Your most influential black role model from 70's television?

[Muadib]

Isaac - Love Boat, and no, that was the 80's
It was from the 70's!! It started in 77!!!

 

[Yo Ma Ma]

Already voted, but had I to do it over again would have to cast my ballot for Pete Dixon/Lloyd Haynes from Room 222.

 

[ThaGrandCow]

<< SHAFT!!!!

I'm not voting until that gets put up as an option >>





<< done >>



Woohoo!
Shaft gets a vote and pulls into the lead

 

[Ornery]

Hmmmm, I still remember Diahann Carroll's 'Julia' character from the '60s. She was pretty hot to me!

Otherwise, where's Bill Cosby in that poll? :frown:

 

[ILikeSprite]

i didn't exist back then.........

 

[HappyPuppy]

Where is "None"? I would vote for that.

 

[tm37]

Anither vote for Huggy Bear!

 

[shiner]

Where's the love for Huggy Bear?

 

[4824guy]

had to be Flip Wilson for me. He was a great personallity and a person with a terremdious amount of talent. It was too bad that he dropped out of the entertainment business after he show when off the air.

 

[Linux23]

<< Where's:
Isaac from the love boat?
Washington from Welcome Back Kotter?
Don Cornelius from Soul Train?
Huggy Bear from Starsky and Hutch?
Garrett Morris from Saturday Night Live?
Ron Harris from Barney Miller?
Barney Collier from Mission: Impossible? >>





I know Isaac, Don, and Garrett Morris, the others i'm not too sure about.

but i chose JJ from Good Times. DY-NO-MITE!

 

[Linux23]

<< Actually wasn't Roots made in the 70's? If it was then Kunta Kinte'(SP) would definately be the most influential Black Character >>





how was Toby influential?

 

[Cyberian]

<<

<< Actually wasn't Roots made in the 70's? If it was then Kunta Kinte'(SP) would definately be the most influential Black Character >>





how was Toby influential? >>

Didn't he have a foot and a half?

 

[UberNeuman]

How could you forget Gary Coleman - What choo talkin' 'bout?

 

[MereMortal]

You all know that it was Dee from "What's Happening!!"

 

[WA261]

i would never have a "black role model"............. sorry

 

[burnedout]

Shaft without a doubt. He was awesome!

 

[ShizNitz]

Gary Coleman

 

[eplebnista]

Kene Holliday as Sergeant Curtis Baker

 

[Renob]

i would never have a "black role model"............. sorry

Wa261 why would you never have a black role model???

 

[Ornery]

• Where's glen and where's Bill Cosby?

 

[glenn1]

Where's George Jefferson (Sherman Helmsley)? He was Archie Bunker's neighbor for a while on "All in the Family" after all

 

[glenn1]

Holy cr@p!!! You know who we forgot as well? Robert Guillaume, a.k.a. Benson (the butler from Soap, and later his own show)

 

[glen]

remember, this was originally between re-run and JJ

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Chuck Norris.

nik

 

[deftron]

JJ for the seventies...


Without a doubt...Mr. T for the eighties



Chris Rock for the nineties