Pretend it's September of 1978 and you are watching the Florida Homecoming eps

[TVFactFan]

You don't know what's going to happen and you think that the Evans family is going to finally see a change in their life for the better since Thelma is marrying a rich football player. So you are happy to see Esther Rolle back on the show and then all of a sudden after thelma gets married

Keith trips over JJ and breaks his leg

JJ loses his job

Keith has to move in the projects with the Evans


Wouldn't you say to yourself..............."OMG, the same sh*t all over again with this family experiencing bad luck. "I'm done with this show"



You see how easy it was for the show to lose viewers back then when it looked like good things and then the bad sh*T start again. LOL

So the show dropping to #84 makes a lot of sense right?

[EccentricGenius]

Originally Posted by TVFactFan

You don't know what's going to happen and you think that the Evans family is going to finally see a change in their life for the better since Thelma is marrying a rich football player. So you are happy to see Esther Rolle back on the show and then all of a sudden after thelma gets married

Keith trips over JJ and breaks his leg

JJ loses his job

Keith has to move in the projects with the Evans


Wouldn't you say to yourself..............."OMG, the same sh*t all over again with this family experiencing bad luck. "I'm done with this show"



You see how easy it was for the show to lose viewers back then when it looked like good things and then the bad sh*T start again. LOL

So the show dropping to #84 makes a lot of sense right?

I enthusiastically concur, TVFactFan...I was hoping that season six would mark a transition (hell, a new beginning) for the Evans clan, with them finally "movin' on up" like George and Weezy on "The Jeffersons." Alas, that was not to be; once Keith tripped over J.J., that was it.

In addition, CBS moved "Good Times" to Saturday nights at 8:30 pm in the autumn of 1978, opposite the second half of NBC's hit crime drama "CHiPs" and ABC's short-lived period sitcom "Apple Pie," starring Rue McClanahan and Dabney Coleman (cancelled after only two telecasts [eight episodes had been taped]!); as a result, "Good Times's" ratings plummeted, and CBS put it on hiatus in January of '79. The series returned in late May to finish out the rest of its season before CBS cancelled it that August. Ironically, three episodes of "Good Times" ("The Art Contest," "The Evans Dilemma," and "Cousin Raymond") were left unaired by CBS after its cancellation that summer; they eventually aired when "Good Times" went into syndication in the autumn of '79.

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by EccentricGenius

I enthusiastically concur, TVFactFan...I was hoping that season six would mark a transition (hell, a new beginning) for the Evans clan, with them finally "movin' on up" like George and Weezy on "The Jeffersons." Alas, that was not to be; once Keith tripped over J.J., that was it.

In addition, CBS moved "Good Times" to Saturday nights at 8:30 pm in the autumn of 1978, opposite the second half of NBC's hit crime drama "CHiPs" and ABC's short-lived period sitcom "Apple Pie," starring Rue McClanahan and Dabney Coleman (cancelled after only two telecasts!); as a result, "Good Times's" ratings plummeted, and CBS put it on hiatus in January of '79. The series returned in late May to finish out the rest of its season before CBS cancelled it that August. Ironically, two episodes of "Good Times" ("The Evans Dilemma" and "Cousin Raymond") were left unaired by CBS after its cancellation; they finally aired when "Good Times" went into syndication the following year.

That cousin raymond episode was stupid and needed to be left unaired in syndication

[EccentricGenius]

Originally Posted by TVFactFan

That cousin raymond episode was stupid and needed to be left unaired in syndication

I enthusiastically concur, TVFactFan...in some syndication packages (according to episode order), it actually precedes the series finale ("The End Of The Rainbow"). If I'm not mistaken, I believe "Cousin Raymond" was the next-to-last episode of "Good Times" that was taped. Did you know that actor-director Bill Duke ("Car Wash," "Predator," and "X-Men: The Last Stand") co-wrote the episode?

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by EccentricGenius

I enthusiastically concur, TVFactFan...in some syndication packages (according to episode order), it actually precedes the series finale ("The End Of The Rainbow"). If I'm not mistaken, I believe "Cousin Raymond" was the next-to-last episode of "Good Times" that was taped. Did you know that actor-director Bill Duke ("Car Wash," "Predator," and "X-Men: The Last Stand") co-wrote the episode?

he comes there acting like a black santa clause and then wanted the money back from the Florida lol

[EccentricGenius]

Originally Posted by TVFactFan

he comes there acting like a black santa clause and then wanted the money back from the Florida lol

"Cousin Raymond" was indeed a disappointing episode, TVFactFan...though Calvin Lockhart's performance was quite charming.

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by EccentricGenius

"Cousin Raymond" was indeed a disappointing episode, TVFactFan...though Calvin Lockhart's performance was quite charming.

It's only 3 or 4 watchable eps from season 6

House Hunting
Florida applying for bus driver job
The 4 part marriage episode

[ramled]

There were a few good episodes from season 6:

1. Stomach mumps
2. When Pennys mom returns (one of the best of the entire series for me)
3. when keith slapped Thelma
4. The three part seasion 6 premiere

I thought season 5 was way worse than season 6. Season 5 was just awful

Overall season 5 and 6 suffered from reallly bad writing. The comedy writing especially was horrid.

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by ramled

There were a few good episodes from season 6:

1. Stomach mumps
2. When Pennys mom returns (one of the best of the entire series for me)
3. when keith slapped Thelma
4. The three part seasion 6 premiere

I thought season 5 was way worse than season 6. Season 5 was just awful

Overall season 5 and 6 suffered from reallly bad writing. The comedy writing especially was horrid.

what the hell was entertaining about penny needing a doctor?

[ramled]

Huh, what are you talking about? If you're referring to my "stomach mumps" episode, that's the episode when Florida and Willona had a falling out? I thought that was HUGE because they had never b4 had anything close to that kind of falling out? It was very dramatic and well acted.

Thelma's best monologue over the entire series was in the episode where Keith slapped her.

There were some good moments in season 6. Still the show has run its course.

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by ramled

Huh, what are you talking about? If you're referring to my "stomach mumps" episode, that's the episode when Florida and Willona had a falling out? I thought that was HUGE because they had never b4 had anything close to that kind of falling out? It was very dramatic and well acted.

Thelma's best monologue over the entire series was in the episode where Keith slapped her.

There were some good moments in season 6. Still the show has run its course.

Oh that's right, I got stomach mumps confused when Penny was sick and florida was begging the doctor come to the apt

[liane60]

Yea that's why the ratings weren't good.

[liane60]

If Florida could have been a bus driver long before, maybe they wouldn't have had such money problems, but James didn't want her to work.

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by liane60

If Florida could have been a bus driver long before, maybe they wouldn't have had such money problems, but James didn't want her to work.

Yeah he was always saying "I'm the man of this house and I bring home the bacon"

And was making minimum wage. Lol