Demond Wilson On Norman Lear 'Stealing' Show Ideas: “Of Course He Did”
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- www.hypeplustv... - For his first interview with Comedy Hype, Demond Wilson mostly known for his role on the iconic Sanford and Son speaks with Jon Aba. In this moment from the nearly hour interview, Jon asks if there was any truth to producer Norman Lear stealing past show ideas? Instagram: @ComedyHype & Twitter: @ComedyHype_
Lamont always keeps it💯. He wasn't a bend over Billy.✊🏿 I watch Sanford & Son every night on Pluto TV. He did an interview a couple weeks ago a said this same thing about Norman Lear. All those shows were Eric Monte and Mike Evans ideas. Good Times, Sanford & Son, The Jeffersons, What's Happening. Let's give them or their family residual checks and credit!💰💴💶💷💷💸
Bend over Billy lol
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Sadly, Michael Evans passed quite a while back (11/3/1949-12/14/2006), but hopefully, his kids and grandkids can benefit. Eric Monte is 80, so hopefully he can live long enough to get some justice.
I thought I was the only one 😢😅it was on Amazon prime.
@@majortransportllc2655 Yeah, I watch on Prime also.✊🏿
I'm glad you gave this man a voice when the mainstream media tried to make this man step and fetch and sing praises about a thief he never worked for. Like he said he's not a 'bend over Billy.' hint hint
Yea, he discussed that in his book "Second Banana"
Can I still buy the book? Second Banana!
Demond sounds cranky and his ego is rather large. Ugly to be badmouthing people after they die. It is just ugly.
Liberals might love Norman Lear, but I found his attitude toward Black Americans in his shows to be patronizing, condescending, and insulting----and I am a 65 year old white Republican male!
@@philiphatfield5666 where did you smear your feces on Jan 6? Nancy’s office? Do you still eat Ivormectine? What about injecting bleach? Do you still inject bleach, EINSTEIN?
Norman had as much to do with Sanford and Son as much as Demonds Grandmother who transitioned in 1969! That line cracked me up! Lol
Transitioned how?
@@slender4oh my lord. She passed away. Whenever you here older people talking trust me what we say has the original meaning of a word not what they messed the word up to mean today.
@@slender4😂😂
@@halfmanhalfamazing2152😂😂😂😂
I fell out when he said that 🤣🤣🤣 RIP Grandma 🙏🏾
Bring Mr. Wilson back. The man has wisdom we need to hear on a multitude of subjects.
My dad would call me Fred Sanford as a white kid! I loved it!!!!
Demond Wilson played Lamont with dignity and pride. His performance was not negative or shucking and jiving. He was the perfect balance to Red Foxx's comedic character. I don't think that Sanford would have been bearable to watch if both characters were like Fred. The same goes for Esther Rolle and John Amos. Had they not been on Good Times speaking up about their portrayal of black characters all of the characters probably would have been acting like JJ.
John Amos did a great job on Good Times. And yes, Demond Wilson deserved better...I hope he made a lot of money....:)
@@perfectblindguywhy? That’s exactly what he spoke about, too many people clout chase for fame and money only to regret their behavior later or realize they were taken advantage of.
When he got tired of dealing with Hollywood he moved on to something better
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Jj was the best and had more than one aspect to his character. He was talented artistic with a good heart.
Demond Wilson Looks Great! God Bless Him.
Damn Lamont looking good!!!! Demond is a treasure in the black community and The new Odd Couple should have been a hit, as well as Baby I'm Back. Flowers to you sir. ❤❤❤
I thought I was the only one who remembered Baby, I'm Back. Loved the show for the short time it was on.
@@lepoetressyes, Denise Nichols played the wife.
He has that FBA SPIRITS IN HIM!!!
Honky here..:) Demond deserved better..:) I hope he made a lot of money..:)
@@perfectblindguy 😂 not honkey 😂
He said I wasn't a bend over Billy 😂😂😂😂 That Statement Hit Different Now That Old Dirt Is Coming Out About The Industry 💯👍🏼🤣
Exactly
Is he talking about Will Smith?
