I came up on Good Times, Cosby Show, Fresh Prince & Family Matters, and each black father was not the same. If you did wrong, you could get by with Carl Winslow, Cliff Huxtable & Uncle Phil, but James Evans wasn't having it. James was quick to reach for his belt like he had a gun anytime his kids got beside themselves. I believe James' old-school discipline kept his kids out of trouble because they knew what James would do to them if he found out that Michael & J.J. were cutting up. When the Warlords tried recruiting J.J. for warfare, James wasn't having it, especially since one member was disrespectful to his wife. Carl, Cliff & Uncle Phil were good in their own right, but they let their kids get by with too much foolishness. As soon as James was killed off, Good Times was NEVER the same because John Amos wasn't with J.J.'s antics. John Amos aka James Evans reminds me a lot of my dad; knew when to be tough and loving, but was a disciplinarian.
