These were scenes that were hard for me to watch as a child.


James Throwing the Chair against the Wall

J.J Girlfriend using drugs in Thlema's room.

OLd Man dying in the Chair on New Years's Eve

Mad Dog Shooting J.J

Originally posted by Sitcom Analyzer
These were scenes that were hard for me to watch as a child.


James Throwing the Chair against the Wall

Mad Dog Shooting J.J

James throwing the chair scared me, he was too realistic as an angry ghetto father. JJ getting shot by Mad Dog, when I was little I thought that was real, it might have been the first time a regular character on a sitcom was shot, and being a little kid I thought it was real cause I'd never seen anything like that on a sitcom before. Another scene that was hard for me to watch was seeing Penny's abusive mother about to take that hot iron to her. SA, I know that was emotional for you as well, seeing how much you love the Penny character, right?

Originally posted by vashti1999
James throwing the chair scared me, he was too realistic as an angry ghetto father. JJ getting shot by Mad Dog, when I was little I thought that was real, it might have been the first time a regular character on a sitcom was shot, and being a little kid I thought it was real cause I'd never seen anything like that on a sitcom before. Another scene that was hard for me to watch was seeing Penny's abusive mother about to take that hot iron to her. SA, I know that was emotional for you as well, seeing how much you love the Penny character, right?



Well when I first saw that Penny scene I was older. So it didn't really bother me

James dying and Penny getting abused

Originally posted by Brian Damage
James dying and Penny getting abused

I think that's why I consider Good Times a special series. I was a kid, and I thought all that stuff was real because you didn't see that kind of stuff in sitcoms. One major character getting shot, another one being killed off the show, someone tying rope around their arm so they can shoot up, someone hiding their liquor in the toilet, two brothers sleeping in the same sofa bed. You didn't see that kind of stuff in any typical sitcom. All that stuff seemed so realistic to me as a kid, and I still think Good Times was one of the more true to life sitcoms there's ever been.

Originally posted by vashti1999
I think that's why I consider Good Times a special series. I was a kid, and I thought all that stuff was real because you didn't see that kind of stuff in sitcoms. One major character getting shot, another one being killed off the show, someone tying rope around their arm so they can shoot up, someone hiding their liquor in the toilet, two brothers sleeping in the same sofa bed. You didn't see that kind of stuff in any typical sitcom. All that stuff seemed so realistic to me as a kid, and I still think Good Times was one of the more true to life sitcoms there's ever been.



Sometimes a little TOO REAL. The Episode A Place To Die was a little too real.

agreed

Now that I think about it, as a kid, there were stroylines that scared me as well:

The old man dying
The drunk cousin at the dinner table
Penny and the hot iron
James' death

IT is a shame that I thought all TV shows had to eventually have an episode dealing with someone's death. LOL.

Originally posted by ThomasE
Now that I think about it, as a kid, there were stroylines that scared me as well:

The old man dying
The drunk cousin at the dinner table
Penny and the hot iron
James' death

IT is a shame that I thought all TV shows had to eventually have an episode dealing with someone's death. LOL.


When TBS aired the episode with the Old Man dying in the chair, I refused to record it. I don't like that episode

Originally posted by Sitcom Analyzer
When TBS aired the episode with the Old Man dying in the chair, I refused to record it. I don't like that episode

Always good to see someone taking a stand for something they believe in. :rolleyes:

Originally posted by Sitcom Analyzer
When TBS aired the episode with the Old Man dying in the chair, I refused to record it. I don't like that episode

I do not like that epiosde either..Too depressing..I know that death is a part of life...but I do not want to watch it being played out on one of my favorite sitcoms; also I did not like the fact that Penny was abused child..But Thank God, they wrote her character out of that situation....

Originally posted by Mrs. R.N.HARRIS
I do not like that epiosde either..Too depressing..I know that death is a part of life...but I do not want to watch it being played out on one of my favorite sitcoms; also I did not like the fact that Penny was abused child..But Thank God, they wrote her character out of that situation....


Very Depressing.

Originally posted by Sitcom Analyzer
Very Depressing.