The industry is no different than anyone's neighborhood. The trash that happens in Hollywood happens in our community. Just watch the news. Not sure why everyone is surprised 😂
@@sinjin1259 daaa
Facts 💯
I love Desmond and always had and have respect for him! Real brother and icon in our community! Protect him at all cost!!❤️❤️💯✊🏽
Demond...no S.
Demond. GRADY DEMOND WILSON. The character GRADY got his dropped first name!
So Mike Evans wrote up a sitcom about a family living in the ghetto whose last names were Evans and one son was named after him as Michael Evans and Norman Lear took it for himself. That's not just criminal, it's slimy.
No, that was Eric Monte's life story. He teamed up with Michael Evans (the 1st Lionel on the Jeffersons) as he was the reason why he got his foot in the door with Norman Lear in the first place
@@edubba83right! U beat me to da punch.
Okay. Thanks for the clarification.
Grimy….
You do realize all his shows it says develop by Norman Lear, not created by Norman Lear
This Man of GOD said " You think that Brother is just making that up?" I felt that. Shot straight from the hip.
@@OllieJones38624 It is well known that Demond Wilson is a Minister. And if you listen to his interview with Comedy Hype he stated that he left Hollywood in 1982 to go into Ministry. That's what he was called to do. And I'm grateful to GOD that he has. The man is a straight shooter and it's refreshing to see/hear someone talk about the industry and it's corruption. I am not offended by that.
Eric Monte has consistently told his story for decades and nothing was done to give him his due. Norman Lear died with all of the credit for stolen ideas and his family will benefit from the stolen wealth. It's shameful.
So true I remember hearing that too of the stolen ideas. I'm not surprised. The episode of S&S when fred used the n word when addressing rallo
100%!
A lot of Lear's early shows were American copies of British shows and Lear was barely involved in Sanford & Son. Demond Wilson has said so on numerous occasions. But people go after Lear because he is a big name.
Eric Monte won a law suit against Norman Lear.
Eric did get about a million dollar settlement from a lawsuit he filed against ABC, et,al.
Thank you Eric Monte for creating our iconic television shows
Glad to see him still around I grew up watching Sanford and son as a child back in 70s 80 etc listen to the brother he got knowledge and wisdom
I just turned 50 today, but I have fond memories watching new episode and reruns with my mom (RIP). TV time was family time back then!!
@@AdorzAaliyahSince94It sure was. RIP to your mom and 🙏 of comfort to you. Stay blessed!!
@AdorzAaliyahSince94 no doubt turning fifty next month so you no the vibes
"You always gotta have a Plan B..." - Absolutely 💯
“BEND OVER BILLIE!”😂 I love his honesty and he’s not afraid of Billy and his boyfriends!
Facts !!!
this is who they are and what they do. They stole their “identity” so what else won’t they steal?
Exactly - …. Ish… means something like…
🙋🏾♂️ That's similar to how Fox took In Living Color.
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That is what Colonizers do!!!!
@@beloved3244 *Everyday we see proof and evidence that Kanye is right, and he is NOT as crazy as they want us to THINK he is. Guess what religion and nationality Norman Lear is............*
Much love to Mr. Desmond Wilson. One of my favorite childhood shows.
His memory is amazing! God bless him and keep him❤
Sounds pretty much like the norm to me. Don't they always steal from each other? I like what Demond said about always having a plan B.
Dang Lamont looking healthy & fabulous. Thanks so much for speaking with the old school & keeping us functioning as a cohesive group as much as possible.
🎉Demond is one of few Black actors from the 80s and 70s that are RICH with WISDOM about life as it once was in Black Society and the “Business” of Entertainment.
He kept his dignity and is of sound mind
I would have loved to have heard about GRADY (Whitman Blount Mayo Jr.)
and the actor that played Demonds best friend on Sanford & Son know as “Rollo” Lawson (Nathaniel Taylor)
Fantastic job ! Research & Touch bases with your audience on potential questions and bring him back, he has ALOT more candid stories to tell.
His era of Wisdom is RARE AND PRICELESS especially for young black men
We already knew this information. People been telling us this for decades.
Sanford and Son was a remake of Steptoe and Son, a British comedy. It happened more than people think in the 1970s. Even Three’s Company was a remake of a British show called Man About the House. And the Ropers was a remake of George and Mildred. (Though neither of those were Norman Lear shows.) Of course Lear took ideas. He and others did it too. Those are just a few examples off the top of my head.
