Good Times
Good Times title screen
Format	Sitcom
Created by	Eric Monte Michael Evans
Starring	Esther Rolle (Season 1-4, Season 6) John Amos (Season 1-3) Jimmie Walker Ja'net DuBois Bern Nadette Stanis Ralph Carter Janet Jackson (Season 5-6) Johnny Brown (Season 5-6) Ben Powers (Season 6)
Opening theme	Dave Grusin Alan Bergman Marilyn Bergman
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	6
No. of episodes	133
Production
Executive producer(s)	Allan Manings Norman Lear
Running time	approx. 0:23 (per episode)
Broadcast
Original channel	CBS
Original run	February 8, 1974 – August 1, 1979
External links
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Good Times was a top-rated, Emmy Award and Golden Globe-nominated sitcom that originally aired from February 8, 1974 until August 1, 1979 on the CBS television network. It was created by Eric Monte and Michael Evans, produced by Norman Lear, and was a spinoff of Maude. A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... Good Times can refer to: // Good Times, a 1970s American sitcom Good Times (film), a 1967 film starring Sonny and Cher Good Times (Elvis Presley album), a 1974 album by Elvis Presley. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... Eric Monte is a television writer who has written for some of the most successful shows in TV. Montes first big break was a script written for and accepted by All in the Family. ... Michael Jonas Evans (November 3, 1949 – December 14, 2006) (usually credited as Mike Evans), was an American actor and co-creator of the show Good Times with Eric Monte (Ralph Carters character Michael Evans was named after him). ... Esther Rolle (November 8, 1920–November 17, 1998) was an American actress. ... John Amos (born John Amos Jr. ... For other persons named James Walker, see James Walker (disambiguation). ... Janet Dubois (born August 5, 1945 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American actress. ... Bern Nadette Stanis (born December 22, 1953 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actress best known for her role as the strong-willed Thelma Evans on the CBS sitcom, Good Times. ... Ralph Carter in Good Times Ralph Carter (born May 30, 1961 in New York City) is an American actor. ... Janet Damita Jo Jackson (born May 16, 1966) is an American singer, actress, songwriter, record producer, dancer, activist, pop icon, and younger sister of the King of Pop, Michael Jackson. ... Johnny Brown (born June 11, 1937 in Saint Petersburg, Florida) is an American actor and singer. ... Ben Powers (born July 5, 1950 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actor. ... David Grusin (born June 26, 1934 in Littleton, Colorado) is an American composer, arranger and pianist. ... Alan Bergman (born 11 September 1925) is a prolific lyricist and songwriter, particularly of music for stage and film. ... Marilyn Bergman (née Keith, born 1929) is a composer, songwriter and author. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... This article is about the broadcast network. ... is the 39th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... The year 1974 in television involved some significant events. ... is the 213th day of the year (214th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... See also: 1978 in television, other events of 1979, 1980 in television, and the list of years in television. For the United States network television schedule, please see 1979-80 United States network television schedule. ... An Emmy Award. ... The Golden Globe Award The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ... This article is about a genre of comedy. ... is the 39th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ... is the 213th day of the year (214th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... This article is about the broadcast network. ... A television network is a distribution network for television content whereby a central operation provides programming for many television stations. ... Eric Monte is a television writer who has written for some of the most successful shows in TV. Montes first big break was a script written for and accepted by All in the Family. ... Michael Jonas Evans (November 3, 1949 – December 14, 2006) (usually credited as Mike Evans), was an American actor and co-creator of the show Good Times with Eric Monte (Ralph Carters character Michael Evans was named after him). ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... A spin-off (or spinoff) is a new organization or entity formed by a split from a larger one such as a new company formed from a university research group. ... Maude is a half-hour American television sitcom that was originally broadcast on the CBS network from September 12, 1972 until April 29, 1978. ...

Set in Chicago, all episodes of Good Times were produced in the Los Angeles area. The first two seasons were taped at CBS Television City in Hollywood, California. In the fall of 1975, the show moved to Los Angeles' Metromedia Square, where Norman Lear's own production company was housed. Nickname: Motto: Urbs in Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in the Chicago metro area and Illinois Coordinates: , Country State Counties Cook, DuPage Settled 1770s Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government  - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area  - City 234. ... Television City redirects here. ... Greetings from Hollywood Hollywood is a district of the city of Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., that extends from Vermont Avenue on the east to just beyond Laurel Canyon Boulevard above Sunset and Crescent Heights Boulevards on the west; the north to south boundary east of La Brea Avenue... Satellite image of Metromedia Square from May 1994 Metromedia Square (also known as Fox Television Center from 1986 to 1996) was a radio and television studio facility located at 5746 Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, on the southeastern corner of Sunset and Van Ness Avenue. ...

