Good Times | James Graduates At Trade School

Good Times | James Graduates At Trade School | Classic TV Rewind

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3 жыл бұрын

The Evans family (John Amos, Esther Rolle, BernNadette Stanis, Jimmie Walker and Ralph Carter) celebrate James' graduation.
From Season 3, Episode 1 'A Real Cool Job' - James is offered a high-paying job in Alaska.
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@ajg2558 3 жыл бұрын

The show went downhill without the father

@apb38 3 жыл бұрын

It was impossible because he was a man.

@emmanuelharris6445 3 жыл бұрын

How exactly? I never watched Good Times before

@flossietube2065 3 жыл бұрын

I feel the same way. Instead of using James' hard work and apparent good fortune in this episode to lift the family out of poverty. They ended up killing him off the show!! My own Father was very similar to James Evens. Even his first name was James! Lol... But his hard work gave us a very good life! Other family members would come live with us in hard times! And we kids never wanted for nothing.

@lexkanyima2195 3 жыл бұрын

@@flossietube2065 and it's not about being strong

@tystic1652 2 жыл бұрын

@@emmanuelharris6445 Watch season 1&2, and you'll see the significance of having a good father in the home

@sbella6719 3 жыл бұрын

I love Thelma's afro! Lot's of girls in school had it. I could never get mine to look like that

@Xeyedjohn 3 жыл бұрын

I loved Thelma's everything

@royrogers3404 3 жыл бұрын

Did y'all hear that one person in the audience screeching to the top of their lungs at every joke?

@TF-gf3fs 3 жыл бұрын

Probably someone on coke.

@bleeding4721 3 жыл бұрын

@@TF-gf3fs no...just normal at black shows

@theanonymousone9668 3 жыл бұрын

She just wanted her voice to be heard for all eternity

@Capcoor 3 жыл бұрын

What about that same person who would say “Right On!”

@teenfromtexas7579 3 жыл бұрын

@@Capcoor she will always be remembered

@DeeEss_on_YT 3 жыл бұрын

They should’ve kept the father character in

@imranchoudhary4716 3 жыл бұрын

I agree, but unfortunately John Amos did not like the direction the show was going in. Good Times was originally supposed to be about Florida and James raising their family in a poor neighborhood, but JJ became the popular character and the show started to focus more on JJ. Every episode JJ would be constantly saying his jokes and "Dynomite," that the show's ratings started to go down. Because of Amos not agreeing to this direction, they fired him.

@nassauguy48 3 жыл бұрын

@@imranchoudhary4716 Were the ratings really going down? My impression was that JJ's popularity had them soaring, and that they started going down after James was written out of the series.

@imranchoudhary4716 3 жыл бұрын

@@nassauguy48 Ratings started to go down sometime during the fifth season. Esther Rolle left after the fourth season because, like John Amos, she was unsatisfied with the direction the show was going. When they offered Rolle to come back for the final season, but even after meeting her demands, ratings still continued to decline and the series was canceled after the final season

@visaormastercard 3 жыл бұрын

Nah. It was time for him to go.

@AmirMuhammad1445 3 жыл бұрын

@@visaormastercard you tripping

@septiawoman2911 3 жыл бұрын

I am so thankful that I grew up under a father in our home!

@lorimiller4301 11 ай бұрын

My parents lived together for 50 years and I never saw them hugging. You have to have happy parents to have Good Times whether they're together or not. ❤

@jukedar 3 жыл бұрын

This was truly a show that could have you laughing one minute , worried the next and saddness when there is a death, incredibly good show that you wont see on TV today

@sbella6719 3 жыл бұрын

Yes!!! And tears of joy when something good happened for them

@gorillagangebk 2 жыл бұрын

Same thing i said bro Only show to Make me Laugh Cry and THINK💯Favorite show Ever

@scottm8579 2 жыл бұрын

Last show with a working class family was Rosanne in the 90's. Nothing else in 25 years.

@spockboy Жыл бұрын

Yes, it was impossible not to care for these characters.

@salimthebarefootsage8182 3 жыл бұрын

James Evans in a suit. Can't get enough.

@hillelisreal2983 3 жыл бұрын

All that chocolate 🍫🍫

@Whereyahidin 2 жыл бұрын

Wth 😭🤣😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@kimdisaturd1409 Жыл бұрын

Is that where they got the term monkey suit?

