Fred Berry came to my highschool my senior year in 1995/96. At that point he was a minister. He spoke a positive message but since it was a public school he couldn't talk about the religious aspect of his message but was still a great motivational speech.
I met Fred "Rerun" Berry in Walmart in Albany back in 2000. He was a really nice man. I got an Autograph from him. I told him that my family and I never missed an episode. Of What's Happening and What's Happening Now. I really glad I met him before his passing. CONTINUE TO RIP😢 RERUN.
His wife was with him through it all. Sometimes people need to leave it alone. Let's remember Fred Rerun Berry for all the wonderful memories and laughs. I still watch the series.❤
@@joebudi5136 Fred didn't do anything to us, except become a part of some great memories. Hopefully he got things right with God before he passed. Hollyweird is known for corrupting people lives. Most can't handle the fame not live up to the image projected upon them.
Exactly you made an excuse point. Let's remember the fun times Watching That show. Avoid the vultures trying to make a quick buck . Or get likes on their terrible channel.
Mabel King!? I loved her in the black version Wizard of Oz!!! With Michael Jackson & Diana Ross! If you haven’t seen it watch the whole movie! Mabel was singing it up! Very memorable moments watching her perform/sing!!!!🙏🏽👋🏻
Not true. Roger, Dwayne & Shirley were every bit as entertaining as Re-Run. Dee & Mama were also amusing! Everyone's contributions had me rivited to the tube as a kid 💯🙌
R.I.P Fred Berry. This legend was on a popular show during the era of great television and music. He is in heaven doing those fantastic dance moves. Gone but never ever forgotten. Love Fred forever❤❤
I think they all deserved a raise and I think the show should have kept Mabel King. I really missed her being on the show. They didn't have to cancel the shows.
He also became a ordained minister in Madison Alabama, he married me and my second wife along with 99 other couples in a promotion for a rock station in Bham Alabama this was in the late 90s...edited , I typed this before they said this in the video, I'm glad they mentioned that in the video about him becoming a ordained minster in Madison Alabama
Fred was great on the show, it wasn't the same without him. The girls who played Dee, and Shirley were a riot too, too bad we didn't get a few more seasons.
Met him also near his end at a local club on Grand and Kossuth and I personally know the brother was genuine easy to relate to, being from the housing projects in St.Louis St.Louis
Its sad how entertainers who make us the happiest watching them....Are often the saddest people, off set (and often the loneliest.)....... Many Reruns of peace, rest and joy to you Fred Berry.☮💜✝
I personally met this man and spent a whole hour talking to him he was a sweet and humble guy I could care less what she says about him He can’t defend himself that’s sad
Didn't really know why. That baby talking voice was irritating as hell. It was tolerable for a minute. But to keep that sh!t on what's happening now and you're over the age of 30... that was cringe as h3ll.. 😬😬😬🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️ Do love the show though....
Yup we all know Back then if an actor stood up for themselves stubborn studio beads fired then look at Suzanne sommers she was fired for the same reason
Everybody remembers the Rerun dance moves 70s and 80s was the best time to grow up. No internet just dirt bikes cigs and wooden matches. Maybe a Spliffet or 2.
Say what you want about Fred Berry, but that brother was a heck of a talent. He could act and he could dance. So glad he had a career, one of which I am still enjoying to this day. I stay watching What's Happenin and What's Happenin Now.
We went to church together in his last days he was homeless, but we didn’t know to later ‘til we checked his old raggedy car showed evidence of depression homeless life in a car.
Grew up with What's Happening watching Fred and trying to dance like him. I remember being surprised seeing him play a pimp in Vice Squad years later. 🤔Didn't Fred have a cameo on Martin in the Hollywood Swinging episode! He and my father passed a few months apart, so 2003 totally sucked!
He came to my church, and people thought he was a Christian and boy was we fooled. We had 2 Services. My pastor got so mad at him he kicked him out of the church.
You're all fooled by thinking that your church is Christian. (not saying that because you kicked Mr. Berry out, but because you follow the doctrines and traditions of man, not Christ Jesus and his Father).
Rest in peace, Fred Berry rest in peace Shirley Hemphill🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🙏🏾 Hollywood broke him. He didn’t have that much money, and he was using drugs off the bus happening TV, set buying drugs to support his habit.
