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I Had a Dream: Directed by Gerren Keith. With Ja'net DuBois, Ralph Carter, BernNadette Stanis, Johnny Brown. JJ feels like he is not going anywhere at his job with responsibilities or a promotion. He thinks it is because he is black. He dreams he is white and we see what he thinks can happen for him.
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- Gerren Keith
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I Had a Dream is the seventeenth episode of Season 5 Good Times, and also the 102nd series episode overall. Written by Jim Rogers, the episode, which was directed by Gerren Keith, premiered on CBS-TV, first airing on January 30, 1978.
J.J. fears that a deserved promotion at work is going to go to a white co-worker. Later that night, J.J. dreams of being a white man.
J.J. feels like he is not going anywhere at his job with responsibilities or a promotion. He thinks it is because he is black. He dreams he is white and we see what he thinks can happen for him.
Good Times moved from Wednesday to Monday evening with this episode, in which J.J. (Jimmy Carter) loses out on a job promotion. Another employee at the ad agency intimates that J.J. would have gotten the move-up had he been a different color. The result: J.J. has a dream in which he has turned white, whereupon series regular Jimmie Walker relinquis...
•Sorrell Booke as Mr. Galbraith
•Dennis Howard as White J.J.
•Richard Lawson as Raymond
•Candy Mobley as Carmen
A bout with Thelma's chili dogs inspires the dream to end all dreams, a white JJ (Dennis Howard) interacting with the real one, his family stunned, co-workers in hysterics, sudden racial insensitivity.
good times: i had a dream (tv) Summary One in this comedy series about a struggling black family living in a Chicago housing project, dominated by the flamboyant James "J.J." Evans, Jr., with his rousing signature wail "Dy-no-miiiite!"
Find trailers, reviews, synopsis, awards and cast information for Good Times : I Had a Dream (1978) - Gerren Keith on AllMovie - Good Times moved from Wednesday to Monday evening…
Directed By: Gerren Keith. Written By: Eric Monte, Mike Evans, Norman Lear, Michael S. Baser, Kim Weiskopf, Jim Rogers. Good Times. S5 • Episode 17. I Had a Dream. Air Date: Jan 30, 1978. User Score Available after 4 ratings. tbd. My Score. Hover and click to give a rating. Where to Watch. Amazon ($1.99) Season Episodes. View All Seasons.
