Eric Monte - The Unseen Interview (2006)
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- Cooley High and Good Times Creator Eric Monte interviewewed by Philadelphia Inquirer's Annette John-Hall at the 2006 Black Film and Media Conference. Support Mr. Monte by purchasing his latest book, A PROPHET RANAWAY at www.ericmontepublishing.com
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Today, a few hours ago 3/17/24 was declared Eric Monte Day in Stonecrest, GA (20 miles east of ATL). A special screening of Cooley High was held with a meet and greet with Eric Monte. Very humble and appreciative person. I pray be continues to receive more flowers and his family gets the financial restitution due to him.
salute for that
Is it an interesting coincidence that each of the main characters “Preach” of “Cooley High”, “Roger” of “What’s Happening” & “JJ” of “Good Times” they all resemble him. I think he depicts himself through his characters.
What's Happenin was based on Cooley High...very loosley.
What’s happening was supposed to be based on Cooley high. Rodger was preach at first. He was the first actor cast before anyone. Eric monte didn’t choose the actors though. Jimmy walker looking similar had nothing to do with it because they chose based on talent not looking like a writer of the show. He is co creator. Him and Michael evans who played Lionel from the Jefferson’s and all in the family
He don’t look nothing like jimmy walker at all
"Preach" is Eric Monte. It's his life story in " Cooley High".
❤ Cooley High"!! Was my favorite movie 🎥 when I was younger 😊
To find out this brother is the creator of shows that changed black culture and is not known is blasphemy
Just imagine all the great shows and movies we missed out on.
Right! And not just from him, but from all the Black American culture that has been suppressed or destroyed.
Now imagine all the inventions that has improved Life... now imagine if racist was destroyed & the increase of inventions that are made next! #WEHUSSLE #KaliefBrowder
HUGE IRONY: a white man saying a black kid CAN'T be the Lone Ranger because he was "white". But the REAL LONE RANGER WAS INDEED AFRICAN-AMERICAN.
I’d posted the exact same comment, until I saw yours. A lot of people don’t know that The Lone Ranger was based on the life of Bass Reeves, a former slave who became the first Black U.S. Marshal west of the Mississippi. There is a new show about his life streaming on Paramount +. It’s called *The Lawmen: Bass Reeves.*
@@NubianP6 That Part!
This why we should vet every thing that we're told in this construct. ✊🏾
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@NubianofP6 of course
What a smart, funny, intelligent man. It is wrong on so many levels that this man didn't get the credit he so richly deserved because his work was stolen by norman lear and others.
I hope this man gets his due while he's still with us.
Listening to Eric speak, I believe every word he said.
It's interesting that you see an elderly black man who enjoyed his childhood. Then developed 3 hit TV shows, that became household names. I am honored to see this video.
WHAT'S YOUR TAKE ON NORMAN LEAR?
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@@readinzession1308he is a thief he should have have paid these people properly they do even get any royalties based the color of there skin he must have learned this bigot behavior from his father whom I have learned the Archie bonkers is based off of his father he grew in his household with😮all in the family he Norman Lear also degraded Eric Monte for falling on hard times using drugs that's sad I'm going to review that clip again you never paid him his royalties for the show he gave him 1% of owning Good times so there's no lies they want to keep his work hidden from the public 😮smh
Amen , Amen girl I can listen to JJ all day. He is my history teacher and I will continue to listen to him and follow him. I get chills bumps watching him. Thank you Lord
I love cooley high. I cried when cochise was killed I Was 11 years old at the time .
PAST AND CURRENT WRITTERS, FILM MAKERS, ETC
SHOULD'VE MADE IT POSSIBLBE FOR THIS BROTHA NOT LIVE IN SUCH CONDITIONS, KNOWNLY HOW HE BEEN DONE SO WRONG
ERIC MONTE STORY WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN AND I DEEPLY APPRECIATE HIS WORKS
Eric monte will get his reward im heaven one day.
This Brother has been wronged literally....They ganged up on him!!!!
They always do, they can't compete against Black people with out the white system behind them.
They do that to every black men that have great ideas, in Hollywood back then. It's sad.
