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Ireneparalegal · 09-01-2005, 01:41 PM

My boyfriend said something abt that episode that I have always thought. What did those girls think they were gonna do when they left with the $$$$? Go to the Bahamas and never be seen again? $2500 was somewhat alot of $$ in the 70's, but still it wasn't going to last, considering these girls were supposedly poor. And besides, they would have gotten caught because the Evans family knew them. DUH!!!!! Bad writing here you think? How do you think you could have changed this episode?

TVFactFan · 09-01-2005, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Ireneparalegal

My boyfriend said something abt that episode that I have always thought. What did those girls think they were gonna do when they left with the $$$$? Go to the Bahamas and never be seen again? $2500 was somewhat alot of $$ in the 70's, but still it wasn't going to last, considering these girls were supposedly poor. And besides, they would have gotten caught because the Evans family knew them. DUH!!!!! Bad writing here you think? How do you think you could have changed this episode?

Yeah usually when someone is robbing, they have masks on-lol So yes they would have gotten caught anyway

nerrad · 09-01-2005, 02:25 PM

It was funny how one of the girls (Tamu) chumped up Willona, snatching her purse from her. Saying something like how "rich" she was. "I'm poor people", she says.

TVFactFan · 09-01-2005, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by nerrad

It was funny how one of the girls (Tamu) chumped up Willona, snatching her purse from her. Saying something like how "rich" she was. "I'm poor people", she says.

I liked TAMU performance on the Jeffersons-lol

ThomasE · 09-01-2005, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Ireneparalegal

My boyfriend said something abt that episode that I have always thought. What did those girls think they were gonna do when they left with the $$$$? Go to the Bahamas and never be seen again? $2500 was somewhat alot of $$ in the 70's, but still it wasn't going to last, considering these girls were supposedly poor. And besides, they would have gotten caught because the Evans family knew them. DUH!!!!! Bad writing here you think? How do you think you could have changed this episode?

I would have kept it the way it was. Some teenaged kids do dumb things. They were incredibly stupid. They should have left town. Their fingerprints were all over this. Wilona wasn't playing any games. Wilona was, "freeze", "freeze"!

Florida: Thelma, call the police.
Michael: We'll never get the police in the neighborhood.
Florida: Ohhhh, yes we will. You tell em' WE WHITE!

TVFactFan · 09-01-2005, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by ThomasE

I would have kept it the way it was. Some teenaged kids do dumb things. They were incredibly stupid. They should have left town. Their fingerprints were all over this. Wilona wasn't playing any games. Wilona was, "freeze", "freeze"!

Florida: Thelma, call the police.
Michael: We'll never get the police in the neighborhood.
Florida: Ohhhh, yes we will. You tell em' WE WHITE!

But wouldn;t the police know from the Evans address that they were not white?-lol

ThomasE · 09-01-2005, 03:35 PM

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But wouldn;t the police know from the Evans address that they were not white?-lol

The police could have bought the fact that they were if Thelma lied about it. I know on another post that there was a topic about this line being edited. You know, the line "tell them we white." It was edited out of the TV Land ep, but it was seen in the syndicated version. I remember it as a young child.

hatwink · 09-01-2005, 03:48 PM

Wasn't Shirley Hemphill in this episode, and wasn't it around the time of What's Happening?

TVFactFan · 09-01-2005, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by ThomasE

The police could have bought the fact that they were if Thelma lied about it. I know on another post that there was a topic about this line being edited. You know, the line "tell them we white." It was edited out of the TV Land ep, but it was seen in the syndicated version. I remember it as a young child.

But how could thelma lie if they really needed the police?-lol Once again, another dumb statement by the writers

TVFactFan · 09-01-2005, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by hatwink

Wasn't Shirley Hemphill in this episode, and wasn't it around the time of What's Happening?

What's Happening started as a summer show and picked up again in November, so she proabably was in between Jobs(shows) when she did this episode

Ireneparalegal · 09-01-2005, 04:05 PM

no the police wouldn't know their address because back in those days, the 911 system wasn't implemented yet, the operator had no way of knowing where the call was originating from. Nowadays with the computers and 911 system, the dispatcher can tell where you are calling from.

TVFactFan · 09-01-2005, 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Ireneparalegal

no the police wouldn't know their address because back in those days, the 911 system wasn't implemented yet, the operator had no way of knowing where the call was originating from. Nowadays with the computers and 911 system, the dispatcher can tell where you are calling from.

Irene what I mean is If I was to call the police station tonight here in philly, they would know where I'm located because the operator/dispatcher lives in philly too. So i figured it was the same with Thelma. Whoever she was going to talk to on the phone was going to know where they were located because they lived in Chicago too.

Ireneparalegal · 09-01-2005, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by RetroTVCollector

Irene what I mean is If I was to call the police station tonight here in philly, they would know where I'm located because the operator/dispatcher lives in philly too. So i figured it was the same with Thelma. Whoever she was going to talk to on the phone was going to know where they were located because they lived in Chicago too.

oh, okay, gotcha Soloman.

Janice Johnson · 06-04-2006, 05:54 PM

This has bothered me for a long time. How did the Evans win the Lottery? On a network called GSN, they had a show called "Anything To Win", and one episode was called, "The Pennsylvania Lottery", and the show said that Lottery started in 1988, which would make the Lottery episode of GT 10, 11, or 12 years earlier........That reminds me. In another episode where JJ becomes a bookie for gambling horse bets, one guy says, "The state runs the Lottery, how is this any different?" I thought GSN said that Lottery started in 1988.

TVFactFan · 06-04-2006, 06:46 PM

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This has bothered me for a long time. How did the Evans win the Lottery? On a network called GSN, they had a show called "Anything To Win", and one episode was called, "The Pennsylvania Lottery", and the show said that Lottery started in 1988, which would make the Lottery episode of GT 10, 11, or 12 years earlier........That reminds me. In another episode where JJ becomes a bookie for gambling horse bets, one guy says, "The state runs the Lottery, how is this any different?" I thought GSN said that Lottery started in 1988.

The Evans didn't live in Pennsylvania-lol

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09-01-2005, 02:25 PM	#3
nerrad Member Senior Member Join Date: Oct 06, 2003 Location: pfunkytown Posts: 1,253	It was funny how one of the girls (Tamu) chumped up Willona, snatching her purse from her. Saying something like how "rich" she was. "I'm poor people", she says.

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hatwink Member Forum Regular Join Date: Oct 19, 2004 Posts: 773	Wasn't Shirley Hemphill in this episode, and wasn't it around the time of What's Happening?

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Ireneparalegal LEGAL SPICE ;) Forum Legend Join Date: Jul 25, 2005 Location: OXNARD, CA - WHERE THE DALLAS COWBOYS TRAIN & PRACTICE Posts: 38,691	no the police wouldn't know their address because back in those days, the 911 system wasn't implemented yet, the operator had no way of knowing where the call was originating from. Nowadays with the computers and 911 system, the dispatcher can tell where you are calling from.

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Janice Johnson Commercial Lover Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: May 30, 2003 Location: Miami, Florida Posts: 4,739	This has bothered me for a long time. How did the Evans win the Lottery? On a network called GSN, they had a show called "Anything To Win", and one episode was called, "The Pennsylvania Lottery", and the show said that Lottery started in 1988, which would make the Lottery episode of GT 10, 11, or 12 years earlier........That reminds me. In another episode where JJ becomes a bookie for gambling horse bets, one guy says, "The state runs the Lottery, how is this any different?" I thought GSN said that Lottery started in 1988.