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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?
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