Tim Moore - Revision history

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← Older revision		Revision as of 17:02, 9 December 2010
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	[[Category:Supporting Cast\|Moore, Tim]]		[[Category:Supporting Cast\|Moore, Tim]]
	[[Category:Them Or Us (The List)\|Moore, Tim]]		[[Category:Them Or Us (The List)\|Moore, Tim]]
		+	[[Category:Actors\|Moore, Tim]]
		+	[[Category:Comedians\|Moore, Tim]]

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 Tim Moore was born Harry Roscoe Moore, one of thirteen children of Harry and Cynthia Moore. The elder Moore was a night watchman at a brewery. Tim dropped out of school to work at various odd jobs in town and also danced for pennies in the streets with his friend, Romeo Washburn.
-<blockquote>"It is a pseudo-negrocious dialect, originated by an actor named Tim Moore in the TV version of ‘AMOS & ANDY’. He was severely punished for it. The N.A.A.C.P. made him pay for his own ‘one-way ticket to Fresno’. It is the tradition in America to reward artistry with contempt and ignorance with outrageous praise. Americans live in terror of excellence and will do ANYTHING to avoid contact with it. Those who attempt it are murdered by prolonged exposure to video radiation."</blockquote>
+<blockquote>"It is a pseudo-negrocious dialect, originated by an actor named Tim Moore in the TV version of ‘AMOS & ANDY’. He was severely punished for it. The [[wikipedia:National Association for the Advancement of Colored People|N.A.A.C.P.]] made him pay for his own ‘one-way ticket to Fresno’. It is the tradition in America to reward artistry with contempt and ignorance with outrageous praise. Americans live in terror of excellence and will do ANYTHING to avoid contact with it. Those who attempt it are murdered by prolonged exposure to video radiation."</blockquote>
 <div align=right>Stage character "Frank" explaining the dialect of "Thing-Fish" and the "Mammy Nun Ensemble" in [[Them Or Us (The Book)]], page 262</div align=right>

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 Further reading:<br>
-[[wikipedia:Tim Moore|Tim Moore Wikipedia article]]
+[[wikipedia:Tim Moore (comedian)|Tim Moore Wikipedia article]]
 [[Category:Supporting Cast|Moore, Tim]]
 [[Category:Them Or Us (The List)|Moore, Tim]]

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 Tim Moore was born Harry Roscoe Moore, one of thirteen children of Harry and Cynthia Moore. The elder Moore was a night watchman at a brewery. Tim dropped out of school to work at various odd jobs in town and also danced for pennies in the streets with his friend, Romeo Washburn.
 <blockquote>"It is a pseudo-negrocious dialect, originated by an actor named Tim Moore in the TV version of ‘AMOS & ANDY’. He was severely punished for it. The N.A.A.C.P. made him pay for his own ‘one-way ticket to Fresno’. It is the tradition in America to reward artistry with contempt and ignorance with outrageous praise. Americans live in terror of excellence and will do ANYTHING to avoid contact with it. Those who attempt it are murdered by prolonged exposure to video radiation."</blockquote>
-<div align=right>Stage character "Frank" in [[Them Or Us (The Book)]], page 262</div align=right>
+<div align=right>Stage character "Frank" explaining the dialect of "Thing-Fish" and the "Mammy Nun Ensemble" in [[Them Or Us (The Book)]], page 262</div align=right>

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−	[[Image:~~amos-n-andy~~.jpg\|frame\|~~Alvin Childress,~~ Tim Moore ~~and Spencer Williams in ''~~"~~Amos 'n' Andy~~"'']]	+	[[Image:Tim_Moore.jpg\|frame\|Tim Moore as "Kingfish"]]
	From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:<br>		From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:<br>

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 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:<br>
-'''Tim Moore''' (December 9, 1887, Rock Island, Illinois – December 13, 1958, Los Angeles) was a celebrated African-American vaudevillian and comic actor of the 1910s–1950s period. He achieved his greatest popularity in the starring role of George ''"Kingfish"'' Stevens in the CBS television series, ''Amos 'n' Andy.''
+'''Tim Moore''' (December 9, 1887, Rock Island, Illinois – December 13, 1958, Los Angeles) was a celebrated African-American vaudevillian and comic actor of the 1910s–1950s period. He achieved his greatest popularity in the starring role of George ''"Kingfish"'' Stevens in the CBS television series, ''[[Amos & Andy|Amos 'n' Andy.]]''
 Tim Moore was born Harry Roscoe Moore, one of thirteen children of Harry and Cynthia Moore. The elder Moore was a night watchman at a brewery. Tim dropped out of school to work at various odd jobs in town and also danced for pennies in the streets with his friend, Romeo Washburn.

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		+	[[Image:amos-n-andy.jpg\|frame\|Alvin Childress, Tim Moore and Spencer Williams in ''"Amos 'n' Andy"'']]
		+	<blockquote>"It is a pseudo-negrocious dialect, originated by an actor named Tim Moore in the TV version of ‘AMOS & ANDY’. He was severely punished for it. The N.A.A.C.P. made him pay for his own ‘one-way ticket to Fresno’. It is the tradition in America to reward artistry with contempt and ignorance with outrageous praise. Americans live in terror of excellence and will do ANYTHING to avoid contact with it. Those who attempt it are murdered by prolonged exposure to video radiation."</blockquote>
		+	<div align=right>Stage character "Frank" in [[Them Or Us (The Book)]], page 262</div align=right>
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	From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:<br>		From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:<br>

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		+	From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:<br>
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		+	'''Tim Moore''' (December 9, 1887, Rock Island, Illinois – December 13, 1958, Los Angeles) was a celebrated African-American vaudevillian and comic actor of the 1910s–1950s period. He achieved his greatest popularity in the starring role of George ''"Kingfish"'' Stevens in the CBS television series, ''Amos 'n' Andy.''
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		+	Tim Moore was born Harry Roscoe Moore, one of thirteen children of Harry and Cynthia Moore. The elder Moore was a night watchman at a brewery. Tim dropped out of school to work at various odd jobs in town and also danced for pennies in the streets with his friend, Romeo Washburn.
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		+	Further reading:<br>
		+	[[wikipedia:Tim Moore\|Tim Moore Wikipedia article]]
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	[[Category:Supporting Cast\|Moore, Tim]]		[[Category:Supporting Cast\|Moore, Tim]]
	[[Category:Them Or Us (The List)\|Moore, Tim]]		[[Category:Them Or Us (The List)\|Moore, Tim]]

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