Whats happening was a great show . I use to watch it all the time in the 80s as a kid . I'd say the interaction between Roger and his sister were the funniest , but the whole cast was funny too.
The main thing,,, he made peace with God,,, that’s the important thing,,, he gave his heart to the Lord,,, I’m proud of him,,, he did the right thing,,, he was ready,,, yes in the the 70s they wasn’t paying the black actors right,,,they did get less,,,but praise the Lord ,,,now he’s free,,, he don’t have to worry about earthly things,,, he’s free,,,🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
Thats the most important thing to do in life. People may wrong you and do bad things to you ..but dont die with the hate. Let it go..forgive..and give in to Jesus!
I cant post anything about mr berry as a person or professional but i always enjoyed the show. And remember the night he stopped in the restaurant i was at that night...
Fred was a very important part of the show, but in my opinion when Mabel King lenft the show after the 2nd season......the show just wasn't the same any more. In addition, more screen time for the "Rabbit"....aka....Ray Vitte, and Ray the policemen (friend of the family) for one episode would have helped as well. Dee's character had a friend named Robin should have been included to.
If anybody deserved more money it should have been the bratty sister Dee played by the great Danielle Spencer. SHE is the one that made the show as well as Mabel King as Mama.
I am James F Jr... First of all one of the comments . This person said, that Fred Berry... Thought he was worth more than he was. When you are on the Entertainment system industry or any field of employment. You have to dictate your worth. Do you think Denzel got where he is by lacking Self Worth. That is a Bold comment. I commend him for fighting for what he believed. The other claims by his wife or wives. His Abusive nature was uncalled for. However, it wasn't violence directed towards the Wives. He was Bitter with himself . He felt he should have been more than he was. I get that... I walked in similar shoes 👟. People don't just blurt out things to be heard. Think about a Situation, listen and observe, there are clues to how a person is feeling and Living in their actions... That is all I have to say. .God Bless You All.
He was the most famous star on the show even to this day my uncle calls me rerun and I live in Alabama and I'm white... That's how famous the dude was he also made a pair of underwear that never got patented but it kept your balls separated it was a genius idea that still hasn't taken off... I think I'm going to do it and call him the reruns... He was worth his weight in gold but they didn't pay him correctly.
@@thomasmurphy9348 i think "tattoo" was the only one holding up the race card, "a Frenchman cant get paid as much as Ricardo Montalban? But, but, i am french!.." As he was being escorted off the set.🤣
These shows with predominant African American cast members during the 70s,80s were your typical stereotype shows written by, you probably guessed it JEWISH writers, they All became the Wealthiest by using African Americans, usually for a brief moment in short lived T.V. shows, The same applied during the 60s, when African Americans in music were abundant, from Aretha, the Drifters, the Shirelles, the Crystals and so many more, these artists earned peanuts compared to the songwriters of some of the Greatest Hits of that 1960s ERA.
I can't believe everything Essie Berry says, I thought they were divorced before he passed? She was clout chasing off his name for the longest and still is. Sad
@@fatonyalmitchell3281 She came late and wasnt even at his bedside when he died. She was an embarrassment at his funeral, to which she didn't contribute a dime.
@@SlideJones he had a estate so she didn't need to chip in Eitherway at some point they cared about each other 💞 and that all that matters.....Time heal everything but again it's her story to tell.... Eitherway best life positive wishes continuing from DuuuuuuvvvvvvvvaaaaaLLLLLLLL county jax fl USA 😊.
Here's the thing: Fred was the breakout character in that show. When you think What's happening, the first character you think of is Rerun. If you look at a show like Jersey Shore today which is garbage, the breakout character is Snooki. As talentless and useless as she is, she spoke up and got a raise as well as the cast also. So as far as I'm concerned, Fred had every right to speak up.
I never really gave much thought about the cast being black . To me the show was just about some likable fun loving kids . Thats a good thing because as a little white kid I was used to seeing tough street people being played by black actors . I might have had an unfair opinion of black people had that been my only experience with black people . When I was little there was not a lot of commingling of black and white children . This show was a bright spot .