Synopsis

Good Times starred Esther Rolle as Florida Evans and John Amos as her husband, James Evans, Sr.. The characters originated on the sitcom Maude as Florida and Henry Evans, with Florida employed as Maude's housekeeper in upstate New York. When producers decided to feature the Florida character in her own show, they applied retroactive changes to the characters' history. Henry's name became James, there was no mention of Maude, and the couple now lived in Chicago. Esther Rolle (November 8, 1920–November 17, 1998) was an American actress. ... Florida Evans was a fictional character on the sitcoms Maude and its spinoff Good Times. ... John Amos (born John Amos Jr. ... James Evans, Sr. ... Maude is a half-hour American television sitcom that was originally broadcast on the CBS network from September 12, 1972 until April 29, 1978. ... This article is about the state. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 606. ...

Good Times was based on Eric Monte's childhood (although one of the main characters name is "Michael Evans", which is the same name of co-creator, Mike Evans). Florida and James Evans had three children and the family rented an apartment in a housing project (implicitly the infamous Cabrini-Green projects, shown in the opening and closing credits but never mentioned by name on the show) in a poor, black neighborhood in inner-city Chicago. Florida and James' children were J. J. (Jimmie Walker), Thelma (Bern Nadette Stanis), and Michael (Ralph Carter). When the series began, J.J. and Thelma were seventeen and sixteen years old, respectively, and Michael, called "the militant midget" by his father due to his passionate activism, was eleven years old. Their exuberant neighbor, and Florida's best friend, was Willona Woods (played by Ja'net Du Bois), a recent divorcée. This page may meet Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... A local authority tower block in Cwmbrân, South Wales Public housing or project homes are forms of housing tenure in which the property is owned by a government authority, which may be central or local. ... Cabrini-Green is one of the most notorious and infamous housing projects in the world. ... This article is about the color black; for other uses, see Black (disambiguation). ... J.J. was James Evans, Jr. ... For other persons named James Walker, see James Walker (disambiguation). ... Thelma is a fictional character of the 1970s family sitcom Good Times. ... Bern Nadette Stanis (born December 22, 1953 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actress best known for her role as the strong-willed Thelma Evans on the CBS sitcom, Good Times. ... Michael Evans is a fictional character from the 1970s American sitcom Good Times. ... Ralph Carter in Good Times Ralph Carter (born May 30, 1961 in New York City) is an American actor. ... Activism, in a general sense, can be described as intentional action or inaction to bring about social or political change. ... Willona Woods is a character on the television series Good Times. ... Janet Du Bois (pronounced or Zha-NAY Doo-BWAH) (August 5, 1938) is an African American film and television actress. ...

Jimmy Walker (J.J.) was 26, Bern Nadette Stanis (Thelma) was 20, Ralph Carter (Michael) was 12, John Amos (James) was 34, Esther Rolle (Florida) was 53 (19 years older than Amos), and Ja'net DuBois (Willona) was 29.

Principal cast

• Esther Rolle - Florida Evans (Seasons 1-4, 6)
• John Amos - James Evans, Sr. (Seasons 1-3)
• Ja'net Du Bois - Willona Woods
• Ralph Carter - Michael Evans
• Bern Nadette Stanis - Thelma Evans Anderson
• Jimmie Walker - James Evans, Jr. ("J.J.")
• Johnny Brown - Nathan Bookman (Seasons 5 and 6; recurring 2-4)
• Janet Jackson - Millicent "Penny" Gordon Woods (Seasons 5 and 6)
• Ben Powers - Keith Anderson (Season 6)

