Esther Rolle's Untold Story, Abandoned House, MYSTERIOUS DEATH and Net Worth Revealed -SURPRISE HEIR

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  • @DianeBooker-h1i
    @DianeBooker-h1i 10 місяців тому +255

    R I.P Queen Esther Roll💐🌟

  • @DestinyGriffin
    @DestinyGriffin 9 місяців тому +44

    I go to sleep every night with goodtimes on. It's something about it , like a Comfort. Eversince my first anxiety attack when i was 12 i started watching this thanks to my father. He passed in 2020 and I'm so grateful he introduced me to this. I love Florida!!! Aka miss Esther Rolles ❤

  • @poseidon3201
    @poseidon3201 10 місяців тому +110

    Esther Rolle touched the lives of everyone she encountered and her memory will thrive in our hearts forever

  • @joseyeastwood
    @joseyeastwood 10 місяців тому +488

    The show was never the same after Norman Lear killed off John Amos’s character James Evans Sr. A father he didn’t want on the show in the first place.

    • @mz.punkin7669
      @mz.punkin7669 9 місяців тому +56

      Yeees he should have paid him his worth I will never forget the episode when he died she should have gotten a Emmy for that show.

    • @sharonfrazier4217
      @sharonfrazier4217 9 місяців тому +32

      Not only that, but they made her new husband own a fix it shop, something James wanted, but never got.

    • @cristalchantel
      @cristalchantel 9 місяців тому +7

      I agree

    • @beekind6267
      @beekind6267 9 місяців тому +27

      Yeah, after John Amos left, I found it hard to watch the show.

    • @jamesorsby7553
      @jamesorsby7553 9 місяців тому +9

      Exactly…He was just itching to do it.

  • @tyreefha7862
    @tyreefha7862 9 місяців тому +82

    I live up the street from the location her house was at, she is still very much a local legend. RIP Ms. Rolle ❤

    • @shennelcourtney6487
      @shennelcourtney6487 9 місяців тому +11

      Was that really the inside of her home? Wonder why her stepdaughter didn't keep it cleaned and maintained.

    • @jaxfl675
      @jaxfl675 6 місяців тому

      @@shennelcourtney6487is the house still up or has it been torn down?? Did she have any relatives that still live in the area?

  • @jamesorsby7553
    @jamesorsby7553 10 місяців тому +553

    It's funny how Norman Lear made sure that All in the Family featured a family with a married couple, but insisted that Florida be a single mother in Good Times. He was a piece of garbage.

    • @yvettejohnson1623
      @yvettejohnson1623 10 місяців тому

      FACTS!!!!!!!!!STRAIGHT TRAILOR TRASH!!

    • @befree4052
      @befree4052 10 місяців тому +99

      Married yes but Archie treated his wife terrible. That doesnt need to be mirrored. People need to understand the depiction of marriage is not enough. A healthy relationship respect between the couple has to be shown as well.

    • @champagnes5898
      @champagnes5898 10 місяців тому

      @@befree4052💯💯

    • @sassyb2050
      @sassyb2050 9 місяців тому +77

      Norman Lear was garbage.... he used Michael Evans and Eric Monte and robbed them of their rights.

    • @jamesorsby7553
      @jamesorsby7553 9 місяців тому +21

      @@sassyb2050 Yeah... I've heard the same, exact thing.

  • @DelphineMilledge
    @DelphineMilledge 10 місяців тому +144

    Find myself still watching the show I love it!!❤

    • @Jas-sq5er
      @Jas-sq5er 9 місяців тому +3

      Absolutely same I'm always watching still.

    • @Nened1971
      @Nened1971 9 місяців тому +1

      Me 2, still love it! It takes me back to my childhood. I can remember coming home from school rushing to get my homework done! At 4pm, a show on a Philly station called, Dancin on Air, used to come on. It was about high school kids in the area dancing. Then at 5 & 530pm, Good Times, would come on and I'd laugh my azz off like crazy for an entire hour. After that, at 6pm, on a public tv channel, Dark Shadows would come on. It was about a man that was turned into a vampire by an evil witch because he didn't want her so she wanted revenge. I watched that as well everyday. I remember it used to come on when I was 5yrs old. It used to scare the ish outta me so bad that I used to hide under the bed lol. Thank God I overcame the fear of that show

    • @tanyawilliams1856
      @tanyawilliams1856 9 місяців тому

      I still watch this show.

