The Beulah Show (1950-52) | Two Episodes

Beulah is an American situation-comedy series that ran on CBS Radio from 1945 to 1954, and on ABC Television from 1950 to 1952. The show is notable for being the first sitcom to star an African American actress. The show was controversial for its caricatures of African Americans.
Ethel Waters starred as Beulah for the first year of the TV series before quitting in 1951.[3] When production moved to Hollywood, Hattie McDaniel, star of radio's Beulah, was cast in the title role in Summer 1951,[3] but only filmed six shows before falling ill. She was quickly replaced by Louise Beavers in later 1951. The McDaniel episodes were shelved pending an improvement of her health, and so the second season began in April 1952 starting with the Beavers episodes. The six McDaniel episodes were tagged onto the end of the second season, starting July 1952 and running until August 1952. It was around this time that McDaniel learned that she had advanced breast cancer. Beavers returned in the role of Beulah for the first part of the third Beulah season, which aired from September to December 1952.
Butterfly McQueen (McDaniel's fellow cast member from Gone With the Wind, where they had also played servant roles) starred as Oriole for the first season. Ruby Dandridge (Dorothy's mother), Mrs. Kelso in Cabin in the Sky and the voice of Oriole on the radio version of Beulah, replaced McQueen when the entire television cast was overhauled upon the arrival of Hattie McDaniel. Percy "Bud" Harris originally portrayed Bill, but he walked out on the part during the first season, accusing the producers of forcing him to portray an "Uncle Tom" character. He was succeeded in the role by Casablanca pianist Dooley Wilson until Ernest Whitman followed radio co-stars McDaniel and Dandridge to TV in April 1952. The show was directed at various times by future sitcom veterans as Richard L. Bare and Abby Berlin.
Like the contemporaneous television program Amos 'n' Andy, Beulah came under attack from many critics, including the NAACP, which accused the show of supporting stereotypical depictions of black characters with Beulah viewed as a stereotypical "mammy" similar to Aunt Jemima.
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[@LoveMcNilldotcom]

The first black woman on television looked so much like me. Inspiring! Thank you ReelBlack!

[@AmericanFYEChief]

💙💙

[@QuadriviumNumbers]

What, a mammy archetype? The majority of black women look like you! How on earth is this inspiring?

[@scott6504]

Everyone does notice that she's the smart wise woman on the show?

[@yahulwagoni4571]

A literary conceit that goes back to the acnient Roman plays of Plautus. The slave is the clever one, and the masters are fools. Io Saturnalia!

[@keilahmichalspann8883]

Yes. Ms. Beavers was a great actress that brought alot of depth to this role.

[@l.a.gothro3999]

Just like she was in "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House"!

[@abigail...1512]

yes yes, very interesanteishon

[@QuadriviumNumbers]

​@@yahulwagoni4571 Absolutely! People in the comments quite literally do not understand how television works.

[@Riogi]

Louise Beavers was one of four actresses to portray housekeeper Beulah. The other actresses are Hattie McDaniel, Ethel Waters, and Amanda Randolph. Special thanks to these amazing actresses who remained humble in a profession filled with selfish pride and cruel arrogance.

[@paulcaron400]

Yeah weren’t they wonderful and Hattie McDaniel was my all time favourite. She wouldn’t take any guff from anyone. It’s sad that many of them died too young lol😉

[@scotnick59]

Louise was such a sweetheart!

[@smackmybitchup9543]

Beulah was also played by Lillian Randolph.

[@ferociousgumby]

Hattie McDaniel, first black woman to win an Oscar, once was famously quoted as saying, "I'd rather PLAY a maid in white folks' house than BE one." Those were the options for her in those days.

[@heyspeakfromheartwithlove4979]

Nothing but God's grace and the faith to receive it got us through those days.....so full of the deep deceptions; Black men being bumbling & lazy, Black women being silly (& big),....& notice the not-so-subtle subtleties (notice the mag titled "passion & purity" featuring a blonde white woman on the cover (as if).....wow. We were something to be admired in that day- too many young ones have no idea from what we come from- now....?

