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5 unusual facts about 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.

Oscar DeGruy

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

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.


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).

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.

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".


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Alameda Civic Ballet

February 2004 - Participation in the Alameda Education Foundation Mardi Gras Gala performing Festive Les Bons Temps (The Good Times) set to the music of Zydeco/Cajun King, Tom Rigney.

Bon Ton Roula

Louisiana Creole French for "good times roll" as in "Laissez les bons temps rouler" or "Let the good times roll", an unofficial slogan for New Orleans and the Mardi Gras celebration.

Coronations in Norway

Following this, he knelt before the high altar, where Bishop Arne Fjellbu laid his hand on the king's head and recited a special prayer of consecration and blessing which formed the climax of the ritual:Eternal, Almighty God, Heavenly Father, we thank thee whose grace in need has always gone over our land in woeful and good times to this day.

Dane O'Hara

When Hull hit financial difficulties and were forced to sell Lee Crooks to Leeds for a then record fee Dane agreed to take a pay cut in his contract renewal, staying with Hull through good times and bad.

Deleveraging

Therefore, some economists, including John Geanakoplos, strongly argue that the Federal Reserve should monitor and regulate the system-wide leverage level in the economy, limiting leverage in good times and encouraging higher levels of leverage in bad times, by extending lending facilities.

Ellis Guitars

Jeff Martin played this guitar on his album Exile and the Kingdom (2006) on the songs "Black Snake Blues", "Lament" and "Good Times".

Good Times with Bad Boys

"Good Times with Bad Boys" is a single by American female pop group Boy Krazy, written and produced by British team Stock Aitken & Waterman.

Here Come the Good Times

"Here Come the Good Times" was re-recorded by members of the Irish soccer squad, and various Irish celebrities and boy band members for use as the official Irish 2002 World Cup anthem.

Ja'net Dubois

For example, when Good Times premiered in 1974 she was 29, a few years older than Jimmie Walker, while the show made her out to be much closer in age to Esther Rolle, who was 53 at the time.In 1970 Dubois played the part of a quarrelsome laundress alongside Carrie Snodgrass in the cult classic, "Diary of a Mad Housewife".

James Kirkwood, Jr.

Other novels include P. S. Your Cat Is Dead! (adapted into a play of the same name, which was, in turn, adapted into a film by Steve Guttenberg), Good Times/Bad Times, Some Kind of Hero, and Hit Me with a Rainbow.

Lamar Cardinals basketball

With the Cardinals sitting at 6-0 and sixth-ranked University of Tulsa coming to town, most observers figured the good times were at an end.

Nathan Abshire

Abshire was featured in Les Blank's 1971 documentary Spend It All and the 1975 PBS documentary, The Good Times Are Killing Me. He was also included in the documentary film, Les Blues de Balfa, along with Balfa.

Norman Jay

Jay describes himself as a primarily house music DJ, but the Good Times sound includes 1970s and 1980s funk, soul and jazz-funk, previous carnival tracks have typically included Estelle's 1980; and tracks featured in recent radio shows have included Billy Griffin's "Hold Me Tighter In The Rain" and more contemporary tracks in the form of Heavy's track "Wonderlove".

Phillip Goodhand-Tait

He wrote and recorded songs that have also been recorded by Larry Williams; Roger Daltrey ("Oceans Away" - on the LP, Ride a Rock Horse - and "Parade" and "Leon" - both on the One of the Boys album); Gene Pitney ("You Are" and "Oceans Away"); Zoot Money ("No One But You") and Love Affair ("Bringing on Back the Good Times", "A Day Without Love" and "Baby I Know").

Picture Perfect Morning

The video for Good Times was included as part of the multimedia samples included on Microsoft's Windows 95 Companion CD-ROM.

San Francisco Express Times

One member of the editorial collective of Good Times, a resident of the Good Times Commune named Richard Gaikowski (1936–2004), has been identified by the History Channel's 2009 television program MysteryQuest as a possible suspect in the unsolved San Francisco Zodiac Killer case, although there is only circumstantial evidence (including alleged clues planted in Good Times) tying him to the case.

Sheila Lukins

In the 1980s they wrote, with Michael McLaughlin, The Silver Palate Cookbook, which broke cookbook records by selling 250,000 copies in its first year and went on to sell 2.5-million copies, followed by The Silver Palate Good Times Cookbook, and others.

The Bran Flakes

Their 2002 album Bounces! was released on the band's own Happi Tyme Records, and contained one of their most popular songs; "Good Times a Goo Goo", which sampled extensively from Kermit the Frog and Fozzie Bear's performance of "Moving Right Along" from The Muppet Movie.

The Caroline Rhea Show

The show's intro song was Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline", which the audience often sang along to, particularly in vocalising the three beats after the song's eponymous line and chanting "so good, so good" in response to "good times never seemed so good".

The Choice Four

Their attempt to hit big with their version of "When You're Young And In Love" was thwarted by the simultaneous release of a disco version of the song by actor Ralph Carter (of the "Good Times" TV show).

The Masticators

Severo Jornacion, went on to join the Smithereens, Lisa Mychols on to her solo projects, and Robbie to join Steve Barton and the Oblivion Click, Kingsizemaybe, Nice Guy Eddie and Jeff Caudill and the Good Times Band.

The Mix Tape, Vol. III

#"Freestyle Over Chic "Good Times" /"Take Me to the Mardi Gras" - 2:54 (Busy Bee vs. Chic and Bob James)

The Vals

The song 'Yesterday Today' was used in an episode of popular German soap opera Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten (English: Good Times, Bad Times).

When Good Times Go Good

When Good Times Go Good is the ninth album by Mornington Peninsula, Melbourne indie band The Fauves.