Why was the Evans saying they were rich and they only won $2500? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TVFactFan · 12-27-2002, 06:15 PM

I watched the episode "Rich is Better than Poor" and J.J hit the lottery for $2500. Then they were all jumping around, Florida said she wanted 3 mink coats, Michael wanted new shoes, and then J.J said he will send Thelma to Spain. Then florida said the money will go in the bank for the children's future, $2500? I can see $25,000 but not $2500. So florida was going to put the money in the bank for J.J's career, Thelma to go to college and Michael to go to law school, $2500?-LOL I think the writers should have used a different amount instead of &2500 if the characters were going to jump up and down and say-"we are rich"!!!

TJL · 12-27-2002, 07:04 PM

When I think about my current financial situation, if I won 2500 bucks, I'd be screaming "I'm rich!" too.

Brian Damage · 12-27-2002, 07:31 PM

I guess money stretched a lot further back then. Plus, the Evans were always poor. So $2500 WAS probably a lot of money to them.

TVFactFan · 12-27-2002, 07:35 PM

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Originally posted by Brian Damage
I guess money stretched a lot further back then. Plus, the Evans were always poor. So $2500 WAS probably a lot of money to them.

Not a lot of money for all of their plans. Spain, coats, and law school.

Moonlight Lady · 12-27-2002, 07:43 PM

No, but it is enough money to pay rent and other bills and keeping the clothes on their backs and healthier food in their stomachs. Besides, all that talk about spain was just talk. They were excited about the money and let their imaginations run wild with all this cool stuff they wanted to do.

Brian Damage · 12-27-2002, 07:44 PM

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Originally posted by SOLOMON

Not a lot of money for all of their plans. Spain, coats, and law school.

Well JJ was never accused of being bright.

Moonlight Lady · 12-27-2002, 07:56 PM

That's for sure Brian

W.J. Griffin · 01-02-2003, 01:32 AM

Folks, $2500.00 is a lot of moola any way you slice it. And if you're living in the projects like the Evans family, it might as well have been $25 MILLON! (Plus, in the mid 1970s $2500 was worth a whole lot more then than it is now!!)

Nanny Fine · 02-24-2003, 09:42 AM

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Originally posted by W.J. Griffin
Folks, $2500.00 is a lot of moola any way you slice it. And if you're living in the projects like the Evans family, it might as well have been $25 MILLON! (Plus, in the mid 1970s $2500 was worth a whole lot more then than it is now!!)

Exactly. I live in low income housing and if I came across $2500 I'd feel like I won the lotto.

Pitooey · 02-24-2003, 09:51 AM

I agree...... That kind of money was like winning a lotto... Back then you could buy alot of groceries and pay rent for a year or two. When I see that episode it brings a smile to my face to see the Evans family so happy...

AtlantaBravesFan29 · 02-24-2003, 11:08 AM

I wish that James in the episode "The Windfall" would have kept the money he put in his pocket,that was $3000,instead of that gift certificate the grocery store gave him.

TVFactFan · 02-24-2003, 07:20 PM

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Originally posted by Will and Grace Rox

Exactly. I live in low income housing and if I came across $2500 I'd feel like I won the lotto.

But the things that J.J was saying he was going to do with the money was much more than $2500.

Nanny Fine · 02-24-2003, 08:13 PM

hey us 'po folk like to dream big.

I have all kinds of things I'd do with $2500 but in reality I'd pay bills. Doesn't stop me from thinking and dreaming about it.

TVJunkie22 · 04-14-2003, 07:38 AM

I guess you'd have to understand the mentality of the neighboorhood in which they were raised. I guess you'd have to know what the projects really are, and what the ghetto really is.

To the Evans, who lived in the Cabrini Greene projects of Chicago, $2500 was a lot of money. To anyone living in this apartments $100 was a lot of money.

Think on that. These are people who are struggling to NOT make it everyday. This is America's poor. This is the face of poverty. Sad to say, some of us are to ignorant to realize it.

