The FOOLISH Reason FRED BERRY Was FIRED From "What's Happening Now!!"

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Fred Berry rose to fame as Rerun on the classic TV sitcom, "What's Happening!!" and then played the character again in the follow-up "What's Happening Now!!". Sadly, Fred was fired from that show before the first season ended. In this video, I share the dumb reason that Fred was let go plus some other interesting facts about him. Enjoy!
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@Decgyrrl Год назад

I miss Fred Berry. He was a talented character actor & dancer. Very light on his feet. I remember he got his start on Soul Train. A lot of talent, came off that show. RIP Re Run 🕊🙏🏽🕊

@jdsundstrom Год назад

Thanks for sharing!

@qanondon2100 Год назад

@@jdsundstromhe was supposed to be a Sweathog with Travolta😎🚬

@justmeandthethree 11 месяцев назад

I miss Big Fat Fatty Fat (Mama).

@javiem9962 Месяц назад

Im trying find that soul train episode please help me

@kendallrivers1119 Год назад

I know Ernest Thomas and other cast mates said that Fred had a massive ego and caused his own problems, but at the same time Rerun was so crucial to both shows and without him the show wasn't the same. It also wasn't the same without Dee and Mama Thomas so What's Happening Now didn't stand a real chance to last without those three crucial characters.

@lamontbradford4630 Год назад

Dee was occasionally on What’s Happening Now.

@kendallrivers1119 Год назад

@@lamontbradford4630 Yes but sparingly and she wasn't a regular.

@ChrisC709 Год назад

Anne-Marie Johnson had a good career after What's Happening Now. My favorite is her role as Althea Gibbs on In The Heat of the Night. I also enjoyed her in many other various roles. She's underrated. I prefer her in more dramatic roles than comedies.

@Bigbadwhitecracker Год назад

Sorry, I could live without Dee. She was annoying then and now.

@undergroundheatcypher1091 Год назад

@@Bigbadwhitecracker Dee was a big part of the show her character was great!!

@Pyrolonn Год назад

He and Shirley probably did deserve more money than the other cast. They were the comedic heart of the show.

@jaymike3302 Год назад

Raj was the main guy.

@SuperMarioBrosIII Год назад

@@jaymike3302 True and Shirley did eventually get her own sitcom One In A Million. 🚕🚖📺👍

@kendallrivers1119 Год назад

Think you're forgetting how impeccable Dee was and how she'd often get the biggest laughs on the show. Danielle Spencer was a comedic genius at a young age.

@seanm.1813 Год назад

I still remember what’s happening now had an early Martin Lawrence as part of that cast.

@loklo101 Год назад

@@kendallrivers1119Dee was the funniest one on the show. Had that awesome sense of humor since she was 11 years old.

@gaipontiff2 Год назад

Fred Berry was originally a part of the dance group called The Lockers. The group along with Berry, appeared on the third episode of Saturday Night Live in 1975 one year prior to What's Happening beginning.

@jdsundstrom Год назад

Thanks for the extra info!

@gaipontiff2 Год назад

@@jdsundstrom You're welcome. The episode is available on Peacock.

@Dr.Thirteen Год назад

the were on the show too.

@johncollins1884 Год назад

Such a cool show; which didn't take itself too seriously 😊

@jdsundstrom Год назад

Yes it was! Thanks for all your support John. 🙂

@mikesilva3868 Год назад

@@jdsundstrom agreed 🎬

@SuperMarioBrosIII Год назад

@@jdsundstrom Also Dave there were some problems with Berry and production on the original series hence ABC cancelled it after 3 seasons. Berry asked for a higher salary and better studio accomodations for the actors. This issue eventually led to a full feldged walk out by Berry and Thomas during the second season. Producer Bud Yorkin, in turn, suspended the pair, forcing them to sign a $25,000 promissory notes to return to the show and guard against further walkouts. Mable King was absent from season 3 and had a reduced role in season 2 largely due to creative differencs with producers. She wanted Roger and Dee characters to have married parents and wanting a better job and going back to school which I believe was the theme of at least one episode. Berry again would threaten to strike by not appearing in a season 3 episode. Berry even went as far as to making accusations of racism against the producers. Inlight of the seriousness of the accusation and now unmotivated and unwilling to accomodate the stars, the producers opted to cancel the moderately successful series. The original series was loosey based on the film Cooley High. 🤔🤷📺

@nigelseaton8367 Год назад

Cocaine, alcohol, and a series of insults, and depression, a really tragic combination that eventually took the toll on his life. R.I.P.