Rerun was portrayed as the fat guy of the show, and looking at him in this video, yeah he’s larger than the other cast members, but he’s really not fat.
Fred Berry came to my highschool my senior year in 1995/96. At that point he was a minister. He spoke a positive message but since it was a public school he couldn't talk about the religious aspect of his message but was still a great motivational speech.
I met Fred "Rerun" Berry in Walmart in Albany back in 2000. He was a really nice man. I got an Autograph from him. I told him that my family and I never missed an episode. Of What's Happening and What's Happening Now. I really glad I met him before his passing. CONTINUE TO RIP😢 RERUN.
Right? Albany Georgia?
Resurrection around the corner.❤❤
A Thousand Albanys in The U S
Why you Tagging me I Didn’t Post the Dumb Sh!t
His wife was with him through it all. Sometimes people need to leave it alone. Let's remember Fred Rerun Berry for all the wonderful memories and laughs. I still watch the series.❤
Me too still watch I love what's Happening
History is history. Can't go back and change it. . This video made me think of my days as a kid in the 70's and early 80's. Good Times indeed.
@@joebudi5136 Fred didn't do anything to us, except become a part of some great memories. Hopefully he got things right with God before he passed. Hollyweird is known for corrupting people lives. Most can't handle the fame not live up to the image projected upon them.
Exactly you made an excuse point.
Let's remember the fun times
Watching That show.
Avoid the vultures trying to make a quick buck .
Or get likes on their terrible channel.
I met him in 2002. he hit the dance and everything. He made my day.
Fred deserved every penny and 100x more. He brought so much happiness to my early immigrant years in the US. RIP. We miss you, Rerun!
Yes sir!
Boo hoo , Kleenex tissue anyone
Think what you want, short bus shawty. May you and your snakes have a good day playing in traffic😂😂
Glad to hear the Lord got Him before passing away. ❤
I still love this show ! Watch it in reruns. Loved all the characters, especially mama.
Mabel King!? I loved her in the black version Wizard of Oz!!! With Michael Jackson & Diana Ross!
If you haven’t seen it watch the whole movie! Mabel was singing it up! Very memorable moments watching her perform/sing!!!!🙏🏽👋🏻
@@orlandojohnson5742, I've been wanting to see that ! I heard it was great. I do really Mabel King so I'll watch it this weekend. Thanks !
Mabel King was so beautiful and I was scared of her in the movie The Wiz, singing No bad news😂❤ I'm 49 and still afraid of Evilene.
Mama: Roja, give Mama a hug.
Roja: Mama
Mama: Yes son
Roja: I can't breathe 😂😂😂😂
@@kathypappas6867It was ok. Nothing special!❤
Rerun was the heart of the whole show. Everyone watched the show just to watch him dance. It was amazing to see such a large man move the way he did.
Speak for yourself, I watched it for all of them but MY favorite was Dee. Still, I think they all were significant to the show.
Not true. Roger, Dwayne & Shirley were every bit as entertaining as Re-Run. Dee & Mama were also amusing! Everyone's contributions had me rivited to the tube as a kid 💯🙌
I forgot how funny dee was and Shirley was.
Not at all! I don't know where you get that from? What would make you lie like that?
That whole show was at the 4th grade level.
R.I.P Fred Berry. This legend was on a popular show during the era of great television and music. He is in heaven doing those fantastic dance moves. Gone but never ever forgotten. Love Fred forever❤❤
i loved that show as a kid
Me too
Me 3
Me 4. I loved that show as a kid too
Still do honestly
I think they all deserved a raise and I think the show should have kept Mabel King. I really missed her being on the show. They didn't have to cancel the shows.
He also became a ordained minister in Madison Alabama, he married me and my second wife along with 99 other couples in a promotion for a rock station in Bham Alabama this was in the late 90s...edited , I typed this before they said this in the video, I'm glad they mentioned that in the video about him becoming a ordained minster in Madison Alabama
Fred was great on the show, it wasn't the same without him. The girls who played Dee, and Shirley were a riot too, too bad we didn't get a few more seasons.
Thumbs for Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre for putting Fred Berry and The Dramatics in their video Doggy Dogg World.
There was a lot of old school in that video.
Everyone on that show was good.