[@sherriebronson496]

That's the ultimate key word there; "Acting V. Being!" One the main hurdles our children must learn, walk and grow in is there is a high difference in acting like someone who is Black v being Black. Thank you for such insight of clarity. So profound. God bless you for sharing. I overlooked this in my memory bank. Lol

[@sherriebronson496]

@@heyspeakfromheartwithlove4979 Again. So soulful, and true. I was there through some of these horrific times throughout the 50', 60' S and so on. And indeed it was God's grace and mercy that my parents and grandma/ma depended, as I do today. Like the apostle Paul, "These things don't move me." By that same token- like Paul, I've learned whether I'm commenting on controversial matters, addressing those whose spewing faulty doctrine to those thrusting after truth, or contending with supervisors about the mistreatment of vulnerable adults, those without a voice; I do so as the love that overflows in my heart for both. Love is The key here to not allowing the evil that is done in the world- overshadow that which is good, that's which is right within each of us. I've lived to see even some in the Christian faith at large, become worse than that which they advocate against. So sad. You can love the Lord, people, and still walk in love and integrity. What a blessing.

[@heyspeakfromheartwithlove4979]

@@sherriebronson496 Keep on with the Lord, sister.

[@ferociousgumby]

I've been reading the original novel of Gone with the Wind, and along with the jaw-dropping, even horrifying racism (including the author being obviously pro-KKK), I'm quite stunned by the fact that Mammy is hardly in it at all. Sometimes when an actor excels at a role, it is purposely made larger. GWTW kept undergoing script changes, so this is what may have happened, giving McDaniel a chance at the Oscar. Mammy in the novel was more of a prop than a person. About her only outstanding feature was the dialect. She didn't have the relationship with Scarlett that she does in the movie and really isn't more than just another slave (getting uppity when she was freed, of course). It makes my head spin to hear Margaret Mitchell describe black people as "children" and even apes in the jungle, not deserving of freedom or at least having no idea how to handle it - better off as slaves, she seemed to think. Don't upset the applecart, the system "worked" for centuries. This is how evil flourishes, by becoming "normal", and I'm afraid it is happening in our world even as we speak.

[@Aaron-sg8br]

I never heard of this, I appreciate you sharing this!!

[@qpwillie]

I listened to The Beulah Show on the radio, before TV and then, on TV later.

[@abigail...1512]

calvooooooooooooooooooo

[@carleavesceo709]

I adored Louise Beavers. She had such talent and warmth. She is an earth mother.

[@scotnick59]

YES

[@Shopgirl325]

This reminds me of Hazel. Beulah appears to be a beloved part of the family, just like Hazel.

[@katherenewedic8076]

No domestic is ever an equal and true part of the family no matter the shade of skin, that's my experience. For a trip watch Heidi with Shirley temple where she's kidnapped, kept, and then friends with the people.

[@saran3214]

@@katherenewedic8076 I used to sell maids uniforms and they told me they were treated as part of the family, cars bought for them. One guy pulled out a huge roll of bills. The help told me this.

[@alishanestor1135]

Girl bye go eat a nugget

[@Boomboomroomish]

@@saran3214...Gimme a break. Thats like saying a slave was a treasured member of the family. Either way it's disgusting and Black women deserved better.

[@saran3214]

@@Boomboomroomish Slavery ended here 155+ years ago. And had nothing to do with actors paid good money to entertain. This is a show, not real life Given that I have yet to see a show where the maid did not mouth off to the household, be she black or white. She was a maid and was doing a job, just like the husband going off to work. Where he was usually under pressure from a boss who was a whole lot less kind than he was toward the maid. Sorry, had to edit. I was thinking Hattie McDaniel played Beluah, she played a lot of maids and had no problem with it. And this was Waters show, she starred in it. Nobody bought her and forced her to perform. That is hyperbole. Look how nice these folks are to her here. Geez. You can buy someone right now in Africa, since you are so cincerned with slavery.

[@carleavesceo709]

Louise Beavers was a talented actress.Her. 1934 role in "Imitation of Life" was excellent and you feel her pain.

[@marybranicki3354]

Carl Eaves I loved her in the movie Holiday Inn.... great actress

[@scotnick59]

Yes: she was great as Delilah in IOL

[@1949LA-ARCH]

Louise Beavers deserved an Oscar for Imitation of Life.

[@ms.martiegallego8834]

@@1949LA-ARCH I Agree !! That is one of my favorite movies !! Another is " Pinky" old movie, with very good acting !!

[@MrJoeybabe25]

Having the little boy marry his parents at the end was a sweet touch!

[@heathertea2704]

Family talked about this show OFTEN. Now I get to see what they were talking about. THANKS AGAIN FOR SHOWCASING HISTORY, REELBLACK.