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Topical situations

As was the case on other Norman Lear sitcoms, the characters and subject matter in Good Times were a breakthrough for American television. Working class characters had certainly been featured in sitcoms before (dating back at least to The Honeymooners), but never before had a weekly series featured African American characters living in such impoverished conditions. (Fred and Lamont Sanford of Sanford and Son, though they lived in the poor area of Watts, at least had their own home and business.) Episodes of Good Times dealt with the characters' attempts to "get by" in a high rise project building in Chicago, Illinois despite all the odds stacked against them. When he was not unemployed, James Evans was a man of pride and would often say to his wife or family "I ain't accepting no hand-outs." He usually worked at least two jobs, many of them temporary such as a dishwasher or car washer, and when he had to he would gather his trusty pool stick, much to Florida's disappointment, and sneak out and hustle up a few bucks as he struggled to provide for his family. Being a sitcom, however, the episodes were usually more uplifting and positive than they were depressing, as the Evans family stuck together and persevered. The term working class is used to denote a social class. ... For the 2005 film, see The Honeymooners (film). ... An African American (also Afro-American, Black American, or simply black) is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ... Sanford and Son is an American sitcom that premiered on the NBC television network on January 14, 1972 and was broadcast for six seasons. ... Watts is a residential district in southern Los Angeles, California. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 606. ...

Initial success

The program premiered in February of 1974; high ratings led CBS to renew the program for the 1974–1975 season, as it was the seventeenth-highest-rated program that year. During its first full season on the air, 1974–1975, the show was the seventh-highest-rated program in the Nielsen ratings and a quarter of the American television-viewing public tuned in to an episode during any given week. In the third season, the series was the twenty-fourth-highest-rated program that season. During 1974–1975, three of the top ten highest-rated programs on American TV centered around the lives of African-Americans: Sanford and Son, The Jeffersons, and Good Times. Good Times's ratings however, declined over time partly because of the many times the show was moved around the CBS schedule. This was the television schedule on all three networks for the fall season beginning in September 1974. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... When TV viewers or entertainment professionals in the United States mention ratings they are often referring to Nielsen Ratings, a system developed by Nielsen Media Research to determine the audience size and composition of television programming. ... Languages Predominantly American English Religions Predominantly Christianity and Islam Related ethnic groups Sub-Saharan Africans and other African groups, some with Native American groups. ... Sanford and Son is an American sitcom that premiered on the NBC television network on January 14, 1972 and was broadcast for six seasons. ... For the South Park episode of the same name, see The Jeffersons (South Park episode). ...

Ratings

Good Times was a hit during the first four seasons. The ratings went down when the show had entered its final season:

• 1973-1974: #17
• 1974-1975: #7
• 1975-1976: #24
• 1976-1977: #26

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Backstage tension

Almost from the premiere episode, J.J., an aspiring artist, was the public's favorite character on the show and his frequently-invoked catch phrase "Dy-no-mite" became very popular. As the series progressed through its second and third year, however, Rolle and Amos, who played the Evans parents, grew more disillusioned with the direction the show was taking as J.J.'s antics and stereotypically buffoonish behavior took precedence in the storylines. Rolle was rather vocal about disliking the character of J.J. in a 1975 interview with Ebony magazine. A catch phrase is a phrase or expression that is popularized, usually through repeated use, by a real person or fictional character. ... Dy-no-mite is a catch phrase made popular by actor and comedian Jimmie Walker in his role as J. J. Evans on the situation comedy Good Times. ... Academy Award winners Denzel Washington, Halle Berry, and Jamie Foxx on the 60th anniversary cover of Ebony Magazine, November 2005 Ebony, a magazine for the African American market, was founded by John H. Johnson and has been published since the autumn of 1945. ...

"He's eighteen and he doesn't work. He can't read or write. He doesn't think. The show didn't start out to be that...Little by little—with the help of the artist, I suppose, because they couldn't do that to me—they have made J.J. more stupid and enlarged the role. Negative images have been slipped in on us through the character of the oldest child."^[1]

Although doing so less publicly, Amos also was outspoken about his dissatisfaction with J.J.'s character. The ill feelings came to a head when it came time to negotiate Amos' contract in the summer of 1976, and he was dismissed from the series. Year 1976 Pick up sticks(MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

"The writers would prefer to put a chicken hat on J.J. and have him prance around saying "DY-NO-MITE", and that way they could waste a few minutes and not have to write meaningful dialogue."^[2][3]

The Big Move

Husband-and-wife team Austin and Irma Kalish were hired to oversee the day-to-day running of the show, replacing Allan Manings, who had become executive producer at a time when he was also working on another Lear sitcom, One Day at a Time. The Kalishes and Manings, as script supervisors, threw ideas to writers Roger Shulman, John Baskin, and Bob Peete, and eventually penned an exit for Amos's character. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... One Day at a Time is a long-running American situation comedy that portrayed a divorced mother, played by Bonnie Franklin, her two teenage daughters (Mackenzie Phillips and Valerie Bertinelli and their building superintendent (Pat Harrington, Jr. ... Television writer and producer known for series such as Threes Company, Good Times, The Jeffersons, and Crazy Like a Fox. ...

