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[Janice Johnson]

Here's a question that's on my mind. Where did Michael get the dollar for in Getting Up The Rent for their scam? Thelma asks Michael,"Where did you get a real dollar?" Michael replies,"The Manager always has a dollar." But he didn't answer how he got it. A simple,"I found it at the park," would have been a plausible answer.

What was JJ going to do when he told Penny ,"I'm going to wash up for dinner." She says something like,"I'll come with you." JJ says "Sometimes wash up doesn't mean wash up." Penny says something like,"Oh," in a "I got it." A Good Times Fan started a thread asking if JJ was going to masturbate and pointed out that JJ even alluding to this to a 10 or 11 year old Girl was highly inappropriate." The response was something like,"No, JJ was going to do number 2, something you would want to do in private." I wonder exactly what JJ was going to do when he "Washed up." It could be Multiple things....

[TheLittleFaerie]

I'm not sure about the 1st one, but the second one, I automatically assumed he meant he was gonna use the restroom, like take a pee lol... that's what I thought as a kid, as an adult, I could see what else he could have been alluding to


I'm sure it's been asked, but the question I always had, where did the door in the kitchen lead? I'm thinking it was either a fire escape, or maybe that's where the hot water heater was

[GoldenTV]

Originally Posted by Janice Johnson

Here's a question that's on my mind. Where did Michael get the dollar for in Getting Up The Rent for their scam? Thelma asks Michael,"Where did you get a real dollar?" Michael replies,"The Manager always has a dollar." But he didn't answer how he got it. A simple,"I found it at the park," would have been a plausible answer.

I think in one episode Micheal mentioned that he help a elderly neighbor with bring up grocery and she gave him some money. May be an errand boy.

[GoldenTV]

Originally Posted by TheLittleFaerie

I'm sure it's been asked, but the question I always had, where did the door in the kitchen lead? I'm thinking it was either a fire escape, or maybe that's where the hot water heater was

I always wonder that too since never seen anybody use that door. I dont think it was for water heater as building provided the hot water centraly. I remeber in one episode Bookman came to Evens telling them the hot water will be shut off for the night.

[TheLittleFaerie]

Originally Posted by GoldenTV

I always wonder that too since never seen anybody use that door. I dont think it was for water heater as building provided the hot water centraly. I remeber in one episode Bookman came to Evens telling them the hot water will be shut off for the night.

I thought it might have been like where the hot water heater and/or heating/cooling unit could have been.... I live in an apartment and there's a little door off the dinning area with all that behind it and our apartment also provides water, but we all have our own small water heater. My grandparents had a door similar to that in their kitchen with the heating/cooling unite or "furnace" behind it and it actually had a lock on the outside like on the Evans, so it wouldn't be swinging open.

But the lock also tells me maybe it was an emergency exit like if the building was on fire.


Its funny when I was little, I THOUGHT it was another bedroom because I thought it was the room that JJ's fiancee ran into to do drugs for SOME reason, but now I see it was Thelma's room lol

[Janice Johnson]

Originally Posted by TheLittleFaerie

I thought it might have been like where the hot water heater and/or heating/cooling unit could have been.... I live in an apartment and there's a little door off the dinning area with all that behind it and our apartment also provides water, but we all have our own small water heater. My grandparents had a door similar to that in their kitchen with the heating/cooling unite or "furnace" behind it and it actually had a lock on the outside like on the Evans, so it wouldn't be swinging open.

But the lock also tells me maybe it was an emergency exit like if the building was on fire.


Its funny when I was little, I THOUGHT it was another bedroom because I thought it was the room that JJ's fiancee ran into to do drugs for SOME reason, but now I see it was Thelma's room lol

About Diana doing drugs, in real life she'd be on the news when they checked the surveillance camera and saw her stealing the jewelry from the jewelry store. And maybe JJ would have been deemed an accomplice for being there with her even though he had no idea she was a Thief or a drug addict.

[TVFactFan]

How did Willona qualify for Housing in the projects when she was single

How was the evans not eligible for food stamps if they were in low income housing

[TheLittleFaerie]

Originally Posted by TVFactFan

How did Willona qualify for Housing in the projects when she was single

How was the evans not eligible for food stamps if they were in low income housing

On that second one, I could see someone like James being too proud to accept food stamps... I dunno if it was ever mentioned, I could just see him being like that.

As for Willona living there..... perhaps she chose to because she was so close to the Evans, if it was an income based building, I'm thinking she COULD have lived there if she wanted, but her rent would have been higher, as it would be based on her salary

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by TheLittleFaerie

On that second one, I could see someone like James being too proud to accept food stamps... I dunno if it was ever mentioned, I could just see him being like that.

As for Willona living there..... perhaps she chose to because she was so close to the Evans, if it was an income based building, I'm thinking she COULD have lived there if she wanted, but her rent would have been higher, as it would be based on her salary

The projects were designed for Families not single people

[TheLittleFaerie]

Originally Posted by TVFactFan

The projects were designed for Families not single people

I dunno how it was in the 70s, but our housing projects in my town totally houses single people... My aunt was in a situation in which she almost moved there because she was having such financial trouble. Ours has single units and family units. Single people can be impoverished as well.

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by TheLittleFaerie

I dunno how it was in the 70s, but our housing projects in my town totally houses single people... My aunt was in a situation in which she almost moved there because she was having such financial trouble. Ours has single units and family units. Single people can be impoverished as well.

True but since they are only taking care of themselves its not seen as priority as a women with 3 kids