America Is A Country Of Excess.

We Had Two African American Writers [eric Monte And Michael Evans] On The Show ['good Times'] That Knew Cabrini Green Inside And Out, And That's Why We Set It There.

Culturally, I Think 'all In The Family' Was Universal Enough To Have Good Timing At Any Time.

We Did An Episode On Good Times Which Came Out Of A Newspaper Article About The Incidence Of Hypertension In Black Males Being Higher Than Whites, And Increasing. So We Did A Show In Which James, The Father On Good Times, Had Hypertension.

I Like Getting Up In The Morning, And I Like Better Having Something To Do When I Get Up In The Morning.

When I Countered That Archie Bunker Didn't Have To Put Down A Race Of People To Say That, He Replied, 'and You're The Dumbest White Kid I've Ever Met.'