Jimmie is one of the most honest men in the business.

This was filmed in 2014. He was already talking about cultural shifts that most people only started to notice in the last couple of years. Brilliant guy.

He's smart. This is tv education 101 right here. Nice Job JJ

That's right, only the audience can tell if something's funny. That is authentic. JJ was authentic and real comedy.

I've always liked him ever since Good Times. He's very down to earth and interesting to listen to.

He really surprised me with his insights and knowledge. Not that I thought he wasn’t that intelligent, I was taken on how articulate he was about his profession and being honest about himself and others. I have a new found respect for him.!

I appreciate his honesty and opinion, and he really knows the people in his industry.

I'm watching this today which is 2/29/2024...... AND, THIS JIMMIE WALKER INTERVIEW is EXCELLENT. I read Jimmie's book but I HAVE A WHOLE NEW PROSPECTIVE. EXCELLENT, JIMMIE. JUST EXCELLENT.

I felt him once he mentioned Godfrey cambridge (RIP 🕯🕊) great comedian, an how he isn't really mentioned too often, much respect to Jimmy walker, great interview.

Pleased to hear from Jimmie Walker. Fantastic interview.

Jimmy Walker to me have the greatest stories, I could listen to him tell these stories all day......Jimmy is still a throw back of greatness...👌👍🏼💙💯

Walker knows comedy, and show business, inside and out. Extremely Frank and insightful. I watch this interview in its entirety, along with the ones he did for Television Academy, every chance I get.

I can listen Mr Walker all day he knows a lot of history

What a delight Jimmie Walker is. I really enjoy these interviews on youtube.

I enjoy listening to Jimmy Walker

Nothing but pure truth. Jimmie Walker always keeps it 100. Great interview.

Great story telling. Thank you Jimmie! When I rewatch Good Times, the onscreen chemistry is so real, still can make me laugh or cry. Amazing interview.

Jimmie needs a PODCAST!

Jimmie is great! I love his metaphor about “taking the pie”. He tells it like it is!

I enjoyed this interview. I think Jimmie is really underrated.

Love all of Jimmies stories !! Great “behind the scenes” insight …….

Jimmy Walker is the embodiment of charisma.

Loved reading his autobiography...Walker knows what he's talking about. I grew up watching "Good Times", glad this strong comedian was able to hold his own regardless of the opposition he faced at every turn.

Great Pioneering Talent

JJ thank you, thank you, thank you for paying attention to life. You turn out to be so Smart, so much knowledge, l have so much love for you because you paid attention to what was going on back then. I'm so, so proud of you.

Whether you like the man or not, it's hard not to respect him. I find him really interesting and he's far more intelligent than one might assume. I would put him at or very near the top of a list of famous people I would most enjoy sitting down and talking with.

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE WATCHING JIMMIE WALKER DO INTERVIEWS! I LOVE THE WAY HE EXPLAINS THINGS, AND I LOVE HOW FRANK HE IS ABOUT HIS LIFE!

Saw „The Good Times“ show back in the 80‘s which was shown on TV once a week in Zimbabwe at that time. It’s amazing to see Jimmy Walker so many years later. What he says is so interesting and a pleasure to listen to. God bless Jimmy, from a big fan of yours!..🙂

This man is so educated . Thank you, thank you for telling us about all history. 😊😊😊😊

No one watching "Good Times" in 1974 realized just yet that Jimmie is one of the most honest, articulate and intelligent people in show business.

JJ will always be a star.. It time to put his name on the walk of fame. This guy is so smart, so intelligent, know his history, he is a leader, and he tell it like it is. Because of watching Good times I always wanted to be smart like JJ. Love you JJ (Barbara)

He's very knowledgeable and honest.

You’ll always be JJ to me Jimmie Walker. I grew up watching Good Times and I watch reruns too 😂

Wow! So smart, just great. Thank you Mr. Walker.

He is absolutely correct about our contradictions

Excellent Mr Walker. Well done.

