Celebrity Underrated - The Good Times Cast (part 2) 

Esther Rolle was a beautiful soul inside and out. Ja'net Dubious was a beautiful lady with a lot of spunk.

Janet Dubois was Gorgeous all the way til the end. And Esther Rolle was an extremely underrated talent. RIP to both of these Amazing LEGENDS !!!

Who remembers the episode with the Black Jesus painting!! Powerful message!!

18 kids!! Whew! Esther Rolle was so strong & intelligent...love hearing her story. Bahamian, Beautiful & Cultured!! RIP⚘

I actually cried when James got killed off the show it felt so real I will never forget that episode

RIP to both Ja'Net Dubois and Esther Rolle

The issue is that they made JJ to be a buffoon... While Esther and John wanted a intact black family that wasn't full of nonsense

Love Janet Dubois in the Wayans brothers lol. Her & John Witherspoon going back and forth always got me lol

The John Amos was not hard to deal with he was hard to fool

I’ve been watching Good Times since I could remember... I’m a 70’s baby... And, I still watch Good Times almost everyday‼️🥰

Janet has done it all! Love it! 🙌🏽 RIP Auntie

Rosewood is and still a great movie

I watch Good Times every Friday and Saturday on TV One faithfully those episodes never get old

It's not hard for me to believe that Janet Dubois was Cab Calloway's daughter. She does favor him and his other daughters. I agree, too, that JJ was the humor on the show and JJ was smart, but in a different way than Thelma and Michael. He was street smart and he ended up getting the family out of the projects. Jimmie Walker blamed John Amos for the show's cancelation because the father was so important to the show and, suddenly, he was gone.

She was like a mom to all the kids in my hood. We used to see her outside the Henry Street playhouse in Manhattan New York and talk to her, she was very pleasant

The fact that Janet dubois sung the theme song of the Jeffersons is also another important fact 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Just finished part 1. Esther Rolle also played in the movie Down in the Delta

Jimmy Walker was a good boy for Massa.

I hated that they killed off James, I once read that they originally wanted him to walk out on the family, but killing him off would eliminate any chance of him coming back, which I'm glad he didn't walk out, as James would never have done that. With Esther coming back, she agreed to on the condition that she came back without her husband, as she felt Carl wasn't right for Florida. Is it me, or were there no reunion shows or movies for black shows from back in the day, I would have liked to had seen a tv movie about 10 years later to see how everyone made out. Keep up the good work, love your videos.

Dude I'm so thankful for this piece not only for one of the greatest sitcoms of all time but for bringing to light that it was a reason the black father was taken away and we see it today !!! Keep this great content coming 💪

Jimmie Walker seems to be the common denominator of a lot of the cast member griefs

Hey there, actually what happened with Florida on the show is she got married to Carl ( played by Moses Gun) and they moved to Arizona because the weather was better for Carl's health He had cancer. But then the way they did his character, they bought Florida back for Thelma's wedding and she returned to the show and they didn't say anything about Carl at all after that.

Thank you for doing this. I was a huge fan of Good Times. Jane’t Dubois was always so beautiful to me. She was multi talented. You couldn’t tell her her age ever. She was also on an episode of Moesha playing an elderly neighbor that was a retired author with dementia that Mo had to do chores for after stealing oranges from her with Kim and Hakeem. She had a great career. Esther Rolle was a great actress too. I remember first seeing her on Good Times and later in a lot of made for tv films. Her sister Rosanna Carter played Mama Violet on the PBS show called Gettin To Know Me. Thank for including pictures of both actresses when they first started out. Excellent work.💖💖💖

Thank you CU for the bio on the members who passed away. I watched this show faithfully. I loved this show. Thank you for part 2. Hello, my CU family. 🤍🤍 Rest In Paradise to the ones who passed away. Thank you for your contributions to everyone who played this good TV show. Wow they didn't communicate off the show. I'm happy that Esther and Bernadette showed that beautiful bond at the end of Esther's life. 💜🤍

Man we do enjoy your research. Please keep them coming. 👍🏿✊🏿

Esther Rolle and James played an awesome married couple, and they stood strong in unison when it came to fighting for their rights as actors and as black people. which opened the doors for a lot of the new shows that came out afterwards. So much respect to them. I always admire them. Oh yeah, not only was Esther a wonderful actress, but she was an honorary member of The Zeta Phi Kappa.

You came with this part 2 for us ASAP!! Not like some other channels that make us wait 2 weeks! Thank youuuu on behalf of all your followers!