    • @kimekom
      @kimekom 9 місяців тому

      YES!!! STREAMING ON "PEACOCK"!!!! YAAY, TAKES ME BACK TO MY CHILDHOOD 💛 AND IM ON IT AT 6AM ON "GET TV" REG BROADCAST TV, TAKING FULL ADVANTAGE OF IT WHILE IT LAST 🙌🏼🙌🏼

  • @blondie7389
    @blondie7389 10 місяців тому +183

    We will always love and respect this strong black queen, we will always know her as the Matriarch of my favorite classic tv sitcom Good Times💕👏🏽🙌🏽💪🏾🙏🏽

  • @msnyclady718
    @msnyclady718 10 місяців тому +66

    Thank you Ms Esther Rolle for standing ten toes down on family values! SIP Queen 🙏🏽🕊️💜

  • @saundrabrown-um1xs
    @saundrabrown-um1xs 9 місяців тому +155

    I'm still watching Good Times now as of 2 hours ago because there's nothing else on tv worth watching these days.💜👏

    • @jackievaughn1771
      @jackievaughn1771 9 місяців тому +7

      You can say that again

    • @DiamondzPearlz11
      @DiamondzPearlz11 9 місяців тому +11

      Literally was watching it when I scrolled up on this

    • @goddessofpeacelove5341
      @goddessofpeacelove5341 9 місяців тому +6

      I agree with you wholeheartedly

    • @bella_bella85
      @bella_bella85 9 місяців тому +4

      Yep. On prime I watch Good times every morning. I also watch Ironside afterwards. Honestly, all I watch is old TV shows b/c you're right, its nothing good on tv.

    • @Jessica-vx3rp
      @Jessica-vx3rp 9 місяців тому +5

      So do I and I agree with you.

  • @RockinExperience
    @RockinExperience 10 місяців тому +77

    Definitely one of the GREATEST TV Moms of all-time. Her roll influenced me in many positive ways. 🌹🥀💐

  • @emmajohnson3954
    @emmajohnson3954 10 місяців тому +304

    In spite of her stepdaughter not keeping up her home that is a testament of the Ms. Ester, I loved her talents and the ground she paved for other African Americans!

    • @heavenawilson7271
      @heavenawilson7271 10 місяців тому +17

      As J.J got older he matured quite a bit...Him having two loving supportive parents was a big help along the way... Considering how his J.J character was supposed to only be 17 years old. Not a mature 21 year old when the series debuted..There are alot of kids who could relate to him because they was kinda like him.. being Creative... Maybe they are wonderful...have great potential...Show great Promise
      in a different way....Maybe like J.J was... they were not the most scholasticlly/academically inclined..Michael and Thelma was that way. ..J.J. had Artistic Talent/ his personality is also artistically inclined....He would do well in the Creative career field..Sometimes Parents have to embrace who their kids really are and the gifts skills and talents....Great abilities that are God given...It's sad the family couldn't keep her house up...Those things happen...Maybe they gave it a good try...Hope she loved and enjoyed living there while she was alive..

    • @adiaj9228
      @adiaj9228 10 місяців тому +26

      A true Bahamian American icon 🇧🇸

    • @erickabradshaw
      @erickabradshaw 9 місяців тому +22

      This is my grandma's first cousin. I found out later at my family reunion. I'm the youngest generation of her . My family Is Big

    • @Shell-ip5wz
      @Shell-ip5wz 9 місяців тому +10

      @@erickabradshawMs Rolle is Bahamian

    • @erickabradshaw
      @erickabradshaw 9 місяців тому +7

      She comes from a family of the coconut Grove.

  • @Mimi-z4g7n
    @Mimi-z4g7n 10 місяців тому +75

    Its sad that your family doesn't value what you leave them behind 😢

  • @dancerodie
    @dancerodie 10 місяців тому +237

    Norman Lear stole the script from a black man named Eric Monte. The writer and founder of the movie Cooly High.

  • @TomokoAbe_
    @TomokoAbe_ 10 місяців тому +89

    She was a great actress. She also did a brilliant performance in the play "Raisin in the Sun."

