Did you like the show better when Mabel King was seen less? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TVFactFan · 10-26-2004, 04:47 PM

I didn;t really care for the Mrs.Thomas character being seen in every episode. I think she was better has a character who made occassional apperances. I preferred seeing Raj, Rerun and Dwayne in School or the soda shop. The low points of this show was seeing the Mother and hearing annoying ass Dee. As long as I saw

Shirley
Rob
Raj
Rerun
Dwayne

I had no problems.

jamesanthony · 10-26-2004, 05:11 PM

I liked all those characters too but i do feel Mabel added an important element to the show. I think she should have stayed on all the way through. I don't remember what the explanation was for them not showing her in the last season. Did they say she was out of town or was she just always out of the house when they showed the house? Also in the new series, had she moved away or had she passed away?

TVFactFan · 10-26-2004, 05:15 PM

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Originally posted by jamesanthony
I liked all those characters too but i do feel Mabel added an important element to the show. I think she should have stayed on all the way through. I don't remember what the explanation was for them not showing her in the last season. Did they say she was out of town or was she just always out of the house when they showed the house? Also in the new series, had she moved away or had she passed away?

I think the explanation on the show was supposed to be visting Mrs. Thomas visiting a relative

jamesanthony · 10-26-2004, 05:34 PM

Oh OK. BTW this has absolutely nothing to do with this topic, but if all the evidence you presented about Good Times is true then I agree with you that it was not a spinoff from Maude, although the term seems to be applied to it by even people who worked on each of those shows.

As for What's Happening, it's one of those shows that was never not entertaining, but I'd have to say that the first season was probably the best and the subsequent years and the successive seasons of the spinoff or sequel or whatever you wanna call it are all just a bit not as good as what came before it.

It would be something if they did a new generation of this show with the Raj and Rerun's children or something.

Brian Damage · 10-26-2004, 10:35 PM

I liked having Mabel around in small doses. She was a great character. Sure Rerun, Raj and Dwayne were the stars, but a little of Mama is fine by me.

Lady T · 10-26-2004, 10:36 PM

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Originally posted by TVShow Analyzer
I didn;t really care for the Mrs.Thomas character being seen in every episode. I think she was better has a character who made occassional apperances. I preferred seeing Raj, Rerun and Dwayne in School or the soda shop. The low points of this show was seeing the Mother and hearing annoying ass Dee. As long as I saw

Shirley
Rob
Raj
Rerun
Dwayne

I had no problems.

Annoying ass Dee

Mr. Television · 10-26-2004, 11:06 PM

I enjoyed MRS. Thomas's character and I felt the show suffered without her. The last season wasn't as enjoyable to me as the first two.

vashti1999 · 10-26-2004, 11:13 PM

I didn't really miss the Mabel character when she wasn't around, but I liked her. I think I was used to the show focusing more on the younger characters, so it didn't bother me much when she wasn't around. But that's not to say I didn't enjoy seeing her on the show.

TVFactFan · 10-27-2004, 01:27 AM

I felt the 3rd season suffered because rerun wasn't seen that much.

GARFIELDKOOL · 10-27-2004, 11:01 AM

I wish I could have seen less of Dee and lots more of Mama.

nerrad · 10-28-2004, 02:26 PM

I didn't like the job they gave Mabel. It didn't seem right. The coule wasn't rich, I don't think. And she did no cooking. Only cleaned???

jamesanthony · 10-28-2004, 05:06 PM

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Originally posted by nerrad
I didn't like the job they gave Mabel. It didn't seem right. The coule wasn't rich, I don't think. And she did no cooking. Only cleaned???

These message boards make me think too much.

Her job was not only stereotypical but made no sense. How could a domestic single mother of two afford a two story house?They should have given her a different line of work, like a civil service employee or something.

GARFIELDKOOL · 10-29-2004, 10:48 AM

Or a nurse. The 70's were the decade where blacks had opportunities. Why they had her cleaning white folks home for under-the-table money was beyond me.

10-26-2004, 04:47 PM	#1
TVFactFan Member Forum Junkie Join Date: Aug 17, 2002 Posts: 99,062	Did you like the show better when Mabel King was seen less? I didn;t really care for the Mrs.Thomas character being seen in every episode. I think she was better has a character who made occassional apperances. I preferred seeing Raj, Rerun and Dwayne in School or the soda shop. The low points of this show was seeing the Mother and hearing annoying ass Dee. As long as I saw Shirley Rob Raj Rerun Dwayne I had no problems.

10-26-2004, 11:06 PM	#7
Mr. Television 23 Years at Sitcoms Online Forum Icon Join Date: Jun 06, 2003 Location: Somewhere you're Not Posts: 62,133	I enjoyed MRS. Thomas's character and I felt the show suffered without her. The last season wasn't as enjoyable to me as the first two.
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10-26-2004, 11:13 PM	#8
vashti1999 NY METS - #1 Forum Fanatic Join Date: Oct 14, 2003 Location: The world's greatest city - New York City Posts: 11,404	I didn't really miss the Mabel character when she wasn't around, but I liked her. I think I was used to the show focusing more on the younger characters, so it didn't bother me much when she wasn't around. But that's not to say I didn't enjoy seeing her on the show.
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10-26-2004, 05:11 PM	#2
jamesanthony Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 30, 2004 Posts: 2,180	I liked all those characters too but i do feel Mabel added an important element to the show. I think she should have stayed on all the way through. I don't remember what the explanation was for them not showing her in the last season. Did they say she was out of town or was she just always out of the house when they showed the house? Also in the new series, had she moved away or had she passed away?

10-26-2004, 05:34 PM	#4
jamesanthony Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 30, 2004 Posts: 2,180	Oh OK. BTW this has absolutely nothing to do with this topic, but if all the evidence you presented about Good Times is true then I agree with you that it was not a spinoff from Maude, although the term seems to be applied to it by even people who worked on each of those shows. As for What's Happening, it's one of those shows that was never not entertaining, but I'd have to say that the first season was probably the best and the subsequent years and the successive seasons of the spinoff or sequel or whatever you wanna call it are all just a bit not as good as what came before it. It would be something if they did a new generation of this show with the Raj and Rerun's children or something.

10-26-2004, 10:35 PM	#5
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	I liked having Mabel around in small doses. She was a great character. Sure Rerun, Raj and Dwayne were the stars, but a little of Mama is fine by me.

10-27-2004, 01:27 AM	#9
TVFactFan Member Forum Junkie Join Date: Aug 17, 2002 Posts: 99,062	I felt the 3rd season suffered because rerun wasn't seen that much.

10-27-2004, 11:01 AM	#10
GARFIELDKOOL Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Sep 02, 2004 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 7,204	I wish I could have seen less of Dee and lots more of Mama.

10-28-2004, 02:26 PM	#11
nerrad Member Senior Member Join Date: Oct 06, 2003 Location: pfunkytown Posts: 1,253	I didn't like the job they gave Mabel. It didn't seem right. The coule wasn't rich, I don't think. And she did no cooking. Only cleaned???

10-29-2004, 10:48 AM	#13
GARFIELDKOOL Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Sep 02, 2004 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 7,204	Or a nurse. The 70's were the decade where blacks had opportunities. Why they had her cleaning white folks home for under-the-table money was beyond me.