I think that might be my favorite episode...when they are trying to avoid eating the meatloaf... the look on Wilonas face is PRICELESS:D

I have spent the ENTIRE weekend watching Good Times! I have been taping it too!! I have a VCR in the living room and one in my bedroom. They have been working in shifts all weekend!! One would tape from 6a-12n, then the other from 12n-6p, etc. I went to Sam's Club and bought a 10 pack of tapes for this!!! :D

My top 10 GT eps:

1. When James Dies
2. They get out of the Ghetto
3. Thelma and Keith get married
4. The eps. when Penny was being abused
5. The dogfood ep.
6. Fishbone's funeral (it's on now)
7. The VD ep.
8. The one where James throws the chair
9. The one where JJ was gonna marry Debbie Allen (the junkie)
10. the talent show ep./the deaf boy almost falling down the elevator shaft

I've been watching too
 

I've been watching too... It's nice to see black people on tv from the 70s. My boyfriend and I were astonished at the salary that James thought would help move his family out of the ghetto....$4.25!!!

She should have got something when she brought home Grandpa Dymomite.....Donald. Him and James were the same age. Actually he looked older than James. Thelma did get away with a lot of mess. But like James said, "she's the only girl, she's special."

I caught the tail end of one today that I have never seen ~ Thelma and the bigomist.

I was thinking the same thing - Thelma's fast butt never got a whooping.

The thing that struck me most about the show was the age difference between Esther Rolle and John Amos - she was 19 years older than him in real life. Amos was a strong actor, but now when I watch the show, I'm too conscious of that powder in his hair.

Come to think of it, they did the same thing with Sherman Hemsley when he first started playing George Jefferson on "All in the Family"!

I must admit it was a nice weekend with the marathon on...I caught it when I was in the house this weekend, and it was really good. I had forgotten all about Fishbone's funeral. I did tape my favorite one that came on last night while I was sleep and that was the ep where they get out of the ghetto.

I don't think I realized how many folks played different characters on that show. For instance, the guy that played Sweet Daddy - wasn't he a nightclub owner as well when JJ was trying to be the singer's manager (and he had borrowed money YET AGAIN from the loansharks)?

Also, when Thelma brought home the old guy, played by Lou Gossett, Jr., he also in another episode played Florida's brother.

But I bet we all know the words to the theme song now, don't we? :D

Yopp he sho'nuff was......There were sooooooo many people that are even on other shows now were either once on Good Times, Sanford & Son or the Jeffersons.

I betchu Jimmie Walker wishes Janet Jackson still had that crush on him now........:D :o

Ewwww. I also read that she got her first kiss from Michael (Ralph Carter) when she was 12. She was another one that was just fasssssst.

I agree, it kinda made the week-end a little better. I love Good Times! I will be watching TV Land on a nightly basis now...

I'm :( that I missed the episode with Fishbone's funeral.
"I love you Fishbone." LOL.

The other ones listed, I made sure I was up for them.

I was looking at that pic you had on the previous page.......Lawd Michael (Ralph Carter) looks a hot mess......whew.....:o :o

The Buzz Log - Search Spikes and Trends

Good Times Marathon Sparks Searches
Tuesday July 26, 2005 11:00AM PT

Good Times
What you do with your weekend is up to you. You can fish, shop, exercise, or, as many of you apparently did this past weekend, sit slack-jawed on the couch and watch 48 straight hours of Good Times (+94%). Looking over the search data, we were a bit surprised (OK, shocked) at the intense level of interest in the '70s sitcom following its TV Land (+26%) marathon. Were these searches a testament to the show's lasting appeal, or was this a case of too much "dyn-o-mite" breaking down viewer resistance?

The Buzz numbers for "Good Times lyrics" (+73%) and "Good Times TV show" (+115%) were respectable, but searches on the show's cast members (+138%) were better than good. And while Jimmie Walker may have been the breakout star, BernNadette Stanis (+137%), who played the alluring Thelma, attracted more than triple the searches as her costar. John Amos (+17%) and Esther Rolle (+77%), as the oft-exasperated authority figures, commanded some respect in Buzz as did the show's striving son, played by Ralph Carter (+209%). Searches on co-star Janet Jackson actually fell during the course of the marathon. One possible explanation: Viewers didn't recognize the future diva pre-plastic. Good times, indeed.



Question: When did Wilona start calling Michael gramps? And Why?

He has been looking like that for a while now...I remember when I saw the pic a few years back, I thought he was sick.

Where is brother J in that pic?