I loved when Shirley would always bust on Rerun lol
Met him also near his end at a local club on Grand and Kossuth and I personally know the brother was genuine easy to relate to, being from the housing projects in St.Louis St.Louis
What's Happening was on Channel 9 at 4pm...Loved it!!!😁
Fred was always on my lips in the 80's. He was so funny to me. The absolute best character.
Its sad how entertainers who make us the happiest watching them....Are often the saddest people, off set (and often the loneliest.)....... Many Reruns of peace, rest and joy to you Fred Berry.☮💜✝
Truth like Robin Williams and many others who's literal job was to make others happy
STILL one of my Fav Shows👏🏽I LOVED me some Dwayne🥰Me and My Cousins imitated every ReRun Move💃🏾 The entire caste was and always will be ICONIC 💯🫶🏽🙏🏾
I personally met this man and spent a whole hour talking to him he was a sweet and humble guy
I could care less what she says about him
He can’t defend himself that’s sad
Fred was the star of the show and deserved proper compensation.
Didn't really know why. That baby talking voice was irritating as hell. It was tolerable for a minute. But to keep that sh!t on what's happening now and you're over the age of 30... that was cringe as h3ll.. 😬😬😬🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️ Do love the show though....
Fred Was Fired........... cuz he was SMART
Yup we all know Back then if an actor stood up for themselves stubborn studio beads fired then look at Suzanne sommers she was fired for the same reason
He was fired because he kept wanting more .money and he wanted everyone to go along with him but they didn't.
@@athorpe630 when they stick together like Friends did you win but back then it was much tougher industry
he was smart . and white racist male producers was crazy@@athorpe630
hell he was worth it... archie bunker was geting paid more.. and had the LESSER ratings... that was that racism @@athorpe630
He was an icon TO ALL AMERICA!! Not just the black community. EVeryone loved that show!!
Everybody remembers the Rerun dance moves 70s and 80s was the best time to grow up. No internet just dirt bikes cigs and wooden matches. Maybe a Spliffet or 2.
I grew up watching Rerun on television and he was the best actor on that show! 😅
Rerun, Dwayne, dee, raj, amd mama. I never forget this show
His decline and Substance abuse was his fall. Met him near end
Yes Fred Rerun Berry deserves more money 💰 and he worked hard for it.
Met Fred(rerun)in 95/96 at Mediaplay..super cool brother
Nobody can Rest in Peace anymore
Shit with a wife like that still throwing dirt on his grave, how can he!
Say what you want about Fred Berry, but that brother was a heck of a talent. He could act and he could dance. So glad he had a career, one of which I am still enjoying to this day. I stay watching What's Happenin and What's Happenin Now.
Absolutely love the show, he was definitely a stand out. One of the first to do the cool big dude thing. What a loss
We went to church together in his last days he was homeless, but we didn’t know to later ‘til we checked his old raggedy car showed evidence of depression homeless life in a car.
What church and why didn’t they help?
this was the black grease 1 and 2 and i love this they need to do a rerun
Fred Berry, we love you brother, you were the shit! They just did not want to compensate you, back then. for your earned efforts.
I loved What’s Happening. Wish it was on tv now. I never missed an episode!
Check tubi
@@rachelr3230 thank you!!!
Grew up with What's Happening watching Fred and trying to dance like him. I remember being surprised seeing him play a pimp in Vice Squad years later. 🤔Didn't Fred have a cameo on Martin in the Hollywood Swinging episode! He and my father passed a few months apart, so 2003 totally sucked!
Same reason Mabel King quit. Those actors were so underappreciated. Loved every one of them.
She also was having medical issues
Rerun will always be my favorite pop locker😁
As King Solomon said...never tell a woman a secret.
What verse is that? Also, as wise and prosperous as King Solomon was, he died unfaithful.
Facts 💯
we grew up watching the show made th world 🌎🌍
Fred berry didnt forget his gift that God blessedl him.
#FreeRerun !! Loved him growing up. Even attempted to pop lock horribly in his honor back in the day.
"Cocaine is a hell of a drug"- Rick James
My dad appreciated the show so we watched it every week.
Rerun and Dee were the show!