At the beginning of the 1976–1977 season, the family was packing to move from the ghetto to a better life in Mississippi where James had found a job as a partner in a garage. At the end of the first episode that season, Florida learned via a telegram (which, at first, she thought was to congratulate her on her move) that James was killed in a car accident. It was the second episode in the 1976-1977 season in which she uttered her famous line: "Damn, Damn, DAMN!" The show continued without a father, which was something Rolle did not want to pursue. One of the primary appeals of the project for her had been the presentation it initially offered of the strong black father heading his family. Many critics contend that the show "jumped the shark" after the death of James' character. This was the television schedule on all three networks for the fall season beginning in September 1976. ... For the rapper, see Ghetto (rapper). ... In an accident resulting from excessive speed, this concrete truck rolled over into the front garden of a house. ... Jumping the shark is a slang term used by television critics since the 1990s. ...

However, she stayed on hoping that the loss of the father's character would necessitate a shift in J.J.'s character, as J.J. would now become the man of the family. The writers did not take this approach, however; if anything, J.J.'s foolishness only increased. Wanting no further part in such depictions, by the summer of 1977, Rolle left the series. She was written out as marrying and moving to Arizona with her new love interest, Carl Dixon (Moses Gunn). Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... Official language(s) English Spoken language(s) English 74. ... Moses Gunn (October 2, 1929 – December 16, 1993) was an American actor. ...

Around the 1976-1977 season, Good Times still excelled in the Nielsen Ratings, peaking at the 1976-1977 season at #26, making its fourth year breaking the top 30 rated programs. This was the television schedule on all three networks for the fall season beginning in September 1976. ... When TV viewers or entertainment professionals in the United States mention ratings they are often referring to Nielsen Ratings, a system developed by Nielsen Media Research to determine the audience size and composition of television programming. ...

Rolle had disliked the Carl Dixon character, as she believed Florida would not have moved on so quickly after James' death. Rolle also thought the writers had disregarded Florida's devout Christian beliefs by making her fall for Carl, who was an atheist. When Rolle eventually agreed to return to the show, there were several conditions, one of which was that the Carl Dixon character be written out as if he never existed; another condition of her return was she would have a greater say in the storyline and J.J. would become a more respectable character--and she would also receive a raise in pay. Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations · Other religions Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Luther Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Archbishop of Canterbury · Catholic Pope Coptic Pope · Ecumenical Patriarch Christianity Portal This box:      Christianity is... Atheist redirects here. ...

Good Times without the parents

With Amos and Rolle gone, Ja'net Du Bois took over as the star, checking on the Evans children as they were now living alone. New characters were added or had their roles expanded: Johnny Brown as the overweight building superintendent Nathan Bookman; Ben Powers as Thelma's husband Keith Anderson; and Janet Jackson as Penny Gordon Woods, an abused girl adopted by Willona. Johnny Brown (born June 11, 1937 in Saint Petersburg, Florida) is an American actor and singer. ... Nathan Bookman was a fictional character in the television show Good Times. ... Ben Powers (born July 5, 1950 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actor. ... Janet Damita Jo Jackson (born May 16, 1966) is an American singer, actress, songwriter, record producer, dancer, activist, pop icon, and younger sister of the King of Pop, Michael Jackson. ... Penny Gordon Woods was a character in the television series Good Times. ... Child abuse is the physical, emotional or sexual abuse or neglect of children by parents, guardians, or others. ... Adoption is the legal act of permanently placing a child with a parent or parents other than the birth parents. ...

It was at this time that many viewers defected from the series as the fifth season ranked only at #49, and although Florida returned (the writers had finally let J.J.'s character mature to a point that Rolle found tolerable) for the sixth season in 1978, the viewers did not, and production was halted abruptly in early 1979, after the last season only ranked at #54.