[@mauriceallen-cambridge2381]

Wow!! Hattie McDaniel and Louise Beavers both passed away on the same day, ten years apart. Ms. Hattie passed away on October 26, 1952; and Ms. Louise, passed away on October 26, 1962.

[@chevy266nova]

I loved this TV show. So wonderful to see it again.

[@sage4nowty129]

This type of show made it possible to have the black themed shows we have today. They should be respected. And as for stereotypes, just watch some of the shows we have today. They are full of stereotypes that are suppose to represent black Americans or the black community.

[@mazzb305]

All that proves is the same bullshit is perpetuated to this day. It was trash then, and trash now.

[@roxannesantoro7503]

Wasn't Ethel Waters the first Beulah?

[@marybranicki3354]

Roxanne Santoro Yes !!! for 39 episodes 1950-1951

[@roxannesantoro7503]

Thanks Mary Branicki I'm glad my memory is still up to par to remember that- I'm 72!

[@nodiggitynodoubt2599]

Some modern television shows gives us a more negative view nowadays than back then.

[@travis7310]

This is a wonderful show. Too bad there aren't more episodes out there. Very rare to see these days, along with so many other great shows of the era!

[@robertbright-jc3sd]

I will never forget when I had lived on Convent ave in 1980 and would share an occasional bus ride on the 101 or 100 with Ms. Butterfly McQueen and we would always talk about he's going on in the neighborhood and just about life in general I will never forget those times it was a HONOR to sit next to her next to her and have those conversations.

[@reelblack]

Amazing

[@marybranicki3354]

robert bright You were soooooo lucky.... Wish I could have met her

[@musicalme27]

I remember this show, as I was growing up. I loved watching it in the mornings.

[@trischc]

That's Dorothy Dandridge's mother at the beginning (with the high pitched voice).

[@marybranicki3354]

Trischc Really !! Good actress also

[@tunde818]

I was gonna say!! i thought she looked familiar.

[@saran3214]

That is amazing. She was pretty too.

[@kevindavis296]

I know. She was a big bad bear of a mother!!! She let her girlfriend abuse her daughters Dorothy and Vivan when they were kids.

[@trischc]

@@kevindavis296 .. She surely did, as well as sexually abuse them. But there's more to their story. So much more...

[@vaubanschwarzwald3058]

This was the precurser to "Hazel".

[@yahulwagoni4571]

I had no idea anything like this existed.

[@Michellelovesanimals]

I just found out about this show today, 6/2/24. It was on before I was born. I am looking forward to watching it. Thank you! I saw a little documentary today about Hattie McDaniel and learned a lot about her.

[@lizdoyle7158]

First time to see this very funny 📺📺📺📺tv show better than tv shows today

[@bobbrawley2612]

Interesting history. Great research in the video description

[@bohemoth1]

Man do I remember this show. I have always loved the opening segment. Thank you for posting this video. It was a very tearful moment when their son was filling in for the Minister.

[@emmyjohnny970]

Viewing this show in hindsight, feels humiliating as a Black person. It does reflect the racial dynamics, and perceptions of the time. I do feel we have made tremendous progress, as illustrated in The Jefferson, Cosby, dozens of films we see today etc. Thanks for sharing.

[@catinacannon7370]

Fast Dry I totally agree with you 💯

[@saran3214]

Not degrading at all. Different races were domestics. It is a job, dignified work. I sold maids uniforms and the maids told me how nice the people that worked for them were. And I can tell you maids quit on people who were not. This was a situation comedy not unlike the white ones. Look how silly The Lucy Show or Andy Griffith was. Look at Hazel. Same show.

[@houseofmaranatha2841]

Me Belvedere was a maid/butler that took care of the kids

[@keilahmichalspann8883]

Such a good actress. It's sad that 60 years later the images are far worse (twerking, WAP, rappers looking like gremlins and mumbling) but no one is decrying them and calling for decent images like they did before. This is tame compared to the garbage of today.

[@chodeshadar18]

I don't see the reason for all the hating on this show. The story line could have been in any sitcom of the day, from I Love Lucy to The Honeymooners, and this is the way people talked. I'm sorry if some people can't stand looking at themselves in the mirror.

[@franklee9152]

I agree with you 100 percent! Thank you Sir for pointing out the obvious.