Dee has become a veteranarian
Dee reminded me of my little sister..lol she was a smartass too ...loved that show
True my favorite two ❤️ ♥️
I remember seeing Fred Berry in the movie vice squad
I credit him on the early days of IMDB when user could make entries. Why no one mentions him on Vice Squad baffles me.
2:56 🗣️🎙️ Rip Rerun 😢🙏🏽
That was a hit show , entertaining to watch too.
I remember meeting him once. He came to a small town school in Alabama. He charged everyone $2 for an autographed photo lol
To this day and I'm 50 years old now I can still hear the music to the intro for the Theme song of that show
Lady, let it go. He has been gone for a long time. Can we not let him rest
I didn't think anyone was alive who remembered Rerun except me.
It feels that way the older I get. Rerun was the man! There's still some of us left.
He came to my church, and people thought he was a Christian and boy was we fooled. We had 2 Services. My pastor got so mad at him he kicked him out of the church.
That bastard!
Wow smfh that must make you proud.
You're all fooled by thinking that your church is Christian. (not saying that because you kicked Mr. Berry out, but because you follow the doctrines and traditions of man, not Christ Jesus and his Father).
@fendibabii2118 Nope she tried to shake down my pastor for more money. My pastor kicked him out.
Rest in peace, Fred Berry rest in peace Shirley Hemphill🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🙏🏾 Hollywood broke him. He didn’t have that much money, and he was using drugs off the bus happening TV, set buying drugs to support his habit.
I’d definitely attend a church hosted by REVEREND RE-RUN….
Whats happening was a great show . I use to watch it all the time in the 80s as a kid . I'd say the interaction between Roger and his sister were the funniest , but the whole cast was funny too.
The main thing,,, he made peace with God,,, that’s the important thing,,, he gave his heart to the Lord,,, I’m proud of him,,, he did the right thing,,, he was ready,,, yes in the the 70s they wasn’t paying the black actors right,,,they did get less,,,but praise the Lord ,,,now he’s free,,, he don’t have to worry about earthly things,,, he’s free,,,🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
That’s not a universal truth. We all aren’t brainwashed or conditioned by the system.
Thats the most important thing to do in life. People may wrong you and do bad things to you ..but dont die with the hate. Let it go..forgive..and give in to Jesus!
I cant post anything about mr berry as a person or professional but i always enjoyed the show. And remember the night he stopped in the restaurant i was at that night...
Fred was a very important part of the show, but in my opinion when Mabel King lenft the show after the 2nd season......the show just wasn't the same any more. In addition, more screen time for the "Rabbit"....aka....Ray Vitte, and Ray the policemen (friend of the family) for one episode would have helped as well. Dee's character had a friend named Robin should have been included to.
RERUN... had the RIGHT to Require MORE Money... he was the BIGGER STAR
This show was so cool. I love all of them.
If anybody deserved more money it should have been the bratty sister Dee played by the great Danielle Spencer. SHE is the one that made the show as well as Mabel King as Mama.
❤
I agree, Dee was the star of the show!
Yes I loved Dee she was to funny 😂One of the reasons why I still watch this show until this day.❤
@@PrettyMe-b1s Same here😁
She's a veterinarian now
I remember being a kid watching the show and I thought the name of the show was called "Rerun" lol that's literally what we all called it.
Hey hey hey 🤠
Very talented; i miss him.
Miss him much Rerun😢❤😢
He found God ! Hallelujah ‼️
Mann Fred Berry was insane 😲😂
I saw him in the 90's he was doing good he still wore those hats tho😂.
One of the best shows of all time❤
I feel like Stewie's outfit was inspired by Rerun.
Back in early 2000, I saw Fred at a club/lounge in Maryland spoke to him too, folks said he was a regular
Gosh i loved this show when i was little
Rest Easy Brother Rerun❤❤❤❤
He came to nyc. I met him
SOMETHING MUST'VE BOUGHT ME HERE ✅✅ CUZ 2 DAY IZ RE-RUNS(FRED BERRY)'S BIRTHDAY 3/19 A COOL ASS PISCES JUSS LIKE MY MOM'S 👌
I am James F Jr... First of all one of the comments . This person said, that Fred Berry... Thought he was worth more than he was. When you are on the Entertainment system industry or any field of employment. You have to dictate your worth. Do you think Denzel got where he is by lacking Self Worth. That is a Bold comment. I commend him for fighting for what he believed. The other claims by his wife or wives. His Abusive nature was uncalled for. However, it wasn't violence directed towards the Wives. He was Bitter with himself . He felt he should have been more than he was. I get that... I walked in similar shoes 👟. People don't just blurt out things to be heard. Think about a Situation, listen and observe, there are clues to how a person is feeling and Living in their actions... That is all I have to say. .God Bless You All.
