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What's Happening!! follows the lives of three working-class African-American teens living in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Watts. The show stars Ernest Thomas as Roger "Raj" Thomas, Haywood Nelson as Dwayne Nelson, and Fred Berry as Freddy "Rerun" Stubbs.
Fred Rerun Berry (born Fred Allen Berry; March 19, 1951 – October 21, 2003) was an American actor and street dancer. He was best known for his role as Freddie "Rerun" Stubbs on the 1970s television show What's Happening!!
8 Videos. 99+ Photos. Comedy. A trio of black youths learn about life, love, friendship, credit cards, gambling, and a variety of other things while growing up in an inner city. Stars. Ernest Thomas. Haywood Nelson. Danielle Spencer. See production info at IMDbPro. STREAMING. S1-3. RENT/BUY. search Amazon. Add to Watchlist. Added by 5.1K users.
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Oct 23, 2003 · Fred Berry, the bulb-shaped, squeaky-voiced actor famous for playing red-beret-wearing Rerun on the 1970s TV sitcom "What's Happening!", has died at age 52. Berry died Tuesday at his home...
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- THE SHOW IS LOOSELY BASED ON THE 1975 FEATURE FILM COOLEY HIGH. At least that was the original premise. And while Cooley High and What’s Happening!! do share some themes (namely: grades and girls), the film’s darker elements of drugs and crimes didn’t translate to a prime-time sitcom.
- A COOLEY HIGH PILOT DOES EXIST. Getty Images. But the only similarity between it and What’s Happening!! is Ernest Thomas. “I was the only one left from the original pilot,” says Thomas.
- COOLEY HIGH WRITER ERIC MONTE WASN’T HAPPY WITH THE CREDIT HE RECEIVED. Eric Monte—who IMDb credits as a writer on the entire What’s Happening!! series—sued ABC, CBS, Norman Lear, Bud Yorkin, and others for using his ideas for Good Times, The Jeffersons, and What's Happening!!
- THOMAS LEARNED ABOUT THE SERIES ON THE SET OF THE JEFFERSONS. It was Mary White—the agent of Isabel Sanford, who played Louise Jefferson—who encouraged Thomas to audition.
May 4, 2021 · 'What's Happening!!' star discusses show's impact on race and his favorite episode The sitcom, which turns 45 this year, had a short run, but star Ernest Thomas says its second life in reruns had ...
Rerun borrows a car so the guys can get to a Lakers game, but after the game Rerun becomes the victim of a hit-and-run driver. Dee surprises everyone by coming forward with news that she was a witness and saw the driver, who turns out to be the son of a foreign diplomat.
