Good Times - SNL 

Every damn one!!

Cause they were all the same.

@@brewer921 As are most sitcoms.

Like the one kid that was always kneeling behind the couch. He never moves in this clip. Funny stuff.

I forbade my children to watch it. They're grown now and I don't think they watch it either.

11Stucat Penny looking pretty damn good at 50.

Agreed!

I'm old AND old school. One of my favorite shows! You're right, 11Stucat...most ppl watching these videos weren't born in my generation. I grew up in the 70s and 80s. We've advanced as a country in some ways, but adults who were in their 30s, 40s, etc were old enough to have lived through Wartime, the Great Depression, etc and knew how to live on less and be happy anyway. I learned how to value thrift from my grandparents, how to cook and throw very little away...and how to repurpose and upcycle what you have. Appreciate, take pride. As a kid in the 70s when it seemed to me that everyone was kinda broke, I was still happy. Florida Evans almost always met her difficulties with faith and determination. Esther Rolle's nephew chatted with me once. Great family. ❤

Her character in this send up was the weakest of the lot.

@@1Rdby She's such a beauty.

I was thinking the same thing!

"Would it be a bad time to tell yall I got sickle cell?"😂😂

A typical episode.. 😂😂

This was how it was 😂

Not enough tragedy as the original but close...

Lmfao

Whack, dead ass audience.

She’s beautiful

Yea seriously, they were probably mostly white and never heard of the show

😄😄😄

A black audience would have. That's for damn sure.

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They did. Kenan was a damn good Florida, and Maya was a good Wilona (Thelma only OK). The comedian doing Michael. They were all good. Janet's part simply didn't call for any flexin'. JJ with sickle-cell at the end was icing on the cake.😂😂😂😂

@@lql1094 I agree you gotta admit though that Thelma storm off was funny as hell.

I could give each one praise but they ALL were spot on !!

Credzbpt 1 Yes they did!💕💕💕💕😂😂😂😂😂

DavidD2real YES!!! Me too!

Rain Norris I lost it. Seriously lost it. He a damn fool lol

DavidD2real im in here rollin on the floor🤣🤣

🤣😂🤣😂

Yes! With her same exact look on his face!

Yes! I kept rewinding it and laughing. It was so Thelma!

That was a perfect Thelma!

She ran out as Thelma and came right back in as Winona. Quick change artist. 👍🏿

Ye Yo Ra Supreme - She looks pretty young there too.

@@norakat She must have been around 36, 37 I'm guessing.

And she is fine as always

Yep!

She was 38 here

you forgot Michael's wokeness and studio audience reacting to everything.

Lol thats how life usually be tho

@@1talldaddy the explosion of canned applause after "Black House" deserved a better reaction from the real studio audience

🤣🤣🤣🤣

He was Awesome!!!😆😆

The voice was absolutely flawless

@@lw1391, you're Right! 😁 it was, kinda deep and shakey , like when she would say, " JAMES......." 😆😆😆😆

Florida to a tee. Lol

He "damn...daamnn..daaammnnnn", did that! Lol

Right? What a fantastic show!!

Mmmm hmmm 😂😂😂😜

Black Girl Magic I

😂😂😂😂😂 I felt the same way. The ending.

Joshuaoaks you r😁😀😁😁😁

boss chick, and looks...

@@foofy3406 yes! I remember the "Damn damn damn!" So uncharacteristic for Flo that it made an.impact Keenan is on point

@Joe Casson Are you forgetting Garrett Moris?

@@missmarymary6506 I remember the actual moment on Good Times. Poor Florida had done her best, powering through James' funeral, wake and reception at the apartment, and kept it together until only her blood family was there. Carrying that huge punch bowl and then - boom!

@@shoresean1237 oh that's right! Thank you!!

Ethan porto : wtf are you talking about ..she acts and sounds the same damn self in every single skit . glad she s gone .

they should have used an actual black female to play thelma and winona

@@ericthemidget6309 Maya did a fantastic job playing Thelma and Winona. Plus Maya is black. Would u call drake, tiger woods, Carmelo Anthony, Halle berry and Obama not black? Because their all just as black as Maya. It’s not good to be ignorant.

Maya Rudolph and Esther Roll

😆👏She is the REAL DEAL when it comes to comedy 🤗 And the daughter of Minnie🥰🙏

Yes. The Willona black eye, and Michael getting accept into the school just to get dropped a the precipice of achieving something that might get him outta the ghetto, are classic Good Times plot turns. Then of course the lottery tickets getting eaten that would have definitely gotten them out. Like when Thelma's husband injured himself right before getting his NFL contract. And the picture of Ned the Wino aka Black Jesus is on point...like it's the original. And then they have real Penny there playing penny.

Yes.... perfection

Epic

Jonathan Reed Good

@@Yobachi2007 I think it was the original.

I came back to watch specifically for him. When he first turned around, I lost it!

sxm76 Especially when he bared Florida’s signature gap between her teeth.

thefly21 💕💕💕💕💕

Agreed. He's an amazing character actor.

Yesss!

The story of goodtimes , always bad news...

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

That scene was a very memorable one and i always rewind and watch it over and over again,lol. I think her playing such a strong willed mother and wife before his death set the tone well.

Lol... ain't that the truth 😂😂🤣

Redbones Honeypot 😂😂😂😂😂😂

@Aaron D. Digby, Sr. You mean Thelma, Janet Jackson played Penny. lol

Good times😂👌

That's a comment about today.

Agreed

That's because most of rhe audience probably hadn't been born when in the 1970s, so they wouldn't have understood the jokes. I was 9 yes old watching this show and I thought SNL's parody was hilarious! 😄😄

@@tamjac10 I was born in the 80s and I watched Good Times reruns a lot! Heck I've watch Happy Days, All in the Family, Jefferson's etc. People in general don't think the world existed before the day they were born. So they don't develop an appreciation for old school shows. I say to them "their loss!"

"Would this be a bad time to tell y'all I have sickle cell..." I'm crying lol

HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT?

Well maybe one of the later seasons.

Honestly 😂 so spot on

Yes, I think you're right.

😂😂

Ikr 😂 😂

He sounded EXACTLY like her.

@@jennifergersch9126 he really did...I'm guessing this entire sketch was inspired by his impression of Flo

@@billyb4790 I would love to see an hour and a half of just Kenan impressions.

He really did. 😂

Sellout sold his butt

she sounded just the same lol

Nice cameo... I love that show n Florida

Sanyu Ndekou that was solid

Sounds like they didn't recognize her at first.

1 of best skits ever i m never sic of watchin this one on snl lmfao each part is so funny! had no idea pretty and so cute JJ(janet jackson)play original penny all grown up in this saturday night skit. so funny tracy morgan bookman lol and Thelma by Maya Rudolph was great. #LoveGoodTimes real tv. realistic not like fake stuff on today.

Yea I was thinking the same thing. It's weird, cuz I go through all their videos and this would be definitely something I would watch, but never saw it before today.

me too ... lmao

Me too!

Damn. We're all 4 years late. lmao

I'm four weeks behind you damn, damn, DAMN! 🤔🙄

I think it was meant as a tribute. In Living Color also did a skit about good times but it was more of a parody

I've never seen good times really... Maybe one or two episodes. But I still understood everything and laughed my ass off. Its so engrained in our culture that this all felt familiar, especially "DAMN DAMN DAMN"!

@@anjailbakeer You only seen one or two episodes?! Really?! Lol. Wow you really missed a lot. You should check out the episode when Gary Coleman was on there. It was before he did Different Strokes. It was hilarious!

she looked pretty old to me tbh

YES they did 🤣🤣🤣

Maya did a great job as Thelma 😄

and Wilona

Damn you fine.

Look at Penny looking all like Janet

She so pretty to

@@chrismacks3640 That is her Janet

@@jenniferfields6173 👍

@Aaron D. Digby, Sr. 😂😂😂😂

It's possible the audience comprised of Generation Z and millennial, who didn't grow up with 70s Norman Lear television, ie Good Times. It's a shame because Good Times was a classic x

@@tamjac10 This skit was made in 2004, so it was definitely older people.

