RIP to Esther Rolle, Ja'Net Dubois, Johnny Brown, Ben Powers, Helen Martin who played Wanda, Norman Lear and Theodore Wilson who played Sweet Daddy Williams
One episode, hadn't Penny's mother burned her with a iron? I'm watching reruns on Tubi but I haven't got that far. I'm just letting them play in order. Enjoy your afternoon - 🌹
@lorihutton4719 They didn't show the "actual" abuse because obviously, it would be too graphic for network TV, but Penny's mom did burn her with an iron in the storyline.
Fun Fact: And so did Gary Coleman . All three: Kim Fields, Janet Jackson and Gary Coleman appeared together on a Good Times episode. And all three also appeared on Different Strokes at one time.
Sometimes an unexpected break out star happens, I hate that so many people act like JJ being liked was some terrible thing. He was the balance to an otherwise heavy drama.
The fact that they didn't want her to have a husband tells you everything you need to know about this country. Always trying to paint a negative picture of our community. SICK
Reality is many of us if not the majority of us didn’t have active fathers in those projects. Therefore really it wasn’t portraying a negative picture but reality.
@@Keziah1979in that era, it wasn’t the majority. Folks weren’t having babies out of wedlock either, communities stuck together, and took pride in the little they had.. those on welfare had to keep the fathers out of the house, but it was already known the fathers just removed all their belongings until the unannounced pop up was over.
@@Keziah1979not true because many families were as nuclear in the projects as they were in the suburbs. Also, Good Times literally took a successful couple from Maude, moved them to the hood, and made them poor. They intentionally made us look bad and added comedy to it.
I always wonder how the show would have ended if they never let James go. He was a hardworking father and husband and he deserved his happy ending with his family, but never got the chance to see his family make it out of the ghetto.
I Could Understand The Stances Of The John Amos and The Late Great Esther Rolle. However Jimmie Walker Was A Comedian, That Was His Job! Hollywood Could Be COLD and Cruel. Good Times Was Golden. Norman Lear Is A THIEF. Let’s Give Eric Monte His Flowers. He’s Still Among The Living.
Wow, this show is literally 50 years old lmao. Praying you do the show Hangin with Mr. Cooper with Mark Curry and The Parent ‘Hood starring Robert Townsend and the late Suzzanne Douglas 🕊️.
James Evans was a real Black man like my dad, my uncles and men just my neighborhood. He was the glue and just like with society if there is no father in the home, life gets harder.
Most disturbing is the fact that the writers room was all white and when suggestions/requests were made for black writers, it was denied. It's an example of Lear and company's short sightedness, lack of respect for the black community he was supposed to be writing for and greed. For me the JJ character became hard to look at his catch phrase was over used. John Amos was totally correct, the ambitions of the other children should have been an additional focus of the show rather than exploiting the clownishness of JJs character.
I own Good Times dvd set. I've bought it when I was moving out of my parents' house and when I had to wait for my internet provider to come. I've watched the series for 1 week of no tv and internet. Glad I bought it!!
Comedian Jay Leno made his debut on Good Times as Jimmy Walker was friends with Leno and David Letterman. Look how their careers turned out! I loved the episode The Rent Party and the talent show episodes.
Fun Fact: The age difference between John Amos and Jimmy Walker is very similar to Phylicia Rashad and Sabrina Le Beauf on The Cosby Show. Despite portraying the oldest daughter on the show, Sabrina is actually ten years younger than Phylicia in real life.
I feel that Norman Lear did John Amos(James) dirty. Smh Honorable mention a few actors/actresses(Chip Fields was 1 of them) appeared on the show playing different roles
Good Times is my all time favorite sitcom & it’s the most realistic & influential sitcom of all time. Get we please get stories on the following sitcoms: Julia That’s My Momma Sanford & Son What’s Happening Grady
Id vote no on Grady. It didnt even last a full season. Just 10 episodes. But YES on TMM. I loved Theodore Wilson. He was such a fun actor. He met his wife on that show. Passed away too soon to me.