Those cats been stealing from our community for the longest time. Thats so wild, but not anything new. Glad it’s all coming out. Got folks thinking they are super creative. Lol
Not just yours.
All they do is steal. A godless people. Steal lives, land, money, doesnt matter.
"Sanford & Son" was based off of the British show "StepToe & Son"! Three's Company was based off of the British show "Man Of The House"! "All In The Family" was based off of the British show "Till Death Do Us Part"! One of the shows where the original started in America was "Good Times", and later a British version called "The Fosters" came out. I own all the American shows on dvd, and a couple of the British shows! Some episodes were the SAME exact story....😃
Don't forget "Maude", which was a spinoff of "All In The Family". I read somewhere that Maude got a British version called "Nobody's Perfect", but I have yet to see that one; whereas, I've only seen bits and pieces of the original sitcoms (referring to UK before Norman Lear started culture vulturing)
Facts
@@hoodmistressreloadedIt’s not culture vulturing. It’s getting black content made and then watching then turn around and act just like you’d expect.
@@KahlessTheUnforgettable It is indeed culture vulturing when you take what you **think** you expect from a people and turn them into caricatures similar to a Stepin Fetchit, which is what Norman Lear (and probably countless other "showrunners") were known for back then
@@hoodmistressreloaded zog-101
Desmond an icon a legend still looks good
"That's what I'm about, 'Show Business'. It's a business. For me that's what it was, a business. I never went to the parties; I didn't belong there....I was not part of that group. I wasn't a Bend Over Billy." - All of that said more than enough about the entertainment industry.
Demond told the truth....... AND SHAMED "👿 LEAR!!!!!!"
Pinks have showed us who they are for hundreds of years and many of us still refuse to believe them. I am not surprised.
Completely agree and feel the same way about doo-doo browns aka ‘we wuz kangz’ 😂
You mean "Jews". Lots of white people don't like them either.
People of a race are not all the same. You know that.
Eric Monte been put us on. There’s so many Tik Tok videos about this subject, regarding Norman Lear’s thievery
Big respect for Demond at keeping it real!
Sounds like he knew what them parties was about
You see the style lamont has 🔥🔥🔥
Demond realized how the game was played and took himself out of the game, not wanting to put a price on his dignity and manhood ! A lot of respect for this man.
Our people stay getting robbed. You'd think we would've learn from this after all the years we've been involved in entertainment industry. Seems the only thing we've learned is how to run the same tactics on each other. Really sad.
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Blacks r too scared to go against the powers that be. 😔
@@ceciliawitcher2196 Hate to remind everyone, but you're not the only ones. I'm white, but Norman Lear is absolutely not "my people". Worked in limited capacities H'wood business and in a union for years and ripped off every last minute, especially by the show "Parks & Recreation". Was HUGELY discriminated against on 2 shows live in front of everyone (who all work steadily to this day). That said, it's not healthy to carry a victim mentality OR tolerate those who preach tolerance. Wish things were easier instead of day to day high wire balancing acts.
@jamesburke4358 😂😂 when you have been victimized you are a victim 🤷🏿♂️. Yall hate when we point anything out yet quiet about the ppl in the wrong
@@jamesburke4358 parks and re ripped you off tho?
I'm glad he never went to those parties. I know Norman Lear just passed and I'm sorry for the loss for his family...but Mr.Lear made money from all those shows, and the actors, which were great actors never benefited from their acting... when John Amos left Good times ..it started everything.
Niceto see Demond Wilson after so many years. LovedSandird and Son. Thanks for the laughter.
WOW!
Thanks for this video.
I always wondered where Demond Wilson went after that show.
And, it seemed like everyone, who knew anyone in the entertainment industry had similar views about Norman Lear.
It just shows how the media can manipulate public perception.
Straight Truthful&Genuinety🙏🏽❤️💯💯💯💯
Like Denzel said, "they should call it Business-Show"😂
Praises to you Demond aka The legendary Lamont Sanford ❤❤❤❤❤
Eric Monte should be a billionaire sitting on old sitcom money.