    • @bresams2917
      @bresams2917 10 місяців тому +3

      Okay I gotta look that up I enjoyed the movie

    • @nelda7071360
      @nelda7071360 9 місяців тому +3

      I think she played in Gone With The Wind as a kitchen worker but I don't think she got credited for her part. Hattie Daniels was also in that movie. I liked her on the shows, Maude and Good Times and in the movie, Driving Miss Daisy. She died shelling peas and I cry every time I see that part.

  • @dorislee2284
    @dorislee2284 10 місяців тому +66

    Amazing woman and actress.

  • @kelsontasha
    @kelsontasha 10 місяців тому +139

    The description of JJ is incorrect. First he was a high school student, so why did he have to work. Second, there were plenty of episodes of JJ working. He had the food delivery job, he had the movie usher job, he sold his artwork and had commissioned jobs for his art (he was paid $250 to paint mural for a black owned bank), he taught art lessons to his peers, he had a job as a greeting card illustrator and last a comic strip cartoonist for which he sold his comic strip character Dyno Woman...

    • @LiciaD
      @LiciaD 9 місяців тому +15

      I agree! It was not that serious. There is usually a wild card child in real life!

    • @goddessofpeacelove5341
      @goddessofpeacelove5341 9 місяців тому +5

      Facts

    • @SoloDolo-q4p
      @SoloDolo-q4p 9 місяців тому +7

      When he was delivering chicken he had a rooster on a stick on top of his hat like a clown. That was straight bafoon come on now.

    • @DTB64
      @DTB64 9 місяців тому +6

      Jj had many jobs Jj made the show to me sound like Ester roll and John Amos wanted a drama show that’s what comedy about laughter

    • @chn9w976
      @chn9w976 9 місяців тому +5

      Exactly I think the problem was he out shined them

  • @v.a.993
    @v.a.993 10 місяців тому +28

    One of my favorite Florida Evans moments was when she got Michael out of the street gang by threatening the gang members with a baseball bat. She was tough, beautiful, wise, and loving. Another favorite was the episode with the Black doctor) played by Paula Kelly) who did make house calls in the ghetto, that is until she met Florida Evans. There are many more favorites. Esther Rolle was a beautiful talent. May she continue to rest in peace.

  • @noweaponsformedagainstme
    @noweaponsformedagainstme 10 місяців тому +84

    A real Class act

  • @joannkelly7994
    @joannkelly7994 10 місяців тому +67

    So sad. But, she left a wonderful legacy. Not with just her Good Times portraya, but on Maude, etc. Among her acting roles and one of my favorite portrayals by Esther Rolle was her performance in Driving Miss Daisy as the maid and friend to Morgan Freeman her understated portrayal was quietly beautiful down to the moment she died while snapping peas. Thank you and Rest in Peace.

    • @AhsotanYeltah8
      @AhsotanYeltah8 3 місяці тому

      I also enjoyed her role in Rosewood and Down in the Delta! Amazing woman❤

  • @lindapettigrew1888
    @lindapettigrew1888 4 місяці тому +3

    I grew up with black, Hispanic, Chinese & Japanese people in my neighborhood in Westbury, NY, GOOD TIMES is my favorite show, thank you, Esther, Janis, Ralph, Jimmy, John, and the sister of the family and oh... Bookman.... Your show gave me a reality check, thank you. Linda

  • @swallace9958
    @swallace9958 10 місяців тому +40

    To see that house was also she was able to attain after all the years of hard work she put in is disheartening. She is a legend in her own right. Rest in power.

    • @christhomas5761
      @christhomas5761 9 місяців тому +7

      That's a house she lived in before she became famous when she didn`t have much money because I remember seeing photos of her home in ebony or jet magazine and it was a large and very nice home . .

    • @mrxman581
      @mrxman581 9 місяців тому +4

      She died with a $3 million estate. I doubt that was the house she was living in before she died.

  • @DawnSingleton-l3j
    @DawnSingleton-l3j 10 місяців тому +40

    I love good times, that was one of the best black shows in the world, and I still watch the show when it comes on😀🥰😍❤

  • @Mhz.Hartfield
    @Mhz.Hartfield 9 місяців тому +33

    Salute. Loved Good Times. They need to fix the house up and make it a Historical Landmark and Museum.