@monkeywkeys3916 Год назад

52 Cheese & Crackers man! That's a little early in the morning.

@chrisbullock6477 Год назад

Yep! that sound about right! Cut and dry.

@tmat2024 Год назад

Right! I can imagine what the fat jokes did to his psyche. A couple of episodes were brutal with the jokes...almost as if the writers held a grudge.

@rashodlewis2918 Год назад

Cocaine! 😃

@nigelseaton8367 Год назад

@Rashod Lewis Well, it was the 70's,

@Rometiklan Год назад

Huge fan of What's Happening! Fred Berry was a huge part of why I love the show. I didn't know about some of Berry's troubled history and thanks Dave, for saying it straight and not waltzing around it. Rerun's character was so synonymous with Berry, they just seemed like they were the same person on screen and in real life. Thanks, Dave. RIP, Fred.

@dwade6322 Год назад

Who doesn't remember him running after that truck? Everyone remembers that!

@noahpartic7586 Год назад

😆I could never forget that.

@harperstacey9604 Год назад

He ran pretty fast despite his weight. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

@noahpartic7586 Год назад

@@harperstacey9604 Not enough to catch that truck unfortunately😩.

@harperstacey9604 Год назад

@@noahpartic7586 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😆. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

@figmo397 Год назад

I always loved him as a performer. When he was with The Lockers, he stood out. On "What's Happening," he was easily the breakout character.

@TheCerebralDude Год назад

Hey Dave my friend! I was a dedicated What’s Happening fan in my early teens when the show was in its original run. I believe Fred was discovered after dancing on “Soul Train” my favorite episode on WH Is when Rerun competed in a dance contest against a heavily favored opponent

@ronque23 Год назад

I loved Rerun! Him, Rog, Duane, Dee, Shirley and Momma were all so funny. It was good clean fun! Nothing ever heavy! Just what a kid needed to see that you could watch with your parents and trip out. RIP Fred Berry. Hey, HEY, hey!!!! Also, Fred was also in one of the Breakin’ movies as a serious dancer. He was no joke.

@nassauguy48 Год назад

Fred Berry was to What's Happening! in the same manner that Henry Winkler was to Happy Days. Originally supporting characters whose charisma, delivery and humor catapulted them into the main audience draws.

@kevinbrown-ge6sz Год назад

This was a show the entire family could enjoy.

@harperstacey9604 Год назад

I laughed so hard whenever Raj tried to dance. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

@ebonydavis4245 Год назад

Me and my kids still enjoy it. As well as What’s Happening Now…

@dk60ish Год назад

I recalled he was asking for a million dollars per episode during the reboot, he claimed it didn't make sense that someone of his stature wasn't getting paid that much, which was clearly a sign he had some issues, sad how he died after overcoming so much. It also reminds me of the sad death of his co-star Shirley Hemphill, who lived in a house alone & had been dead for quite some time when her concerned gardener found her body. But let's remember them fondly as the bright lights they were for the show, along with that cool theme by Henry Mancini!

@jdsundstrom Год назад

Thanks for sharing!

@beautyRest1 Год назад

Yes that’s true, I agree. Such a funny show. I did read about the lonely death of Shirley Hemphill and how she didn’t wanted anybody to see how ill she was. It’s all so sad, they made us laugh and yet they were so unhappy!

@opinionsonstories Год назад

So sad! I didn't know Shirley died that way! 😣

@beautyRest1 Год назад

@@opinionsonstories yes, her gardener looked thru the window and saw her in her bedroom on the floor. She was dead. Apparently she was afraid to see a doctor out of fear of surgery and she changed her phone number so no one of her friends could contact her to see how I’ll she was.