All I remember about this show was for some reason I always caught the episode after James died and Florida slamming down that glass punch bowl screaming damn, damn, damn. It wasn’t like I did that on purpose either, it just always was at that episode whenever I caught it in syndication. 🥴
Good Times holds a special place in my heart. Yes, it was filled with stereotypes but there were a lot of Black people who identified with the show like my grandmother.
Wow to me I feel like Good Times and Family Matters both had a similar situation. Esther Rolle had an issue with Jimmy Walker's charater JJ Evans and Jo Marie Payton had an issue with Jaleel White's charater Steve Urkel. John Amos wanted better for the show because he got tired of playing the poor black man trying to make it and want it better for his family. That's why he was frustrated with the producers and gave them a piece of his mind which caused him to be fired from the show. All in all good times it's a classic BTW Happy 50th Anniversary Good Times which still comes on TV One.
I get John Amos being frustrated with the direction of the show same thing happened with Meredith Baxter on Family Ties; that was a vehicle for her and it became all about the character of Alex P. Keaton. Not to say Michael J. Fox isn’t awesome, but Family Ties didn’t end up being the show that it was originally supposed to be.
Ok so I've been bingeing and I've come to the conclusion that this Pop is NOT Juicy!😆 It's more like sparkling water!😂😂😂But it's nicely presented surface info about some of my favorite subjects so ...still subbed!
I was very upset when John Amos left the show. Jimmy walker is hilarious and personally I thought he was " DYNAMITE "! It's upsetting that there was problems between the cast. Regardless of the issues Good Times is by far one of the greatest sitcoms ever!
After a few years of the show, I became disguised with the JJ character and a few others. I matured and was burnt out by the blaxploitation movies of the 70s. JJ, George Jefferson, and Archie Bunker were the worst examples of three different classes of men. Jimmy Walker did only himself a favor with that character but supplied no real good example for young black men.
Hey juicy pop do you know that Sinbad had his own show I actually watched it one time but forgot all about it but on the Internet is said he only made one season can you explain to us why he did not make a second season?
...some OTHER trivia tidbits I'd like to add about "Good Times", if I may, Juicy Pop....(cont.) - ...Wilona was originally going to be a "Lady Of The Evening" (living next Door) to explain the age difference to Florida; another Older actress was going to play Florida's BFF, but got replaced by Ja'Net, which made Esther mad....but, BOTH Actresses nixed that idea, and Norman agreed..... - ...Bernadette (as 'Thelma') was TV's *FIRST* Black Teen Girl...EVER; She opened the Doors to Janet Jackson, Kim Fields, Lark Voorhies, Brandy, Tatyana Ali, Lisa Bonet, Tempset Bledsoe, and MANY others..... - Ralph Carter ('Michael') actually is Disco's first (charting) Male 'Disco Divo'...he had 2 Top Ten Disco hits ("Young & In Love", #10 Disco, & "Extra Extra", #5 Disco) in 1975, giving him the FIRST back-to back (charting) Disco hits by a Man....BEFORE Barry White! - JAY LENO was One the head writers for the Show (along with David Letterman), who sprung off to Comedian work, then their respected TV Evening Talk Shows...... - ..."Good Times" actually was cancelled Jan., 1979 (for a March '79 end date), but due to a strike & pre-empted Shows, it got a Summer airing to 'burn off' the (pre-taped) Episodes.....and finally ended, when CHIC's "Good Times" was the #1 Song in the Country (August 1979)! - ...and, although this was mentioned at a 00's College appearance that wasn't taped...It was said that the Episode "Stomach Mumps" had to be re-taped, because there was actual filmed footage of Penny's 'confrontation' (by a Young male actor)....but the audience got SO riled, they were drowning out the Mic's sound pickup and they had to escort to Male Actor out of the Studio, for his SAFETY!