The last original episode of Good Times aired in the summer of 1979. In a series finale typical of the series, each character had a "happy ending." J.J. finally got his big break as an artist for a comic book company, after years of the audience waiting for such a development. J.J.'s newly-created character, DynoWoman, was based on Thelma. Michael attended college and moved into an on-campus dorm. Keith's bad knee miraculously healed, leading to the Chicago Bears offering him a contract to play football. Keith and (a newly pregnant) Thelma moved to a luxury apartment across town in Chicago's upscale Gold Coast area and offered Florida the chance to move in with them (and her future grandchild). Willona became the head buyer of the boutique she worked in; she and Penny moved in to the same building and became their downstairs neighbors (yet again). For the Paranoia Agent episode, see Final Episode. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... City Chicago, Illinois Other nicknames Da Bears, The Monsters of the Midway Team colors Navy Blue and Orange Head Coach Lovie Smith Owner Virginia Halas McCaskey Chairman Michael McCaskey General manager Jerry Angelo Fight song Bear Down, Chicago Bears Mascot Staley Da Bear League/Conference affiliations Independent (1919) National Football... The ball used in American football has a pointed oval shape, and usually has a large set of stitches along one side. ... Gold Coast may refer to: // Gold Coast (British colony), British colony on the Gulf of Guinea in west Africa Brandenburger Gold Coast, former German colony Danish Gold Coast, former Danish colony Dutch Gold Coast, former Dutch colony Portuguese Gold Coast, former Portuguese colony Swedish Gold Coast, former Swedish colony Gold...

Reruns

In addition, the network TV One (which can be seen on Comcast cable systems as well as DirecTV) airs the show in a programming block with another African-American sitcom, 227. TV One, owned by Radio One, targets African-American viewers aged 25 to 54 (unlike competitor Black Entertainment Television, which has moved to an 18-to-34 demographic since its acquisition by Viacom). ... Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA) is the largest[1] cable television (CATV) company and the second largest Internet service provider in the United States. ... A standard DirecTV satellite dish with 1 LNB on a roof DirecTV (trademarked as DIRECTV) is a direct broadcast satellite (DBS) service based in El Segundo, California, USA, that transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in the United States, the Caribbean and Latin America except for Mexico. ... 227 is an African American sitcom that was broadcast on the NBC network from September 14, 1985 to July 28, 1990, for five seasons, and ranked onto the Nielsen Ratings for three seasons (1985 - 1986, 1986 - 1987, 1987 - 1988). ...

The sitcom has also aired on TV Land as a 48-hour marathon the weekends of July 23, 2005, November 26, 2005, and May 6, 2006. However, TV Land airs the version of episodes that were edited for syndication, while TV One airs the original edits, as they were shown on during its CBS primetime run, albeit digitally-remastered. TV Land (originally Nick-at-Nites TV Land) is an American cable television network which first started transmissions on April 29, 1996. ... is the 204th day of the year (205th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The year 2005 in television involved some significant events. ... is the 330th day of the year (331st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 126th day of the year (127th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The year 2006 in television involved some significant events. ...

In late 2006 or early 2007, Good Times was pulled from the TV Land lineup along with several other shows (most notably Happy Days) to make room for some new programming. The show returned in mid-February with a 48-hour weekend marathon. For other uses, see Happy Days (disambiguation). ...

Good Times will be available in Canada via Canwest's digital specialty channel, DejaView beginning September 10, 2007. It will air at 3:00pm, 9:00pm and 3:00am. It will also air weekends at 3:00 and 3:30pm.

DVD releases

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Season Releases

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Notes

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• One part of the lyrics to the theme song is notorious for being hard to discern - notably the lyric "Hanging in a chow line"/"Hanging in and jiving" (depending on the source used). Dave Chappelle used this part of the lyrics as a quiz in his "I Know Black People" skit on Chappelle's Show in which the former was claimed as the answer. The insert for the Season One DVD box set have the lyric as "hangin' in a chow line". But the song's writers, Alan & Marilyn Bergman, have confirmed that the lyric is "hanging in and jiving"^[4]

• In 1992, while in its third season, In Living Color aired an unaired episode with music video parodies, J.J. Evans, played by Shawn Wayans did a spoof Hip-Hop song based on LL Cool J's Mama Said Knock You Out.

• Ralph Carter's character shares the same name as Good Times co-creator Michael Evans. Evans portrayed Lionel Jefferson on All in the Family and its spin-off The Jeffersons.