@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc Год назад

Fame had gone to Fred Berry's head. He thought he was better than his co-stars.

@saleemahfareed4790 Год назад

Thank you for the information I don’t know he got involved in drugs and alcohol, Fred berry Rest In Peace, that’s why I hate Hollywood never recognize very good talent and wonderful and amazing dancer 💙🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹😊

@jdsundstrom Год назад

Thanks for sharing, Saleemah!

@thrashpondopons8348 Год назад

RIP Mr. Berry!

@jdsundstrom Год назад

Thanks for all your support TP!

@shockwavebboy Год назад

Fun fact: Rerun's B-boy was Mr. Penguin. He was a member of the L.A. Lockers along with Shanadoo (Ozone from Breakin') and Toni Basil (from that song "Mickey")

@everythingbobbywolfe 8 месяцев назад

Fly me to the Moon 🎶🎵🎶🎵 lol Maybe my favorite episode of what's happening, ever! It was fun learning that Tony Basil was actually the only female in Fred's dance troop in the '70s. Such a shame that Freddy, Mabel, Shirley, and Danielle met with some very hard times and unfortunately some very heartbreaking deaths. It seemed like trouble and misfortune follow the cast around quite a bit. I know the actor that played Raj and Dee's father met with some very hard times as well. It's such a shame, because that will always be one of my favorite shows. Nothing can get me smiling faster than hearing that intro music. To this day, and very few people pick up on it, I will always use Rogers high-pitched squeal laughter during certain jokes or certain social situations. I love it when people pick up on it, because it is lost on so many millions of people

@mullen25 Год назад

i watched an interview with one of the producers and he said a couple actors got inflated egos, made money demands. the show worked because of it's ensemble. so of it's time, a fun slice of the 70's.

@harperstacey9604 Год назад

Fred Berry wasn't a team player. He was all about himself. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

@catfishvega3728 Год назад

I met Fred a few times back in 1999-2000. I even brought him on a radio show I was co-host of in Berkeley to interview him and promote a stand up gig he had in the area. Nice guy. Our show ran through the night and Fred stayed with us almost the entire show. Nicest guy and I even have some impromptu rap performances Fred gave that evening/morning., on tape. Never put them out.

@dennispearson871 Год назад

One of The Greatest of The Original Locker Dancers !! ...Re-runs Moves Are Now Legendary !!..I've Never Seen a Big Fella to this Day Move Like Him !!!...

@garyreid6165 Год назад

There was an episode of What’s Happening where Roger, sneaks out of the house to go to a party instead of babysitting his sister Dee. Roger finds an older woman who turns out to be less responsible than he thought to look after Dee. Roger’s mom finds out from Dee. Roger, Dwayne and Rerun return to his house and is confronted by his mom. Roger’s mom wants to punish Roger and she asks for a belt. Roger wasn’t wearing a belt. But Rerun takes off his belt and hands it to Roger’s mom. Shocked at the length of the belt, she says,”Oooohh! Rerun! I want to whip him not hang him!” Or the episode when Rerun gets chosen to dance with a group of professional dancers on a television show, not knowing that he was chosen not because he was a great dancer, but because of his size. Or the episode when Rerun joins a religious cult and learns that it was a sham. What’s Happening was relatable on so many levels, probably more so than any sitcom in the mid 70’s. I remember watching a scene from Entertainment Tonight (I think) and Fred Berry was at a golf course and he danced on the green. That was the last time I saw him dancing. Rest In Peace, Fred.

@bps3013 Год назад

What's Happening still holds up today and Fred's Rerun is a big reason why. Curious why they put "Hey hey hey" on his tombstone though as that was Dwayne's catchphrase whereas Rerun always said "What's happening!" when he'd enter.