    • @TeeBaby888
      @TeeBaby888 9 місяців тому

      I agree this will be Awesome but I truly thought they did ....Rest in power Ms. Esther Rose .

    • @twatts1523
      @twatts1523 8 місяців тому +1

      Everybody loved Good Times!

    • @lindapettigrew1888
      @lindapettigrew1888 4 місяці тому +1

      That would be a great idea right??? Or maybe a virtual tour of their place right?

  • @deborahgwilliams2355
    @deborahgwilliams2355 9 місяців тому +6

    I watch Good Times every day...in the morning it's on four times in a row and in the evening it's in twice...never can get enough....beautiful show and people❤😂😂😂

  • @cleveland216..
    @cleveland216.. 10 місяців тому +115

    They can at least keep the home nice and Clean and charge a small fee so family’s can walk through 🤔

    • @yvonneallison8521
      @yvonneallison8521 10 місяців тому +31

      Exactly. But this is why we as a people don't have many legacies. We cherish very little in our own community.

    • @Thechozen190
      @Thechozen190 10 місяців тому

      @@yvonneallison8521 So true, my mother made me promise her that upon her changing of realms, to keep her home. The house is a huge, old fashioned mansion, with original oak and red wood throughout the home. Stained glass windows, just a gem. She refused to get rid of the old furnace that was made in the very early 1900’s. My husband found someone to repair it, the older gentleman was stunned bc it’s hard to find original designed things like that, he even repaired it for cheap. House is kept up beautifully, if she leaves b4 me her wish will be upheld. My mom&pops worked hard outside of that home to maintain it. Although I’m a modern girl I appreciate antiques and phenomenal woodwork. White folks have tried to buy it from her but she refuses to sale. My husband and uncle help her keep it up bc Daddy passed. We must learn to cherish what our parents worked so hard for.

    • @jameshunter5241
      @jameshunter5241 9 місяців тому +4

      Agreed

    • @XJag9684
      @XJag9684 9 місяців тому +3

      That was not the inside of that house! Come on now

    • @SharonFrazier-ds8ij
      @SharonFrazier-ds8ij 9 місяців тому +2

      I'm on my third set of Good times DVD's. They're shows I can watch with my great grand children. Thanks actors, and rest in heavenly peace, to all the deceased from that show. I remember the lady who played her boss, when she took the job catching shoplifters, passed away the same time as Ja'Net.

  • @MarquelCherry-o5q
    @MarquelCherry-o5q 10 місяців тому +71

    Great show, still watch the show and the DVDs.

  • @levil4012
    @levil4012 10 місяців тому +13

    This great show will live on forever because it had SUBSTANCE..salute to Ms Rolle for standing on her morals and getting what she wanted.. R.I.P. to this great lady and salute to the STELLAR CAST

  • @lorenzomoore6398
    @lorenzomoore6398 10 місяців тому +25

    Thank you Miss Rolle.

  • @zenobiajudd-williams9072
    @zenobiajudd-williams9072 10 місяців тому +193

    They did not understand black families. A strong devoted mother and wife like Florida would never leave her children for a new husband to go to Arizona and it would have taken years for her to date again. They made her look like a white woman of that era.

    • @truelife974
      @truelife974 10 місяців тому +29

      That's precisely what led to her not being on season 5.

    • @simonandsimon2596
      @simonandsimon2596 10 місяців тому +38

      Exactly. I DON’T think she would have even remarried at all. And the kids definitely wouldn’t accept another man over their Dad either as good of a Father James was.

    • @memerichardson104
      @memerichardson104 10 місяців тому

      She was a devout Christian and certainly wouldn't have married an atheist

    • @Mhz.Hartfield
      @Mhz.Hartfield 9 місяців тому +11

      That part.

