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nerrad · 02-24-2004, 10:41 AM

Who can forget the first episode between the two. James resenting him for all those years. I've always wondered why they didn't do more shows together? He's been a guest, but after James had died, uh gotten fired.

TVFactFan · 02-24-2004, 05:15 PM

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Originally posted by nerrad
Who can forget the first episode between the two. James resenting him for all those years. I've always wondered why they didn't do more shows together? He's been a guest, but after James had died, uh gotten fired.

Good Times writers had a habit of creating a situation and never mentioning it again. The writers were not that good. Some examples.

Florida completing night school

Michael going to a school in another neighborhood

No mention of Gurdy Vincent whether she was still eating dog food or if things gotten better

vashti1999 · 02-24-2004, 05:41 PM

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Good Times writers had a habit of creating a situation and never mentioning it again. The writers were not that good.

That's not necessarily exclusive to Good Times, there are alot of shows where certain situations aren't referred to in later episodes.

TVFactFan · 02-24-2004, 06:50 PM

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Originally posted by vashti1999
That's not necessarily exclusive to Good Times, there are alot of shows where certain situations aren't referred to in later episodes.

Good Times writers did it all the time. Never happened on the Jefersons.

marvin g · 02-24-2004, 09:48 PM

all those t.v show back then did it including The Jeffersons. George's brother Henry was never on the show or mentioned but was on All in the family before George appeared. Louise's sister was only on the show once. They all did stuff like that.

TVFactFan · 02-24-2004, 09:52 PM

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all those t.v show back then did it including The Jeffersons. George's brother Henry was never on the show or mentioned but was on All in the family before George appeared. Louise's sister was only on the show once. They all did stuff like that.

NOT LIKE GOOD TIMES. One of the great consistencies of the Jeffersons was the Monk Davis Character who appeared in 1975 and was mentioned in 1978 and 1979. Good Times had SEVERAL INCOMPLETE STORYLINES

vashti1999 · 02-26-2004, 11:27 PM

Another example of other shows doing this: I watched the "No Children, No Dogs" episode of Three's Company today. Chrissy left the puppy for Mrs. Roper, who took it at the end of the episode, but that puppy was never heard from again. You would think that the Ropers kept it, but we don't know what happened. Also, in that episode, they refered to Larry as "Honest Larry" and if I'm not mistaken they never made mention of him being called "Honest" Larry in later episodes, or Chrissy's sleepwalking for that matter. That's what I meant when I said it's not exclusive to Good Times and the writers of that show. If you took time to ANALYZE every series, you'll probably find they all had situations or storylines that were left unresolved or not brought up. It wasn't only Good Times, Three's Company was probably even worse.

TVFactFan · 02-26-2004, 11:31 PM

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Another example of other shows doing this: I watched the "No Children, No Dogs" episode of Three's Company today. Chrissy left the puppy for Mrs. Roper, who took it at the end of the episode, but that puppy was never heard from again. You would think that the Ropers kept it, but we don't know what happened. Also, in that episode, they refered to Larry as "Honest Larry" and if I'm not mistaken they never made mention of him being called "Honest" Larry in later episodes, or Chrissy's sleepwalking for that matter. That's what I meant when I said it's not exclusive to Good Times and the writers of that show. If you took time to ANALYZE every series, you'll probably find they all had situations or storylines that were left unresolved or not brought up. It wasn't only Good Times, Three's Company was probably even worse.

Good Times was still a funny show but just too many incomplete episodes. THree's Company did not have a lot of those.

nerrad · 02-27-2004, 12:00 PM

Didn't James buy two book bags, one for Florida and one for HIM? It was never mentioned again about James going to night school also.

What grades were the kids in? The "JJ the senior"episode tells us that JJ passed to the 12th grade. He had one of the great lines when Florida asked him whether or not he was to repeat the 11th grade. "I said I was proud mama, not crazy".

Sounds like something I would've said to mine. Thelma probably passed to the 11th. Don't know about Michael.

TVFactFan · 02-27-2004, 08:56 PM

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Didn't James buy two book bags, one for Florida and one for HIM? It was never mentioned again about James going to night school also.

What grades were the kids in? The "JJ the senior"episode tells us that JJ passed to the 12th grade. He had one of the great lines when Florida asked him whether or not he was to repeat the 11th grade. "I said I was proud mama, not crazy". Sounds like something I would've said to mine. Thelma probably passed to the 11th. Don't know about Michael.

I know. You never heard about Florida COMPLETING Night School after that episode.

02-24-2004, 10:41 AM	#1
nerrad Member Senior Member Join Date: Oct 06, 2003 Location: pfunkytown Posts: 1,253	Why weren't there more episodes with James and his dad? Who can forget the first episode between the two. James resenting him for all those years. I've always wondered why they didn't do more shows together? He's been a guest, but after James had died, uh gotten fired.

02-27-2004, 12:00 PM	#9
nerrad Member Senior Member Join Date: Oct 06, 2003 Location: pfunkytown Posts: 1,253	inconsistencies Didn't James buy two book bags, one for Florida and one for HIM? It was never mentioned again about James going to night school also. What grades were the kids in? The "JJ the senior"episode tells us that JJ passed to the 12th grade. He had one of the great lines when Florida asked him whether or not he was to repeat the 11th grade. "I said I was proud mama, not crazy". Sounds like something I would've said to mine. Thelma probably passed to the 11th. Don't know about Michael.

02-24-2004, 09:48 PM	#5
marvin g Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 30, 2003 Location: Chicago,IL Posts: 1,217	all those t.v show back then did it including The Jeffersons. George's brother Henry was never on the show or mentioned but was on All in the family before George appeared. Louise's sister was only on the show once. They all did stuff like that.

02-26-2004, 11:27 PM	#7
vashti1999 NY METS - #1 Forum Fanatic Join Date: Oct 14, 2003 Location: The world's greatest city - New York City Posts: 11,404	Another example of other shows doing this: I watched the "No Children, No Dogs" episode of Three's Company today. Chrissy left the puppy for Mrs. Roper, who took it at the end of the episode, but that puppy was never heard from again. You would think that the Ropers kept it, but we don't know what happened. Also, in that episode, they refered to Larry as "Honest Larry" and if I'm not mistaken they never made mention of him being called "Honest" Larry in later episodes, or Chrissy's sleepwalking for that matter. That's what I meant when I said it's not exclusive to Good Times and the writers of that show. If you took time to ANALYZE every series, you'll probably find they all had situations or storylines that were left unresolved or not brought up. It wasn't only Good Times, Three's Company was probably even worse.