@Aaron D. Digby, Sr. well they also said Nixon was going to be po folks friend.

This copied the wayans brothers one

RIGHT!!! As much SNL as I watch where was this clip hiding?

Yeah, Keenan nailed the impersonation of Florida Evans. 👍

He had all of her movements down too!

IKR😮

Im just seeing this today! Omg this is genius lmao

The way Keenan puts his finger up to his nose and he's shaking makes it funny😁😁

jacksonfan4life123 💗💗💗💗

Why did he have to keep picking up that cornbread though??! I was weak lolol

The Wayan's had an episode similar to this one

Six minutes lol.

kissit012 Lamaaao yes

kissit012 the Lord is my German shepherd Lol

Not quite. It's missing Sweet Daddy, Ned the Wino. and Lootin' Lennay (who could always save you some pennays).

Good point.

donavangreen27 yes

Different type of crowd.... Lol

@@supadupa6891 my thoughts exactly 😂🤣

Yep

supa dupa FACTS!!!

MELTALKS! the issues, “Kissinger! Get me the cell sickler!” -Richard Nixon.

😂😂😂 That was the best part.

stf up how bought yall live with sickle cell for a day with the pain that's no joke

Victoria Smith you need to direct that to the SNL writers. We're just enjoying the sketch ... and it was very funny. No one is laughing at sickle cell. We're laughing at the point that nothing was good for them on a show called, "Good Times".

MELTALKS! the issues i hope u get better

Yes, very underestimated. That's Finesse Mitchell.

@Derek Smith bro, that’s not Jordan Peele 😂😂😂😂 yikes

@Derek Smith that's Finesse Mitchell

Spot on. Take a drink.

This was basically a full season into one episode! Lol

So what? Is that good or bad?

@@kevinfantroyal3112 That's good. It shows how well the skit was written.

"Basically" what a crappy and useless filler word.

@@tnewsome9121 I bet you find yourself lonely and complaining about stupid small shit all of the time huh

Too bad the writers didn't appreciate it. Thelma & Wilona played by white women? Really?

Too bad you do not understand the negative impact this show had on people who are black. Imagine, your aspirations in life are easy credit ripoffs, temporary layoffs, shucking and jiving? I guess that only a black American can embrace and find comfort, even amusement in the device of his own oppression. I was a child when this program aired and even as a child, I found this to be disgustingly disgusting.

Jordan Scott The audience was too white. I doubt they ever seen the show or else Janet would have had a bigger applause in her entrance.

Angel RedBottom lol, bitch plz. Good Times was one of the biggest shows ever, I watched it down here in Australia. Do you think 13% of the U.S. population could maintain a TV show for that long? Of course white people watched it, we aren’t as focused on skin colour as you seem to be. The suggestion that anyone wouldn’t know Janet Jackson because they’re the “wrong” skin colour is even more hilariously dumb. Ffs, she was the biggest pop star on the planet. There’s no way one can do that if only one race is buying your records.

@@justanotherguy469 Bro you're a fuckin idiot smh. This show had no more of a negative impact on blks than Archie Bunker had on whites. The theme song wasn't celebrating welfare or shuckin', u simpleton. Satire..

Especially Maya Rudolph.

Damn! Damn! Damn!

That was from the episode when Mr. Evans died. It was really heart-breaking!

Me too. I keep watching this one😂😂😂

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The Attack of Shaq me too. Not funny. But too funny. Lol

Right. Lol! 🤣 She was always into some extra shytt tho... 🤷

Me too.

So I'm not the only one. :)

You should be wit yo mean ass lol

♀️PositiviC♀️ That sounded more like Martin.

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Florida Evans never said it.

😂😂😂😂

So good

Truth Johns I thought that she played both roles

Didn't recognize that till now

She's not funny

Maya is “sneaky” funny. Her take on both characters, (especially Thelma) is uncannily accurate.

