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John Donley
John Donley is a writer from Gould, Arkansas. Donley wrote in many sitcoms including ''Sanford and Son'', ''Good Times'', '' The Jeffersons'', '' Diff’rent Strokes'', '' Benson'' and '' Who's the Boss''. He won an NAACP Image Award The NAACP Image Awards is an annual awards ceremony presented by the U.S.-based National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) to honor outstanding performances in film, television, theatre, music, and literature. Similar to ... for best situation comedy in 1984. In 2019 he was inducted into the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame. Career The first script Donley sold was ''Black Jesus'', which was the second episode of Good Times. In 1984, his episode ''Roots'' on the comedy ''Diff’rent Strokes'' earned him an NAACP Image Award for Best Situation Comedy Episode. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Donley, John Living people Year of birth missing (living people) People from Lincoln County, Arkansas Screenwriters from Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gould, Arkansas
Gould is a city in Lincoln County, Arkansas, United States. Its population was 837 at the 2010 census, down from 1,305 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Pine Bluff, Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area. Gould is a farming community.Brown, Robbie.Arkansas Town Draws a Line on Clubs" '' The New York Times''. July 19, 2011. Retrieved on July 27, 2011. It was named after the American railroad magnate Jay Gould. Geography Gould is located in northeastern Lincoln County at (33.985920, -91.561578). U.S. Route 65 passes through the city, leading northwest to Pine Bluff and southeast to McGehee. Arkansas Highway 114 leads west from Gould to Star City, while Highway 212 leads east to Pendleton on the Arkansas River. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city of Gould has a total area of , all land. It sits near the western edge of the Arkansas Delta in the Delta Lowlands sub-region. Gould is by highway southeast of Little Rock. The area is in proxi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanford And Son
''Sanford and Son'' is an American sitcom television series that ran on the NBC television network from January 14, 1972, to March 25, 1977. It was based on the British sitcom ''Steptoe and Son'', which initially aired on BBC One in the United Kingdom from 1962 to 1974. Known for its edgy racial humor, running gags, and catchphrases, the series was adapted by Norman Lear and considered NBC's answer to CBS's ''All in the Family''. ''Sanford and Son'' has been hailed as the precursor to many other African-American sitcoms. It was a rating hit throughout its six-season run, finishing in the Nielsen top ten for five of those seasons. While the role of Fred G. Sanford was known for his bigotry and cantankerousness, the role of Lamont Sanford was that of Fred's long-suffering, conscientious, peacemaker son. At times, both characters involved themselves in schemes, usually as a means of earning cash quickly to pay off their various debts. Other colorful and unconventional chara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Good Times
''Good Times'' is an American television sitcom that aired for six seasons on CBS, from February 8, 1974, to August 1, 1979. Created by Eric Monte and Mike Evans and developed by executive producer Norman Lear, it was television's first African American two-parent family sitcom. ''Good Times'' is a spin-off of '' Maude,'' which itself is a spin-off of ''All in the Family'', making ''Good Times'' the first television spin-off from another spin-off. In September 2020, it was announced that the series would receive an animated sitcom revival produced with Norman Lear executive producing alongside Seth MacFarlane and Steph Curry for Netflix. Synopsis Florida and James (renamed from Henry) Evans and their three children live at 921 North Gilbert Avenue, apartment 17C, in a public housing project in a poor, black neighborhood in inner-city Chicago. The project is unnamed on the show but is implicitly the infamous Cabrini–Green Homes, shown in the opening and closing credits. Fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Jeffersons
''The Jeffersons'' is an American sitcom television series that was broadcast on CBS from January 18, 1975, to July 2, 1985, lasting 11 seasons and a total of List of The Jeffersons episodes, 253 episodes. ''The Jeffersons'' is one of the longest-running sitcoms in history, the second-longest-running series with a primarily African Americans, African American cast by episode count and the first to prominently feature a married interracial marriage, interracial couple. Show The show focuses on George Jefferson, George and Louise Jefferson, a prosperous African-American couple who have been able to move from Queens, New York, Queens to Manhattan owing to the success of George's dry-cleaning chain, Jefferson Cleaners. The show was launched as the second (and longest running) television spin-off, spin-off of ''All in the Family'', on which the Jeffersons had been the neighbors of Archie Bunker, Archie and Edith Bunker. The show was the creation of Norman Lear. ''The Jeffersons'' eve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
