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unusual facts about Good Times, Wonderful Times



Cooley High

Cooley High is a 1975 American film based upon the real high school located on the near north side of Chicago produced and released by American International Pictures and written by Eric Monte (co-creator of Good Times).

Good Times, Wonderful Times

In 2008 Lionel Rogosin's son Michael Rogosin produced and directed a 24-minute documentary entitled Man's Peril about its making, tracing the fascinating history and politics in a saga as daring and uncompromising as the story behind Come Back, Africa.

Herbert Kenwith

He directed for such popular television shows as: Nine to Five (1986), Gimme a Break! (1981), Private Benjamin (1981), Bosom Buddies (1980), Diff'rent Strokes (1978), Me and Maxx (1980), Good Times (1974), Sanford and Son (1972), Mary Tyler Moore (1970), Love, American Style (1969) and Star Trek (1969).

James Evans, Sr.

(March 16, 1932 – September 22, 1976) is a fictional character portrayed by actor John Amos in the 1970s American sitcom Good Times, from the first season in 1974, until the end of the third season in 1976.

Metromedia Square

Lear started videotaping his television series here in the fall of 1975, including but not limited to: All in the Family; Diff'rent Strokes; The Jeffersons; Maude; Good Times; Hello, Larry; One Day at a Time; and The Facts of Life.

My Boy

Elvis Presley recorded a cover version of "My Boy" in late 1973 that was included on his 1974 album Good Times.

Oscar DeGruy

In Good Times in 1974 Degruy was featured in a two-part episode "JJ and the Gang".

Ralph Carter

Carter is best known for his work as a child and teenager, both in the Broadway musical Raisin (based on the Lorraine Hansberry drama A Raisin in the Sun) and as the character Michael Evans, the youngest member of the Evans family, on the 1970s sitcom Good Times.

Royce Wallace

In the 1960s, Wallace was a founding co-member of the Cambridge Players theatrical group, a group which included some of the most distinguished veteran black actresses such as Esther Rolle (of Good Times TV show fame), Lynn Hamilton (who starred as "Donna" on the hit NBC-TV sitcom Sanford and Son), and Helen Martin of NBC-TV's 227.

Tommy Lee Goes to College

The theme song for "Tommy Lee Goes to College" is the song "Good Times" which is the second single from Lee's second solo album "Tommyland: The Ride".

Volkswagen Karmann Ghia

On the 1970s sitcom Good Times an orange Karmann Ghia convertible is seen briefly during the intro.

WENZ

In 1975, Beasley Broadcast Group purchased the station from Multicom for $550,000, and changed the call letters to WDMT ("Dyno-mite", which happened to be a well known catch phrase on the popular sitcom Good Times).

Working class culture

Working class culture has been portrayed on TV shows such as "'Roseanne',' Good Times, Married...With Children, All in the Family, and Shameless in which American families struggle to pay for basic needs.


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