Miller and Lyles - The Act Amos N' Andy Stole And The Cartoon That Wasn't (Content Warning: This article discusses racism. Discretion advised.) A pair of Black comedians who were pushed out of the limelight after they made a living from poking fun at the racism they were...

koriandercartoons.weebly.com/koriandercar... Before #AmosNAndy had a pair of #cartoons from #VanBeuren there was Miller And Lyles, an act that Amos and Andy thieved from who contributed to theater and comedy in the early days of #BlackEntertainment who's voices were used for a #TomAndJerry short.

Before Amos N' Andy, There Was Miller and Lyles Miller and Lyles were an African American comedy duo who directly inspired both Amos N' Andy and Tom and Jerry. Who were Miller and Lyles?

#Black comedians Miller and Lyles decided to turn #racism on its ear by flipping the script on #blackface in their act, and then got ripped off by #AmosNAndy and #VanBeuren Studios in the 1930s: discover.hubpages.com/entertainmen... See what happened next.

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10759. #AmosNAndy "The Winslow Woman" - Only having really really bad 5th gen VHS rips of this episode to watch really hurts it. This ep has a lot of visual gags that involve, say, reading something which is impossible. Average 50's sitcom ep, w/o it. Amos line count: 3 (C+)

10683. #AmosNAndy "Sapphire Disappears" - Hey, Amos is actually in this ep as something other than narrator. It's only one scene, but it's more than usual for the least important title character in sitcom history. You can tell the makers of the TV show were sensitive to the 1/2