Period
Dear Mr. Monte, your name is a euphemism for mountain. As a result men climbed your apex to recognise their own dreams. However, you are the earth that is necessarily required to give life. Try never to be bitter. Genius is seldom recognized in its own lifetime. Few men who understand singlular parts of life can be sucessful without first understanding who you truly are. You certainly understand " characters." It's a real shame no one saw it fit to explain to you that learning and having an education are designed to be separate. Good luck to you Sir. You gave me so many laughs growing up. More than the laughs you gave me hope. Thank you.
I know the truth when I hear it and he's a writers phenomenon he should have gotten the credit that is due
The biggest irony being THE LONE RANGER, a fictional character, was based on BASS REEVES, a real black cowboy. They steal what's yours then tell you you can't have it
Can a movie be made of Eric Monte's life, depicting his NOW known creations and talents, including financial reparations? If he/or family are able to utilize, the funds, to make it available in form of a scholarship program for aspiring writers/ composers, producers of color. Nothing against Norman Lear per say, but he has received tons of recognition for a place in the television history, that is definitely not totally due to him. Times have changed- Let us Right (write) a True Wrong!
MANY OF US HAVE RIGHTS NOT TO FAVOR NORMAN LEAR, THIS WAS A CRIMINAL ACT AND TO NOT GIVE HIM SOMETHING FOR SUCH GREAT WORK OF ART- KARMA WORKS WELL DAILY
I literally gave it up to Norman before I found out what Eric had contributed to the black expression on those shows. You are right, they should have a film made about his journey.
Passion & A 🎒
It's always the Stein's in Hollyweird that's in control.
cuz the Jews helped to build Hollywood, go create your own entertainment industry and than you can decide who to give a show to you fool
This book should be pushed out there right NOW!
These yt folk are ruthless
Of course Norman Lear is a thief.
I had mentioned to my friends about some of the lines. For example: When James moved Florida ( picked her up) from the front door. She said "didn't all the magazines say " that we (black women ) suppose to be the head of the house hold(I'm like really Norman Lear...W-T-F). Another line by JJ " if any people were lost is us". Good times Season 1, Episodes 1-2, JJ Jimmie Walker was smart. By time the 3rd or 4 episode his entire character changes even his voice. His character changes into a bafoon.
Lear did not write Good Times. He didn't get a writing credit on a single episode.
This is horrible that he never got his just due
Obviously!
He is a natural! Writer and comic. I think WE ALL KNOW now!
I just hate how black people have been exploited and the thief gets rich.
Not "Black People"...The Jews have cheated ALL gentiles for thousands of years. Their holy book "The Talmud" compels them to do this. ALL people are the same to them, not only Black people by a long shot
This is an amazing interview! My brother had to fight 👊🏾🤜🏾🤛🏾
So sorry to hear of this tough luck...I never knew this backstory! Eric Monte was/is extremely talented and was silenced too young and for too long! Your blessed Eric and our hearts are with you God Bless..
Salutes to Mr. Eric Monte! Learn from his great work and sacrifices. A massive lesson for creators.
I approve this Message! B1✊🏿
Great interview. This is a perfect interview if you want to know the full story and details about movie and the writer.
We well always love and respect you Eric Monte for creating these classic black tv sitcoms and movies for us African Americans all over the world to see what reality was like for majority of blacks from And before that time period, even now.👏🏽 and Mike Evan’s may he continue to rip in peace 🕊️
Thank you Eric Monty we truly believe in you and we thank God for you we hate that took place with you in this devilish system but God has other plans for you and you need to Branch out to these new comers and new young producers an LETS GO!!
He passed away.
I’m shocked that Taylor perry hasn’t employed this brother
He's in their (you know who) pocket and carries out their agendas
Are you really? Your not
That's a cold sweater
Bill Cosby sweater 😅
Monte is far from the only individual ( Bill Macy was another) who said" beloved" Norman Lear was a sneaky, underhanded, double dealer. He was also responsible for bleeding heart syndrome gripping the country.
I concur with the Lorraine's hansberry is one of the best writers playwrights novelist very unsung and A raisin in the Sun is a beautiful piece. Not just in the black diaspora of arts but in literature as a whole.
One of the things I've noticed about the black sitcoms that Norman Lear was a part of had Jewish writers in the later years of the series. If you're black, how can white Jewish writers were hired to write and produce scripts about the black experience? I can see why Mr. Monte has an axe to grind.