Jay Leno appeared on an episode of Good Times. The name of the episode is J.J. in Trouble. J.J. thought he caught a STD from a girl that he once dated .
@@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc ...yep...I was going to mention the Episode, because it remains the 1st show dealing with the topic of the 'Vee-Dee' ....."What's Happening" has a similar Ep, but "Good Times" was the FIRST....
GOOD TIMES was one of my favorite shows. James is the best 'tv Dad' ever because he was whom I wish my Dad was. If they keep the politics outta tv and let the audience contribute their ideas then tv would be possibly great again. A lot of inside stuff happened but all of them still played tneir parts well.
Honestly, stories like these make me appreciate Seinfeld more. He didn't care that the other actors were getting the limelight for a show that he was the star of. He really just wanted to make the funniest show possible even if the best lines/scenes were given to others.
Other actors and actresses who appeared in Good Times also appeared on other Norman Lear tv sitcoms. Not only that, Redd Foxx also had issues with Norman Lear behind the scenes of Sanford & Son. Come to think of it, I'd like to see another Juicy Pop video of other Norman Lear tv sitcoms Sanford & Son, Silver Spoons, One Day at a Time, The Facts of Life, etc
That’s so sad how those writers just really write out the main leads that the show was written for what’s crazier is that some shows are still doing that to this day
Kinda surprised it wasn't mentioned in this video, but did anyone used to notice JJ would sometimes be seen talking to himself while another cast member would be talking? I think sometimes he'd even be repeating their lines, but you can see his mouth moving.
I met Ms. Bern Nadette Stanis a few years ago and she looks amazing. Beautiful skin, hair, etc. She was so night. I could barely speak because I was sooo starstruck 🖤 OAN: My little brother and coworkers always said they didn't like this show and knew it was created about a bunch of Caucasians. Because it was everything but good. Whenever something positive was about to take place for the Evans' family, it never went through.
If John Amos didn’t get fired,
it definitely would have went on for more seasons.
I agree👍🏾💯
It wasn't the same without John Amos..
I agree 👍🏿💯
I know hindsight is 20/20. But WTF did they think was gonna happen when they fired John Amos ?😕 They killed the show right there.
Agreed but that speaks to the arrogance of the producers.
Keith was able to slap Thelma & JJ & Michael didn't do a DAMN thing! JAMES SR. WOULD NEEEVAAAA
@@sweetwaterwilliams5861 They were in shock and two, it was a big payoff moment when Thelma slapped Ben back!
Good Times focusing on J.J. was like Family Matters focusing on Steve Urkel
Urkel brought in ratings and was super popular. Was JJ honestly more popular than James Sr?
Ain’t nothing new under the sun
And jimmy walker was clearly the least experienced and least talented cast member
Don't you lump The Ebony Prince in with that nerd
RIP to Esther Rolle, Ja'Net Dubois, Johnny Brown, Ben Powers, Helen Martin who played Wanda, Norman Lear and Theodore Wilson who played Sweet Daddy Williams
Don't forget Douglas Grant who played characters Sweet Pea and Eddie
Don't forget Dap "Sugar" Willie who played Lootin Lenny who died when he was only 55.
And now John Amos as
of August 21st,2024.
James being killed off has to still be one of the most unexpected TV moments
It is in my opinion. No one thought that would ever happen.
Right
That's when the sitcom plummet
@@KevinPayton-fq8gdthe producers wanted that and when they got it the ratings dropped
@@kittkatt8180 Right. It was still a good show but wasn't the same without John Amos.
The storyline of Penny's abuse actually brought me to tears. The scared emotions that Janet Jackson displayed on the show was heartbreaking.
Yes it was.
One episode, hadn't Penny's mother burned her with a iron? I'm watching reruns on Tubi but I haven't got that far. I'm just letting them play in order.
Enjoy your afternoon - 🌹
@lorihutton4719 They didn't show the "actual" abuse because obviously, it would be too graphic for network TV, but Penny's mom did burn her with an iron in the storyline.