@toddfowler4017 Год назад

I remember watching an interview with Ernest Thomas, Mr.Dave, and he said quite frankly that Fred got too big for his britches! (Now that's a pretty neat trick!) And when the opportunity to do What's Happening Now came around, Ernest had hoped Fred had learned from his mistakes! But incredibly, he didn't, he pulled the same routine all over again!! The Doobie Brothers, incredibly enough, are still rocking down the highway!! Their 50th anniversary tour is in its 3rd year (covid), with Michael McDonald on board! I'll be seeing them on June 23rd in Fort Wayne, Indiana, but I won't be sporting a trench coat with a tape recorder‼️🇺🇲📻📺🎬🎶🛣🥼📼🎤🎸🎹🎻🪇🎺🥁👌

@jdsundstrom Год назад

Have fun at the concert, Todd!

@toddfowler4017 Год назад

@@jdsundstrom Will do!!👌

@brokefrogproductions Год назад

I loved Rerun's proposed hamburger jingle: "First you take a piece of meat, then you cook it in some heat. Then you shove it in a bun, but the fun has just begun!"

@erickdraven4810 Год назад

What's Happening into music was one of the best show tunes ever.

@jongilbertson2106 7 месяцев назад

By Henry Mancini.

@Jumpshot1973 Год назад

The Good Stuff…I also remember that Fred was a Soul Train Dancer too..

@sandrasanders706 Год назад

Berry was one of the most popular dancers on Soul Train for about 4 years!! He was astounding on that show. He was one the greatest dancers of all time!! In fact, he became a lot more famous after that because of his appearances on ST.

@jdsundstrom Год назад

Thanks for sharing, Sandra!

@benjaminthe1st Год назад

Ended up marrying one of the dancers dr. Franchesska Berry. One of a few marriages. He used to come over to my grandparents in Albuquerque as my uncle did some work with him.

@markrichardson1657 Год назад

rerun was one of the lockers

@sandrasanders706 Год назад

@Mark Richardson Yes he was!

@sisqoguajardo1065 Год назад

Did not know Fred Berry had passed away may he rest in peace I grew up watching what's happening and what's happening now classic shows

@ValkyrieMagnus Год назад

When I was a kid I used to watch that show all the time. Rerun was my favorite character on the show. RIP Fred Berry.

@jrussellcase Год назад

He was also one of the original "Soul Train" dancers. He definitely made an impression.

@calvinbealer7264 Год назад

Rerun was Funny as Hell. RIP Mr Berry

@mariaalexander427 Год назад

Thank you for the trips down memory lane! I have the dvd collection & my kids love watching the show on long road trips. Rerun was so loveable. I'm sure you already know Mabel King, who played the mom, was also in The Jerk & The Wiz. Keep up the great work.🤗

@jdsundstrom Год назад

Glad you enjoyed it

@stephenadamsmusicalinterpr4203 Год назад

Of Fred’s performance as Rerun in Doobie Or Not Doobie, it is my absolute favorite.

@cindeed4422 Год назад

Which doobie you be? Classic line from the episode!

@stephenadamsmusicalinterpr4203 Год назад

@@cindeed4422 I’ll speak to any Doobie that to be there!

@Ravenscroft82 Год назад

OH I really loved WH. Never saw the remake/reboot, though. Rerun, Raj and Dwayne were a classic friend trio. I really feel like that show is one of the underrated gems from the 70s. Sad that Fred wasn't able to continue his success as he would have liked but it sounds like he really had it together at the end. RIP.

@Relic67 Год назад

Fred had a magnetic personality and not to his fault, stole every scene he was in.

@barryallenflash1 Год назад

R.I.P. "Rerun"! He was my favorite character on "What's Happening". In fact, he was the main reason I liked and watched that show!! Thanks for all the great memories Fred "Rerun"!! Thank YOU Dave for ANOTHER great video....keeep 'em comin'!!!!

@jdsundstrom Год назад

Thanks for the comment...and the kind words, Brian!

@patrickbrowne4606 Год назад

Hey HEY hey! That was rerun’s signature greeting. Thanks for posting this.. I never missed an episode of WHATS HAPPENING! when I was a kid growing up in the 70’s. This brought back a lot of good memories. God bless you.

