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TVFactFan · 07-12-2005, 09:56 PM

1977-78, she played in a Movie with Tina Andrews(Tina was the girl who played J.J's pregnant girlfriend Henrietta in season 2 of Good Times). In the Movie, Tina played a Teenager who was fightng to help Esther Rolle's character to move out of an freezing apartment without to a much better place to live. Aired on March 9, 1978.

Brian Damage · 07-12-2005, 10:06 PM

I seem to remember as a child a movie starring Rolle where some Vodoo guy was trying to kill her. For the life of me, I can't remember it.

JeffRuss1972 · 07-12-2005, 11:10 PM

Did you ever see her movie from 1978? Wonder if it's available anywhere. Probably not. I always wondered if she did anything during her year away from Good Times, now we know. Thanks for the info!

Does anyone remember the short lived series John Amos starred in right after he left GT called Future Cop? I was looking at the airdates of it on TvTome. Looks like he went to that show early in 76 before he was even "killed off" on GT.

TVFactFan · 07-12-2005, 11:18 PM

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Originally Posted by JeffRuss1972

Did you ever see her movie from 1978? Wonder if it's available anywhere. Probably not. I always wondered if she did anything during her year away from Good Times, now we know. Thanks for the info!

Does anyone remember the short lived series John Amos starred in right after he left GT called Future Cop? I was looking at the airdates of it on TvTome. Looks like he went to that show early in 76 before he was even "killed off" on GT.

Are you sure it was called Future Cop? Didn't see any info on the show in my TV Book

Sammy Reed · 07-13-2005, 05:05 PM

I took the liberty to look this stuff up myself on imdb.

I don't know about that 1st movie mentioned, but the one where the guy in a mask chases Esther Rolle was called "See China and Die", from 1981.

And there WAS a TV movie John Amos was in called "Future Cop" in 1976, and it was even made into a series in 1977 that only lasted 7 episodes. John Amos starred in that series as well.

TVFactFan · 07-13-2005, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Sammy Reed

I took the liberty to look this stuff up myself on imdb.

I don't know about that 1st movie mentioned, but the one where the guy in a mask chases Esther Rolle was called "See China and Die", from 1981.

And there WAS a TV movie John Amos was in called "Future Cop" in 1976, and it was even made into a series in 1977 that only lasted 7 episodes. John Amos starred in that series as well.

Well it must have lasted 7 min because Future Cop is not listed in my TV Book at all-lol

JeffRuss1972 · 07-13-2005, 11:23 PM

LOL- Yeah the show Future Cop was on from March to April of 1977, kind of a 70s version of RoboCop. Souned pretty bad. The movie was in 1976 and had John Amos as a Seargent or something. There's info about it on TV.com. It was the movie that he did right after leaving Good Times. Lasted about as long as Sanford Arms. LOl

Mr. Television · 07-13-2005, 11:26 PM

Yea its listed in another tv book I have. Its not in The Complete Diectory book. I think maybe because it might not have aired in consecutive weeks or something. I'm not sure.

Brian Damage · 07-13-2005, 11:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Sammy Reed

I took the liberty to look this stuff up myself on imdb.

I don't know about that 1st movie mentioned, but the one where the guy in a mask chases Esther Rolle was called "See China and Die", from 1981.

Thank you so much for the info.

Mr. Television · 07-13-2005, 11:36 PM

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Originally Posted by JeffRuss1972

LOL- Yeah the show Future Cop was on from March to April of 1977, kind of a 70s version of RoboCop. Souned pretty bad. The movie was in 1976 and had John Amos as a Seargent or something. There's info about it on TV.com. It was the movie that he did right after leaving Good Times. Lasted about as long as Sanford Arms. LOl

They actually showed that series on the Sci-Fi channel in the early 90's along with other flop Sci-Fi shows. I caught one episode.

TVFactFan · 07-14-2005, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by DallasCowboysFanatic

Yea its listed in another tv book I have. Its not in The Complete Diectory book. I think maybe because it might not have aired in consecutive weeks or something. I'm not sure.

What's the title of that book?

Mr. Television · 07-14-2005, 10:56 AM

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What's the title of that book?

Its called Total Television by Alex McNeil. It has both daytime and nighttime shows listed in it but the summaries are not as good as The Complete Directory book.

TVFactFan · 07-14-2005, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by DallasCowboysFanatic

Its called Total Television by Alex McNeil. It has both daytime and nighttime shows listed in it but the summaries are not as good as The Complete Directory book.

Does the book have TV ratings?

Mr. Television · 07-14-2005, 11:47 PM

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Originally Posted by RetroTVCollector

Does the book have TV ratings?

It has the top 20.

I got the book mainly for the daytime shows. I have an old version of the book. I think its been updated once since then. Its nice but it doesn't really go in as much detail as the Complete Directory book does.

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TVFactFan Member Forum Junkie Join Date: Aug 17, 2002 Posts: 99,062	Fun Fact Time, Did you know that during Esther Rolle's absence from Good Times in 1977-78, she played in a Movie with Tina Andrews(Tina was the girl who played J.J's pregnant girlfriend Henrietta in season 2 of Good Times). In the Movie, Tina played a Teenager who was fightng to help Esther Rolle's character to move out of an freezing apartment without to a much better place to live. Aired on March 9, 1978.

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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 seem to remember as a child a movie starring Rolle where some Vodoo guy was trying to kill her. For the life of me, I can't remember it.

07-12-2005, 11:10 PM	#3
JeffRuss1972 70s Sitcoms Rule!!! Eternal Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 11, 2005 Location: Villa Rica, GA Posts: 1,257	Did you ever see her movie from 1978? Wonder if it's available anywhere. Probably not. I always wondered if she did anything during her year away from Good Times, now we know. Thanks for the info! Does anyone remember the short lived series John Amos starred in right after he left GT called Future Cop? I was looking at the airdates of it on TvTome. Looks like he went to that show early in 76 before he was even "killed off" on GT.

07-13-2005, 05:05 PM	#5
Sammy Reed Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Apr 19, 2003 Posts: 403	I took the liberty to look this stuff up myself on imdb. I don't know about that 1st movie mentioned, but the one where the guy in a mask chases Esther Rolle was called "See China and Die", from 1981. And there WAS a TV movie John Amos was in called "Future Cop" in 1976, and it was even made into a series in 1977 that only lasted 7 episodes. John Amos starred in that series as well.

07-13-2005, 11:23 PM	#7
JeffRuss1972 70s Sitcoms Rule!!! Eternal Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 11, 2005 Location: Villa Rica, GA Posts: 1,257	LOL- Yeah the show Future Cop was on from March to April of 1977, kind of a 70s version of RoboCop. Souned pretty bad. The movie was in 1976 and had John Amos as a Seargent or something. There's info about it on TV.com. It was the movie that he did right after leaving Good Times. Lasted about as long as Sanford Arms. LOl