    • @cocococo4862
      @cocococo4862 9 місяців тому +6

      This 🎯🎯🎯 would never ever

  • @lisahodge1859
    @lisahodge1859 10 місяців тому +139

    Her step daughter should be ashamed that she didn't take care of her home. That's the least she could have done. 3 million reasons 👎👎

    • @jackievaughn1771
      @jackievaughn1771 9 місяців тому +6

      Maybe she didn’t have the money for the up keep

    • @Mrs.Wright0727
      @Mrs.Wright0727 9 місяців тому +15

      ​@jackievaughn1771 Bruh, she left her stepdaughter $3 million. The up keep 2 that small home was probably no more than $20,000 if she had kept it up from the BEGINNING 🤦🏾‍♀️

    • @jackievaughn1771
      @jackievaughn1771 9 місяців тому +5

      We’ll yes she should be shame, that she didn’t keep it up

    • @828So15th
      @828So15th 9 місяців тому +2

      If Esther Rolle didn't keep it up, her daughter didn't need to. The way that house looks, it should be torn down. It's a material thing. If lives can be lost, so can a house. Times change. People change.

    • @LASHEShoe
      @LASHEShoe 8 місяців тому +1

      Not her job to do dat,,,, nice gesture ,but not it's job

  • @denises.8203
    @denises.8203 10 місяців тому +8

    Thank you for helping to kick doors down for many to come through. RIP 🌹🕊🕊

  • @heavenawilson7271
    @heavenawilson7271 10 місяців тому +55

    Its interesting how back then. People could maintain a private life...They was famous before social media existed..

    • @wendylee7242
      @wendylee7242 9 місяців тому +1

      There's almost no private lives in this era of social media,they could enjoy some privacy then....

    • @jackievaughn1771
      @jackievaughn1771 9 місяців тому

      Yes

    • @cherryblossoms942
      @cherryblossoms942 9 місяців тому +1

      Of course they were famous they, were on tv at a time where only less than 10 channels were on at once. It was tv and no cable. Tv literally went off at midnight or earlier during this era. Everyone knew this show then as there wasn’t much to watch.

  • @colleenvozella4401
    @colleenvozella4401 9 місяців тому +6

    I absolutely loved Esther Rolle in Good Times and I often thought of how great she would be as my mother, I had a wonderful mother RIP 🙏🏻 Ma ❤ I just liked the actress.

  • @portiamatthews9654
    @portiamatthews9654 10 місяців тому +37

    RIP beautiful lady ❤

  • @genniejefferson6588
    @genniejefferson6588 10 місяців тому +30

    Sad about her home.

  • @thomasspencer1712
    @thomasspencer1712 9 місяців тому +11

    She reminded me of my mama and my big mama...strong black women...💪💪♥️♥️

  • @latinyabenton6148
    @latinyabenton6148 10 місяців тому +16

    You did an amazing job at providing a historical background on the Legacy of Good Times❤

  • @MrMystri
    @MrMystri 10 місяців тому +26

    So how was her death mysterious then?

  • @pharoah504
    @pharoah504 9 місяців тому +13

    I discovered she was my cousin a few years ago by doing a dna test. Shootout to my family in the Bahamas. The rolles and Devereux. R.I.P. Queen. Esther Rolle🙏🏽

    • @mja9376
      @mja9376 9 місяців тому +2

      Shoutout. ...congratulations

  • @leroybaileyjr.134
    @leroybaileyjr.134 10 місяців тому +5

    Thank you for sharing her real life story ,🤓 what a wonderful lady she actually was 😢 God bless her forever ❤️💐 😀

  • @detariusmay684
    @detariusmay684 9 місяців тому +4

    My mom the one that put me on good times as a kid me and her would sit and watch that all the time 💙

    • @GenX7119
      @GenX7119 9 місяців тому

      😂 how young are you?!!

  • @BlackIsBeautiful-qg1lx
    @BlackIsBeautiful-qg1lx 10 місяців тому +13

    Thank you Rolle cause the white family sitcoms always had a father present ! Thank you for fighting for that 🙏🏾♥️

  • @TallulahJlove
    @TallulahJlove 9 місяців тому +3

    I watched Good Times as a little girl. Loved her❤

  • @emilybell8145
    @emilybell8145 9 місяців тому +1

    Thanks...was a very good memory lane of someone postive.

  • @iamsocool281
    @iamsocool281 10 місяців тому +11

    Much Respect to Queen Esther Rolle! A classy and proud Black woman who had to stand up for the self- value & dignity she showed tO Mr. Lear & other white producers who had no respect for Black Artists! I'm so proud of her ❤️🖤💚

  • @kathleendunton241
    @kathleendunton241 9 місяців тому +6

    Her beauty wasn’t manufactured, it was the real deal. That type of beauty embedded through the fibers of the being.

