View Full Version : Was this another weird Good Times Moment?


TVFactFan
09-28-2005, 01:06 PM
Willona, J.J, Michael and Thelma all get together to get a new janitor in the building because of the way Bookman ignored their maintenance requests and then they get a new janitor who fixes eveything and then start feeling sorry for Bookman because he was out of a job. Then Willona begs Alderman davis to give him his job back, and as soon as Bookman is rehired, the Evans once again have maintenace problems. damm that was a dumb episode-lol

Ireneparalegal
09-28-2005, 02:25 PM
Willona, J.J, Michael and Thelma all get together to get a new janitor in the building because of the way Bookman ignored their maintenance requests and then they get a new janitor who fixes eveything and then start feeling sorry for Bookman because he was out of a job. Then Willona begs Alderman davis to give him his job back, and as soon as Bookman is rehired, the Evans once again have maintenace problems. damm that was a dumb episode-lol
Absolutely right...no sense in that episode if you are going to keep the original character. Alot of other shows had a premise/plot like this where a character would almost leave and then the other characters had a change of heart. It's almost like writers shared plots with each other from various shows.

TVFactFan
09-28-2005, 02:34 PM
Absolutely right...no sense in that episode if you are going to keep the original character. Alot of other shows had a premise/plot like this where a character would almost leave and then the other characters had a change of heart. It's almost like writers shared plots with each other from various shows.


All that complaining they did and then they started feeling sorry for him. I wouldn't have felt sorry for him at all, my attitude would have been-"well if you was doing your job you wouldn;t be unemployed"-lol

Ireneparalegal
09-28-2005, 02:35 PM
All that complaining they did and then they started feeling sorry for him. I wouldn't have felt sorry for him at all, my attitude would have been-"well if you was doing your job you wouldn;t be unemployed"-lol
riiiiiiiiiight on retro!!

Brieannas21
09-28-2005, 02:48 PM
That's what happens when you get new writer's and they run out of things to write about.

craftman
09-28-2005, 09:06 PM
Y'all took all them comments from me. That's an example of one of the episodes I don't like, it was kind of Three's Company-ish.

TVFactFan
09-28-2005, 10:09 PM
Y'all took all them comments from me. That's an example of one of the episodes I don't like, it was kind of Three's Company-ish.



Kind of like when the Trio got Mr. Furley Fired?-LOL

craftman
09-28-2005, 10:34 PM
Kind of like when the Trio got Mr. Furley Fired?-LOL



Is that the one when they went to talk to Mr. Furley's brother Bart to get his job back? HA ha haaaa

TVFactFan
09-28-2005, 10:38 PM
Is that the one when they went to talk to Mr. Furley's brother Bart to get his job back? HA ha haaaa



Yup that's the one

Ireneparalegal
09-28-2005, 11:33 PM
I think I read somewhere where scripts floated around so that other shows could get ideas or basically rehash them to suit their shows.
Anyone remember Mod Squad? There was an episode where Julie was shot accidently in the head by a young kid. Then, many many years later, the same exact premise/plot was used in Charlie's Angels. It was Jaclyn Smith's character who was shot. It was the same storyline, but two different shows.

Jinxey
09-29-2005, 02:20 AM
I think I read somewhere where scripts floated around so that other shows could get ideas or basically rehash them to suit their shows.
Anyone remember Mod Squad? There was an episode where Julie was shot accidently in the head by a young kid. Then, many many years later, the same exact premise/plot was used in Charlie's Angels. It was Jaclyn Smith's character who was shot. It was the same storyline, but two different shows.

I think that was the final episode of Charlie's Angels. Is the episode of Mod Squad you're talking about also the final episode???

Ireneparalegal
09-29-2005, 02:33 AM
I think that was the final episode of Charlie's Angels. Is the episode of Mod Squad you're talking about also the final episode???
I can't recall abt Mod Squad. As for Charlie's Angels, I don't think it was the final episode, but then again who knows. I just remember Kelly having a bandage on her head from being grazed by the bullet, the kid was walking around picking up different things on his "walk" such as a seashell. He was picking up things that matched items in a story that Kelly had told him. It was a fairy tale of sorts. When I watched this episode for the first time, I was like, "Hey, I know this story, I know what's going to happen." even though it was a first run episode. It was then I realized I had seen this before on Mod Squad. I was always bothered by the "rehashing" of stories like this.

Jinxey
09-29-2005, 02:58 AM
I can't recall abt Mod Squad. As for Charlie's Angels, I don't think it was the final episode, but then again who knows. I just remember Kelly having a bandage on her head from being grazed by the bullet, the kid was walking around picking up different things on his "walk" such as a seashell. He was picking up things that matched items in a story that Kelly had told him. It was a fairy tale of sorts. When I watched this episode for the first time, I was like, "Hey, I know this story, I know what's going to happen." even though it was a first run episode. It was then I realized I had seen this before on Mod Squad. I was always bothered by the "rehashing" of stories like this.

OK....the episode you're talking about was from the first season...She also got shot on the final episode....lol

It's true what you said about recycled scripts.

TVFactFan
09-29-2005, 09:39 AM
I'm just surprised no one on Good times accidently lock theirself in a pair of handcuffs-lol I seen that scenario on several tv shows

Ireneparalegal
09-29-2005, 11:45 AM
I'm just surprised no one on Good times accidently lock theirself in a pair of handcuffs-lol I seen that scenario on several tv shows
hmmmmm....i smell a new thread here!!! :lol:

Jinxey
09-29-2005, 11:58 AM
I'm just surprised no one on Good times accidently lock theirself in a pair of handcuffs-lol I seen that scenario on several tv shows

Only 3 that I can think of.....
I'm suprised it hasn't been done on any of these new comedies.

GeorgeWBushGOP
09-29-2005, 01:58 PM
I think I read somewhere where scripts floated around so that other shows could get ideas or basically rehash them to suit their shows.
Anyone remember Mod Squad? There was an episode where Julie was shot accidently in the head by a young kid. Then, many many years later, the same exact premise/plot was used in Charlie's Angels. It was Jaclyn Smith's character who was shot. It was the same storyline, but two different shows.


I liked shows that drew a line in the middle of the floor. One housemate on one side. the other housemade stuck on the other. How many times was that rehashed?

Another favorite is when a Tape Recorder is involved leading to a compramising conversation.

Ireneparalegal
09-29-2005, 02:01 PM
I liked shows that drew a line in the middle of the floor. One housemate on one side. the other housemade stuck on the other. How many times was that rehashed?

Another favorite is when a Tape Recorder is involved leading to a compramising conversation.
my first time seeing the line draw thing was on I Love Lucy...he is a slob and she is trying to keep things neat as a pin. btw, how does that make sense: Neat as a pin? :lol: