didn't get paid residuals for the characters he created on good times while he was credited for writing coulee high which inspired what's happening he once again didn't receive remunerations he decided to sue norman lear he also sued bud yorkin who produced what's happening accusing them of stealing his ideas and not compensating him he won a NUMBER_TOKEN million lawsuit while this was a victory it was a short-lived one eric monty was blacklisted after this lawsuit and he struggled to find regular work as a writer norman lear's legacy the lawsuit was a mere blip in norman's incredible successful career he's now in his late NUMBER_TOKENs and remembered as one of the most important figures in the american television industry he's also the subject of a documentary called norman lear just another version of you in the documentary he revealed there was a story he used to tell about his grandfather that was a total lie he used to tell a story about how his grandfather wrote letters to the american president and received responses back but he revealed it was actually his friend's grandfather who wrote those letters director heidi ewing stated norman likes to spin a yarn while this particular anecdote may have been in jest many of us wish he had given eric monty the proper credit he deserved what's eric monty up to today eric's work after the lawsuit has been sporadic he contributed the script for the episode thy brother's keeper for the sitcom benson he also wrote the episode pop gets evicted for the wayans brothers and wrote that's my mama for the drama series moesha he wasn't proud of this latter script and felt it was his worst piece of writing since NUMBER_TOKEN he hasn't been credited for any tv or film scripts in fact his life has not been easy in the past few decades he had a drug habit and had to go to rehab to fight it he was living in a homeless shelter in california for several years but despite these events eric monty remains optimistic and feels he's lived a great life and he hasn't stopped writing he wrote a novel called a prophet ran away published in NUMBER_TOKEN. it told the story of nat turner who led a rebellion amongst american slaves in the NUMBER_TOKENs in NUMBER_TOKEN he self-published a book called blueprint for peace in it he outlined his plan to prevent wars and reduce crime rates he also called for the abolishment of taxation in the book these books are widely available today and have become popular among fans of mr monty's writing in recent years he's given more interviews where he reflects on his career and his unfortunate experiences working with norman lear we can hope eric monty will garner more attention in the coming years we also hope we'll see a new tv show or film based on his writing and if you love certain american NUMBER_TOKENs sitcoms then you've probably got eric monty to thank now it's time to hear from you are you a fan of the hit sitcoms we talked about in this video let us
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