@@Steve-yu1ll she is not funny

Toxic Masculinity Shock Syndrome Bunyan 😂😂😂😂😂

Mr. Man Bun Hilarious 😂😂😂

That line kills me every damn damn damn time!

Yes this was quite a tribute to Good Times

Or the name of the guy who said it..."Dick Whiteman"

Audience was trash alot of this Sketch went over their heads

I died hearing the Malcolm Ten reference 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Well you kind of need a few seconds to think and visualize the joke for a second, not everyone off the top of their heads will remember that X = 10, and he just keeps talking and moves on, so you don't really get to get the joke

I thought he said "Malcolm Ted" and I didn't get it. Now that you clarified, it is funny!

Ayyy Crank.

White people enjoyed it as much as black people.

well that and its 40 years old

G Unit

Crank is high yella

For real.

yeah they stayed takin L's...but definitely one of my favorite shows

Trill Media Exactly!!! There was NOTHING "Good Times" about that show. But, I did love that show with a passion.

Courtney D. Waller I know right

That's why they called it "Good Times". It's supposed to be ironic. Living as an African American in the PJs is no joke.

MisterB2eternity 😂😂🤣

MisterB2eternity lol yes gets mad walks in the room and slam the door..and Florida runs after him .."JAMES" ...classic

😂😂😂😂😂

MisterB2eternity and the guy playing Michael actually could have played James!! He could have done dual roles like Maya!

Agreed. You don't mess with James. My favorite line from him was, "Mad Dog you don't get your hand out of my wife's face I'm gonna slap a muzzle on you."

I think they were too young to get it.

She got applause. What do you want?

SNL audience = tourist from Arkansas

_"Good TIIIIIMMESSSS..."_

Ugh, everytime I see the episode where she throws that glass bowl down, because she finally let out her heartache over James dying......I cry like a baby! 😭

@@faithruckdeschel1294 Me too!

karameldreem right. I swear I had to look over that twice. I think it really is the original

karameldreem yes it is ..it should be famous in a museum or something

karameldreem it is.painted by Ernie Barnes.

Who played on of Sweet Daddy's body guards.

Ross Mark LMFAO 🤣🤣🤣YOU ARE ABSO FUKIN LUTELY RIGHT

It was a great skit but not appreciated enough

When James died.

They ran out of "so called" black people

"The St. BARtholoMEW School"

I doubt that. I’m white and liked it.

It's not really the skin color, but jokes like this are much funnier if you know the context. If you have seen the show. Which I'm sure not a whole lot of white people have seen. So they wouldn't get how spot on the jokes are.

Technosis 909 thats like saying not many whites have seen Sanford n Son or The Jeffetsons.

fundifferent1 I'm WHITE and I got ALL the jokes because I watched Good Times all the time when I was a kid!!!! Lots of "white" people watched GOOD TIMES!!!!

Ye Yo Ra Supreme totally unappreciated by the audience, black Jesus will a buffalo but. Power to the people

PalmurcioWorld Yo I Fell Out 😆😆😂😂

That caught me off guard. I laughed so hard.

don't feel bad the way they set that up was funny as hell.lol

richard mcilwaine I thought I was the only one that still says "fell out"

PalmurcioWorld I holla'd!!

John Williams you behind on your chores first in about to get whooped second 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Keenan hit it right mrs. Evans , they should have put the hustler pimp in this as well . the dad should have been in it to.

Gerald Hard right im so mad the dad wasn't in it

“Would this be a bad time to tell y’all I got sickle cell!”

Hahaha!!! Hilarious!!!

and that's EXACTLY why that part was so funny.lol

me too

Nobody had time to prepare 😂😂😂

He definitely was.

Which actor was he?

josh miller if you have to ask why are u watching the video?

mizzkaykay93 because I know the original show, I know the part, but I don’t know if it’s JB smoove or finesse Mitchell

josh miller who’s the smallest person in the room lol that’s Michael

Me too! Loved this show growing up. I see a lot of comments of people saying it’s a cultural thing but honestly it’s a generational thing at least in my opinion. My best friend is black and her daughter is 30 years old and does not have any clue as to what the show is about or has even heard of it. I jokingly made a reference to my name is Lenny and my girlfriend laughed pretty hard along with me but her daughter had no idea what we were laughing about we had a show or a clip and even though she’s never seen the show she didn’t think it was as funny as her mother and I did. Really loved the show a lot.