[@monicarwells2]

This comment makes absolutely no sense and this is why ppl are upset bc they see ppl like you. I never saw any storyline as such in any of the shows you mention especially I love Lucy 😒

[@BlkwolfZeke]

chodeshadar18 it is a pretty good shows from those times; Hattie was the Star of this show

[@question3431]

Reminds me of The Danny Thomas Show a bit. Or how about Florence, the maid on The Jeffersons? And Florida when she was a maid on the tv show Maude? Not all that long ago. Glad there's no laugh track on this, makes your pay attention. Don't remember this show in reruns but I do recall Amos N' Andy, running The Fresh Air Cab company.

[@dustfreequeen5151]

The mother of Dorothy Dandridge is the one with the high voice!

[@deonnadyson]

Ohh wow...

[@tyroneabdul8943]

Early version of Gimme a Break

[@keilahmichalspann8883]

Yes it was! I loved Nell Carter, she dominated that show. It should have been called the Nell Carter Show.

[@LogoMan7777]

@@keilahmichalspann8883 Difference between Nell and Beulah is that Nell knows what's cooking most of the time.

[@venitakbennett-bonaparte1986]

In media, for film and television, this is how we were portrayed, as maids and cooks. Thank goodness for shows such as The Nanny, Mr. Belvidere and Hazel.

[@yougotta2505]

why thanks to those tv shows?

[@yougotta2505]

they talked about beulah?

[@mrlavondavis42]

THIS IS WHAT THEY MEAN WHEN THEY SAY MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN ,

[@NatashaRaisorGlam]

Venita K Bennett-Bonaparte How the hell are you going to compare this docile, slave show to those TV shows?

[@venitakbennett-bonaparte1986]

@@NatashaRaisorGlam You missed the point.

[@christianbrother4724]

Love this show.

[@illuminickiblanco]

I remember seeing clips of this weft into documentaries, it's painful to watch but we must to know what we've come from to know where we are goin

[@parsnipmcgee329]

I recognize this actress from one of the Thin Man movies. Thank you for posting this!

[@louiscaruso4167]

Back in the day, my Aunt Mary named her new dishwasher Beulah, when I asked her why she said Beulah was always in the kitchen washing dishes...who new??

[@cluclap]

40s babies know this hit different

[@HOODIZM3]

Thank You so much

[@MsDeb60]

I ordered all seasons of Beulah from Amazon.

[@cmorestuff898]

itsdeb15041:The Beulah Show has a fascinating history. Did you know that the character of Beulah started on radio with a white man performing the role? Thank you for your time to comment and support the channel. Peace and Blessings!!!

[@keilahmichalspann8883]

Thanks for letting me know it's on Amazon. I want this and Amos n Andy.

[@MsDeb60]

@@keilahmichalspann8883 You are welcome Keilah

[@tangie7]

Good show I had heard of it but never seen it thanks for posting.....and thanks for the history lesson too

[@lisamarie6016]

Thank you for sharing these hidden treasures! He said "PENITIATRY OFFICE🤣

[@Mililisa-rm8xq]

WOW! Thank You for Sharing this! Like many others I've never heard of this show either! I spite of it having the basic stereotypes and racist undertones it is very soothing to watch. I love black & white movies and tv shows, Love your channel!

[@rosettawilliams7959]

Thanks for sharing. But I don’t remember ever hearing of this show. Enjoying it . Tired of all the garbage that’s on now a days.

[@cocoaorange1]

Same here. Cool so see pioneering shows of yesteryear!

[@user-hc4lk4lp9o]

THIS WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TV SHOWS TO FEATURE A BLACK MAIN CHARACTER Beulah was an American situation comedy series that ran on CBS Radio from 1945 - 1954 and on ABC Television from 1950 - 1953 The show is notable for being the first sitcom to star an African-American actress for being ABC TV's first hit situation comedy, and the first hit TV sitcom without a laugh track.

[@NatashaRaisorGlam]

WTF, and black actors are still playing into these stereotypes. Example, the movie “Ma” and “Lakiesha”. Thank you for sharing this video, and all your research🌸

[@cecegiles7753]

Natasha Raisor I'm so glad you brought up that ridiculous title "MA", why couldn't they have named the movie something like " What lurks in the darkness " or something intensifying

[@sherriebronson496]

