John Amos credited as playing...
James Evans, Sr.
- James: We are poor, and poor is one of three things people don't want to be. Right next to sick, and dead.
- J.J.: [demonstrating to Florida how to do a TV commercial] Hi, y'all out there in TV land. This is Florida Evans - star of stage, screen, and the ghetto - here to tell you about Vita-Brite Health Tonic. My husband James used to have slow blood. He would cut himself shaving on Monday and wouldn't start bleedin' till Thursday. But *now*...
- James: ...now, thanks to Vita-Brite Health Tonic, my blood is fast, fast, *fast*! Now I bleed all the time!
- Florida Evans: [Florida is shocked when she sees the young boy who delivers drugs to people, like J.J's girlfriend] But James, he's still a baby!
- James: Well, this ain't his talcum powder!
- James: You know what I'm gonna leave the world when I go, Florida? A tombstone that reads "Here lies James Evans. Back in the hole again".
- James: [When the family thinks that JJ might be the father of Henrietta's baby] JJ's idea of raising that baby would be feeding it strained Snicker bars.