GoldenTV
06-28-2022, 12:57 AM
In the 6th season episode of "Florida Gets a Job", Gary Coleman make a guess star appearance and he steal the show. I was wondering in season 5, instead of Penny they cast Gary Coleman as Willona's adapted child. With Gary's humor and rapid-fire sarcasm, it would have put more energy into the show.
But Gary might have been too good for Goodtimes since he probably would have overshadowed JJ as the star of show.
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TVLegend
06-28-2022, 01:40 AM
Nah. He was okay, but I definitely wouldn’t want to see him in almost every episode. Besides, by Season 6, he probably would have been making passes at Thelma if he was a regular. :lol:
GoldenTV
06-28-2022, 07:09 AM
Nah. He was okay, but I definitely wouldn’t want to see him in almost every episode. Besides, by Season 6, he probably would have been making passes at Thelma if he was a regular. :lol:
Gary did made a pass at Penny by saying he wants to play doctor. But Willona told him nobody play doctor with Penny unless he had four year medical school, and an MD plate on his Cadillac :D
DJM77
06-28-2022, 03:19 PM
It would have been interesting. Gary Coleman was a dynamo at that age!
TVFactFan
06-28-2022, 10:16 PM
He would have been better than Janet Jackson. Or they could have fired Janet Dubios:lol:
Wawwie
06-29-2022, 09:15 AM
Penny (Janet Jackson) was not a good actress. Gary Coleman was excellent.
TVSCREEN2015
06-30-2022, 10:21 PM
Gary Coleman was great in that episode. Stole every scene he was in.
I didn't care for the Penny character.
GoldenTV
07-01-2022, 01:03 AM
I think Penny character might have been more likable if (as Wawwi mentioned) she was a better actress. Probably the only reason she got role was because she was Jackson 5's sister. Or her pushy father trying to get her into show businees.
GoldenTV
07-01-2022, 01:08 AM
He would have been better than Janet Jackson. Or they could have fired Janet Dubios:lol:
If they fired Willona, then the only "adult" character left on that show would have been Bookman :D
Janice Johnson
06-17-2023, 12:51 PM
I think Penny character might have been more likable if (as Wawwi mentioned) she was a better actress. Probably the only reason she got role was because she was Jackson 5's sister. Or her pushy father trying to get her into show businees.
She didn't get the Penny role because of her Jackson Family privileges. She was actually turned down for the Penny role, and she CRIED when she was turned down. She got it because she could cry on cue.