Hello all. Ms. Raisor, my sister I see you've yet a lot to learn about the plethora of roles we as a people played both on and off the set. for the sack of time, first; these extraordinarily, talented, gifted, and courageous, and fiercely bold Blacks are the stuff that kept our dark times then filled with hope for a better time. besides, let me remind you- these were some of the smartest minds ever. also, these people weren't stupid, nor ignorant as you without full insight have concluded. theses though underpaid and treated horribly by most their white counterparts, made good, for themselves and families. some went on to make good financial investments. finally, these were real Blacks not just the complexion, unlike the so-called blacks today; no respect for self, elders, let alone authority. not a spect of pride in their racial heritage which most don't know nor cares to know. Hattie McDaniel, Butterfly McQueen, Diahann Carol, were not just actors, they were working! continued; they weren't doing drive-bys, getting arrested for killing their own, raping, molesting, drugging, backbiting and stealing, then blaming john law for their atrocities its these among many, many others who did more than played a silly role to work, but gave us the strength that said, yes we can, will, and did rise above what others thought or did to us. God has been good to me and my family during those times even now. the last 3-4 generations of blacks, has produced every despicable form of antiblack blacks ever. God have mercy on us all. some even died that you and other disrespectful people of colour- not not color, can say that which you know little or nothing about. maybe you like some know or heard, but still, choose to be ashamed of those whose character, you could never, ever attain to. in any case, God bless you.

[@mazzb305]

Sherrie Bronson Man please they were used as props of white supremacist narratives.

[@monicarwells2]

Natasha Raisor Ma? lakeisha? I’ve never heard of any movie like either one of those. Wow

[@vincentwhite7693]

@@mazzb305 Bullshit on the white supremacist narrative. White content creators were just scratching for product through the lens of their unconscious prejudices. Leave the hate behind.

[@crystalgrose]

Thank you for posting! I remember some of these ladies from the Amos and Andy Show.

[@victorervin8894]

Envy not thine oppressors an follow in none of his ways

[@suzycreamcheesez4371]

and not an Fix it!

[@tonynasaofficial]

Crazy to think most of these people are gone :c

[@lomurray4069]

dorothy dandridge mother is in this

[@tiffanypeppers9417]

Jim Crow days.

[@BlkwolfZeke]

I remember seeing snippets of this show on the mock documentary confederate states of America

[@tanyaparker-callsign.kk7ic238]

Loved black and white films from the day. Ma and pa kettle, the Beverly hill billies before they went color, leave it to beaver, and others. Interesting I do not remember any darker shades of melanin aka black shows. I’m watching just because it reminds me of I love Lucy with Ethel in the kitchen twist. Nice bedtime treat😃❤️👍🤟🏽🔥🎁🎉

[@nikradik]

Yes me too thats all I watch..my boyfriend hates it..lol

[@tanyaparker-callsign.kk7ic238]

DA SUPADUPA what do you watch?

[@NatashaRaisorGlam]

Tanya Parker This is horrible and racist. Is this how you think black people are, shiftless, docile and so happy to kiss white peoples feet?

[@tanyaparker-callsign.kk7ic238]

Natasha Raisor good day not sure where you read into your analysis yet wasn’t close to my explanation. The star of the show operated as as an empath in touch and sensitive like distant family. Her work occupation had her closer to the family than most. She was the glue. Hope that’s more clear and there is nothing wrong with hard work she acted like the second house wife the chica on the side you know down low relationships happened all the time. I’m not sure when you were born aka your age.

[@tanyaparker-callsign.kk7ic238]

Jacqueline McDonald thanks 🙏 didn’t know here she got that thought concept...lol

[@juliamacguire1038]

I love this show!

[@aeichler]

Beulah wasn't any different from "Hazel," except it starred a black actress.

[@Boomboomroomish]

Much different seeing as how those roles were the only ones available to Black women (pretty much still are). The actress who played Hazel had a long career before that playing a variety of roles. This was all that was offered to Black actresses.

[@aeichler]

@@Boomboomroomish Ethel Waters, the original star of TV's "Beulah," was a great star with a long successful career. I understand your point on Beavers and McDaniel, but they were housekeepers, not maids, who ran the home just like Booth did on "Hazel". If a black actress had played Hazel, would you have said the same thing!

[@pjmoneybags587]

@@aeichler I didn't realize there is a difference between housekeeper and maid or the male version butler. Housekeeper the same as maid with added responsibilities.

[@aeichler]

@@pjmoneybags587 A housekeeper today is anyone who cleans. But back then a housekeeper ran the house, often with the help of a cleaning maid, did the cooking, and often lived in the home as part of the family, like Hazel. Beulah also ran things and took good care of the boy. The two shows are actually very similar other than the racial difference. In the really old days, like "Downton Abbey," or Judith Anderson in "Rebecca," the housekeeper was a very dignified job. She was in charge of everything, especially other servants, and was often allowed to eat the table with the family. My only point is, that "Beulah" was an entertaining show and really not demeaning, especially in the early Ethel Waters episodes, who played her as very dignified.