@LoopyLemon775 Ай бұрын

@@kimdisaturd1409 That’s not funny…like at all.

@kimdisaturd1409 Ай бұрын

@@LoopyLemon775 like, OMG!!

@m64h 10 ай бұрын

Gotta love how Wilona could always just walk right into the Evans' residence, no key, nothing 🙂

@kravethedream 3 жыл бұрын

Willona was beautiful, I loved when she'd call Michael Gramps

@sbella6719 3 жыл бұрын

She was beautiful. I remember that nickname. I always wondered why she called him that

@19Dtheking 2 жыл бұрын

She called him gramps cause he was very mature for his age lol that’s what I think

@truce6390 3 жыл бұрын

That Sly grin by James 😏

@thomasbrown3356 3 жыл бұрын

I had 4 friends during my 70s child hood and the airing of this show Unfortunately, none of us , had at home fathers. The home without James, resembled all that I related to, back then.

@christophercarlson5624 Жыл бұрын

"standing next to each other y'all look like the number 10!"

@Miss.TJ516 9 ай бұрын

😃😃

@visaormastercard 3 жыл бұрын

Look how Michael's eating. He's just as sweet as that icing.🧁

@RonDonProductions 3 жыл бұрын

You wrong for that 😂😂🤣

@theanonymousone9668 3 жыл бұрын

There's nothing gay about that. Now some of his other mannerisms leave no doubt

@visaormastercard 3 жыл бұрын

@@theanonymousone9668 whatever 🙄

@monicasmith9215 2 жыл бұрын

I will always luv these TV shows ..

@docdee770 2 жыл бұрын

Winona was the sharpest dressed honey in the hood!💃

@Xeyedjohn 3 жыл бұрын

I just wish Apple TV would put Good Times, and What's Happening available for purchase in High Definition. Lord have mercy!

@donnielindon7289 2 жыл бұрын

Stay safe y'all and warm 🏕️🏠

@charlessantee8329 3 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite episode

@charlottestovalll9760 2 жыл бұрын

This is one of my favorite episodes ❤

@ithinknot2694 3 жыл бұрын

pretty sure BernNadette could really cook, $1.50 champagne lol

@nvkulk 3 жыл бұрын

Damn damn damn !

@thomasbrown3356 2 жыл бұрын

The irony of this show. James stayed unemployed or underemployed. The minute he gets a good job, he gets killed off.

@happyswim1836 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the good memories.

@debrashepard3949 3 жыл бұрын

I feel bad i could never have any children in my life! People seem so happy with children especially good times!

@marcoevans2155 3 жыл бұрын

Never say never again 😹

@the_real_phresh9458 2 жыл бұрын

i’m so sorry to hear that did you ever consider adopting that’s what i want to do one day i’m sure you will make a great parent

@markcopeland3892 2 жыл бұрын

Thelma was gorgeous...

@donnielindon-em6du Жыл бұрын

Great show yall.

@QueensNativeNYC Жыл бұрын

Great show!

@pacoavila7784 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful the 70’s

@kelvinmeekins2239 2 жыл бұрын

Thelma is wearing those jeans

@ZetaReticuli_ Ай бұрын

I like seeing James happy. He deserves it.

@krisrhood2127 3 жыл бұрын

I would have told JJ that if he didn't like my cooking he could do it himself

@mariolibertad9972 3 жыл бұрын

The father made the show. The rest were support cast.

@tatirahglenn9096 3 жыл бұрын

You mean jj made the show. That why the mama dipped to because of jj.

@nassauguy48 3 жыл бұрын

@@tatirahglenn9096 I heard that Esther Rolle was a bit high maintenance to work with. She was reportedly not all that sorry to see John Amos go because his character was more popular than hers. She certainly felt the same way about Jimmie Walker, which is why she left the show for a time. After realizing that she could not find work elsewhere, she crawled back to Norman Lear. What really stank was that Ja'net DuBois, who had been promoted to the lead cast member (along with Walker) while Rolle was gone, was relegated back to a supporting star when Rolle came back.