@syreetaabney6968 Год назад

Wow Dave this was so needed information ReRun, it's sad he died so young.

@jdsundstrom Год назад

I'm glad you found the video interesting and useful, Syreeta.

@Deborahtunes Год назад

Who's idea was it to write "hey hey hey" on his headstone? That was more 'Dwayne's' catch phrase than 'Reruns'. I always loved Fred's dancing. Any episodes where he could show off his dancing prowess was the best to me...

@bobwigg761 Год назад

That’s exactly what I thought when I saw it. That phrase was used by Haywood Nelson’s Dwayne character.

@ghostmanscores1666 Год назад

Yes! I still say it when my friend and I first meet up.

@Deborahtunes Год назад

@@bobwigg761 ~ I wonder if they ever watched the show?

@Deborahtunes Год назад

@@ghostmanscores1666 ~ 🙂🕺🙂

@pinedelgado4743 Год назад

WHAT'S HAPPENING!! was such a great show!! I even have the entire series on DVD in my private television library/archive. 😊😉 In fact, when I was in high school during my junior year 39 years ago, I even used to greet my classmates with Dwayne's (Haywood Nelson) greeting of "Hey, hey, hey" the same way HE did it--until my high school quiz bowl coach, Mr. Singer (who was a narcissist, I think), told me NOT to do that anymore. LOL!! BTW, I always loved it when, in the opening credits, Rerun chased after that truck with his cohorts, Raj and Dwayne, was driving away. LMHO!!!

@IceManLikeGervin Год назад

One of my favorite tv characters from one of my favorite tv shows (WH/WHN) as a kid growing up in the 1970s/1980s.

@johnellharris1366 Год назад

Thank you Mr.Sundstrom you’re highlighting of individuals like Mr. Berry is very important.This show is high caliber and represents the best part of us all.

@jdsundstrom Год назад

You're very welcome

@julianschulz1620 Год назад

He also ran into trouble with the Doobie Brothers, unlawfully recording one of their performances.

@brianh3253 Год назад

I think I remember that last show WHATS HAPPENING NOW. I think Martin Lawrence became the one of leads? Maybe where he got his start. Anyway my favorite what’s happening episode (2 parter) was that Doobie Brothers episode. Whew, I’m old! 😅

@brandonpage7087 Год назад

So, that's why Rerun was gone, before the first season was even done?? What's Happening Now is such an underrated, underappreciated series!! Hell, Martin Lawrence got his start on there!

@harperstacey9604 Год назад

Martin Lawrence once mentioned on his sitcom, Martin that he was going to watch a marathon of what's happening now! From Ms. Harper Stacey.

@ClubHead Год назад

As one of the original Bboy street dancers.I know he was one of the original PopLockers . He was a Legend.

@derricklowe2823 Год назад

Thank you so much for this video. Very informative right up to showing where he was laid to rest. I remember watching "What's Happening " back in high school every Thursday after school. He was a big man, but boy was he light on his feet and man could be "lock"😂.

@jdsundstrom Год назад

Glad it was helpful!

@Kenny-The_Wine_Guy Год назад

Another informative and insightful video. Thank you Dave. Always wanted to know what really happened to "Rerun". A toast.🍷

@jdsundstrom Год назад

Glad it was helpful!

@tomlemery8490 Год назад

What's Happening! was a great show. I remember the Doobie Brothers episode. That was funny. I thought Dwayne said "Hey, Hey, Hey." I only remember him saying, "Heyyyy, what's hapening?"

@jdsundstrom Год назад

That Doobie Brothers episode is a favorite of mine as well. 🙂

@chrisbuterakos3108 Год назад

The Mandela effect

@Rometiklan Год назад

With the classic line, "Which Doobie, you be?"

@dumbingitdownwithdave7175 Год назад

Great video. I can't say I was a "HUGE" fan of Fred of the show What's Happening, but I certainly knew of both and watched my fair share. I loved TV in general and it was always one of my best friends. Thanks Dave.