"Industry's shady needs to be taken over." - Jay-Z
Amen to that. 💯
Industry rule number four thousand and eighty
Record company people are shady
--Tribe Called Quest
Unfortunately he was blackballed in Hollywood, he said even the black producers wouldn't work with him. Sad how his own ppl turned their backs on him. Often times we're our own worst enemy smh
@@ToneyLothey turned their backs on him because they would have blackballed them too. So they are part of the go along get along gang.
As we all know they did the same thing to blk music artist.
Demond is a legend.
One of my favorites….this interview made me respect the show and Demond Wilson aka Lamont even more! Stand for something brothers!
Who's surprised about Norman, an OG colonizer, stealing brilliant ideas from Black people?!
Glad Mr. Demond Wilson is able to speak his peace!
Sadly, Michael Evans passed quite a while back (11/3/1949-12/14/2006), but hopefully, his kids and grandkids can benefit. Eric Monte is 80, so hopefully he can live long enough to get some justice.
"I never went to the parties, I didn't belong their"! It's an awesome feeling to know who you are. Isn't God good🤙🏾💯
All the time
Wow! I'm so glad you guys got this interview and information. THANK YOU Demond for being fearless and speaking the truth about this topic!
This is such an amazing Christmas 🎄 Gift 🎁 to the Black family! Expect to see tons more videos and interviews of Demond (Lamont Sanford) Wilson.
🎅🏽 Merry Christmas 🎄y'all ❤
Yo… It’s good to hear this brother talk. He appears to have his health and his mind is sharp.👍🏾
HE MEANT THE FIRST LIONEL
👏🏾✊🏾 Demond Wilson, always keeping it real in every interview. 💯💯💯
"Lamont! You big dummy!" I love this show. Thank you, Mr. Wilson.
"Until the time I was 10, I thought my name was Dummy Sanford."
What an intelligent man with plain sense integrity
👏👏👏👏Mr.Wilson Said "I wasn't a Bend Over Billy". Whoo that's a Jewel 💎 Right There!!!
“I didn’t belong there” that’s deep. Shoutout to Mr Wilson.
I guess Bend over Billy's, Spread Em Susie, Loose Booty Larry and Train Stop Terry's were all people he avoided in Hollywood. But they are also good to avoid in life period.
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Norman Lear was the Thomas Edison of tv comedy. RIP.
He was a damn thief
@@vg4life so was Michael Jackson, Prince, Elvis, Madonna, Cher, the list is endless...
@@Joe-hx7obNorman Lear was a Racist bigot who ripped off African American actors.
@@Joe-hx7ob Your trolling is not very good. White people always stealing from other races
@@vg4lifeThat’s the pun of his comment. Thomas Edison was a thief too.
I love his straightforwardness! It’s like “Here’s the truth, that’s it !”
Demond Wilson Is An Amazing Actor…. BE BLESSED ALL 🙏🏾
This man is speaking Facts
Eric we all know the truth. It was your genius and talent that had the creative power.
Lamont is bad brother!💎This is why he’s still here and looks fantastic!🌺Much ❤for never selling out and telling it like it is!👍🏽
Redd Fox was always about helping his friends get a start in tv comedy. He was never paid his worth during his career but brought so much joy and laughter to everyone listening to him. Hollywood fame and fortune is only for certain people. Not all..
yeah, for idiots.
Thank you Mr Wilson for speaking on this.........
Demond Wilson is what you call "Wisdom at its Finest." 💯
Karma don't forget n Karma don't miss stealing from people n did people dirty came back on norman Mr Wilson always kept it real 💯 on interviews
Sanford and Son was a british TV show adapted to the American TV audience.
They did the same thing with All in the Family and Three's Company and a few others.
@maximusprime3459 Yes, I was just saying so to inform that Sanford and Son from it's inception was never a Norman Lear creation. And that was not a hidden fact.
I love hearing Mr. Wilson speak. This is how you should be able to talk. Respectfully and honestly. I was just a little boy watching with my dad when Red’s estate being taken by the IRS on the news. I vividly remembered my dad saying they got him.
Wow! Not surprised a bit. Demond Wilson looks great!! ❤
"I wasn't a bend over billy" mic drop. I been watching these clips and he is straight forward no chaser, no curves. Straight arrow. I appreciate this man more now than when I was a child watching the show. Not enough made like him. Flip put the dress on though and Flip is from his Era.
