Friday, March 11, 2016

One of my favorite early Saturday morning, OldSkool shows to watch is "It Takes a Thief".
The hero is Alexander Munday, a professional criminal, a thief, forced to take clandestine jobs from the government in exchange for being un-incarcerated.
He's also a "lady's man", and every episode we see him kissing and kickin it with one beautiful woman after another. Alexander isnt racist; international playboy that he is.
But on this one episode where black singer Marilyn McCoo of the 70's pop group The Fifth Dimension starred as the female love interest, the tv networks refused to show a white person & black person kissing. Everytime they were about to fall kissing into each others arms, the phone would ring, the tea kettle would whistle loud, or someone would knock on the door.
Lol.
The only episode of It Takes a Thief that Alexander Munday didnt "get the girl"...because even a criminal was too good to be seen kissing a black woman...
Only in America!

--Khalil Somadi--

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