Happening. She played a Jamican Woman on Barney Miller-lol And NO she was no where near funny, just like on What's Happening. It was a very ODD ROLE

Happening. She played a Jamican Woman on Barney Miller-lol And NO she was no where near funny, just like on What's Happening. It was a very ODD ROLE

She was good in "The Jerk" and "The Wiz" as well.

You need to stop dissin and hatin on Mabel. All because she is fat. I have never seen such a shallow and opinionated person like you. How many times I have to tell you she wasn't meant to be funny on What's Happening?! People can have a effect on a show rather than providing laughs! She was part of the chemistry! Why do you own seasons 1 and 2 anyway if you hate Mabel so much? If you hate Mabel like you say you do, you need to post comments reguarding season 3 and What's Happening Now!!

She was good in "The Jerk" and "The Wiz" as well.

You need to stop dissin and hatin on Mabel. All because she is fat. I have never seen such a shallow and opinionated person like you. How many times I have to tell you she wasn't meant to be funny on What's Happening?! People can have a effect on a show rather than providing laughs! She was part of the chemistry! Why do you own seasons 1 and 2 anyway if you hate Mabel so much? If you hate Mabel like you say you do, you need to post comments reguarding season 3 and What's Happening Now!!


Because she wasn't seen that much

Speaking of characters that wasn't funny, Rerun wasn't funny either.

Speaking of characters that
wasn't funny, Rerun wasn't funny either.

You are just being silly now. Rerun is the reason peple watched What's Happening

You are just being silly now. Rerun is the reason peple watched What's Happening


He was the reason why you watched the show.

Happening. She played a Jamican Woman on Barney Miller-lol And NO she was no where near funny, just like on What's Happening. It was a very ODD ROLE
When Mabel took the role of Mabel Thomas, she was under the impression the show would be around her and the kids. Had she known how little she would be used and how her character was, she wouldn't have taken the role. Didn't you read the articles on this? There was the article I recently added to the WH forum where she states she regretted leaving broadway for WH. She didn't expect to be a funny character. She thought she was playing a mother.

When Mabel took the role of Mabel Thomas, she was under the impression the show would be around her and the kids. Had she known how little she would be used and how her character was, she wouldn't have taken the role. Didn't you read the articles on this? There was the article I recently added to the WH forum where she states she regretted leaving broadway for WH. She didn't expect to be a funny character. She thought she was playing a mother.

Irene, all Solomon wants to do is debate how fat and unfunny Mabel is. you can't get through his shallow skull. Mabel was more to What's Happening than he thinks she was. he sounds like a pre-teen dissin her. I think he wants to be a troll. Solomon, you know nothing about characters, all you do is criticize on how stuff is not to your liking. If you get on here and debate my reply, too bad, I've said what I have say, you are shallow, and stubborn as a mule! I suppose you want to say Judy Cohen should have made a better Mamma Thomas?!

Solomon, why do u diss mabel abt her weight and size? did you not just make a thread the other day abt people making fun of someone on Trump's show how they were only judging the guy because he was fat??? i don't get it. What's the difference???????

Yeah what's up with that? He doesn't like to see over weight women on TV but he's fine with watching Rerun dance around all the time? I don't get it:confused:

He doesn't like Mabel King because he found her to be unfunny. There's nothing wrong with that. That is his opinion and he is entitled to it. I will disagree though, because I felt that Mama Thomas was very important to the show. It just wasn't the same without her in season 3.

I never ever said anything about Mabel's weight. I said she would have been more interesting to watch if they gave her a husband. She just wasn't a good actress, like Esther Rolle. Again, not to do with her size, her acting. When watching her character it was too obvious she was on stage.

Irene, all Solomon wants to do is debate how fat and unfunny Mabel is. you can't get through his shallow skull. Mabel was more to What's Happening than he thinks she was. he sounds like a pre-teen dissin her. I think he wants to be a troll. Solomon, you know nothing about characters, all you do is criticize on how stuff is not to your liking. If you get on here and debate my reply, too bad, I've said what I have say, you are shallow, and stubborn as a mule! I suppose you want to say Judy Cohen should have made a better Mamma Thomas?!


Leave Judy alone-lol

I never ever said anything about Mabel's weight. I said she would have been more interesting to watch if they gave her a husband. She just wasn't a good actress, like Esther Rolle. Again, not to do with her size, her acting. When watching her character it was too obvious she was on stage.


