Rip John Amos
 

Bad week for celebrities, RIP

I believe we have surpassed the rule of 3 by now.

Craving McDowell's.

Noooooo!

Eddie Murphy has lost his dad and father in law this year.

Not Dyn-o-mite

When I first read the title I thought it said John Stamos.

RIP

I like McDonald's fries better but don't let Mr. McDowell know that.

We could switch them out

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Have we been accounting for inflation?

I loved Full House!!!

Odd that he died six weeks ago (21st of August) and it's just now being released

Damnit. I definitely do NOT feel like break dancing

RIP

I vaguely remember Good Times. IIRC, Amos objected to the show's shifting focus on Jimmy Walker, and bitched about it to the point where the showrunners fired him and whacked his character offscreen between seasons. Can't say I blame him. That "dyn-o-mite!" shit got old quickly.

I personally thought his best role was as the general in West Wing.

IIRC, John Amos was a member of the Chiefs at one time.

ETA - Yeah, this is according to Wikipedia:

In 1967, Amos signed a free agent contract with the American Football League's Kansas City Chiefs. Coach Hank Stram told him, "You're not a football player, you're a man who is trying to play football."[9] He returned to the Continental League, where he played that year with the Victoria Steelers.

Chiefs legend who wasn't a chiefs for long r.i.p

From KC. Life long Chiefs fan. RIP

3x2 or 3x3

Technically he died August 21st

Always liked that guy, great character actor. RIP.

When I was a kid, my dad let me watch the movie Beastmaster multiple times on HBO. My favorite part was Tanya Roberts's amazing titties. But John Amos was also pretty bad ass.

How could you leave out his riveting, yet powerful, role as Seth, in the 1982 classic, The Beastmaster.

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Mainly because I thought that movie was lame as hell.

When it comes to 80s sword/sorcery movies, there are three that I liked: the original Conan, Excalibur and Sword and the Sorcerer. All the rest of them were shit.

Clearly, we need a tongue in cheek emoji. :p

Nice choices on the sword/sorcery picks. My only gripe with Excalibur were the Acme Chrome suits of armor.

Oops. Sorry, but there are a lot of people who actually like it.

My only problem with Excalibur was the Merlin-being-encased-in-ice bit. If he could speak to Arthur in dreams, why, at some point over the many years that passed, told him "I'M IN THE BASEMENT! BRING AN ICE PICK AND SOME BLANKETS!" :D

And while Sword and the Sorcerer was enjoyable and fun, who could forget the swords that looked like they were made of cardboard wrapped in aluminum foil.

No harm, no foul. :D

LMAO LMAO LMAO

Horsely's tri-blade sword was ridiculous too.

Ah man, this sucks.

RIP

You guys remember way more about that movie than I do. All I remember is that I think there was some woman who got kind of partly naked.

Tonya Roberts, one of Charlie's Angel's in the later years of the show's run.

You, sir, are a scholar and a gentleman.

Awww shucks. If you're going to be all flattering and stuff [blushing] I may as well give you the animated version.

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I had the privilege of meeting John and chatting with him at Darryl Dawkins house in Marlboro NJ back in the 90's. Was pleasant and never knew he was tied to the Chiefs since this was pre internet boom.

Loved Good Times.

R.I.P. to another of my childhood idols.

I love the Darth Vader line that Jones does in that scene. No do not alert him to my presence. I will deal with him myself.

Excalibur was pretty s*** dude.

It's kind of a s*** movie. Honestly beastmaster was The Lion King before the Lion King existed. It's the exact same plot. The only thing that really makes it work is rip torn looks creepy enough to pull off the villain.

RIP

He was also in training camp with the Broncos at some point according to NBC's today show.

This guy!

Pretty much stole every role he had on the small or big screen.

Enormous roles from Roots, Good Times…

But most remember him as Mr McDowell, in Coming to America…

“They have arches, we have arcs!”

Dude grew up in Newark, went to Colorado St…. Can you imagine what a cultural shift that was for John? Holy cow. Gets shipped out of KC football for not being good, but gets into acting…

Massive presence…. And yeah, Beastmaster was sorta my first time with John Amos, and that movie was everything…. “She ain’t no slave girl!!!”

Die Hard 2! Big role.

He was just great and there’s a lot of reasons why he’s loved and remembered.

He was great, and he’s gonna be missed.

Nooooo! Uncle Jesse!

Book marked for later viewing.

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