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Date Posted: 11:12:20 09/16/12 Sun
Author: lhoplover
Subject: Re: Ethnic stereotypes abound on BONANZA
In reply to: Jarrod 's message, "Ethnic stereotypes abound on BONANZA" on 09:25:17 09/16/12 Sun

If you are that sensitive, you better not watch any episode of "All in the Familly" with my buddy Archie Bunker and his nemesis George Jeferson.

Talk about politically incorrect!!!!!!!!!

Jose

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[> [> Re: Ethnic stereotypes abound on BONANZA -- Jarrod, 16:07:03 09/16/12 Sun [1]

@SWC: I think you are right, the change in political climate and the ivil rights movement probably influenced what was starting to air on network TV. @lhoplover: I think by the time we get to the early 70s, Norman Lear and his writers were subverting the stereotypes and poking fun at the way ethnic characters had been shown before.


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[> [> [> From Rick's notes -- SWC, 10:14:42 09/22/12 Sat [1]

...on "Enter Thomas Bowers":

Trivia: During the making of this controversial story, Pernell Roberts sounded off and cited it as "racist" in tone, and General Motors, the sponsor objected to it, with the civil rights movement going on at the time. The network backed David Dortort and it was made and aired, and was considered a landmark achievement in television, considering the racial bigotry that was plauging the country.

After the fifth season was wrapped, NBC was compiling the season's best episodes for the summer reruns in 1964, and David made sure that the network included this episode to be rerun on the NBC stations across the country. The stations heavily requested the episode for the summer rerun season, but at least two stations in the South, one in Texas and another in Georgia refused to air it and scheduled other programming instead.


I'm not sure what Pernell's objections were but he never needed much prodding to object to things.


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