Jimmy Walker IS one of those BIG guys to many of his fans. He will have a resurgence just as big as his level of ambition.

What an intelligent observer. I agree with most of what he said. Jimmy needs podcast.

Fantastic interview!!

he sure has alot to say. wish there was more

Jj is one of the best ❤

Dynamite!!! Cheers from Milwaukee Wisconsin

Great interview Jimmie knows his stuff… comedy was great back then…. It’s the audience not the writers! No more laugh tracks!

Jimmie you are & always have been brilliant! Dynamite was brilliant also. Norman was so wrong. You are my fav comic ♥️🇨🇦

I’ll never get why something else didn’t come along for Jimmie in television or film. He was so funny, so professional. Just love Jimmie.

Great interview with great information! I have learned more from Jimmy Walker in this interview, then from any other interview about TV History, in all of my years I'm watching TV.

Very insightful interview.

He made a good point ,about millionaires teaching people to feel good about themselves .

TRUTH-thanks Mr. Walker for coming to Minneapolis last month. When he first came into the stage, I’m like OMG it’s JJ from good times. At the end of his set, I realized what I had just watched was much more nuisance than a tv character but a great thinker and comedy legend! Highly recommend if he comes to your town.

Jimmy Walker Knows exactly what to do. he should be a writer producer creator and colaberator!!!

How can Norman Lear feel that somebody hijacked his ideas/show when the actual/original idea for Good Times was created, pitched and written by Eric Monte?

I could listen to this guy all day. Honest and insightful.

Very well spoken

I love Jimmie walker damn. His free through and just letting it out.

Good interview.

Jimmy Walker for President.

Very interesting and informative.

EXTRAORDINARY PIONEER IN AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY THANK YOU JIMMIE WALKER!!

Woooow! Married with Children! Who knew!😯. Good interview man! ❤👍

He's a real stand up guy. No pun intended.

I had NO IDEA about his level of intelligence and his wealth of knowledge. What incredible stories and a true pioneer in the business. Very talented. 👏👏👏👏👏

He explains things really well

Jimmy reminds me so much of Robin Williams. Very keen insight into show business. Never thought either was funny, but both understand the funny business.

Congratulations to you Jimmy Walker, that is one of the most intelligent and honest and objective assessments of society today I have ever heard from anybody black white gay straight it’s just the truth it’s exactly how is I see the world around me I’m a gay man I’m a minority I get discriminated against every day since I was young I’m 66 years old and I’m telling you things are never going to change

Probably the most solid cat to ever come out of Hollywood.

My left ear really enjoyed this interview!

Great interview, very informative and eye-opening! Michael Moye went to Lenoir Community College in Kinston, North Carolina

I could listen to this man talk forever. 👍

He looks amazing 👏🏾

I love listening to him talk! Why didn’t he go into radio ? He would be one of the greats ! Very intelligent man! Loved how he played the foolish character JJ!

Jimmie "J.J." Walker Straight outta Brooklyn In 1975-1976, in American pop culture, there was The Fonz, J.J., and everybody else.

Jimmy is so down to earth.Tells it like it is.

It's interesting, I heard Mr. Walker mention how great the writers were, mentioned them by name but never mentioned the creator & a writer on the show Mr. Eric Monty or the co-creator, Mike Evans..... Mr Walker gave all those accolades to everyone else, except, Mr. Monte & Mr. Evans, hmmm And if a person doesn't believe in your talent at all, as Mr Walker stated in regard to Mr. Lear, but said were close & we hang out......how can anyone be close to a person who doesn't believe in your talent, which, is a close inter part of yourself? Just noticing & asking......

As he said himself, he may not have made it through the education system in New York with any useful knowledge, but this dude is very intelligent. First off, you need to be sharp to do standup for so long. Also, he put together such a mass of information in this interview, that I was thinking, who could keep up with this guy ? Very few. Excellent commentary as well.

