Was this another weird Good Times Moment?

[TVFactFan]

Willona, J.J, Michael and Thelma all get together to get a new janitor in the building because of the way Bookman ignored their maintenance requests and then they get a new janitor who fixes eveything and then start feeling sorry for Bookman because he was out of a job. Then Willona begs Alderman davis to give him his job back, and as soon as Bookman is rehired, the Evans once again have maintenace problems. damm that was a dumb episode-lol

[Ireneparalegal]

Originally Posted by RetroTVCollector

Willona, J.J, Michael and Thelma all get together to get a new janitor in the building because of the way Bookman ignored their maintenance requests and then they get a new janitor who fixes eveything and then start feeling sorry for Bookman because he was out of a job. Then Willona begs Alderman davis to give him his job back, and as soon as Bookman is rehired, the Evans once again have maintenace problems. damm that was a dumb episode-lol

Absolutely right...no sense in that episode if you are going to keep the original character. Alot of other shows had a premise/plot like this where a character would almost leave and then the other characters had a change of heart. It's almost like writers shared plots with each other from various shows.

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by Ireneparalegal

Absolutely right...no sense in that episode if you are going to keep the original character. Alot of other shows had a premise/plot like this where a character would almost leave and then the other characters had a change of heart. It's almost like writers shared plots with each other from various shows.

All that complaining they did and then they started feeling sorry for him. I wouldn't have felt sorry for him at all, my attitude would have been-"well if you was doing your job you wouldn;t be unemployed"-lol

[Ireneparalegal]

Originally Posted by RetroTVCollector

All that complaining they did and then they started feeling sorry for him. I wouldn't have felt sorry for him at all, my attitude would have been-"well if you was doing your job you wouldn;t be unemployed"-lol

riiiiiiiiiight on retro!!

[Brieannas21]

That's what happens when you get new writer's and they run out of things to write about.

[craftman]

Y'all took all them comments from me. That's an example of one of the episodes I don't like, it was kind of Three's Company-ish.

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by craftman

Y'all took all them comments from me. That's an example of one of the episodes I don't like, it was kind of Three's Company-ish.

Kind of like when the Trio got Mr. Furley Fired?-LOL

[craftman]

Originally Posted by RetroTVCollector

Kind of like when the Trio got Mr. Furley Fired?-LOL

Is that the one when they went to talk to Mr. Furley's brother Bart to get his job back? HA ha haaaa

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by craftman

Is that the one when they went to talk to Mr. Furley's brother Bart to get his job back? HA ha haaaa

Yup that's the one

[Ireneparalegal]

I think I read somewhere where scripts floated around so that other shows could get ideas or basically rehash them to suit their shows.
Anyone remember Mod Squad? There was an episode where Julie was shot accidently in the head by a young kid. Then, many many years later, the same exact premise/plot was used in Charlie's Angels. It was Jaclyn Smith's character who was shot. It was the same storyline, but two different shows.

[Jinxey]

Originally Posted by Ireneparalegal

I think I read somewhere where scripts floated around so that other shows could get ideas or basically rehash them to suit their shows.
Anyone remember Mod Squad? There was an episode where Julie was shot accidently in the head by a young kid. Then, many many years later, the same exact premise/plot was used in Charlie's Angels. It was Jaclyn Smith's character who was shot. It was the same storyline, but two different shows.

I think that was the final episode of Charlie's Angels. Is the episode of Mod Squad you're talking about also the final episode???

[Ireneparalegal]

Originally Posted by Jinxey

I think that was the final episode of Charlie's Angels. Is the episode of Mod Squad you're talking about also the final episode???

I can't recall abt Mod Squad. As for Charlie's Angels, I don't think it was the final episode, but then again who knows. I just remember Kelly having a bandage on her head from being grazed by the bullet, the kid was walking around picking up different things on his "walk" such as a seashell. He was picking up things that matched items in a story that Kelly had told him. It was a fairy tale of sorts. When I watched this episode for the first time, I was like, "Hey, I know this story, I know what's going to happen." even though it was a first run episode. It was then I realized I had seen this before on Mod Squad. I was always bothered by the "rehashing" of stories like this.

[Jinxey]

Originally Posted by Ireneparalegal

I can't recall abt Mod Squad. As for Charlie's Angels, I don't think it was the final episode, but then again who knows. I just remember Kelly having a bandage on her head from being grazed by the bullet, the kid was walking around picking up different things on his "walk" such as a seashell. He was picking up things that matched items in a story that Kelly had told him. It was a fairy tale of sorts. When I watched this episode for the first time, I was like, "Hey, I know this story, I know what's going to happen." even though it was a first run episode. It was then I realized I had seen this before on Mod Squad. I was always bothered by the "rehashing" of stories like this.

OK....the episode you're talking about was from the first season...She also got shot on the final episode....lol

It's true what you said about recycled scripts.

[TVFactFan]

I'm just surprised no one on Good times accidently lock theirself in a pair of handcuffs-lol I seen that scenario on several tv shows

[Ireneparalegal]

Originally Posted by RetroTVCollector

I'm just surprised no one on Good times accidently lock theirself in a pair of handcuffs-lol I seen that scenario on several tv shows

hmmmmm....i smell a new thread here!!!