    • @all4mePope
      @all4mePope 9 місяців тому

      Certainly, she was a gorgeous woman!

  • @fephoenix9208
    @fephoenix9208 9 місяців тому +1

    Esther Rolle has always struck me being a regal. A woman with deep convictions.

  • @MaryJaneBurns
    @MaryJaneBurns 9 місяців тому +8

    I thought this would be about Ester Rolls life not the series she starred in.

  • @saraithomas8014
    @saraithomas8014 10 місяців тому +18

    The title is misleading: You spoke more about Good Times 🤦🏽‍♀️

    • @fayechamp4156
      @fayechamp4156 8 місяців тому +1

      Yes I was just listening and waiting

  • @sonyadrake7843
    @sonyadrake7843 10 місяців тому +20

    I have the same Birthday, November 8th as 👑 Esther Rolle 🙏🏿🕊️🌹
    Scorpio ♏🦂

  • @hildaaybar9042
    @hildaaybar9042 10 місяців тому +4

    She had a beautiful smile that reminded me of my little sister with her gap ,lovely lady great actress,may she RIP

  • @techlife4667
    @techlife4667 7 місяців тому

    I smile uncontrollably whenever I see her on TV or here. God Bless her. Growing up as a kid this was my "Cosby Show"

  • @stephaniewood9608
    @stephaniewood9608 10 місяців тому +7

    Thank you for sharing your gifs with. US. . R.I.P 🌷🌷🌷🌷

  • @IAMQUEENRENE
    @IAMQUEENRENE 10 місяців тому +10

    I'm from Pompano Beach Florida. Ms. Rolle
    The infamous local Blanche Ely Marching band would always do a tribute during the Homecoming Parade every year.
    I hope they patition to make her house a museum🙏🏾🥰

    • @LADYDIVAful
      @LADYDIVAful 10 місяців тому +3

      It should be a historical site!

    • @queenb7797
      @queenb7797 9 місяців тому +1

      It is a great historical site and will make a lovely museum

  • @adny02
    @adny02 10 місяців тому +14

    I was hoping to learn about her life from the late 70s to her death in the late 90s. And that's the EXACT timeline this video skipped about her life.

  • @t_2_da_y
    @t_2_da_y 10 місяців тому +7

    When my people had pride❤. I love mrs esther for what she believed in

    • @KayCartledge-wz2op
      @KayCartledge-wz2op 9 місяців тому

      If you believe in God google pride in the bible , it's the worst thing you can have in life ..

  • @saundrabrown-um1xs
    @saundrabrown-um1xs 9 місяців тому +5

    After Norman Lear fired John Amos off of Good Times, the show went down. The next thing you know Norman Lear used every episode from the 3 seasons with James Evans in it and made it into a Black British show called ", The Fosters". I been trying to get the dvd version of the show The Fosters for years because I love that black British show also.❤

  • @Lele-bk3qm
    @Lele-bk3qm 10 місяців тому +7

    This lady had class and morals! Love it! Bring class and good morals back❤!

  • @superiorwoman2
    @superiorwoman2 9 місяців тому +2

    Her house is on zillow and it says it's sold with pictures of the inside and the renovation on it is beautiful

  • @kimr5479
    @kimr5479 10 місяців тому +8

    I love Esther Rolle she was such a classy lady & Good Times was better with John Amos although I did watch it after he left it wasn't the same.😊

  • @brendabrown7130
    @brendabrown7130 10 місяців тому +21

    I agree with Esther Rolle’s view point of J J’s role on the show 100%. As the show went on I got to hate Jimmy Walker part on the show.h

    • @bosslady1188
      @bosslady1188 10 місяців тому +11

      I was waiting to see if anyone else understood. I must say his foolishness was quite unbearable, putting a comedian, with a seasoned actress, wasn't the best direction for this classic show to go at all, now he is old, angry, and bitter, because all he will be ever known for, is( Dynamite)

    • @mikegiles9702
      @mikegiles9702 9 місяців тому

      ​@@bosslady1188like you know him shut the hell up

    • @pamelawhitten9385
      @pamelawhitten9385 9 місяців тому

      😮​@@bosslady1188

  • @jacalynjohnson4656
    @jacalynjohnson4656 7 місяців тому

    Thank you Esther Rolle for standing up for integrity and the show was better for it!