I want to watch Sitcoms that make me feel good afterwards..not make me feel like running to my doctors to put me on Prozac....:lol:

Originally posted by Mrs. R.N.HARRIS
I want to watch Sitcoms that make me feel good afterwards..not make me feel like running to my doctors to put me on Prozac....:lol:


And since James wasn't in that episode i didn't want to record it anyway. Another Episode is The BaBy-when the woman has a baby in the Evans living room-James wasn't in that episode either. Another Sorry Episode.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Sitcom Analyzer
And since James wasn't in that episode i didn't want to record it anyway. Another Episode is The BaBy-when the woman has a baby in the Evans living room-James wasn't in that episode either. Another Sorry Episode. [/QUOTE

That was a common them back in the 1970's...the story line of having a woman give birth at their homes or at the work place, etc..I think I can think of at least ten episodes, where a pregnant shows up and [B]SUDDENLY[/Bshe is labor and gives birth in the middle of the livingroom, in an elevator...or in a police station...

I remember watching part 1 of the episode where JJ got shot when I was in the second grade and it was scary.

James was scary in general with that temper of his.

The one when Florida had surgery and James didn't know how he would pay for it was scary to me too when I first saw it in the mid 1970s.

For some reason Penny and the iron didn't scare me, maybe because I never saw it in 1977 when it first came on but rather in repeats. (i don't remember).

This was probably the first sitcom to have these kinds of brutal events (and more) depicted.

Another scary one was the one in the last season when Penny's mother hired the guy to seduce Willona. That one still creeps me out.

Originally posted by jamesanthony
I remember watching part 1 of the episode where JJ got shot when I was in the second grade and it was scary.

James was scary in general with that temper of his.

The one when Florida had surgery and James didn't know how he would pay for it was scary to me too when I first saw it in the mid 1970s.

For some reason Penny and the iron didn't scare me, maybe because I never saw it in 1977 when it first came on but rather in repeats. (i don't remember).

This was probably the first sitcom to have these kinds of brutal events (and more) depicted.

Another scary one was the one in the last season when Penny's mother hired the guy to seduce Willona. That one still creeps me out.



I watched that episode last night=when Mad Dog shot J.J. Mad Dog looked liked the OlDEST Jackson Brother-Jackie Jackson-lol

Penny's iron job and the old man dying in the chair was hard to watch. Speaking of the old man, why the hell was Michael always bringing people home?

Originally posted by TVShow Analyzer
These were scenes that were hard for me to watch as a child.


James Throwing the Chair against the Wall

J.J Girlfriend using drugs in Thlema's room.

OLd Man dying in the Chair on New Years's Eve

Mad Dog Shooting J.J


I didn't have a problem with the chair scene because my father was a James Evans. It seems to me you would have been safer watching 'Leave It To Beaver'.:lol:

Originally posted by nerrad
Penny's iron job and the old man dying in the chair was hard to watch. Speaking of the old man, why the hell was Michael always bringing people home?


I forgot about the Old Man Episode. I had refused to record that episode because of the ending. But since TV ONE is airing all GT eps UNCUT, i will record that episode in the month of June.

Originally posted by jamesanthony
I remember watching part 1 of the episode where JJ got shot when I was in the second grade and it was scary.


This was probably the first sitcom to have these kinds of brutal events (and more) depicted.



That's why Good Times is a favorite show of mine, especially watching it as a kid, it had realism that other sitcoms didn't have, so alot of the Good Times episodes stayed in my mind.

Originally posted by TVShow Analyzer
But since TV ONE is airing all GT eps UNCUT, i will record that episode in the month of June.

TVOne/uncut Good Times episodes mention #7,394

Originally posted by vashti1999
TVOne/uncut Good Times episodes mention #7,394


Don't be Jealous-LOL

I had a problem with Penny's mother and the iron! As a result, I wore my clothes wrinkled for a week! :D

That's funny. Yeah, I had a problem with the iron thing, too.:eek:

...yeah, especially after sticking your hand or fingers to a hot iron to see how hot it can get. I did that when I was a kid. (Just like all of us, LOL) Imagine that on someone's back.:mad: