Esther Rolle
Florida Evans
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- 1. Too Old Blues Feb 8, 1974
- James is a candidate for a union apprenticeship program, but his birth certificate says differently.
- 2. Black Jesus Feb 15, 1974
- A run of good luck and one of J.J.'s paintings create a religious conflict in the Evans household.
- 3. Getting Up the Rent Feb 22, 1974
- The Evans family faces eviction from their Chicago apartment.
Good Times is an American television sitcom that aired for six seasons on CBS, from February 8, 1974, to August 1, 1979. Created by Eric Monte and Mike Evans and developed by executive producer Norman Lear, it was television's first African American two-parent family sitcom.
Good Times: Created by Mike Evans, Norman Lear, Eric Monte. With Ja'net DuBois, Ralph Carter, BernNadette Stanis, Jimmie 'JJ' Walker. A poor family make the best of things in the Chicago housing projects.
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- 1974-02-08
- Comedy
- 30
Good Times (TV Series 1974–1979) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
- “LIONEL JEFFERSON” HELPED TO CREATE IT. Michael Evans, who played Lionel Jefferson on All in the Family at the time, had heard through the grapevine that CBS was interested in producing a series about a black family.
- IT WAS A SPINOFF OF MAUDE, WHICH WAS A SPINOFF OF ALL IN THE FAMILY. The All in the Family spinoff Maude became a ratings hit in 1972 and Lear smelled another spinoff in the making.
- PRODUCERS BELIEVED THAT RALPH CARTER WOULD BE THE SHOW’S BREAKOUT STAR. The next actor to be hired after Rolle and Amos was 12-year-old Ralph Carter, who was cast as the youngest son, Michael.
- JIMMIE WALKER’S POPULARITY WITH AUDIENCES MADE HIM LESS POPULAR WITH HIS CASTMATES. Jimmie Walker was a stand-up comic who had been headlining comedy clubs across the country for several years when he landed a job at CBS as the warm-up act for the short-lived James Coco sitcom Calucci’s Department.
Fri, Mar 1, 1974. Reverend Sam, a flashy televangelist who instead of living the word who uses religion as a hustle, pays a call on his old army buddy James and offers him a job with his entourage that will pay him $700 a week (Sam told James "$100 a day, 7 days a week").
Watch Good Times. Florida and James Evans struggle to raise their kids, J.J., Thelma and Michael, in a Chicago housing project during the 1970s. Stream on Peacock.
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Watch Good Times Season 5. Florida and James Evans struggle to raise their kids, J.J., Thelma and Michael, in a Chicago housing project during the 1970s.