Where is the full interview?
Good to see him.
My oldest brother look just like Demond very handsome ❤
Brother Demond Wilson is a national treasure and needs his own podcast. He is a wealth of knowledge and information. "Its a poor rat that only has 1 hole to crawl inn"😂🤣😅
Yes, Mr. Demond Wilson's father was a wise man! 😁🤣
Yep you right 😂 He reminds me of Judge Joe Brown
throughout the years Brotha man always kept it real. not saying s and s was healthy for Us. but at least dude would always speak real about hollywood
His energy is a little off putting and a tad rude for telling the interviewer a couple times that he didn’t do his homework. But it’s great to see him doing well and willing to do the interview.
"Its a poor rat that only has 1 hole to crawl in" my grandmother used to say the same thing. Straight facts...
Refreshing to watch Demond Wilson speak candidly about everything including Hollywood.
Much RESPECT to Mr. Demons Wilson. Finally an actor that actually tells it like it was.
Wow , I didn't know all this about Norman Lear . SMH
I mean when he died , none of this was mentioned. This is the first I've heard .
I've always loved Lamont Sanford ❤ ! He was a very good actor .
I still watch Sanford and Son in the middle of the night every night .
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Now it makes sense why Wilson didn't appear in a lot of television projects after after Sanford & Son. "Before he would SELL out, he got the HELL out".....
AGREED. He knew what was going on in Sodom & Gomarrah. LOL. And the-PRICE-of admission,but,wisely said no thanks. LOL.
Brother Demond is spitting nothing but facts, and God knows it's the truth. So thankful he gave his life to Christ and never looked back. God bless you, Bro. Demond!
I didn't even know Mr. Desmond was still alive. He's sounds strong and solid. Im glad you interviewed him.
Demond Wilson still keeping it real!!
More interviews with this gentleman.
We knew he stole ideas. He made money off of Black actors, but never gave them their credit.
Hell I wouldn't carw about no credit as long as I was paid💥😂😂😂👍
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@@catherineharris4746but even credit can be a big asset check. but definitely wouldn’t mind getting paid
@@catherineharris4746He sued to only get 1M$. He died an addict and in poverty.
@@jearl3054 he's still alive and he beat his addiction
Why do people start saying negative things about someone after they are gone from this earth? Say it while they are still here. JMO.
Cause they know they won't get a response or chance to tell their side by the deceased. Also, they pretend to like them until then.
Demond still handsome
That's straight, and real. That is what a true Elder is, and if an Elder gives you straight game (valuable info), listen to him and use it. That is what it is there for, that is what They are here for before they are outta here.
Y’all should be thanking comedy hype making the connections y’all wanna see ❤💯
Demond is unapologetic about being being a BLACK man with dignity and pride the brother is pure BLACK excellence much respect 👏🏿🙌🏿👊🏿✊🏿
It’s not like he has a choice 😂
My man.....him and foxx was comedy gold
Brother Demond Wlson keeps it 💯. Respect appreciate and give him his flowers. Peace
This guy is a National Treasure, loved his character on Sanford & Son growing up..
"It's a poor rat that's got only one hole to crawl in". Sage advice.
Sandford and son is a carbon copy of a British sitcom called steptoe and son. Some of the first season episodes were were word for word copies.
It's not the only one. Google American sitcoms inspired by Foreign sitcoms. Because things were taken from not only British shows but several other foreign shows
Its listed in the credits that its adapted from Steptoe and Son. Theres even an episode where someone adapts the Sanfords life into a a sitcom and they're played by white actors as sort of a fourth wall breaking situation.
"A bend-over Billy"....Gotta love that! Definitely a lot of that in Hollywood.
Fun fact: The character Grady Wilson from Sanford and Son, was named after Demond Wilson, who's first name is Grady.
There's always 2 sides to everything. Lear said that the pilot script that Monte and Evans produced was terrible. He had his writers rewrite 90% of it, but still gave them created by credit because he believed in affirmative action.
Finally, someone standing on facts. You can see Monte and Evans name at the beginning of every show.
Mad respect Mr. Wilson this real school. You can tell this brother has standards and wasn’t willing to acquiesce to Hollywood.