  • @kimekom
    @kimekom 9 місяців тому

    THIS WAS AN EXCELLENT STORY, BECAUSE, IT WAS ACTUAL, AND FACTUAL FOR A CHANGE, WHICH I APPRECIATE!!!! THANK YOU 🎉

  • @AndieAllDay
    @AndieAllDay 9 місяців тому +1

    My son is 13 and he knows the theme song... Since he was a baby, we watched Good Times together. The same with MARTIN... Timeless!

  • @aliciashubert3118
    @aliciashubert3118 9 місяців тому +5

    she such a beautiful woman, she reminds me of my grandmother, those cheeks, eyes and smile

  • @ShawnLee-se1zg
    @ShawnLee-se1zg 9 місяців тому +4

    That sĥow drop when janes left!@@

  • @yvonneallison8521
    @yvonneallison8521 10 місяців тому +16

    ❤Yes, she was.

  • @BarbieSkinnerBarbielou215
    @BarbieSkinnerBarbielou215 9 місяців тому +6

    The title is very misleading. I thought this was a segment about Ester Rolle and her life but this was more about the show Good Times. Very disappointing

  • @iamthatiam1618
    @iamthatiam1618 10 місяців тому +4

    One of the best television shows. Now, we have a bunch of clown shows just as they planned. Iam happy Esther Rolle and John Amos stood their ground. They will forever be remembered.

  • @queenb7797
    @queenb7797 9 місяців тому +1

    As of today 2024 im still looking at GoodTines and i always will

  • @dinahcolbert9103
    @dinahcolbert9103 9 місяців тому +1

    O love Good time and watch the reruns as if it were yesterday ❤❤

  • @JamesLomax-m9x
    @JamesLomax-m9x 9 місяців тому +1

    Much love such a wonderful person may Ja bless her in the New System.Good Times😊

  • @adiaj9228
    @adiaj9228 10 місяців тому +19

    Bahamian American icon🇧🇸

    • @daviseb1
      @daviseb1 10 місяців тому +1

      That’s what I thought Exuma Bahamas

    • @adiaj9228
      @adiaj9228 10 місяців тому

      @@daviseb1 Yes 👍🏾 Definitely Exuma....Rolletown

    • @ladyroyalsupremest
      @ladyroyalsupremest 9 місяців тому +1

      She is related to my siblings! The Rolle’s are Bahamian. I’m always with her family members.

    • @adiaj9228
      @adiaj9228 9 місяців тому +2

      @@ladyroyalsupremest Rolle is 100 percent the most common surname in The Bahamas

  • @mz.punkin7669
    @mz.punkin7669 9 місяців тому +1

    So proud of her she died rich. She stood her ground for what she believed Bravo 👏 🙌 🙏 ✨️ And JJ always had a job after high school and he was a artist 🎨 Florida new love intrest never fit. Wilona tried to hold down the lead cudos to her efforts.

  • @kendrayoung2240
    @kendrayoung2240 8 місяців тому

    A show that will never be dull

  • @wendyking327
    @wendyking327 9 місяців тому +2

    I love her from my ❤ always will her beautiful smile!

  • @ertznay3142
    @ertznay3142 10 місяців тому +14

    Damn! Damn! Damn!

  • @markwilliams2434
    @markwilliams2434 9 місяців тому +2

    To me, Ms Esther, was a American woman actress that was someone that I respected, she was a role model for me