• One of the consistent themes of Good Times during the first three seasons was James' inability to find a well-paying, long-term job. John Amos would later have recurring roles on several TV series as characters with excellent jobs, such as an NFL coach (In the House), the mayor of Washington, D.C. (The District), and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (The West Wing).

• John Amos's portrayal of James Evans Sr. is frequently cited as perhaps the most realistic depiction of an African-American father in television history. James' death is almost universally recognized as the moment when the series "jumped the shark".^{[citation needed]}

• On April 10, 2004, Janet Jackson made her second appearance on Saturday Night Live (the first being in 1994) as a guest host and musical guest, and before the show closes with the goodnights, the Good Times sketch aired and it featured the original characters: Florida, played by Kenan Thompson, Willona, played by Maya Rudolph, Michael played by Finesse Mitchell, Thelma, also played by Maya Rudolph, alongside with Tracy Morgan making a special appearance as Bookman, and Janet Jackson reprising her role as Penny. Neither James Evans Sr. nor Keith Anderson is depicted.

• In March 2006, at the 4th Annual TV Land Awards, Good Times received the "Impact Award", for being "a show that offered both entertainment and enlightenment, always striving for both humor and humanity, with comedy that reflected reality." Norman Lear attended the ceremony, as did all the members of the principal cast except Esther Rolle (who died in 1998), Ben Powers, and Janet Jackson.

• On October 21, 1995, Jimmie Walker made a cameo appearance on Saturday Night Live when David Schwimmer hosted the show, Walker, alongside with cameo appearances by: Lisa Kudrow, Jennifer Aniston, and Gary Coleman and a background choir were performing the theme song to "Good Times".

• In 1997, The Wayans Bros. parodied Good Times with Shawn Wayans as J.J., Marlon Wayans as Michael, Anna Maria Horsford as Florida, John Witherspoon as James, and Ja'net DuBois, Johnny Brown and Bern Nadette Stanis all reprising their roles as Willona, Bookman and Thelma.

• Howard Stern, while interviewing John Amos on the Howard Stern Radio Show, referred to Amos as the best actor he ever met. Stern gave Amos this accolade because Amos was constantly able to refer to Esther Rolle's character Florida as "beautiful" without cracking up . According to Stern, this was acting at its finest, especially when the script called for Amos to kiss Rolle.

• James Evans Sr. serves as the template for other strong African-American TV fathers, including Lester Jenkins (227), Phillip Banks (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air), and J.C. Williams (New York Undercover).^{[citation needed]}

• Former Our Gang child actor Matthew "Stymie" Beard appeared in five episodes, including four appearances as James' friend Monty.

• J.J.'s paintings were actually created by African-American artist Ernie Barnes. The series helped to make the artist and his distinctive style famous.

• The first-season episode "Black Jesus" (where J.J. uses Ned the Wino as the model for a portrait of Jesus) was one of the first times that a primetime television series challenged the notion that Jesus had a Caucasian or European appearance (the first time being an All in the Family--also a Norman Lear production--episode from 1972 in which Henry Jefferson and Archie Bunker square off about the color of Jesus' skin).

• The third-season episode "J.J. in Trouble" was one of the first times that the subject of STDs (then referred to as "VD") was addressed on a primetime television series. A 25-year old Jay Leno appears briefly in this episode.

• In 1975, John Amos and Jimmie Walker both appeared in the Sidney Poitier-Bill Cosby film Let's Do It Again.

• Theodore Wilson who played the recurring role of Sweet Daddy Williams, returned in an episode in 1977 called "The Comedian And The Loan Sharks" taking on the role as Stanley the owner of a night club instead of his more infamous character in the show originally.

• In the Drawn Together episode "Breakfast Food Killer", after Toot Braunstein says, "I'll always remember the good times," the Good Times theme song plays over a montage of clips featuring all the show's characters wearing afros.

• In the Episode of 30 Rock "Rosemary's Baby", Alec Baldwin (as Jack) Gives life advice to Tracy Jordan as James Evans. At the end of the dialogue, he pretends to die, i.e. the death of James in the show

• Robert Guillaume the same actor that portrayed Benson Dubois on the sitcom "Benson."Was the actor that played in the Episode about Fish Bone on Good Times.

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See also

• List of Good Times Episodes

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References

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External links

• Good Times at the Internet Movie Database
• Good Times on TVLand.com