Your telling me that you never said anything ANYTHING about her weight? I distinctly remember a thread and her weight was brought up. You said that you found it gross and unattractive.

Your telling me that you never said anything ANYTHING about her weight? I distinctly remember a thread and her weight was brought up. You said that you found it gross and unattractive.


I didn't poke fun at her weight I said it wasn't good to be that overweight.

I didn't poke fun at her weight I said it wasn't good to be that overweight.

LOL no you didn't, You said that you didn't like to see over weight women on TV because it was gross.

LOL no you didn't, You said that you didn't like to see over weight women on TV because it was gross.


Well Yeah because you are supposed to take care of yourself. That's what I mean.

Well Yeah because you are supposed to take care of yourself. That's what I mean.


LMAO yeah sure, that's what you meant

LMAO yeah sure, that's what you meant


The main point is the producers saw that her character wasn't going to keep the viewers watching and that's why they decreased her role. Producers saw that the show was at it's best when the show focused on the guys and not the mother.

The main point is the producers saw that her character wasn't going to keep the viewers watching and that's why they decreased her role. Producers saw that the show was at it's best when the show focused on the guys and not the mother.


That was a mistake, because when they focused solely on the kids, the show went down the tubes.

That was a mistake, because when they focused solely on the kids, the show went down the tubes.



No that wasn;t why it went down the tubes. It went down the tubes because they added new characters and spent more time in Raj and Rerun's apt instead of the soda shop.

No that wasn;t why it went down the tubes. It went down the tubes because they added new characters and spent more time in Raj and Rerun's apt instead of the soda shop.


What's your fascination with the soda shop? It would look stupid for 3 grown men sitting in a soadshop all day long.

What's your fascination with the soda shop? It would look stupid for 3 grown men sitting in a soadshop all day long.


Adults went to the soda shop too, it wasn;t just teeenagers

Adults went to the soda shop too, it wasn;t just teeenagers

Yeah they went to the soda shop, they didn't hang out at the soda shop everyday all day.

Yeah they went to the soda shop, they didn't hang out at the soda shop everyday all day.


Well to me it was a place to go get your MEAL ON. So I looked at it as Rob's Place at a small Diner, not a Soda Shop

Well to me it was a place to go get your MEAL ON. So I looked at it as Rob's Place at a small Diner, not a Soda Shop


Yeah a place where no one is seen eating anything, just drinking soda's LOL

Yeah a place where no one is seen eating anything, just drinking soda's LOL


But u act like Raj, Dwayne, and rerun was married and hanging at the soda shop. THEY were in college so what was wrong with that?

No that wasn;t why it went down the tubes. It went down the tubes because they added new characters and spent more time in Raj and Rerun's apt instead of the soda shop.
Weren't the ratings already down, which is why they had the boys in an apt. hoping to bring the ratings up?

Weren't the ratings already down, which is why they had the boys in an apt. hoping to bring the ratings up?


Yup, it fell to #65 and rose back up to #28 after season 3

But u act like Raj, Dwayne, and rerun was married and hanging at the soda shop. THEY were in college so what was wrong with that?


Raj was the only one in College, and I would think it's weird to have grown men hanging out at a soda shop everyday.

Raj was the only one in College, and I would think it's weird to have grown men hanging out at a soda shop everyday.
obviously Rerun did, look at his weight...:eek:

Raj was the only one in College, and I would think it's weird to have grown men hanging out at a soda shop everyday.


They were in the age brackte of 18-22, so I still don't get your point

They were in the age brackte of 18-22, so I still don't get your point


The point that I've been making in just about all of my post is that, grown men are too old to be hanging out at a soda shop everyday.

The point that I've been making in just about all of my post is that, grown men are too old to be hanging out at a soda shop everyday.


Me and my friends hung out at a pizza shop on campus when I was in college up until my last year, so what you saying?

Me and my friends hung out at a pizza shop on campus when I was in college up until my last year, so what you saying?

My Last post......

Reread my others post and you'll see what I"m saying.

My Last post......

Reread my others post and you'll see what I"m saying.


Well I think all viewers would have prefer seeing the boys at the soda shop messing with shirley instead of Mabel at home ALONE with no man and NO LIFE