Florida Evans Dies in Plane Crash?! Don't Laugh, It Might've Happened! - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 09-01-2010, 02:38 AM

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id...er+rolle&hl=en

In an article dated August 19th, 1977, it was announced that Esther Rolle was leaving 'Good Times' due to "ill health." Austin Kalish who was a Producer of the show issued a cold statement saying that the Florida Evans character would leave the show in a "very dramatic & realistic" way. Moses Gunn was negotiating with Good Times to stay on as a "Father Figure" to the kids. Florida on the other hand according to the columnist speculated that she was to die in a plane crash. *Sigh*

catlover79 · 09-01-2010, 02:42 AM

Hey, nothing going on behind the scenes at Good Times would surprise me!!

Marvo301 · 09-01-2010, 02:42 AM

What was with the producers of Good Times and dramatic exits. They killed James Evans off in a motor vehicle crash and then they wanted to kill off Florida in a plane crash?

Brian Damage · 09-01-2010, 02:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Marvo301

What was with the producers of Good Times and dramatic exits. They killed James Evans off in a motor vehicle crash and then they wanted to kill off Florida in a plane crash?

I guess in a way cooler heads prevailed & they didn't wipe out Florida Evans (thank goodness)

glickmam · 09-17-2010, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Marvo301

What was with the producers of Good Times and dramatic exits. They killed James Evans off in a motor vehicle crash and then they wanted to kill off Florida in a plane crash?

Indeed, if I was a crew member, I would have unleashed a mass of pies onto Austin and Irma Kalish and then doused them in slime and then doused them again.

ThomasE · 12-23-2010, 01:46 AM

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Indeed, if I was a crew member, I would have gotten into a brawl with those stupid producers.

Thank you! There was a lot of ignorance coming from the higher ups.

glickmam · 05-20-2011, 03:46 PM

I couldn't agree more, but you know what really pisses me off? It's the fact that the Kalishes pretty much escaped karma.

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05-20-2011, 03:46 PM	#7
glickmam Member Forum Regular Join Date: Mar 03, 2007 Posts: 661	I couldn't agree more, but you know what really pisses me off? It's the fact that the Kalishes pretty much escaped karma.