Rest In Peace Esther Rolle, John Amos, Ja'net DuBois,and John Brown and all other cast members that have passed on.🕊🕊🕊🕊
Kim Fields also appeared on Good Times as Penny's best friend Kim
Kim's real-life mom, Chip Fields played Penny's mom.
Fun Fact: And so did Gary Coleman . All three: Kim Fields, Janet Jackson and Gary Coleman appeared together on a Good Times episode. And all three also appeared on Different Strokes at one time.
I don’t know the episode but it was when Florida returned driving the school bus.
*When "James Evans" died, the show died as well* 😢
Sometimes an unexpected break out star happens, I hate that so many people act like JJ being liked was some terrible thing. He was the balance to an otherwise heavy drama.
The Good Times theme song never gets old
The fact that they didn't want her to have a husband tells you everything you need to know about this country. Always trying to paint a negative picture of our community. SICK
Demonic intentions
Facts. Im glad she stuck to her guns too.
Reality is many of us if not the majority of us didn’t have active fathers in those projects. Therefore really it wasn’t portraying a negative picture but reality.
@@Keziah1979in that era, it wasn’t the majority. Folks weren’t having babies out of wedlock either, communities stuck together, and took pride in the little they had.. those on welfare had to keep the fathers out of the house, but it was already known the fathers just removed all their belongings until the unannounced pop up was over.
@@Keziah1979not true because many families were as nuclear in the projects as they were in the suburbs. Also, Good Times literally took a successful couple from Maude, moved them to the hood, and made them poor. They intentionally made us look bad and added comedy to it.
I always wonder how the show would have ended if they never let James go. He was a hardworking father and husband and he deserved his happy ending with his family, but never got the chance to see his family make it out of the ghetto.
It was really sad that good times never been the same without john amos ❤❤❤
I Could Understand The Stances Of The John Amos and The Late Great Esther Rolle. However Jimmie Walker Was A Comedian, That Was His Job! Hollywood Could Be COLD and Cruel. Good Times Was Golden. Norman Lear Is A THIEF. Let’s Give Eric Monte His Flowers. He’s Still Among The Living.
Exactly
We have lost the great John Amos 😢 per reports, he died August 21st but was only publicly announced today. I am beyond devastated 💔😞
Wow, this show is literally 50 years old lmao.
Praying you do the show Hangin with Mr. Cooper with Mark Curry and The Parent ‘Hood starring Robert Townsend and the late Suzzanne Douglas 🕊️.
Both are on my list. Stay tuned!😉
@@JuicyPopEntertainment I cannot wait
@@JuicyPopEntertainment5:00 wow 😮😳.
I'm bingeing on the Parenthood on Tubi😇😇❣❣🙏🙏🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌
James Evans was a real Black man like my dad, my uncles and men just my neighborhood. He was the glue and just like with society if there is no father in the home, life gets harder.
John looked way older than 34, however he aged very well
"I'm not as important as I had previously thought." This is true for every job. We must keep all things in their proper perspectives.
One of my fav shows ever! Rest in peace to all who have transitioned.
The music video for Camp Lo's song Black Nostaljic paid homage to Good Times as well
Prayers for John Amos 🙏
It sounds like everything behind the scenes was anything but Good Times. No need for a remake, the show ended on a good note.
They took away the head of the household and the show never recovered‼️
THEY NEVER WANTED A HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD!..THEY NEVER WANTED A BLACK SOLID FAMILY UNIT
The episode with Gary Coleman was awesome
Gary Coleman made 2 appearances on Good Times.
The Episode when James died was sooo sad...and the first time Penny was on...😢
Most disturbing is the fact that the writers room was all white and when suggestions/requests were made for black writers, it was denied. It's an example of Lear and company's short sightedness, lack of respect for the black community he was supposed to be writing for and greed. For me the JJ character became hard to look at his catch phrase was over used. John Amos was totally correct, the ambitions of the other children should have been an additional focus of the show rather than exploiting the clownishness of JJs character.
