Ester Rolle portrayed Florida Evans on Maude before Good Times with John Amos portraying her husband. The only thing was that his name was Henry instead of James and he was a fireman who worked part time as a cab driver and the Evans family lived in Harlem, NY instead of Chicago, IL...

I think if Thelma would ve pursued acting once Good Times ended, she would've made it as a movie star. She was the Foxy Brown/aka sex symbol in the 70s😀. All the men loved her.

Bernadette has aged very well! Doesn’t look like she is in her 60’s

RIP Esther Rolle

We need to be thankful for all the good times

Why am I just seeing this?.?.???? Forever loving and appreciating Good Times.

I went to Chicago on a solo trip a few years ago. I was so ready to see the building from Good Times! They told me it was torn down I could have fell out! I was like oh...that was in 1974 when it came out. I love Good Times! I think we ALL do!

Would love to watch this whole episode! I have longed for years to see what happened to BernNadette and Ralph.

I wish Thelma went on to do big movies! I think she didn’t lay on her back for the big roles

Well, they sure did find a way to make Esther end up being a single mother, didn’t they? 🤔 hmmm…

Love this TV show and the song 🎵

Rhoda is my favorite show of the Seventies, but Good Times was number two. I love how they portrayed the love of a family and were funny.

Looking back now, I can see how much Norman Lear didn't like having a father figure on the show. He kept James down and scraping just to get by. Any good things that happened to the family weren't due to James. They were due to luck by Florida or JJ. And it wasn't until James died on the show, that good things did start happening to the family. At least they didn't have James just walk out on his family.

Thelma looks like she's in her late 30s 😍 jj looks like radio

thelma is the only one who looks good

Got damn Micheal. What happened B?

I wanted to see Michael talk about Black Jesus and Malcom X.....RIGHT ON!

TO BAD SOME NOT ALL BLACK FEMALES TODAY THINK BEING A UNWED BABY MAMAS KIDS BY 17 DIFFERENT MEN IS SOOO CUTE AND ATTRACTIVE NOOOOOOOOOOOT TAKE ME BACK TO THE 70’S ANYDAY WHEN BLACK WOMEN WERE MARRIED WITH CHILDREN 😡

DAMN RIGHT ESTHER. WE DO HAVE BLACK TWO PARENT HOUSEHOLDS STILL TODAY. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU ATTRIBUTED AND CONTRIBUTED TO US. WE LOOOOVE YOU FOREVER +!!! PEACE AND BLESSINGS TO YOU TOO BENADETTE, JIMMY & RALPH. 🙏🏿🙌🏿😍🥰

Bern nadette Stanis looks really good !

And a hell of a Father John Amos was on Good Times. James Evans was "The Truth" on the Good Times show. I really enjoyed watching this show when I was a kid. Thanks for the Good Times.

Even tho I love the show, I cringe every time JJ comes on screen. I see that most of the episodes focused too much on JJ acting stupid and silly and always cracking jokes during the most serious topics. That’s why John Amos and eventually Ester Rolle left because it started to become the JJ show.

My how things have changed. I know all black men dont leave their channel. But I dont think actors are as firm as they were back then about how they were brought up and what they was and wasnt gonna play. Ppl these days just want to be on tv. And will do anything to get on tv.lol

She so damn fine

Michael looks bad

Thelma still looks great. JJ and Michael look horrible

Norman Lear created his series with intelligence and he pursued a vision of taking stereotypic stock characters like the archetype American bigot or the archetype American feminist and turning them upside down and fleshing these two-dimensional figures into real people with aspirations, problems, and a past. That's exactly what Esther Rolle and John Amos signed up for when they decided to create a real marriage, in a working family, ifn an urban setting. Unfortunately some of that vision got lost, when the writers began to succumb to corporate pressures and produced scripts designed for the highest possible ratings every single week and the least credible or rounded character got the oversized screen time. yes its a testament to Jimmy Walker's talent as a comic actor that he was able to carry a half hour sitcom as long as he did, but the balance and vision was missing, and the plotting suffered.

Thelma u wanted a husband in the show too

I am really sad about how Esther died :c

Smh at some of these comments. Are people not allowed to age?

I live this show

Is Michael sick? Thelma is still a catch...truly a gift. JJ started eating and the rest is history

how old is Ralph and Bern? they look in their 30s (Bern) and Ralph looks in his 40s

I Heard There Will Be A Good Times Reboot

Bernadette I felt should’ve gotten more exposure in movies and shows

Happy Days was on TV the same time as Good Times in New York. My brother watched Happy Days. I watched Good Times. Both were great shows, but Good Times was funnier and more enjoyable in my opinion.

Where's john Amos? Good seeing them.

Thelma is so fine

ESTHER ROLLE's character was ORIGINALLY the maide on MAUDE! SHE ALREADY was married to JOHN AMOS' character, who's name was Henry & he was a fireman. GOOD TIMES was a spin-off! The fact IS Florida & Weezy Jefferson could've actually sine MAUDE & JEFFERSONS were soin offs of ALL IN THE FAMILY!

Michael looks the oldest of the three

Amen!!!!!!!

A few people made that change

Love Thelma

😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀

Well what happened to Carl then ?!?!

The kids should make a remake and be caste d on a new good times

I simply loved every aspect of this show except for the ridiculous character of JJ which is why I can't stomach the reruns today. Here you got a poor black trying to make it out of the ghetto with two of the kids having true goals in life to make that happen yet they focus 💯% on the silly antics of the oldest who a goofball and not even funny. To this day I hate the word dynamite. I knew after John Amos was gone the show was a wrap. Bernadette is still a dime. P.S., gotta give major props to Jimmy Walker though on his portrayal of Bootney Farnsworth in the hilarious outrageous comedy Let's Do It Again😂😆😅😂 Now he truly axed that portrayal. Just imagine skinny little JJ in the boxing ring knocking dudes the size Floyd Mayweather out😆😆😆 Ridiculously and unimaginable but it was so cleverly and phenomenally done. One of the absolutely best comedies ever 🌹 Rest In Paradise Howard Rollins 🌹

I wonder why John Amos has never with them on any interviews

Oh my goodness, why does poor Michael look like that?

Bernadette stanis does not look in her 60s she's basically like Angela Bassett Angela Bassett she's in her late thirties and Bernadette stanis looks like she's in her early forties which isn't bad

it's not all about the black man because that's not hos name, he's African Descendant

norman lear was a bigot...stii one

Ralph Carter, looking very youthful for a man in his 80's

Black men stay with their families? Some damn good tv magic

Michael seems slow.

This show came on in 1974 y'all expect these actors to look the freaking same reboot for what I guess you dummies expect Janet Jackson to come and be apart of the reboot lol doubt that

i like how the show killed off James who never went to church with Florida and replaced him with a guy who didn't believe in God 😂😂😂

I don't get what the problem is with her not having a husband. As I recall the mom on What's Happening walked because they wouldn't have her character get married to their dad. But why was that so important or is it just something that's important to the black community? Because I remember the main characters on One Day At a Time, Kate and Allie and Gilmore Girls were single moms and those shows were hits.