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James Earl Jones, Debbie Allen, Irene Cara, Dorian Harewood, Debbi Morgan, Georg Stanford Brown, Avon Long, and Beah Richards in Roots: The Next Generations (1979)

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Roots: The Next Generations

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Edited into

    • Voskovec & Werich - paralelní osudy (TV Movie 2012)

Featured in

    • The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV Special 1979)

      Nominee clips.

    • Brando (TV Movie 2007)

      clips

Followed by

    • Roots: The Gift (TV Movie 1988)

Follows

    • Roots (TV Mini Series 1977)

Referenced in

    • "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" Buddy Hackett/Sally Field/Eubie Blake (TV Episode 1979)

      Mentioned in the monologue

    • "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" Angie Dickinson/Ethel Merman/Henry Heimlich/Richie Barathy (TV Episode 1979)

      Johnny refers to the recent mini-series in the monologue

    • "Camp Midnite" Show 112 (TV Episode 1989)

      Taurean Blacque mentions the show while discussing his "Generations" costars.

    • "Murphy Brown" Heart of Gold (TV Episode 1990)

      Mentioned by Jerry Gold

    • "Harry and the Hendersons" Roots: The Herb (TV Episode 1991)

      Title reference.

Spoofed in

    • "Nostalgia Critic" Bebe's Kids (TV Episode 2010)

      Kunta Kinte's whipping is being parodied

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