I own Good Times dvd set. I've bought it when I was moving out of my parents' house and when I had to wait for my internet provider to come. I've watched the series for 1 week of no tv and internet. Glad I bought it!!
The Wayans Bros's episode Unspoken Token paid homage to Good Times
I loved it
A lot of black sitcoms like to mock Esther Rolle when she said, Damn, Damn, Damn.
Yep.
And Ja’Net,who was already playing
their grandmother,reprised her
Willona role,Johnny Brown
(Bookman)came,
and Bernadette Stanis(Thelma).
When they killed James I stopped watching it because Moses Gunn couldn’t replicate James . It’s a shame that he didn’t bring him back
It’s sad that they wanted ester roll to be a single mother. This was one of the best shows ever. When John left the show for cheesy.
Fun Fact: Eddie Murphy bought the painting.
They screwed up when they fired John Amos.....
It was a big mistake letting him go from the show
Good morning 🌞 and thanks. While I watched this as i got older, i saw how JJ took over with his silly antics.
Good morning!☀Thanks for watching!
@@JuicyPopEntertainment4:08 You're welcome 🤗😁.
"Hangin in and jivin." Now that's a lyric with ambition.
I’m here for this video! Juicy pop Monday’s 💃🏾💃🏾
💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽
@@JuicyPopEntertainment4:32 💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃nice 👍🙂.
The addition of Carl was the dumbest idea ever.
And to an extent,
Keith’s addition was dumb as well.
(Especially when he did those voices.)
@@jaylene.turner6524 that's right keith (ben powers) was a dumb iidea after he slapped Thelma.
I hope all of the surviving cast are doing good ♥️🙏
Your research is impeccable.I'm probably on my 6 video right now.This is very interesting.Thank you for your research
Janet will be Esther's age in May when they first worked together on Good Times. The oldest actor on the show. 😅😊
Forever a TV institution, Good Times🤟🏾! Great video as well!
🙏🏻🙏🏼🙏🏽🙏🏾🙏🏿 Rest In Peace 💐🪽🕊️🪽💐to the Actors & Actresses that passed
This is hands down one if the best channels on UA-cam and the narrator is top tier.🎉🎉🎉
Happy 50th anniversary to Good Times!!
This show ended after 3 seasons. The rent party was the last episode. It never survived John leaving.
Comedian Jay Leno made his debut on Good Times as Jimmy Walker was friends with Leno and David Letterman. Look how their careers turned out! I loved the episode The Rent Party and the talent show episodes.
Fun Fact: The age difference between John Amos and Jimmy Walker is very similar to Phylicia Rashad and Sabrina Le Beauf on The Cosby Show. Despite portraying the oldest daughter on the show, Sabrina is actually ten years younger than Phylicia in real life.
Definitely did not know that. Sabrina really looked the age she portrayed on the show
I LOVED this show! I remember as a child in the 1970s, but then they ran it on syndication again when I was an adult. It never got old
Good Times:CBS Classic…..still in my UA-cam tv list to this day…. Happy 50th Anniversary Good Times…..
I feel that Norman Lear did John Amos(James) dirty. Smh
Honorable mention a few actors/actresses(Chip Fields was 1 of them) appeared on the show playing different roles
Great story on Good Times
❤❤❤
@@JuicyPopEntertainment2:38 ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️yes.
I actually had the pleasure of meeting johnamos, he came to my school a couple of times.
Good Times is my all time favorite sitcom & it’s the most realistic & influential sitcom of all time. Get we please get stories on the following sitcoms:
Julia
That’s My Momma
Sanford & Son
What’s Happening
Grady
Id vote no on Grady. It didnt even last a full season. Just 10 episodes. But YES on TMM. I loved Theodore Wilson. He was such a fun actor. He met his wife on that show. Passed away too soon to me.
They did Eric dirty
John Amos was the only one that had real comedic timing which made Good Times funny.
