TVFactFan, good news, I rewatched the Good Times pilot

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by Wawwie

That's like saying Everybody Loves Raymond is a spinoff of Seinfeld because "Robert Barone" was on an episode of Seinfeld playing a crazed mechanic. I guess he decided to move to Long Island and become a cop.

It was never a smooth transition from Maude to Good Times because the show was already written by someone from Chicago so they should have just used the names in that script so everything would make sense. The Black Family

[Wawwie]

Originally Posted by TVFactFan

It was never a smooth transition from Maude to Good Times because the show was already written by someone from Chicago so they should have just used the names in that script so everything would make sense. The Black Family

That would have made an ounce of sense!

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by Wawwie

That would have made an ounce of sense!

Norman Lear got involved and changed it to Evans LOL and never connected the dots

[Wawwie]

Originally Posted by TVFactFan

Norman Lear got involved and changed it to Evans LOL and never connected the dots

As Fred Sanford would say... "You big dummy"! to Norman!