[@colettenasielski8190]

Really Love Beulah

[@colettenasielski8190]

Really Love Beauh

[@Riogi]

Thanking for sharing this show with us. I love diversity and getting to know people groups from all over the world... so this is another gift from you to all of us.

[@jojo-ir9um]

I have never understood why Black people don't like Black comedy shows...as far as I know no one complaied about ..Gomer Pile..Barny on Andy Griffith..Hazel ??..Leave People alone who are playing characters...who are smiling all the way to the Bank....Jealous Black so called ones who are for all their brothers and sisters..have ruined many careers by gripping because. Fellow black person has a job making fantastic money...

[@nikradik]

This is good..it ran for a while

[@borntoraisehell5353]

Why they don't have this on TV Land or some other program? 😊🤭😊

[@Nana-by4ls]

I love these series it reminds me of my childhood. This is a little before my time but I watched these types of tv shows and was too young to see the stereo types. It reminds me of I Love Lucy. I can see what the problem is if you are paying attention. But for me it is the story line of Beulah trying to be a match maker and help and everything going wrong. What if they did a twist with White people being the maid. There was a sense of innocents to me. The one that get me every year is a " Wonderful Life" when the son smacks the Black maid on her Butt. This reminds me of Dennis the Menace and the likes. Oh well, Beulah is pretty nosey. So cute 💕💕💕

[@allmc2008]

What are you talking about?

[@clevelandgillcrest4589]

Enjoy watching the tv show

[@markscales9636]

Lovely

[@erickthefantabulous1]

See they lie to us they told us Julia was the first black show with a black woman as a lead Character

[@josweetlove1537]

A lead character means the person carrying the show. She is not carrying this show.

[@erickthefantabulous1]

@@josweetlove1537 This is 1950s television I watched that whole program to me she was a lead character of course they're not going to let her dominate the whole show by her self this is the fifties It was a Good thing that my Grandparents had something to watch that they could relate to Even though there was only a small percentage of black people who had TV sets back then

[@josweetlove1537]

@@erickthefantabulous1 are you serious ?? U/They could relate to a big black woman pandering to white folks like a momma bear to grown ass white folks ? Really ?? Good thing i was not living in this time period. This show is sickening. No wonder AA are the way they are.

[@erickthefantabulous1]

@@josweetlove1537 Young lady you're looking at this through the eyes of 2019 Their mindset was completely different back than just to see black people on TV no matter how degrading it might look right now that was a big deal in the 1950s

[@josweetlove1537]

@@erickthefantabulous1 it was never a good look then or now. It just reinforces how much whites could use black people. How much has really changed for u all ?

[@geraldbaker4019]

Hattie McDaniel was a trailblazer, even if she did play a maid in most of her films. A woman with a lot of charm, grit, and talent. She walked so the next generation of black performers could run.

[@keilahmichalspann8883]

The woman reading at the beginning is the mother of legendary actress Dorothy Dandridge.

[@cocoaorange1]

I read her mom as an actress. If I was Beulah, I would have shut my mouth about writing the letter. They would have never known. Wny shoot yourself in the foot.

[@mxylpx]

Beaulah is still beholden to her boss David Bruce -The Mad Ghoul himself!

[@charlenemonique1]

I’ve never heard of this show and don’t recall my mother ever making mention of it - she used to tell us about the shows she watched growing up. I called her a minute ago and she says that she remembers The Beulah Show and that it first aired when she was about 10 or 11 years old 🤔

[@TheSuperbeauty24]

Cool

[@SosaSal_]

What exactly does the wife do all day? She has one kid, doesn’t work, and has a small house 😒

[@yolandaathomas7637]

The wifes job is to be a sweet thin makeup Barbie version of a wife at her husbands beck n call (support) and to make sure the maid doesnt steal anything LOL!

[@josephlawson9950]

this show will never metv for reruns

[@Flowers4848]

This show is not as bad as Amos n Andy …….. it's close, but not as bad.

[@neutralitythought]

This is so hard to watch because not much has changed with the relationship of the races and its 2019!!!!!

[@raczgreen6053]

Unfortunately!

[@maryelizabeth6797]

This is more than race. I am white and working still at 70. Working mostly in child care, it seems that people (with money to spend for someone else to do the work they can’t/ won’t do) look down on the people they hire. They some how feel more in titled. Unfortunately too many ‘workers’ are not in a position to change jobs.