This is what has brought my Black People to our current situation, think about this for one minute; that we knew our true history, we would not be in the condition that we find ourselves in. History of the world is litter with stories like this. We must stop taking on the caricatures that they say we are. TMH says "that my people perish for a lack of knowledge ". Marcus Garvey said " a people that does not know it's history, is like a tree without roots. Rise up God's chosen People. Peace
Wow what a story, the fact he never received his just due 🙄 is not surprising, i never heard this brother's story, but John Amos stood up also and was let go 🤔
Preach is him! It all makes sense now.
I would have liked to ask how the portrayal of Preach by Glynn Turman was assessed by Eric. My FAVORITE coming of age movie! Thank you!
Thank you for all the Great Shows ✊🏾✊🏾You deserve Your Credit♥️♥️💪🏽♥️✌🏾✊🏾🙏🏾
Eric Monte - Salute Sir 🫡
You are Rich in Spirit & Heart! God will Bless You❤️
He in good spirits cuz I’d be on norm asss
I BELIEVE EVERY WORD COMING OUT HIS MOUTH.
Good interview
So like him...Hate that happened to him..
The truth is amazing! Thank you Mr. Montey.
The EWISH ran Hollyweird is ferocious
Couldn't they have found quieter place to do Mr. Monte's interview?
Grateful that they made the effort to do this work.
No
Norman Lear is the Grandfather of Culture Vultures a bonafide plagiarist
Norman Lear is simply going by the teachings of The Talmud. The fact that no Gentile even bothers to see what they are taught is the very reason why it's thousands of years later and they are acting identically.
I would love to have him teach me how to write a script for a movie or show. I already have great ideas. I wish I had time to write more but I only have three hours free time a day. I have to shower cook and eat hopefully watch some tv. I’m in bed by 8:00pm and back up at 5:00am. I use to go to bed 10-11:00 but I was falling asleep driving. I tried going at 9:00 but I was still dozing off. Maybe once I retire I can get it done.
Most end up with bad deal with out lawyers and they did him a job because they could 😢😮
They black balled him 😮just evil 🐍 this very sad smh 😡😡👿👿
He was greedy
They paid him 25k I guess he couldn't live off of it
He didn't have labor job
Eric Monte is the real JJ. 😂
I have never heard 👂 of him this is sick smh 😳😡👿
Once again thank you for showing this interview I will call it and it speaks volumes to the fact that when a person has focus it doesn't matter whether or not they have a formal education a focus a desire to be and to live in your purpose that focus turns into vision it's going to manifest and this shows it right here plus he's a Capricorn you know how are.
Great interview I think I vaguely remember this. The only thing is how did he go to school on the GI bill? Was he in the US armed services?
The interview is amazing... The host is gorgeous.
Honor to the elder! What a Blessing. Of course here in Babylon they steal everything from us...
I wonder if he ever considered writing a show depicting the type of world he talks about he’s talking in regards to war and taxes?
Erimonte was done so bad because he was so talented with his wruting. Norman lear doesnt know black people struggle.🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Brother . Hawaii is gone now 17 after this interview
Thank you.
I'd like to see how much fun he would have in the great black communities of today.
Wow they could have at least given him a place to stay $1 trillion in assets wow 😮 that jewish man is a thief 😡👿😡👿
Norman. Lear dev should be ashamed of himself I heard about this many years ago how he never wrote any of those comedy shows it was Eric Monte..they other working for. Norman are. Unbelievable too🎬😥💔 so sad Eric living in a shelter? Very heartbroken
Sounds like Monique
I saw the guy that portrayed Fred Sanford son Lamont who stated that Norman Lear and the other executive producer who had a company with Norman Lear dropped Norman Lear ensued him hence Sanford and son did not have anything to do with Norman Lear
Smart Brother💪
I have no respect for us! We refuse to unite. No excuse for this! After hearing this. Most of us deserve to be at the bottom!
Great video and haha that interview lady thought Mr Eric was kidding when he said he couldn’t give up fine women he had to repeat it to her Lol…
Difficult to deal with has been around for a loooong time.
His Name is listed among the credits now...on all those programs..Hope he is still getting paid because those shows are popular on today's streaming networks...The come on in some places every day..
What year is this from. A Prophet Ranaway sound a lot like Django🧐
It definitely does.