To be that funny and rapid fire entertaining while telling the whole damned truth about so many issues and people and society twists was a spellbinding watch.

GENIUS in my book! He could make reading 'The Canterbury Tales' FUNNY.

The first black man to tell the truth and be totally honest in his approach!!!!!!!!!!

I have produced a couple stand up comedy shows featuring Jimmy

mr walker , is on the money . he should run for office .

A very intelligent man !

Lear is dead wrong. Jimmie Walker is funny. To me he was the star of Good Times.

Jimmie Walker was DYNOMITE. They don't make classic shows like Good Times anymore.

I agree with Norman! That Dynomite was disruptive and unnecessary. I truly agree with Mr. Lear. That show took a turn for the worse when the father died!!

People have to be in your circle who will tell you no. People who care enough to give you the right kind of help

1 of the last few alive from MATCH GAME 😁👍🏻

Totally nailed it, anyone who knows Norm, totally hijacked the original idea of Good Times by JJ character, totally......cause Jimmie was an iconic comic who paved the way, in a way, and when that happens, people get steamrolled (because the audience decides it-the King is the audience)

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Sometimes I wonder how much of what Jimmie says is true or just bullshit but I have to admit he's likeable and very intelligent. I enjoyed watching this video.

JW kept it 💯.

Too bad Quentin Tarantino never found a spot for JJ in one of his films. Could’ve been great.

Jimmie Walker has the NAZZ! He is so fucking honest!

Mr. Walker is simply brilliant! His experience is vast and the debt of his knowledge is simply awesome. He's into comedy, but he could relly knock out dramatic roles. Like here, he could easily portray a powerful, no-nonsense black American tycoon. Perhaps running a conglomerate of various industries. His depth of life would really shine through in such a role. Walker is right when he says that Bernadette Stanis was gorgeous. But it wasn't whorish, or made up. Stanis had an innocence about her that reminds you of Mary Ann, (Dawn Wells). Like Wells, Bernadette was beautiful, yet sensuous, and desirable, innocent, and naive. Had Norman Lear come into my office and tried to dress me down for making a suggestion, before I told him to get stuffed, I would have said, I didn't have any dirty thoughts about Bernadette, but now that you mentioned it, "huba, huba. There's a whole lotta stuff I'd like to do to her!" Now get out of my office, and find some kid you can lecture too with your bullshit. For too long, white people have tried to define black people according to their terms, and paint the pictures of them according to what they thought, not what it was. Lear was especially guilty of this. His shows were brilliant, true, but they were also condescending. He could have just said, "James, I disagree with you.", than to have some nonsensical conference, loaded with insults and belittling. Could it be at some level, America would have been presented with a black woman who was beautiful, and not whorish. Dawn Wells had plenty of pictures and posters, and for a white man to defend a black woman's chasteness is rich with irony. They would probably NEVER cast a black man as a powerful, no-nonsense black American tycoon. That's not the image they want. They make up all types of shit about white people, but when it comes to black, "Hey, let's be 'real.'" They'd rather show black people, especially a black man as an animal, or some a degenerate criminal, destroying his own people. - Hence -, in real life, this is what black kids look up to and repeat, powering a paradigm destroying black people. I have digressed - sorry. Back to the point, I really hope Jammie Walker stays in the public, he still has so much to contribute!

This a great video but the audio is monoral which is only coming out of one channel

He is so interesting

as. kid I would be JJ for hours at a Time .... did you do That or have friends do that??? was a high to emulate this character... 😂

Regardless of and how well he may not be doing according to our perspective, you know who he is many years later mission accomplished

Any chance you can get Kathryn Morris interviewed on here some time? 🙂

He didn't mention Eric Monte

If he never writes a book about himself and his experiences and history, someone's got to do it who has the talent to write biographies.

While i didn't think he was funny as a comedian, this is a great interview. Mind boggling how Esther Rolle and John Amos hated his existence.