The Real Reason John Amos Was Fired From Good Times

In 2014, Amos gave a lengthy interview with the Television Academy Foundation, during which he discussed his career and, in particular, his experiences on "Good Times" and the series of events that led to his firing.

Part of the problem was that he didn't see eye to eye with the producers over the directions of the characters of his three children. Two of them were ambitious and serious kids, while a third — J.J., with his goofy costumes and silly catchphrase "Dy-no-mite!" — was mostly comic fodder. And Amos thought producers were giving him too much screen time.

"I felt that with two younger children—one of whom aspired to become a Supreme Court Justice ... and the other ... who aspired to become a surgeon," Amos said, "I felt that there was too much emphasis being put on J.J. and his chicken hat saying 'Dynomite!' every third page, when just as much emphasis and mileage could have been gotten out of my other two children and the concomitant jokes and humor that could have come out of that."

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