Fred knew what time it was. That whole cast did.
A white pop locker, LOL?! >_
He was the most famous star on the show even to this day my uncle calls me rerun and I live in Alabama and I'm white... That's how famous the dude was he also made a pair of underwear that never got patented but it kept your balls separated it was a genius idea that still hasn't taken off... I think I'm going to do it and call him the reruns... He was worth his weight in gold but they didn't pay him correctly.
Thanks for making me laugh so much.
you see how we dont stick together. everyone should of stood up
So, Taraji should take a hint from Fred's situation...everyone is replaceable.🎯
Remember Suzanne Somers and Three's Company?...same thing..ego and money collide.
Also, Lauren Tewes, Shelley Long, Farrah Fawcett, and Hervey "tattoo" Villachaize.
@@victormorales3604 I forgot about those actors...same exact thing..no racism involved..sad...but Long is the only one alive today..time marches on.
@@thomasmurphy9348 i think "tattoo" was the only one holding up the race card,
"a Frenchman cant get paid as much as Ricardo Montalban? But, but, i am french!.."
As he was being escorted off the set.🤣
Fred Berry was So cool.
I loved to dance but he was lhe best on the dance floor
They did and are doing that to most black actors and actresses
My ex was a close friend of the character Dee.
He was the heart of the show no doubt 🙏🏿
I'd glad he found peace in God and got clean...
These shows with predominant African American cast members during the 70s,80s were your typical stereotype shows written by, you probably guessed it JEWISH writers, they All became the Wealthiest by using African Americans, usually for a brief moment in short lived T.V. shows, The same applied during the 60s, when African Americans in music were abundant, from Aretha, the Drifters, the Shirelles, the Crystals and so many more, these artists earned peanuts compared to the songwriters of some of the Greatest Hits of that 1960s ERA.
They wanted him to be the go along guy!!!
I can't believe everything Essie Berry says, I thought they were divorced before he passed? She was clout chasing off his name for the longest and still is. Sad
If she told her life story it still would include him....her story to tell
She is a liar and I have hours of proof. Look up spooktv7 or the regulators. they know.
@@fatonyalmitchell3281 She came late and wasnt even at his bedside when he died. She was an embarrassment at his funeral, to which she didn't contribute a dime.
@@SlideJones he had a estate so she didn't need to chip in Eitherway at some point they cared about each other 💞 and that all that matters.....Time heal everything but again it's her story to tell.... Eitherway best life positive wishes continuing from DuuuuuuvvvvvvvvaaaaaLLLLLLLL county jax fl USA 😊.
@fatonya you sound simple. Sisters like you are why Kevin Samuels was so popular.
Damn re run had a plane!💰
When Mable King died she had a net worth of 250,000.😮 Not broke.. but not rich by any means .
I went to George Washington High School on 108th and Normandie in L.A. CA. In 68 & 69
Here's the thing: Fred was the breakout character in that show. When you think What's happening, the first character you think of is Rerun.
If you look at a show like Jersey Shore today which is garbage, the breakout character is Snooki. As talentless and useless as she is, she spoke up and got a raise as well as the cast also. So as far as I'm concerned, Fred had every right to speak up.
I never really gave much thought about the cast being black . To me the show was just about some likable fun loving kids . Thats a good thing because as a little white kid I was used to seeing tough street people being played by black actors . I might have had an unfair opinion of black people had that been my only experience with black people . When I was little there was not a lot of commingling of black and white children . This show was a bright spot .
Rerun was portrayed as the fat guy of the show, and looking at him in this video, yeah he’s larger than the other cast members, but he’s really not fat.
Just think if he would've succeeded in standing up for sooo many of us!!!
He burned through a million dollars???They didn’t make that type of money then 🤔