TIM MOORE--A Comedy Great

It's sad when "political correctness" sometimes prevents us from becoming aware of, and deriving joy from the comedically-blessed.
Such is the case of Tim Moore, best known (alas, if known at all) as the Kingfish on "The Amos and Andy Show".
The show ran in the early 1950's and reruns were shown continuously up until the mid-1960's, when America's new sensitivity over Civil Rights, brought a stop to the show's airings to this very day.
You might be surprised (or then again might not!), that most blacks loved the show, and especially revered Tim Moore as the ever-scheming, larcenous Kingfish.
No, it was basically a coalition of black civil rights LEADERS and white liberals who sealed the show's fate.
The complaint was that it promoted negative stereotypes of blacks--i.e., it was okay to depict white suburban or working class people as behaving like swindlers, dolts and fools, but not blacks.
Look (if you can) at any number of sitcoms on the WB or other black-oriented stations and see the modern black stereotypes that pass for characterization.
As I recall, on Amos 'n' Andy there were also depictions of professional, dignified blacks--priests, doctors, businessmen, bankers, etc.
All that notwithstanding, I believe Tim Moore stands uncontestably among the funniest comedians ever to appear on television.
I do not know if he is in TV's Hall of Fame (or even if there exists such an entity), but Sid, Bob, Jack, Milton, Phil, Carol, Lucille, scooch over one and make room for the Illustrious head of the Majestic Knights of the Sea!