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Louis Scheimer (October 19, 1928 - October 17, 2013) was an Emmy and Grammy Award–winning American producer, one of the original founders of Filmation, an animation company, and also credited as an executive producer of many of its cartoons.
Personally as a child, I recall my brother Mark and I spending hours being inspired by the long list of Filmation shows from Fat Albert to Super Friends to rushing home every day after school to watch He Man.
As an adult when I heard Mr. Scheimer tell his story of how in 1966 he faked his way through a meeting with DC comics to launch the first ever newly produced Saturday Morning cartoon, it inspired the business man in me.
When DC gave Filmation the reigns to make The New Adventures of Super Man it changed cartoon and broadcasting history forever.
Filmation and Mr. Scheimer's success is proof that every one does not hit their peek at 20, and that sometimes when you are so close to giving up...world changing opportunity can be at hand.
It's best to hit the video and listen to the funny story of how Filmation was built around The New Adventures Of Super Man.
I just want to say thanks Mr. Scheimer for all of the inspiration, laughs, and adventures through the years.
Raymond Tyler
I suggest this clip for any one in any business. It is funny but very inspiring.
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An editorial about why Raymond Tyler believes Scandal puts a negative spin on black women and his thoughts on images of people of color on film in general.
Let me start by saying...many of you that support Scandal will just read the title and start going off before you read a single word. For those that respond with out reading I will disregard.
Next let me say, that the reason for this article is not to get anyone that enjoys SCANDAL to stop.
If you love it, you should. Keep watching it if it makes you happy. I mean that.
I am writing this article because a couple of days ago I just asked the question on my facebook,
Does The Olivia Pope Character Make Black Women Look Bad?
I got so many people telling me I was "this", and "that" and accusing me of a lot of silly things.
So many black women defended the show like I was attacking the show which I never did.
I don't think any of Scandal's defenders ever answered the question.
I asked the question because I really wanted to discuss the image of a 21st Century Black Woman that is being presented in the show.
I just wanted to understand, so few women thought so little about this image.
Maybe I am just old, because it seems today's athletes, musicians and actors will do anything for a dollar and no regard to whom it hurts.
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I under stand guilty pleasures. I watch a ton of things that are important to no one but me.
I enjoy Adam West's Bat Man...but I am not under the delusion that it's Shakespeare.
I also enjoyed The Wire.
I am not under the delusion that the show made Black people look anything but bad.
The Wire did not just cast blame and shame on "corner boys" but on "journalists" too.
So The Wire DID INDEED MAKE BLACK PEOPLE LOOK BAD.
I do not accept the old argument "well white people do it too." I am also not a fan of Don Draper or Walter White.
In fact I think the current state of television is in a sorry state because the creators seem to be racing to create characters of all races and genders base, common, and nasty.
I would however, accept the argument that Olivia Pope is so over the top she is almost a cartoon character...I love characters like that myself.
I do believe you can write a character that is complex, that is flawed but that I would want to sit down and have dinner with. Neither Don Draper, Walter White, Omar Little or Olivia Pope are people that I would bother to shake hands with.
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Since the 1915 film Birth of a Nation. People other than African Americans have felt obligated to show the world who WE are.
The one place we are allowed to be complex, real, and deep, in character development has been on stage in my opinion.
My belief is that if there were more balanced images of Black Women on TV? The character of Olivia Pope would not be such a sore spot to me.
What hurts infinitely more is when Black Women react like there is something wrong with me for not being supportive of a such a high profile and destructively iconic representation of a Black Woman on TV.
What almost makes me upset is when they admit they believe Olive Pope is the best they can aspire to and seem to ignore the many great women that built this country.
I know many great Black Women and none of them would be on TV fighting and cussing each week and allowing some one to define that as "reality television." I also believe that as great as they are they aspire to be more than mistresses with good jobs.
You can write off Scandal as Guilty Pleasure TV. I indulge myself in programming that makes us look bad. However lets be for real and admit Scandal (like some of the shows I watch) does not present a lifestyle that we would want for our children.
You all remember "Hillary" from Fresh Prince Of Bel Aire?
Well since her Bel Aire days actress Karyn Parson has moved to New York and she has started Sweet Blackberry.com. Sweet Blackberry is a movement to keep little known stories of Black History Alive.
You can visit the site and learn, teach some things to your kids and even help support.
We love Karyn Parsons, Sweet Blackberry and Hillary Banks...and we can not suggest strongly enough that you support this movement.
Number 3. Blaq Mel
Four years ago when I started spinning Blaq Mel's song SITUATION on my radio show, I thought that I would be attending his GRAMMY PARTIES by now.
Blaq Mel flies in the face of today's watered down R&B.
Mel is dripping with HOT BUTTERED SOUL.
In 2014....I am getting back on my campaign to make sure you all have some Blaq Mel in your music collection.
Number 4. KT BORDERLINE's single FRESH IN THE CLUB
Finally some fresh new indie hip hop.
A must have for your Friday /Saturday Night.
Or for those of you that turn your mirror to "the club."
KT Bordeline I hope is the future of hip hop...can you say fun, fresh and exciting.
No one is shot during the filming of this video.
Number 5. The Goldberg's
I tuned into ABC for Marvel's Agents Of SHIELD and decided to give The Goldberg's a try.
Think The Wonder Year's in the 80's.
The Goldberg's successfully merges to angst of family life presented by Married With Children with the golden parts of family life shared with The Cosby Show.
For me that was the 1980's.
Not as mean as Married With Children and not as perfect as The Cosby Show.
The Goldberg's also reminds me of two great shows featuring Fred Savage, The Wonder Years and his brother Ben Savage's show Boy Meets World.
Urban Fiction continues to be one of the fasted growing genres with an peak yet to be reached.
Now South Jersey writer/poet PAYNE offers her first book Paper Promises and Punishment.
The book officially goes on sale on 10/4/2013.
To celebrate the release of the book PAYNE , will be hosting a book signing party on October 24th, 2013 from 6pm-12am At
Kelsey's .Tickets to the party are $25.00 and will include your autograph copy of
PAPER PROMI$E$ & PUNISHMENT, promo CD of her poetry, book mark and
food. (Ticket holders only will have a chance to win 2
tickets to see JOHN LEGEND AT REVEL FRIDAY NIGHT.)