All I remember about this show was for some reason I always caught the episode after James died and Florida slamming down that glass punch bowl screaming damn, damn, damn. It wasn’t like I did that on purpose either, it just always was at that episode whenever I caught it in syndication. 🥴
RIP John Amos.
Never tell those devils your ideas
Thank you so much! 🌹🌹
Good Times holds a special place in my heart. Yes, it was filled with stereotypes but there were a lot of Black people who identified with the show like my grandmother.
One of the best hood shows all time growing up in the 1970s 1.Good Times 2.Welcome Back Khotter 3.Sanford And Son 4.The White Shadow
That was a great presentation. Thank you.
We need one the Wayans bros!
Wow...didn't know Norman Lear just passed! 101...
5:37 I miss good 💯😊 times.
6:00 love 💕😘 that show.
Love the channel and videos!
❤❤❤
@@JuicyPopEntertainment3:28 ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️lovely 😍🌹.
Love these behind the scenes of the good TV shows and movies
This sounds like a similar situation to Family Matters as JJ was like the Urkel of the show and turned it from serious to comedic.
And all the side characters he kept playing
I love every season of good times
Good Times is in my top 10 favorite shows of all time. I could laugh like I never seen the episode (even though I did)
Loving your videos
Why didn't Lear just pay Esther? Yes, he was a legend - a visionary - but the show suffered after her and James departure.
Wow to me I feel like Good Times and Family Matters both had a similar situation. Esther Rolle had an issue with Jimmy Walker's charater JJ Evans and Jo Marie Payton had an issue with Jaleel White's charater Steve Urkel. John Amos wanted better for the show because he got tired of playing the poor black man trying to make it and want it better for his family. That's why he was frustrated with the producers and gave them a piece of his mind which caused him to be fired from the show. All in all good times it's a classic BTW Happy 50th Anniversary Good Times which still comes on TV One.
I didn't know jimmie walker originally was suppose to be the scarecrow from the wiz but michael jackson (R.I.P.) was the right pick for scarecrow.
Thx for this info ❤
I get John Amos being frustrated with the direction of the show same thing happened with Meredith Baxter on Family Ties; that was a vehicle for her and it became all about the character of Alex P. Keaton. Not to say Michael J. Fox isn’t awesome, but Family Ties didn’t end up being the show that it was originally supposed to be.
They Killed the show when they KILLED JAMES....PERIODT!!
You gotta do Sanford and son and what's happening next.
Ok so I've been bingeing and I've come to the conclusion that this Pop is NOT Juicy!😆 It's more like sparkling water!😂😂😂But it's nicely presented surface info about some of my favorite subjects so ...still subbed!
Eric Monte also developed the Jeffersons.
I was very upset when John Amos left the show. Jimmy walker is hilarious and personally I thought he was " DYNAMITE "! It's upsetting that there was problems between the cast. Regardless of the issues Good Times is by far one of the greatest sitcoms ever!
After a few years of the show, I became disguised with the JJ character and a few others. I matured and was burnt out by the blaxploitation movies of the 70s. JJ, George Jefferson, and Archie Bunker were the worst examples of three different classes of men. Jimmy Walker did only himself a favor with that character but supplied no real good example for young black men.
Hey juicy pop do you know that Sinbad had his own show I actually watched it one time but forgot all about it but on the Internet is said he only made one season can you explain to us why he did not make a second season?
...some OTHER trivia tidbits I'd like to add about "Good Times", if I may, Juicy Pop....(cont.)
- ...Wilona was originally going to be a "Lady Of The Evening" (living next Door) to explain the age difference to Florida; another Older actress was going to play Florida's BFF, but got replaced by Ja'Net, which made Esther mad....but, BOTH Actresses nixed that idea, and Norman agreed.....
- ...Bernadette (as 'Thelma') was TV's *FIRST* Black Teen Girl...EVER; She opened the Doors to Janet Jackson, Kim Fields, Lark Voorhies, Brandy, Tatyana Ali, Lisa Bonet, Tempset Bledsoe, and MANY others.....