  • @Patricia-fx9hj
    @Patricia-fx9hj 9 місяців тому +1

    A legend in her time❤Rest In Heaven ❤🎉❤

  • @GabrielDean68
    @GabrielDean68 8 місяців тому

    great stuff, keep up the great work

  • @NikkiNikki36
    @NikkiNikki36 9 місяців тому +1

    Looks like someone did buy her old home and fixed it up. Thank goodness! 🙏🏾❤

  • @yolondaburke6158
    @yolondaburke6158 8 місяців тому

    Bless Esther Roll Journey
    Continue to R.I.P. 🕊🙏🏾

  • @JustmeLadyT19853
    @JustmeLadyT19853 10 місяців тому +2

    She was such a beautiful and talented queen❤

  • @SNOOTYFOX88
    @SNOOTYFOX88 9 місяців тому +2

    SOUTH FLORIDA ( GREATEST ) I'M IN THE CITY OF POMPANO EVERYDAY PASSING THROUGH THE COMMUNITY . DRIVING ON THE STREET NAMED AFTER HER .🎉🎉🎉🎉❤🎉

  • @shirleybryant4766
    @shirleybryant4766 7 місяців тому

    She was my patient at Cedar Sinai at the dialysis clinic, very quiet kept to herself.

  • @ElijahHumes
    @ElijahHumes 9 місяців тому +1

    She she also went to Yale University in my hometown of New Haven Connecticut. where, I worked for almost 8 years rest easy, Queen❤

  • @IamTaliaIsrael
    @IamTaliaIsrael 10 місяців тому +6

    Now I love Esther she was a pioneer woman! Great actress but the script's they gave her had me so mad😂🤣 I was so mad at how Thay had her crying and begging and pleding for james not to try to get them out of the getto he found the money from the store robbery he didn't take it he found it and cried and begged him to give it back when he had to shot pool to get the rent she cried for him not to do it the kids tried to find away she stopped them she mad me so mad😂 i had to remember it was tv and somebody was writing those script's i still want to know who it was😂but I still watch it its one of my favorite sitcom's of all times besides sanford and son and the Jefferson's and Maude and what's happing and That's my mama and Julia and flip Wilson and room 222 and the bill Cosby show when he played the role coach Kent Kincaid that really takes me back I miss those days so much I really wish I could go back those were the best of times Esther is indeed a ledgendary woman and a wonderful actress she's dearly missed but never forgotten she's a significant part of my childhood and I thank her for that she paved the way for a lot of color men and women actors and actresses bless her ❤️

  • @neonelishuax1962
    @neonelishuax1962 9 місяців тому

    Is great video, great coverage. I learned a lot.

  • @allthingsasiah
    @allthingsasiah 7 місяців тому

    I grew up watching this even with it being before my time i didnt miss a episode

  • @EdwardOwens-k9s
    @EdwardOwens-k9s 10 місяців тому +5

    I don’t know about that house that they Showed in this Video, when she died she had a House in Ballwin Hill, how do I know because I lived down the street from her!

  • @Kelvin-jr1mz
    @Kelvin-jr1mz 9 місяців тому

    One of the BEST🎉

  • @Juice4678
    @Juice4678 10 місяців тому +6

    Pompano is a small town everybody knows everybody or kin to each other

  • @katricewhywhy1888
    @katricewhywhy1888 9 місяців тому

    Her portrayal in Rosedale was epic! Good Times with her and John Amos are the best!

    • @Sapphire586
      @Sapphire586 9 місяців тому +1

      Rosewood, but you are spot on!!!

    • @katricewhywhy1888
      @katricewhywhy1888 9 місяців тому

      @Sapphire586 oh my goodness! That means I need to watch it! Thanks!

    • @DaMixWizard
      @DaMixWizard 9 місяців тому

      Wasn't she on Driving Miss Daisy also? Played a maid?

  • @kelsontasha
    @kelsontasha 10 місяців тому +3

    JJ wasn't jobless. He always worked...even as a high school student...

  • @lamekaalston2813
    @lamekaalston2813 8 місяців тому

    I still watch Good Times.

  • @laskiaelder304
    @laskiaelder304 10 місяців тому +4

    What did this narrator say? "Ain't you glad you let your fingers do the walking because you got kid Dynamite doing the talking?" I've never heard JJ say that. They're always trying to tell our stories and don't know anything.

  • @siphiwepmgaga2811
    @siphiwepmgaga2811 3 місяці тому

    John Amos , may your soul rest in peace , what a legend you were. Rest easy.

  • @goldie862
    @goldie862 9 місяців тому +2

    Holy cow I live in pompano Beach! I had no idea she was born here!

  • @theselflovefrequency
    @theselflovefrequency 9 місяців тому +1

    We Love You, Esther Rolle!