[@neutralitythought]

@@maryelizabeth6797 More than race? So you were held in bondage for over four hundred years? Robbed of your language, your religion, and your God? Did they give you the 'Slave Bible' to read? They raped your women, Children and Men?

[@harleypage5789]

I wonder why we can't hear the live audience laughing 🤔 also id love to know where the cast is now? This is entertaining

[@RohgishSun]

What totally more shocking than this upload is the comments that y'all leaving indicating how shock y'all are that these stereotypes exist to this very day as if the people who operated Hollywood successfully back in the 50s would ever change a working model that produced the results that they desired🤨... also 50 years is not that long ago stop looking at time to be a factor of ones cultural development of morality.👨🏿‍🏫... How about this exercise... Think real deep of what it takes to be in ownership and position of declaring the humanity of another people due to your personal insignificant whim... For hundreds of years and then attempt to place sed people on the SAME level as yourself within your mind without proper thought-rehabilitative processes being established. And if we can see that ultimately they have not changed in 50 years what do you see to be the incentive FOR them to actually go through a change or place themselves within such a change in these NEXT 50 years?🤨.....rather than acknowledging the historical cultural character that remains within these people to this very day (over half a millennium deep).... y'all are rather going to be "shocked" every other decade that "oh my God this still happens in -2019 2020 2024 2050!!"🙄 It's thrown in our face everyday of our life and yet you act as if you don't see it... You people really think that you are honoring your humanity 🤨

[@jusletursoulglobaby]

I think its fair to say the feeling of shock is relative. most ppl watching didnt know about the show and probably seldom watch old films and TV so the blatant representation is jarring. take a deep breath. people know and they are doing their best to survive the strains and stressors associated with blackness. no need to accuse anyone of doing any less than that family.

[@RohgishSun]

@@jusletursoulglobaby I understand your route of compassion and can appreciate that, however my route of snooze-kicking varies at times of expression...sometimes it can be a refreshing brook...at other times don't have yo ass outdoors in lightning storm. Black people LOVE to lie to themselves when it comes to the historical cultural character of white people and the U.S. and at 40 I just aint down with permitting it as easily as I would at 7.

[@RohgishSun]

@Tyrhol Biosphere ~just my point.

[@lindacosta3381]

Wait- that was actually a TV show? I just saw a clip of it on the film Confederate States of America. I never knew it was on actual television

[@chillywilly5258]

I can't believe this was actually a tv show.

[@barbarah9917]

Never seen this ty.

[@mel3760]

That’s Dorothy dandridge mom ?

[@stoneyhighhigh3677]

ALSO FREE TO WATCH ON TUBI

[@robinjohnson6225]

This good program Belah

[@blaze5053]

Is this the make America great again that they talking about?

[@tonynasaofficial]

😂

[@dionneking8]

this is cool

[@es2461]

The same racist archetypes used in shows 50-60 years ago are used today, they are just a little more nuanced now.

[@sherriebronson496]

@Bludder Pubbles okay, I'll let you have that one. However, simply put, I found that if I were to allow myself to be fueled by the all the evil done to me and my race at large, then I'd have stoop very low, even lower than a snakes belly, to become that thing which I've detested. I'm not saying these type people and their careers are seen as stereotyping, just that they too were doing what they chose to do to make a living; and that too felt, and knew all the unjust, inhumane treatment forwards the blacks, their race. The earnest mind, eyes, heart, and the historical intellectually inclined, know that people like Mahalia Jackson, Lola Falona, butterfly McQueen, Tim Moore, Leon T Price many more, were every bit as black, social, and civil savies as are the Wyan brothers, Richard Pryor, Wanda Sykes, Martin Lawrence, and many others. If the effect of anything, is field by biased and vengeful haters, then, the cause of the effects becomes dark or hidden. When this happens, these no longer seeks answers that give hope and answers of resolve; no they instead become that thing that was the cause of things of then, and now that continues to spew this venom onto the generations to come. As some results; we have the black on black crimes, home grown terrorists, black men who'd rather be housed in a cell than confront the issues , responsibilities of life that comes with being a for rear, strong, determined, "BLACK MAN" of integrity and responsibility. Now, you tell me me dear one- a hollier or whinner? As for me I've been hollering for that which is right all my life in my person life and among my peers as well, be they big or small, leaders and the common person, and vulnerable. Yes I holler my ole gray head off til this day, til I die. You see the world hates beginning more than they do the color of my and you skin. But get this; There sit a God, The and Lord who loves winners and holliers alike, white, black, brown, yellow people alike with all His heart and can't help himself but to do so. Peace. Lol

[@thesapphirem5469]

the same archetypes that afro americans likes.

