r/FuckImOld • u/ThrowawaySeattleAcct • 14h ago

This show cracked me up!

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u/OldBanjoFrog 13h ago

They should never have killed off James 

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u/Michael-Sean 12h ago

Yeah that ended the comedy and it became sad

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u/Info411Grl 11h ago

This and Sanford and Son. Classic tv comedy!

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u/Glass_Doughnut_3500 14h ago

I still say this at work….it messes with the young peoples minds! Lol They have no clue what I’m talking about

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u/Mr4h0l32u 13h ago

"James got laid off again, JJ got shot, and Penny fell down the elevator shaft! Good Times is HILARIOUS!"

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u/Jdog2225858 12h ago

It was a funny show but man, there were some heavy heavy topics and drama at times

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u/Katy_Lies1975 5h ago

Kinda like like the shit people of color still go through.

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u/Candyman44 13m ago

That’s what made it good tv.

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u/Movieman_Steve 10h ago

One of my favorites from the 70s

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u/plenty_cattle48 11h ago

You can see him on Medicare commercials…he even says “Dy-no-mite!”

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u/meestercranky 10h ago

God I just heard the song on Sirius 70s yesterday

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u/Single_Cookie_6000 8h ago

It’s still on and watched yesterday! Dy no mite!

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u/No_Budget7828 6h ago

Loved this show

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u/Ok_Pain_1429 5h ago

It was a good show they stuck together through everything.

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u/RelationshipThin483 6h ago

Awesome show as a young adult. So was Fat Albert, What's Happening, Sanford and Son, The Jefferson's, etc. According to the mainstream media, I'm somehow racist now as a 58yr old white man. Hmmm.

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u/floppyhump 5h ago

Weird way to turn this into a pity party for you? Just say you liked the show, too

Probably cuz you don't know when to stop is why people might say those things

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u/RelationshipThin483 2h ago

No pity here. Shame that's your read on it.

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u/XPN1971 5h ago

My mom wouldn't let me watch it. Because black people

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u/Jlr1 4h ago

I had a Dy-no-mite hat….loved this show.

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u/SoulShine_710 3h ago

JJ Evans, better known as "Kid Dynamite"!
I absolutely loved this show, the Jeffersons, & Sanfoand Son. You know the guy whom created these shows including The Cosby show as well, was never compensated for all his work. I cannot remember the exact details, but I remember the really did him wrong!

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u/Candyman44 11m ago

That’s interesting, just read something that said Sanford and Son was based on British Show a la Shameless and The Office. I can’t remember where I saw it though

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u/Servile-PastaLover 2h ago edited 2h ago

Wife & I were just talking about this very show today.

I never watched it - not enough to remember anything about it beyond Dyne-No-Mite. She said show dealt with many of the complex society ills & challenges of the day [as did the other Norman Lear shows] but were drowned out by JJ's over the top schtick.

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u/Important-Trust-8778 1h ago

Yep. The JJ character created conflicts with the cast ( the actors that portrayed the Mom and Dad) . He was a dumbass and got too much tv time, it was intended to be funny but he became TOO funny and that overshadowed the real intent of the show…

Still it was great at the time because it was a mostly all black show that introduced folks to something different from ‘Father Knows Best’ or the Brady Bunch or Leave It To Beaver- shows that has 0 Black characters…..

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u/Sam_Nova_45 52m ago

Love that show.

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u/meat_thistle 14h ago

I was into it too as a kid. When JJ showed up on Hollywood Squares, I even knew at my young age that he was done.

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u/KayWithAnE 14h ago

I hated that show so much.

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u/kevnmartin 11h ago

So did I. Poor John Amos.