![]() Tucker’s fans were thankful for Tucker bringing Monte’s story to light, with one saying, “This story needs to be amplified. ![]() John Amos, Esther Rolle and Janet DuBois would have a fit.” Monte sued Lear, ABC, and others the suit ended in a $1 million settlement in favor of Monte because, as Atlanta Black Star reports, Monte couldn't find proper representation. Take that ‘Yassah’ stuff down to the cast. “And everything they wrote was stereotypic…They thought of Black humor as ‘Yassah boss, I’s wanna go down by da river…’ but I’d fight them tooth and nail. “I caught hell because Norman Lear was incredibly racist, but he didn’t think so,” he said in the interview. In the interview, Monte claimed Lear stole his idea for The Jeffersons and called him "a racist, a hypocrite, a thief and a liar." But Cooley Highcreator Eric Monte, who also co-created Good Times, The Jeffersons, What's Happening!! and What's Happening Now!!, once called Lear a "thief."Īccording to the Atlanta Black Star, social media star Dara Star Tucker talked to her viewers via her podcast, I'm All Over the Place, about Monte's allegations against Lear by bringing up his 2010 interview with Up Front. ![]() Lear is often regarded as one of the best minds in television, credited with shows like Good Times, The Jeffersons and others. An interview in which prolific Black sitcom pioneer Eric Monte criticizes Norman Lear has resurfaced, including a claim that he stole his idea for The Jeffersons. ![]()
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