Death Notices

[Truthsayer]

Was in Roots as well.

most of the board wont know what youre talking about !!
i just about remember and im no spring chicken !

Spring Chicken George.

And Fiddler... epic series! He played author Alex Haley who wrote a book about tracing his roots to a slave Kunte Kinte was captured in Africa and handed his story down the generations. Was great scene when he went to the village... a lot of the story since been discredited as untrue. Great series all the same.

[Milltown Row2]

Amazing series that we all as a family sat and watched. Think it was remade recently but I may have just watch the original

[Truthsayer]

Amazing series that we all as a family sat and watched. Think it was remade recently but I may have just watch the original

Was a time was one screen everyone watched and 4/5 TV channels so all well remembered Hill Street Blues, Kojak etc... now everyone has their own screen and such a vast choice of boxsets and TV channels... more is less maybe.

[quit yo jibbajabba]

And people all watched shows at the same time then there was always opportunity for chat about it next day at school, staff rooms offices etc. now it's just have you watched this yes it was great or you should watch this etc

[Truthsayer]

And people all watched shows at the same time then there was always opportunity for chat about it next day at school, staff rooms offices etc. now it's just have you watched this yes it was great or you should watch this etc

That's it. Can still remember what night different series were on and seemed everyone from that era watched same programmes each week.

[Armamike]

Yes he appeared on Roots just at the end of the last episode, as Alex Haley. That was my first memory of him and always linked him back to that.

Roots was some show at the time!  Around 1979/80.  May not have been totally accurate in terms of the family tree but for a kid it was good to get some understanding of what slavery was - it wasn't taught much at school.

Chicken George - now there was a character!

[Milltown Row2]

Chicken George wow! There's a name that gives you a memory chill

[Truthsayer]

Was a powerful depiction of the savage level of cruelty of slavery. Some unforgettable scenes: I remember another character Fiddler mentored Kunte (who was given name 'Toby' by the slave masters).. and Fiddler died and Kunte says to him: "Now you know what it is to be a free man"... jeez! over 40 years ago and I still remember that scene and line ..
That series captivated huge audience across the world..

[johnnycool]

Was a powerful depiction of the savage level of cruelty of slavery. Some unforgettable scenes: I remember another character Fiddler mentored Kunte (who was given name 'Toby' by the slave masters).. and Fiddler died and Kunte says to him: "Now you know what it is to be a free man"... jeez! over 40 years ago and I still remember that scene and line ..
That series captivated huge audience across the world..

If I remember it correctly they cut the foot off Kunte Kinte for running away.

Great show that still sticks in the mind 40 years later.

[Truthsayer]

Was a powerful depiction of the savage level of cruelty of slavery. Some unforgettable scenes: I remember another character Fiddler mentored Kunte (who was given name 'Toby' by the slave masters).. and Fiddler died and Kunte says to him: "Now you know what it is to be a free man"... jeez! over 40 years ago and I still remember that scene and line ..
That series captivated huge audience across the world..

If I remember it correctly they cut the foot off Kunte Kinte for running away.

Great show that still sticks in the mind 40 years later.

That's right. The slave master or watever he's called pointed the axe at his foot and then his privates to which Kunte Kinte squealed.. so off came the foot. Where was he going to run to anyway? 🤷
Just seen as subhuman. Was a story (slavery) needed told albeit the details of those characters may not have been wholly accurate.

[nrico2006]

Chad McQueen

[AustinPowers]

Chicken George wow! There's a name that gives you a memory chill

I'm trying to remember  other names from Roots , but   I'm  mixing up  characters from Fried Green Tomatoes (Big George, Idgy Threadgood  et al). I'm damned if I can  remember Roots and I watched the  whole series

[Jim Bob]

Was a powerful depiction of the savage level of cruelty of slavery. Some unforgettable scenes: I remember another character Fiddler mentored Kunte (who was given name 'Toby' by the slave masters).. and Fiddler died and Kunte says to him: "Now you know what it is to be a free man"... jeez! over 40 years ago and I still remember that scene and line ..
That series captivated huge audience across the world..

If I remember it correctly they cut the foot off Kunte Kinte for running away.

Great show that still sticks in the mind 40 years later.

Yes. And also the shock of seeing John Walton of The Waltons fame (which was being aired at the same time ) being the worst of the baddies

[Truthsayer]

Chicken George wow! There's a name that gives you a memory chill

I'm trying to remember  other names from Roots , but   I'm  mixing up  characters from Fried Green Tomatoes (Big George, Idgy Threadgood  et al). I'm damned if I can  remember Roots and I watched the  whole series

Fiddler!

[Tony Baloney]

Telling that there is zero commitment of any funding, not just no euros but no mention of funding for a smaller stadium for GAA

They can't really pull winter heating for pensioners and then be seen to centrally fund a GAA stadium.