely nothing. He was simply very well connected in Hollywood and had knowledge of how to surcomvent what he wanted to simply take from someone else, knowing the business aspect of it real well...That's it.

@Attmay

2 жыл бұрын

This is why Jewish assimilation into yt anti-culture was and is a mistake. It has cost the Jewish people our soul and our identity.

@MondoMiami

Жыл бұрын

Very well said! So tired of hearing him hailed as a “genius.”

I didn't watch most of these shows when they were on tv. When I did I always wondered why the grandmother in every show could have been easily replaced by a Jewish grandma since she had all the mannerisms and characteristics. I suppose the reason was that most of the writers were white and had no experience with black families.

@Attmay

2 жыл бұрын

Only Black people can write competent comedy scripts. Black people know what’s best for every race, not just their own.

@alg11297

2 жыл бұрын

@@Attmay like seinfeld?

That’s some sad shttt steal my ideas make millions and millions only to give me one million then black ball me from earning a living but yet your earning a living off my work man he’s a strong man

Wow

That dam Norman family needs to be sued , but if Norman did wrong, I promise KRAMA will come back. That 💰💰💰💰💰💰 will COLLAPSE! On them.

Norman lear didnt create the jeffersons - good times & what's happening. ericonte created those characters.

Monte created Chara CC ters try hat Norman Lear gets credit for he was the face not creator Eric monte created many characters.

Too bad Eric Monte ever met Norman Lear.

And Eric been telling the same story for years about how he lie

This didn't make abc

I didn’t know Norman Lear was a liar I thought he was a standup guy when I was a kid.smh😢 I am 58 years old. I grew up watching most of those shows true fact Jimmie, JJ Walker supposed to be a relative of mine that’s no lie if I’m lying I am Norman Lear

The GREED of 💰💰💰💰💰💰💰😢😢😢😢😢

@FactsVerse

7 ай бұрын

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It's kind of messed up because most of us liked Good Times with John Amos, but now you tell us that's not how real black America was????

You wait till Norman Lear dies and then spew your lies and hate speech. Norman Lear never said he created everything he was credited as the person who developed these shows. Get your facts straight!

@RedDevil_Joe

7 ай бұрын

You might want to look at when this video was uploaded

Why is Oprah interviewing the royals and not Eric Monte?

@niamcd6604

3 ай бұрын

Are you high??? You're comparing strawberries and salmons!!!

Norman.ear we I'll get his from the maker ok neday bud yorkin is already getting his punishment for stealing material.

MAKE A STATUS STATUE IN HIS ARTFANTASCO NAME..THEIR NO MONTY IN MY FOOL..LOL..YOHO.

Lear is disgusting he pertended so much.

🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈I love Mr.Norman Lear. His best show was the first ONE DAY AT A TIME!! May he be around for another 99 years!!🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈

Norman lear will be 100 years of age on July 27, 2022. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

@FactsVerse

2 жыл бұрын

Fun stuff, thanks for sharing!

@anthonysmith1555

2 жыл бұрын

Some bigots and thieves live a long time. While Eric Monte the creator of Good Times lives in a shelter.

@harperstacey9604

2 жыл бұрын

@@anthonysmith1555 Eric Monte had a severe drug addiction that led to his homelessness. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

@anthonysmith1555

2 жыл бұрын

@@harperstacey9604 That's true. Now do you think that what Hollywood and Norman did to Eric contributed to that unfortunate lifestyle. You don't see how they out cast him.

@harperstacey9604

2 жыл бұрын

@@anthonysmith1555 I googled Eric Monte. He received a million dollar settlement and some residuals from Norman lear and his production company. He invested his money on a failed tv pilot that financially wiped him out. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

Amos and Andy was not degrading and as far as him producing all of the family and Sanford and son those were more of Budd Yorkin s ideas

@Attmay

2 жыл бұрын

None of those shows have ever had to compete with it in syndication.

FJB

@AlonzoMarquisGraychipmonk

7 ай бұрын

This is nothing to do with trump or Biden.

LET’S GO BRANDON !!!

@AlonzoMarquisGraychipmonk

7 ай бұрын

What???!!!!!

Let’s go Brandon

@Attmay

2 жыл бұрын

That asshole was already in the Senate destroying America when this crappy show was on the air demoralizing a nation. Imagine what the last 50 years could’ve been if this show had never existed. Imagine the racial progress we could have made.

@AlonzoMarquisGraychipmonk

7 ай бұрын

Shut up.