2006@ what year is this from. it's mentioned in the description, in case you didn't know yet
Norman lear gor roo much power but eric monte wasva eeal genius.
I wish Michael Evans did interviews like this because Norman Lear was terrible than.
He passed away
I want to learn more about him.
Words Norman Lear spoke what white America doesn’t want to see is relevant today.
I wonder was Drop Squad made by the time of this interview in 2006?
How about the classic
How about Black Classic Movies like Hollow Image, 1979, The Trip To Bountiful 2014 The Old Settler, 2001, Imitation Life,1959 Black Girl, 1979, (Ossie Davis) Carman Jones 1954? All that are quite fun, entertaining and exciting. Most of them has splashed.
Elizabeth Montgomery from Bewitch gets royalties eeverytime an episode is viewed what ever script he wrote why isnt he getting paid for those smh.
do anybody have an address or phone number on him
Hum im putting 2 & 2 together norman Lear father is based off of Archie Bonker 😮 he was a bigot character 👿🤐smh
Norman Lear family is paid he should have paif him smh 😮just greedy smh
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Wow I'm trippin now. I just learned something significant that The Lone Ranger was indeed a black man!! Another example of whitewashing black history. Cooley High is one of my all time favorites!!
I get the realm difference’s .
I got scared for a minute I thought he was going to say his mom hooked up with Bill Cosby.
Eric Monte screwed himself because of his own inexperience and greed. He wanted to own the show What's Happening. But very few get that privilege. It takes decades, regardless of your race, to get to a position where you can own the rights to a TV show. He worked as a TV writer for about 3 years or so, and wanted to reach a position that took Norman Lear and others decades to achieve. Eric should have been happy with the "created by" credit. That alone would have netted him millions for a hit show, and it's an amazing achievement for somebody that young and inexperienced (even that takes years to achieve). But he instead sued, and had to settle for $1 million. A third goes to the lawyers, and he squandered the rest from a drug addiction. He needs to own up to his mistakes and stop blaming others.
Finally, someone with the truth. Eric Monte's drug addiction destroyed his whole life.
So settle for being a millionaire slave? Cut it out. Let somebody take home 95% of your work. Stay offline with that bs logic. 2.5% off producers net?
My Dad said to me when I was a kid how black men always have it bad . Then we have a wife to add to the world of hurt. We don't get the respect from nothing or nobody😢 I hate for him.
1 2 they coming for u ( yt ppl)
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Norman Lear farted and it smelled beautifully.😅
She should have asked, were your teachers white.
We should stop watching those shows they never paid him or mike evans i wont be watching any more
This stuff sounds like total scams smh
He lowkey reminds me of curren$y
He can not form his own company with no capital😮 smh 🤑
I think that he makes a point to say that Spike Lee's productions or mediocre. I somewhat get what he means by that when it comes to film production quality but what individuals don't realize is that Spike Lee initially was doing things on shoestring budgets so yeah that was some mediocracy to some of his films and if you look at other black filmmakers like Gordon Parks or Marion Van Peebles Dad they did things that were low budget. Even some of the original b-boy and hip Hop Early movies were very mediocre in production in script writing and you know cinematography but they will always and I think he misses that point that these regardless of how mediocre they may be are our depictions of us. I think that when you work with major entertainment that there may be a sense of you know so called perfection however you know black producers and directors and writers when they are doing things on their own don't have the luxury of havingsystem you know so what would be mediocre to some because of where he had come from made your television you know so of course he's going to say it's mediocre what Spike Lee did however many of us beg to differ Spike Lee's movies on shoe string or less budgets made multi-millions so it had to make them look at Spike and at the end of the day Spike Lee had a boundaries for his lower desires.
Spike Lee, while an African American icon, he treated his dark skinned cast like second class citizens while their light skinned counterparts were treated much better.
This lady with all due respect, is a horrible interviewer! Seems she is cery sarcastic with her questions. I did like when he said he would retire in Hawaii. I totally understand..:-).
" For there are many unruly and vain talkers and DECEIVERS, *especially they of the circumcision:" [Titus.1:10]. *(Specially) WOE!
Can't say Norman Lear was a Thief....He saw a opportunity and he took advantage of it...He bought them out....Producers hired those two guys Montae and Evans because they both had raw creative potential...both had great ideas..
This interviewer was horrible. 😂😂