- Ralph Carter ('Michael') actually is Disco's first (charting) Male 'Disco Divo'...he had 2 Top Ten Disco hits ("Young & In Love", #10 Disco, & "Extra Extra", #5 Disco) in 1975, giving him the FIRST back-to back (charting) Disco hits by a Man....BEFORE Barry White!
- JAY LENO was One the head writers for the Show (along with David Letterman), who sprung off to Comedian work, then their respected TV Evening Talk Shows......
- ..."Good Times" actually was cancelled Jan., 1979 (for a March '79 end date), but due to a strike & pre-empted Shows, it got a Summer airing to 'burn off' the (pre-taped) Episodes.....and finally ended, when CHIC's "Good Times" was the #1 Song in the Country (August 1979)!
- ...and, although this was mentioned at a 00's College appearance that wasn't taped...It was said that the Episode "Stomach Mumps" had to be re-taped, because there was actual filmed footage of Penny's 'confrontation' (by a Young male actor)....but the audience got SO riled, they were drowning out the Mic's sound pickup and they had to escort to Male Actor out of the Studio, for his SAFETY!
Jay Leno appeared on an episode of Good Times. The name of the episode is J.J. in Trouble. J.J. thought he caught a STD from a girl that he once dated .
@@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc ...yep...I was going to mention the Episode, because it remains the 1st show dealing with the topic of the 'Vee-Dee' ....."What's Happening" has a similar Ep, but "Good Times" was the FIRST....
GOOD TIMES was one of my favorite shows. James is the best 'tv Dad' ever because he was whom I wish my Dad was. If they keep the politics outta tv and let the audience contribute their ideas then tv would be possibly great again.
A lot of inside stuff happened but all of them still played tneir parts well.
Honestly, stories like these make me appreciate Seinfeld more. He didn't care that the other actors were getting the limelight for a show that he was the star of. He really just wanted to make the funniest show possible even if the best lines/scenes were given to others.
Sad how they wanted a broken blk family to be a t.v sitcom.
Its hanging in a chow line, one of the cast already cleared that up.
Whats the beat in the beginning of this video???
I didn't watch Good Times after I heard why they fired James.
"Temporary lay off'ssss..good timesss"😮😮,"Scratching&Survivinggg"...GOOD TIMESS😮😮🎉
Other actors and actresses who appeared in Good Times also appeared on other Norman Lear tv sitcoms. Not only that, Redd Foxx also had issues with Norman Lear behind the scenes of Sanford & Son. Come to think of it, I'd like to see another Juicy Pop video of other Norman Lear tv sitcoms Sanford & Son, Silver Spoons, One Day at a Time, The Facts of Life, etc
Demond Wilson(Lamont)
did a recent interview on Norman Lear,
and he didn’t hold back
his feelings to say the least.
@@jaylene.turner6524 I'd like to see that
That’s so sad how those writers just really write out the main leads that the show was written for what’s crazier is that some shows are still doing that to this day
Neva heard of any show Named "Maude".
5:08 -13:00 Now it ALL Makes sense.
14:06 -15:49 Nooo!
Eric monte wrote for the good times' cast. Lear meant to kill the dad part.
Kinda surprised it wasn't mentioned in this video, but did anyone used to notice JJ would sometimes be seen talking to himself while another cast member would be talking? I think sometimes he'd even be repeating their lines, but you can see his mouth moving.
Hanging in a what???? Sounds like the narrator said,"hanging in angina"😂😂😂😂
They always wanted her to be a single mother from jump smh
I met Ms. Bern Nadette Stanis a few years ago and she looks amazing. Beautiful skin, hair, etc. She was so night. I could barely speak because I was sooo starstruck 🖤
OAN: My little brother and coworkers always said they didn't like this show and knew it was created about a bunch of Caucasians. Because it was everything but good. Whenever something positive was about to take place for the Evans' family, it never went through.