@jdsundstrom Год назад

I'm glad you enjoyed the video, Dave!

@randygiannini1418 Год назад

Strangely, always thought he acted like my grandmother, minus the dancing of course, who's house I watched at after school. Hearing about him brings back dear memories of her, which I know is really odd.

@TheTiger2311 Год назад

the thing that wasn’t mention his appears on Soul Train as well on beer commercial.

@leesashriber5097 Год назад

Watched this show all the time!! I loved that show. If I could find it on TV I'd gladly watch it. 😊 Rerun is an icon ❣️ God bless him. 🕊️🙏😊 Thank you Dave 😊

@gmac6503 Год назад

I bought the DVD with all 65 episodes and it is only $15.

@wyldvigilante Год назад

Check streaming services I WAS watching this on one of them sorry cannot remember exactly which one

@leesashriber5097 Год назад

@@wyldvigilante , thank you 😊 I appreciate the response. Happy Saturday 😊

@wyldvigilante Год назад

@Leesa Shriber YW. You were so nice and cordial I felt compelled to look it up for you. Good news , Tubi which is a free app has BOTH shows What's Happening and What's Happening Now a continuation with the same actors Enjoy 😉

@leesashriber5097 Год назад

@@gmac6503 , online? Where can I find it? I appreciate it. 😊

@cindeed4422 Год назад

Thank you for the Right On! magazine cover! I asked you if you remembered it. You said you didn’t. I grew up on it! I brought so many of them. I wish I still had them! The Doobie Brothers episode scared my young mind! Lol. He was such a great dancer on Soul Train as well.

@jdsundstrom Год назад

It looks like a great magazine!

@TheGlssr60 Год назад

Personally I never cared for the Rerun character and I cringed every time I happened to come across Fred Berry appearing in something in later years because he was ALWAYS doing that character. Regardless of how he embraced the character it made him a one trick pony with no real acting chops.

@billgreen4003 Год назад

The magic of ABC staring David Copperfield TV special

@MdlAgedHeadbanger Год назад

I was a fan of What's Happening and I'll never forget watching a rerun of Saturday Night Live one summer. It was the summer after the show ended and the SNL episode was from their second season and Fred's dance group The Lockers were special guests. I was stunned to be watching Saturday Night Live and suddenly there's Fred! He was dressed similar to his usual outfit, beret and all. Great dancer but he was all business, it was a little odd to see him dancing but not smiling. It's a shame he wasn't used more in the 80's in music videos, The Lockers were incredibly influential and he would have fit in perfectly with that medium.

@jdsundstrom Год назад

Thanks for sharing!

@JJDBaca Год назад

I used to love how Rerun and Shirley would go at each other. Reminds me of Mr. Jefferson and Florence.

@harperstacey9604 Год назад

How about Fred Sanford and aunt Esther from Sanford and son? From Ms. Harper Stacey.

@void________ Год назад

I fell asleep on him while waiting to be seated when I was a kid. He was very nice and told my mom not to wake me and I wasn't bothering him.

@jdsundstrom Год назад

What a great story! Thanks for sharing.

@retrocereal Год назад

This was a great video! I remember him from the original show but also his guest appreance on Scrubs

@jdsundstrom Год назад

Thanks ENC!

@mikesilva3868 Год назад

@@jdsundstrom 😊The Shape of Things to Come is for sure a bad movie, with mostly bad acting, low budget and so on. But if you got strong nerves (hardened by watching a lot of trash movies and shows) you will find short moments of entertainment and fun. Only recommended for those chosen ones who want to watch every sci-fi movie on this planet before entering the next level of existence and who want to test the strength of their nerves.

@TrexGrimStud Год назад

i was 6 when this show came out .and like most shows of its time loved watching it on tv every time is had a rerun .i guess soon i have to do a binge watching of it soon . loved reading the comments .

@jdsundstrom Год назад

I enjoy reading all the comments as well. 🙂

@rogue13131313 Год назад

I always remember the episode with The Givins kids!.... I Givins them a 10!