Great video......1932 would likely be the correct year of birth for Janet Dubois because her son passed away in 1987 at the age of 36 so he would be like 70 years old if he were still living today . Also her death certificate confirms her year of birth as 1932 as well..... She was married at age 18 in 1950 and started having children right after so all her children are close in age. I know two of her children are still living , a daughter and a son ) both who did some small appearances in television/film back in the 1970`s. We definitely know she could not have been 74 years old at the time of her death when she has children close to that age. It has been said she lied about her age to keep getting work . She was certainly a lovely and talented actress along with the great Esther Rolle .

Interesting that Good Times ended in 1979...right when the song Good Times by Chic was released.

So we're waiting for the Part 3, Micheal and the rest. 💙

Please include actor Raymond Allen (Ned the Wino) on part 3.

Omg this is so eye opening. They wanted Thelma to be s3xually active at a young age and to remove the father from the household. Fast forward, this is what happened in high numbers during the 1980's with help of the cr@ck epidemic.

If Jimmy Walker would’ve stood with the rest of the cast and not got so big headed the show would’ve kept going he never even spoke to Lil Janet

A story on Lynne Thigpen would be very interesting

Thank you for this. Everyone in the good times group I shared the link to the first episode were asking when the 2nd one would drop. They are going to be happy

Thank for for the great content!

Right on time👌🏽I’ve been waiting for a great bedtime story 💯

Speaking of Touched By an Angel.... Can we get Ms. Della Reese's story please

I’m 35 years old and I love Tubi for its 70’s cinema and tv shows, Maude too

Reunited and it feels so gooood

Esther rolled used to play on the movie of down in the Delta

Wow that was wonderful. Final some one filled in the blanks for me about the Show behind the scenes. Esther Roll for being such an inspiration for women especially black woman. She seemed kind, loving and all about power to the people and the right things in life. ✊🏽🙌🏾❤🖤

(Just looking outta the window).... opening song credits! They never made it outta the ghetto...Norman Lear stole the ideas of Good Times! He's making millions from reruns!

I named new My black maltipoo Willona Woods, then Ja’Net dies a week later 😭

Ja'Net Dubois also appeared on an episode of Moesha too

Perfect timing! Was sure watching Good Times and hoping you got to part 2 sometime this week. 🙌👏

Yesssssssss Part 2

" _DAMN_ _DAMN_ _DAMN_ ❗ " ... rip⚘Esther Rolle... A beautiful human being.

JJ on the show was like he was the Casanova of the Windy City and Thelma and Florida was like speaking of Windy and laughed

Gotta love these stories so much!!

I thought the way they killed off "James Evans" and fired Esther Rolle was terrible. I stopped watching after they were both gone...

THIS IS AN ALL TIME FAVORITE THANK GOODNESS FOR RE-RUNS! ... I love the Pj's too 🤣. I am still trying to figure out why Pennie thought JJ was so fine and followed him home 😭😭😭🥴. I LOVE TO HEAR YOU SAY, "THAT'S MY MOVIE/SHOW RIGHT THERE." 🤣 RIP to Ms Dubois and Ms Rolle 🙏🏾🕊🕊.

I’ve been watching Good Times This Week & What do u know Celebrity Underrated Come with The Tea! 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾😊😊

Good evening and thank-you 😊

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Hi from Houston Texas. I truly commend you for this one. Believe it or not, I still watch Good Times every weekday religiously. I'm 49 and I still loooove watching them. Thank you so much for your awesome 👌 content ❤

great content, very informative !

Now ask yourself, why did Norman Lear and the other producers fight so hard against Esther having a black father in the home🤔?

Thank you for the information I love your show..thanks..

Thanks for sharing❤

Nobody ever mentions Kim Feilds/Tootie mom was Janet Jacksons mom on Good Times.

Oh wow I just said I can't wait for Part two. Look at GOD 🙏🏽🤎

On the screen Florida evans and her daughter had a Beautiful relationship and off camera glad to hear they had one as well

More fun facts: Jimmie Walker's character was based on Ed Norton's character from the Honeymooners. Chip Fields auditioned for the role of Thelma. The James Evans character was based on Eric Monte's stepfather. Good Times was 1st pitched in 1971. Laurence Fishburne auditioned for the role of Michael.

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Ester Rolle was also on Down in the delta movie.

Esther Rolle is an example of a person from non FBA lineage who was a rider R.I.P!

