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The Enlistment: Directed by Herbert Kenwith. With Esther Rolle, John Amos, Ja'net DuBois, Ralph Carter. James gets word that he is about to be "temporarily" laid off leaving JJ the only bread winner in the Evans household.
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- Comedy
- Herbert Kenwith
- 1975-03-04
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The Enlistment. Good Times. Summaries. James gets word that he is about to be "temporarily" laid off leaving JJ the only bread winner in the Evans household. Unfortunately, he finds out that the theater where he has been working is about to be shut down. He then takes drastic measures and decides to enlist in the army.
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The Enlistment is the twenty-second episode of Season 2 of Good Times and the thirty-fifth series episode overall. Written by Art Baer and Ben Joelson and directed by Herbert Kenwith, the episode originally aired on CBS-TV on March 4, 1975.
While Florida is away in Cleveland for a family funeral, the Evans family is hit with a double dose of unemployment after both James and J.J. lose their jobs. James' boss at Brady's puts him on a temporary lay-off and the movie theatre where J.J. works is closing down. Wanting to support his family, J.J. decides to join the U.S. Army.
James gets word that he is about to be "temporarily" laid off leaving JJ the only bread winner in the Evans household. Unfortunately, he finds out that the theater where he has been working is about to be shut down. He then takes drastic measures and decides to enlist in the army. However, James Sr. finds out that the rumors of his layoff were fals...
Things really look bleak for the Evans household when both James (John Amos) and J.J. (Jimmie Walker) lose their jobs. Determined to provide for his loved ones, J.J. prepares to "be all that he can be" by enlisting in the U.S. Army. William Christopher, who was appearing semi-regularly as Father Mulcahy on M*A*S*H when this episode was filmed, gues...
•William Christopher as Major Bullock
•Maidie Norman as Edna
•Bill Walker as Mr. Carter
•Cal Wilson as Desk Sergeant
Good Times. Season 2 Episode 22 - The Enlistment. 1974 · 26 min. TV-PG. Comedy. As a working-class Black family living on the South Side of Chicago, the Evans’s try hard to make ends meet. There are many laughs along the way. Subtitles: English.
Available on Peacock, Prime Video, Tubi TV, Amazon Freevee. S2 E22: After James and J.J. lose their jobs, J.J. takes action to earn an income for the family. Comedy Jan 1, 1974 25 min Prime Video. TV-PG. Starring Bill Walker, Maidie Norman, Cal Wilson.
This spinoff of the TV series, Maude, centered on the Evans family. In Maude Esther Rolle had portrayed Florida Evans, the black housekeeper, but in Good Times Florida and her family were struggling to survive in a South Side ghetto in Chicago.
