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TVFactFan · 05-03-2015, 06:48 PM

why didn't he just go after the blind salesman in the hallway since he had just left? Or try and meet him at the first floor?

How far could have gone if he just left the Evans apartment?

James was acting like he discovered the next day

BTW: I don't care if a salesman was handicap or not if my budget doesn't allow for me to add other things to my financial situation lol

robyrob · 05-03-2015, 08:13 PM

i don't even think the guy was really blind - he was just scamming them

Wawwie · 05-03-2015, 08:18 PM

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i don't even think the guy was really blind - he was just scamming them

The guy was surely a scammer, but he was definitely blind for real. That was proven when Florida tricked him into believing that she called the police on a dead phone. Since the blind man couldn't SEE that Florida was faking, he actually believed that Florida called the "bunko" squad. That's why he reimbursed the Evans family.

TVFactFan · 05-03-2015, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Wawwie

The guy was surely a scammer, but he was definitely blind for real. That was proven when Florida tricked him into believing that she called the police on a dead phone. Since the blind man couldn't SEE that Florida was faking, he actually believed that Florida called the "bunko" squad. That's why he reimbursed the Evans family.

You could tell that was 1974 because when james purchased the books the kids was acting like they just got CABLE

Bronson · 05-10-2015, 10:01 AM

Is there really such a thing as a "bunko" squad? Very good episode though.

Janice Johnson · 05-19-2015, 07:39 AM

I remember thinking that James was an idiot for signing a contract without reading the fine print....

hch · 05-20-2015, 01:41 PM

according to collins dictionary:

(informal) an informal name for a police department dealing with fraud; fraud squad.

This was mostly prevalent from the 40s until like the early 80s.

Brieannas21 · 05-21-2015, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by TVFactFan

why didn't he just go after the blind salesman in the hallway since he had just left? Or try and meet him at the first floor?

How far could have gone if he just left the Evans apartment?

James was acting like he discovered the next day

BTW: I don't care if a salesman was handicap or not if my budget doesn't allow for me to add other things to my financial situation lol

Now you know that everyone has been scammed in some kind of way. The deal sounded good so Kames went for it.

TVFactFan · 05-21-2015, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Brieannas21

Now you know that everyone has been scammed in some kind of way. The deal sounded good so Kames went for it.

I don't care if the salesman was handicap, if I am on a budget I would not have purchased sh*T lol

EccentricGenius · 01-28-2016, 03:31 PM

I remember that episode...it was season two's "The Encyclopedia Hustle." A pre-"Barney Miller" Ron Glass guest-starred (in his second and final guest appearance on "Good Times") as blind "salesman" Henry Anderson.

What gets me is that Anderson explains he lost his eyesight in Korea (James reveals that Anderson's platoon replaced the platoon that James had served in), yet he looks like he was obviously in his late twenties. Was this an error on the writers' part?

Wawwie · 01-28-2016, 09:01 PM

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What gets me is that Anderson explains he lost his eyesight in Korea (James reveals that Anderson's platoon replaced the platoon that James had served in), yet he looks like he was obviously in his late twenties. Was this an error on the writers' part?

The blind guy looked like he was in his mid to late thirties to me.

TVFactFan · 01-28-2016, 10:40 PM

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The blind guy looked like he was in his mid to late thirties to me.

Yeah nothing about him looked 20ish

05-03-2015, 06:48 PM	#1
TVFactFan Member Forum Junkie Join Date: Aug 17, 2002 Posts: 99,063	If James discovered something wrong with the contract after buying the encyclopedias why didn't he just go after the blind salesman in the hallway since he had just left? Or try and meet him at the first floor? How far could have gone if he just left the Evans apartment? James was acting like he discovered the next day BTW: I don't care if a salesman was handicap or not if my budget doesn't allow for me to add other things to my financial situation lol

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hch Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jun 07, 2001 Location: Montross, VA 22520 Posts: 983	according to collins dictionary: (informal) an informal name for a police department dealing with fraud; fraud squad. This was mostly prevalent from the 40s until like the early 80s.
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Bronson Member Frequent Poster Join Date: May 27, 2007 Location: Connecticut Posts: 274	Is there really such a thing as a "bunko" squad? Very good episode though.

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01-28-2016, 03:31 PM	#10
EccentricGenius Member Forum Regular Join Date: Dec 30, 2015 Posts: 767	I remember that episode...it was season two's "The Encyclopedia Hustle." A pre-"Barney Miller" Ron Glass guest-starred (in his second and final guest appearance on "Good Times") as blind "salesman" Henry Anderson. What gets me is that Anderson explains he lost his eyesight in Korea (James reveals that Anderson's platoon replaced the platoon that James had served in), yet he looks like he was obviously in his late twenties. Was this an error on the writers' part?