@tatirahglenn9096 3 жыл бұрын

@@nassauguy48 yes she was but that was after jj started getting the money and all the shine

@lexkanyima2195 3 жыл бұрын

@@tatirahglenn9096 but JJ was not a sellout

@sbella6719 3 жыл бұрын

@@tatirahglenn9096 they manufactured JJs shine and exaggerated his style of humor to please a certain audience

@Capcoor 3 жыл бұрын

“You got some nerve, you ol’...

@teenfromtexas7579 3 жыл бұрын

Chihuahua face

@AveryBlackman 2 жыл бұрын

Why didn't he take the test before he turned 42 ? The writers of this show were all over the place. Fred Davis is a politician one episode, then he's a cousin of the family.

@spockboy Жыл бұрын

He was too busy working 12 hour days wherever he could to pay rent and feed and clothe 3 kids. Clearly you have never been a parent.

@geraldlewis8272 2 жыл бұрын

Great episode I like it

@tametriusjohnsonfielder8080 3 жыл бұрын

1.50 champagne I wish I get some that price now lol

@Miss.TJ516 9 ай бұрын

💯💯✨

@samuelgriffin4167 3 жыл бұрын

Florida wasn't too thrilled about James leaving to Alaska for a great job great pay talking about $500 dollars she needs to really think twice about that another thing she doesn't want her three children being without a father for a year

@RichV20 3 жыл бұрын

She didnt want him to go to Alaska but was fine with him looking for work in Mississippi where he end up dying.

@nassauguy48 3 жыл бұрын

@@RichV20 Yeah, quite frankly, I would rather go to Alaska. And, my God, it is certainly better than the Chicago ghetto. (Strange how she called Alaska a "God forsaken place" when she was living in Dante's Ninth Circle of Hell.

@RichV20 3 жыл бұрын

@@nassauguy48 James was going to make $25k ($80k in 2020) for a year in Alaska. Did Florida think they were going to continue living in the projects with the gangs the whole time? James could wire the money and they could move to an apartment in a safer neighborhood. Florida was worried about the kids being without a father for a year. Well now they are without a father for the rest of their life bc he went looking for work in the South.

@tom11zz884 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, Florida was a bundle of contradictions at times

@sbella6719 3 жыл бұрын

James didn't go to Alaska because he was still considered an essential part of the show. Florida 'allowed' him to go to MS because the writers were killing him off. Stop blaming Florida

@m42037 2 жыл бұрын

Harry Bellifonie is still kicking!

@debrashepard3949 3 жыл бұрын

1.50 per hour but that was good money per hour back than

@kwameaboagye-cl9me Жыл бұрын

Good Times wasn't the same when John Amos left the series.

@jaywad8876 10 ай бұрын

This is before season 4 came about.

@samuelgriffin4167 3 жыл бұрын

Florida would feel about not having a father figure in Michael's life even at 13

@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854 3 жыл бұрын

Micheal uses Arnold Jackson's catchphrase before he does... 0:57

@ricardotorres4150 3 жыл бұрын

If you don’t put that bottle glass down it’s gonna be some dying in this living room Junior now go get you some Kool - Aid with Thelma and Michael.

@happyswim1836 2 жыл бұрын

LOL!! I could see the mother talking like that to JJ.

@darrenantwine14 2 жыл бұрын

Yelp brake up the black family get rid of the father......now look what we got..smh.....praises and thanks to GOD for my father and mother Raising 6kids till death did them part...

@m42037 2 жыл бұрын

Why can't we watch the whole show smfh

@SunshineFL 3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@JustChillin227 3 жыл бұрын

The gospel by which we're SAVED. 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 (KJV)(1) Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the GOSPEL (good news) which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; (2) By which also ye are SAVED, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain (self). (3) For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that CHRIST DIED for our SINS according to the scriptures; (4) And that he was BURIED, and that he ROSE AGAIN the THIRD DAY according to the scriptures. READ, UNDERSTAND, BELIEVE (from the heart by FAITH) and be SAVED

@rastaa3x787 2 жыл бұрын

I swear Florida loved living in the ghetto & in poverty. Any come up opportunity she found ANY reason to call it “wrong”

@happyswim1836 2 жыл бұрын

That was just her character. Her boyfriend (Moses Gunn) after James called her "too perfect," like the time they went out to dinner and ordered steak, and the waiter would not serve their food. When the man became angry, Flo stated, with a smile, "that's alright. I wasn't that hungry." LOL! He corrected her "nicety" and the waiter's rudeness at the same time.