@jdsundstrom Год назад

Love it!

@stevepettersen3283 Год назад

I still say "Hey, hey, hey!" to this day. A catchphrase that never gets old!

@usmc-veteran73-77 Год назад

One of my life long friend says the same too....Hey Hey Hey Hey

@stevepettersen3283 Год назад

@@usmc-veteran73-77 I just remembered, the catchphrase started with "Fat Albert" (Hey, hey, hey! It's Fat Albert!). Fred just put his twist on it.

@usmc-veteran73-77 Год назад

@Steve Pettersen one of their friends, DeWayne, always greeted them... "Hey Hey Hey Hey" on the show "Whats Happenin" back in the 1970.

@stevepettersen3283 Год назад

@@usmc-veteran73-77 It was DeWayne, not Rerun? Well, after 45-ish years... not too bad a memory.

@usmc-veteran73-77 Год назад

@Steve Pettersen that's right DeWayne... When I was in the Marine Corps we watched it all the time.

@freddyvidz Год назад

The music you are using takes me back to the early 80’s.

@gmac6503 Год назад

Their first episode is epic and covers a serious issue and Dee was forceful but charming to the other man in the hospital.

@Bigbadwhitecracker Год назад

She was painful. Really brought down the show, but at least they others lifted it up, so it didn't matter.

@gmac6503 Год назад

@@Bigbadwhitecracker I disagree. Dee was just being Dee, honest and open about everything that she was feeling and thinking and she was actually the strong one that brought the man in the hospital back down to being human. She was actually the mature one.

@Dave2one6 Год назад

I remember watching whats happening now as a kid and thinking, he's not acting, he is jealous in real life.

@SuperMarioBrosIII Год назад

Also by season 3 a young Martin Lawrence and Ken Sages aka "Rerun lookalike" would try to recreate the magic of the original series but failed. Shirley befriended Lawrence and fought to keep him on the series. Martin would later return the favor by having Shirley Hemphill appear on his sitcom Martin a couple years later. 🤗📺🙏👍

@jdsundstrom Год назад

Good info. Thanks for sharing!

@SuperMarioBrosIII Год назад

@@jdsundstrom My pleasure and you are welcome Dave!😉🙏📺👍

@harperstacey9604 Год назад

Ernest Thomas and Fred Berry also appeared on the sitcom, Martin. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

@SuperMarioBrosIII Год назад

@@harperstacey9604 Yes also Ernest was working on an independent project years ago and reached out to Martin Lawrence to ask if we wanted to be in it but sadly Lawrence never responded. Thomas was also on the sitcom Everybody Hates Chris and appeared on The Jeffersons. 🤗📼📺🙋‍♂

@harperstacey9604 Год назад

@@SuperMarioBrosIII I am so impressed by you. If I have any questions about any celebrity, I will definitely go to you. Good night 🌃 and pleasant dreams, my friend. From Ms. Harper Stacey 💜.

@winner33660 Год назад

Roger, Hey Hey Hey

@mykilahsenwilliamsdorsey1495 Год назад

Thank you so much for your love of classic pop culture! I too love this era we call the good stuff. I grew up watching What’s Happening and remember when it was a summer project that grew into a TV hit. As a black kid in 1970s America it was great to see a show about kids just like me. Good kids that loved their families, their neighborhood, and just wanted to grow up and make everyone proud. I loved Fred Berry and miss him.

@jdsundstrom Год назад

Thanks for the comment...and you're most welcome. 🙂

@LaserRanger15 Год назад

Forgot about that show...I remember the Doobie Brothers were on an episode

@avalond1193 Год назад

We can always catch fred berry on reruns of what's happening 🤣😅 loved that show

@necron99.aka-sammyboy92 Год назад

Good stuff! PS: I liked your Collab with - The Junkman. He can be a bit , uh, over comedic at times, but he always means well, and just likes to rib ppl sometimes. He respects the heck outa you, as does his followers. I hope to see future videos from u two again. And don't let a couple salty toy collector channels that hate him, change your thoughts about him. He genuinely luvs pop culture from 76-96 ( basically) and luvs a good joke, just more than some ppl sometimes. He he. But, good stuff all around.