Lisa McClendon I didn’t get some of the jokes because I never watched the show lol. Plus I wasn’t even born when this episode aired.

Me too and im still tryna figure how they got the actual black jesus picture😂

I’ve seen others referencing what type of “audience” watched Good Times and everybody needs to see how that comment is really disrespectful to the show and the actors. It’s saying that Good Times wasn’t good enough to broadly appeal to all everyone, it could only entertain black audiences. How could it have been such a huge hit and still a cultural iconic show if that were the case?

@@missingbmore I’m 16 and I got all the jokes. Good times is one of my favorite shows so that’s probably why.

They caught a break the very last episode 😂😂😂😂😂

Just like my life 😒

She was guest host that episode a week after the Super Bowl incident.

I thought it was just me.

Seriously! So disappointing. They have no idea that the sketch is gold.

Speek Geek Unlimited @✌🏾💕💕💕

No freaking idea.

EXXXXXACTLY!!!! The skit went right over their heads! These actors absolutely NAILED IT!!

His movements were spot on! Jimmy Walker was exactly like that.

And then he hit me...

Penny do you have rats in your bed

Cornbread

1ring2rule3pigs naw look up the Wayans brothers version. They actually had some of the real characters too and added their own take. Pure comedic gold

His rat named ben

I see most people didn't get it

@@adrianlozada-reyes268 wait, so he wrote a song for his rat?

@Howard the Duck He did have many other animals though(like parrots, elephants, giraffes, chimpanzees...) Michael Jackson used to bring his pet llama everyday to the studio during the recording sessions with Freddie Mercury in 1982. The llama reportedly attacked Freddie Mercury.

@@gothangotay6489 Is that true that Freddy got attacked by Michael's llama? If so that'd be hilarious 🤣🤣

Mitchell Bahamas What are you trying to say? They were old? Young? Not cool? What exactly?

Laron Jackson yes

Right, you could tell the audience didn't know it was Janet..They were like. Is that.., could it be...naw it couldn't be...yea it is...clap

Brandi lord yeah.... Like your dry humor😒

This was from 2004 to be fair. So she was a lot more famous and familiar than you are all saying. Especially being she is on the show lol. They know she's the guest. In 2004 she had a song blasting every other year constantly on the radio from the late 80s then her come back during this time. Just as a reference, I was out of highschool a year at this time. So I know this is the internet but that's why. You guys sound 12

Mikey even wrote a song about it...”Ben”.

@@Nuani7 Michael didn't write "Ben" lol, he was 13 years old. It was originally written for Donny Osmond but he was on tour and couldn't record it.

I think that was the point

'Ben' was written for the movie of the same name, came out in the '70s, based on a paperback novel from the '60s based in England called 'The Ratman's Notebook'. I haven't seen 'Ben' but from what I heard the story is similar, a man befriends rats and trains them to do crimes for him. In the book the head rats were Ben and Socrates.

wit her eternally fine self. rip

And I too send out my deepest condolences to the Janet Dubois' family. She killed every episode she was in (that means she did a great job on all her comedic lines) she will be greatly missed ...RIP Ms Dubois' 😪

She and Esther Rolle were the backbone of that show.

Yeah, that was awkward! I don't think this audience ever saw Good Times or at least, they didn't see it when she was on the show.

Ikr! She was the only original one on this skit

This was April 2004 two months after the nipplegate Super Bowl Scandal America didn't like her at that time

Our apologies for not falling down and worshipping when Jackson walked on see the thing is we weren't impressed by her.

@@damontitus540 people really do see and hear what they want to,I heard the applause and cheers to.

Anthony Ginther and a better Thelma than Jaimee Fox’s daughter

Maya is just talented all around.

Because she’s more talented! (there I said it)

And she did 2 parts

If Whitney Houston was alive, she would have been a great Willona.