I didn't know she was one of the founders of PAN AF Film festival! We go every year! ✊🏽

Ja'Net Dubois also appeared on an episode of Home Improvement titled Reach Out and Teach Someone in 1991 during the first season of Home Improvement

I really enjoyed both Good Times videos. Ester Rolle and John Amos were right about Jimmy Walker’s antics. He did seem minstrel-ish on the show after season 1. He could have been funny without going so far. In fact, I remember a race documentary in the 80s that compared his character to black minstrel performers. Pictures of the minstrel dancing were compared to JJ’s dancing and jumping around and sure enough, he had the same moves. I used to have a love/hate relationship with the show because his overall silliness cheapened an otherwise good series. However, I am glad that JJ was also shown as a talented, caring and protective male figure.

One appearance Esther Rolle also made was in the movie CLEOPATRA JONES!

RIP Esther Rolle

I heard you say James Amos lol :) I always thought Wiloma should have been Thelmas mom.

Finally a Part 2!

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Ty again for this video bro you the best

Thanks for the videos!

Ja'Net Dubois died on the same month days after actress Esther Scott died and days before up-and-coming rapper Pop Smoke was killed in 2020

Jeffersons came out before good times and Mike Evans(the original Lionel) and coolie high writer create good times and pitched it to lear

Never disappoint 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

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I agree with John Amos in regards to how the show was making a buffonery of Jjs character. I also feel like Jimmie Walker felt he was bigger than every cast member. They all shined every week, but the shows creator didn't want to take the focus away from Jj, not even a little bit, which caused tension amongst the cast. I also agree with James and the way he approached Jimmie Walker about Bernadette Stanis posing for playboy. If that is what she wanted to do, then she could have gone that route. Jimmie thinks he is doing her a favor, but it came off a little creepy to me. Esther was a true woman of her words, and she didn't let anyone push her around for the sake of a dollar. So, of course, she wanted to show that there were husbands and wives living together under one roof there children. Mabel King from Whats happening did the exact same thing she wanted more screen time, and she also wanted a love interest but the creators opposed and eventually fired her for wanting more, and why shouldn't she? She was the matriarch of the family raising two teenagers and there was definitely room for her character to grow but there is and was this stigma for black households to have a single parent raising children and it just wasn't so. Why shouldn't we be portrayed as a two family household and show the world some positivity in it versus what we were presented? I don't know. I feel Jimmie Walker was funny initially, but after a while, it wasn't even funny anymore to me. So, it's a shame the show saw fit to fire James because he stood up, and eventually Esther left because she didn't like what happened to James, but she did come back. I'm not saying the show wasn't great, but how they did that cast and Jimmie Walker was not all that he appears to be. I listen to him, and it's like he didn't care for anyone other than himself. That's my opinion.

I absolutely love your videos can you do the Jeffersons or Laverne and Shirley?

I love Goodtimes I still watch the reruns everyday as a matter of fact im watching it now..lol It was my favorite show as a kid and Im 52 now and I still love it..I never get tired of it..I knew everything you said already but I love the show so much I still watched your show and it was very good....

I love your channel thank you for sharing their stories with us much love bro❤️

Heeeyyyyy CU Family!! Thx for the upload! U spoiling us now!! But I’m here for it!! Peace and blessings to everyone!!!

Esther Rolle died on the same day Method Man dropped his sophomore album Tical 2000: Judgment Day on November 17th, 1998

They put PJs on Hulu too funny shows

I will always love good times and it will always be in my favorite top 10 shows of all time

Another great video☝🏾👏🏾

Do Richard Dawson the act of dying Richard Dawson was born Colin Lionel Emm on November 20 1932 in Gosport England His father Arthur Emm was a mover his mother Josephine worked in the factories

I love this and thank you for sharing this with us!😊

She was so elegant well spoken Rest In Peace.

Janet Dubois grew up in Amityville, NY.

He went from Good Times to Roots, not the other way around.

I remember that soap opera that she was in called Love of Life, I was 10 years old, love your videos

I loved Good Times! I was a teenager in the 70,s. Watched every episode. Wished I could have lived with that family even thou I am white! A real wholesome African American show! R.I.P. Esther Rolles!❤

I have been looking for his channel glad to see you again 👍🏾💯🌹

This was good. Great research. I appreciate that you grew up watching the show as I did so you have a really authentic interpretation of her story. 👏👏👏

Thank you ❣️