TVFactFan · 04-14-2003, 07:27 PM

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Originally posted by TVJunkie22
I guess you'd have to understand the mentality of the neighboorhood in which they were raised. I guess you'd have to know what the projects really are, and what the ghetto really is.

To the Evans, who lived in the Cabrini Greene projects of Chicago, $2500 was a lot of money. To anyone living in this apartments $100 was a lot of money.

Think on that. These are people who are struggling to NOT make it everyday. This is America's poor. This is the face of poverty. Sad to say, some of us are to ignorant to realize it.

But all the things they were saying they were going to do with the money did not make sense. They went a little over board.

12-27-2002, 06:15 PM	#1
TVFactFan Member Forum Junkie Join Date: Aug 17, 2002 Posts: 99,055	Why was the Evans saying they were rich and they only won $2500? I watched the episode "Rich is Better than Poor" and J.J hit the lottery for $2500. Then they were all jumping around, Florida said she wanted 3 mink coats, Michael wanted new shoes, and then J.J said he will send Thelma to Spain. Then florida said the money will go in the bank for the children's future, $2500? I can see $25,000 but not $2500. So florida was going to put the money in the bank for J.J's career, Thelma to go to college and Michael to go to law school, $2500?-LOL I think the writers should have used a different amount instead of &2500 if the characters were going to jump up and down and say-"we are rich"!!!

12-27-2002, 07:04 PM	#2
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12-27-2002, 07:31 PM	#3
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	I guess money stretched a lot further back then. Plus, the Evans were always poor. So $2500 WAS probably a lot of money to them.
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12-27-2002, 07:43 PM	#5
Moonlight Lady Member Forum Star Join Date: Aug 18, 2002 Posts: 16,052	No, but it is enough money to pay rent and other bills and keeping the clothes on their backs and healthier food in their stomachs. Besides, all that talk about spain was just talk. They were excited about the money and let their imaginations run wild with all this cool stuff they wanted to do.
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02-24-2003, 09:51 AM	#10
Pitooey Member Forum Star Join Date: Feb 15, 2001 Location: Rocking in Transylvania. Posts: 15,042	I agree...... That kind of money was like winning a lotto... Back then you could buy alot of groceries and pay rent for a year or two. When I see that episode it brings a smile to my face to see the Evans family so happy...
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12-27-2002, 07:56 PM	#7
Moonlight Lady Member Forum Star Join Date: Aug 18, 2002 Posts: 16,052	That's for sure Brian

01-02-2003, 01:32 AM	#8
W.J. Griffin Member Forum Regular Join Date: Aug 29, 2002 Posts: 527	Folks, $2500.00 is a lot of moola any way you slice it. And if you're living in the projects like the Evans family, it might as well have been $25 MILLON! (Plus, in the mid 1970s $2500 was worth a whole lot more then than it is now!!)

02-24-2003, 11:08 AM	#11
AtlantaBravesFan29 Atlanta Braves Fan Senior Member Join Date: Aug 13, 2002 Location: Pleasanton,TX--40 Miles South Of San Antonio Posts: 1,859	I wish that James in the episode "The Windfall" would have kept the money he put in his pocket,that was $3000,instead of that gift certificate the grocery store gave him.

02-24-2003, 08:13 PM	#13
Nanny Fine Justine and Holden.. Senior Member Join Date: Jan 01, 2003 Location: Watching The Ellen Degeneres Show and luvin' it Posts: 2,852	hey us 'po folk like to dream big. I have all kinds of things I'd do with $2500 but in reality I'd pay bills. Doesn't stop me from thinking and dreaming about it.

04-14-2003, 07:38 AM	#14
TVJunkie22 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Apr 08, 2003 Location: Chitown Posts: 49	Why the Evans thought they were rich... I guess you'd have to understand the mentality of the neighboorhood in which they were raised. I guess you'd have to know what the projects really are, and what the ghetto really is. To the Evans, who lived in the Cabrini Greene projects of Chicago, $2500 was a lot of money. To anyone living in this apartments $100 was a lot of money. Think on that. These are people who are struggling to NOT make it everyday. This is America's poor. This is the face of poverty. Sad to say, some of us are to ignorant to realize it.
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