[@monicarwells2]

Alright I read the comments before I watched even the first episode and what the hell is wrong with everyone. I’ve seen much much worse now days. On commercials, social media and television series: I see nothing wrong with This show at all. It’s clean and everyone seems to respect everyone. They don’t degrade Ms Beaver’s character at all.’y’all tripping. Wrong show🤷🏽‍♀️Hell, ALL IN THE FAMILY was worse but Norman Lear wasn’t racist his father was and that’s who he based Archie bunker on. He also mentions how his uncle used to pull a nickel from his ear every time he saw him and that’s the man he had to look up to bc he wasn’t proud of his racist father .

[@tmat2024]

I mean what do people expect? It's Hollyweird! Sit back, have a drink, and be entertained!

[@nyrecary8011]

Sorry , I have no praises . hear the ism.

[@NatashaRaisorGlam]

tmat2019 This is how Trump supporters think we act😡

[@musicom67]

Ernie Whitman was very popular with the Armed Forces of WWII as well, as he also hosted a radio show, one of the first African-Americans to do so - On my KZbin channel, or search "Jubilee Radio Show 1945 AFRS with Ernie Whitman Stan Kenton"

[@jordanayala5610]

Just found out that this was a real show

[@jordanayala5610]

I thought it was made up for C.S.A

[@jailatucker4656]

Brava!!! and I wanna know why they called that woman OREO.

[@LiamTheSergal]

Leave It To Beulah

[@belthead4701]

Glad I found this black history

[@marnettamcdowell1488]

This show is awesome...and how about the sit com JULIA..DIAHNN CARROL

[@michaelmcgee8543]

Louise Beavers was the first Beaulah.

[@gforceeatingcorrect]

Love it !!! Shows that at that time opportunity was great for all !!! And then Bill Cosby happened !!! Oh boy !!!

[@mariaisis62]

Español por favor

[@ashsmith1364]

how can he afford a maid when he’s delinquent with his bills? 😖

[@Matt-hw1lq]

Have you seen the episode where he fires his landscaping guy and they have Bulah do all the yard work too? These people are the worst! They only have one child and they do no chores, no housework, nothing! So privileged, so lazy!

[@veronicahaney6005]

@@Matt-hw1lq That was normal at the time for middle-class.

[@ashsmith1364]

@@Matt-hw1lq im watching it now 😂

[@geraldbaker4019]

@@Matt-hw1lqThey probably have Buela paying the rent and filing the taxes

[@karlmarx6487]

Wheres Spike lee?

[@phyllisjohnson8456]

You see black women ALWAYS worked. We didn't need womens' lib we were always liberated. My mom did this in the 50's worked as a housekeeper in a white home.

[@mazzb305]

That's because they had too. It was far from ideal.

[@riggs20]

People hate on this show understandably. The stereotypes are insulting to put it mildly. But it needs to be viewed in the context of history and how the entertainment industry viewed blacks. Or at least how they assumed their audience viewed blacks. We need to look at it critically and think: Where did we come from before this? Where are we today comparably? Which stereotypes are shunned and which ones endure? It's worth noting that the show was called out for its stereotypes even in its own day. Including by the NAACP who pressured the industry into switching to a black actress on the radio show from the white male actor who was playing a black woman. Blacks were beginning to rebel against stereotypes and whites were beginning to acknowledge them. They weren't universally accepted by audiences of the '40s & '50s like they were by the audiences of minstrel shows 50 years earlier. On a separate note, we should not be too critical of the black actors. They were talented and doing the best they could in the entertainment industry of the day. When Hattie McDaniel played Beulah, she earned $1,000/week. Which would be approximately $12,900/week today. Good for her I say!

[@lakishascott2132]

👌

[@mxylpx]

I like Bill's attitude..he don't give a fuck! But, Louise Beavers is still the best of them all!

[@adorable6385]

The way he says "baby," turns me off

[@reggieparker7156]

I got a home way down in Beulah Land could this be my Buelah ?

[@JoeBobTarheel]

0:18 Crystal Waters Aunt for hits like 100% Pure Love, Say If You Feel Alright, etc.

[@Afghanisstan]

Wait, THIS SHOW IS REAL?