@jdsundstrom Год назад

Thanks for the comment...and yes, I fully intend to collaborate in some way with the Junkman in the future,.

@nickimontie Год назад

I didn't know he was fired. I loved that show!

@calvinmarshall1610 Год назад

The first time I saw him was on the dance show soul train he was in a dance group called the lockers a great dancer. Thank you so much for sharing

@MrDracula467 Год назад

I thought they fired him for getting caught bootlegging that Doobie Brothers concert😅

@bu247365 Год назад

Happy heavenly birthday! Today would’ve been his 72nd birthday…not mentioned is his stint on Soul Train. He was a great and innovative dancer. You are missed. Peace Joy and Blessings to us All ❤️🙏🏽

@miz_logo_lee Год назад

Fred Berry was so funny and such an incredible dancer. There are some great videos out there of him dancing with The Lockers.

@Dr.Thirteen Год назад

the insults between Shirley and rerun were the best btw! Rerun had some good one off jokes too, remember "who the beep is Goldstein?"

@MicroUrb 4 месяца назад

First of all, I want to say how much I appreciate the honor you have given Fred Rerun Stubbs in this video of his life. Fred probably did deserve more money and so did Shirley, they were the heart of the show indeed. Whoever the producers of Whats Happening Now were, they seemed to be pricks, because in the 70s in the black communtiy, the Doobie Brothers was not the most popular musical artists and yet the producers demanded that it be the Doobie Brothers that appear on the show. No offense to the Doobie Brothers, I like them, but from what I learned from Ernest Lee Thomas thats not who the cast wanted or who they thought were popular in the black community at that time. I also appreciate this video because I have met many baby boomers who happen to be white Americans who act appalled or offended if I talk about this show and they act like they have never heard of it...wow, what planet were they living on, one of the best shows in American modern history as I am sure you will agree, thanks again.

@jdsundstrom 4 месяца назад

I’m so glad you enjoyed the video. 🙂

@hazbeenedits Год назад

Well done D. Sundstrom! Highly informative 6 minute video...well done indeed!

@jdsundstrom Год назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@lindanoles6664 Год назад

I used to watch What's Happening, so sad over him passing away several years ago.

@yahbenyah9732 Год назад

Great video Dave ✌🏿💪🏿❤👑

@alphaomega1351 Год назад

The curse 🤬 of the sitcom. Few escape the character they played ▶️. 😶

@ronaldschild157 Год назад

I vaguely recall an episode of "What's Happening!!" where Rerun got a lot of credit cards and went badly into debt with all the stuff he was buying. Raj and Dwayne help get him out of financial trouble, and at the end of the episode the one item Rerun keeps is a blender he uses to chop up all of his credit cards. He called it "credit card cole slaw". Oh, yeah . . . and from The Doobie Brothers bootlegging episode: "Which Doobie you be??"

@jdsundstrom Год назад

Thanks for sharing!

@jakecamp12 Год назад

I find it odd that, with all the nostalgia that is going on today in the toy market, have they ever done any figures of What's Happening? I would have thought Super 7 would have done the 3 main characters. They have done every other niche show.

@SuperMarioBrosIII Год назад

Yes, Dave sadly Fred Berry was fired or let go due to him wanting more money and assuming audiences turned in each week to see him on the 1985 reboot of the series. In later years Berry said he left the 1985 series due to the writing not being good and in the original series they had more freedom. It was even rumored that if Fred Berry had stayed on that his character Rerun and Dwayne would have gotten their own spinoff show! "Hey hey hey! 🤔📺📼🙌💵

@jdsundstrom Год назад

Great stuff. Thanks for the additional info. I didn't know about the proposed spin-off.

@SuperMarioBrosIII Год назад

@@jdsundstrom You are very welcome Dave, take care!👼🕊❤🙏

@pinkyjay Год назад

I loved what's happening. Grew up watching. Rip Mr Berry.

@jbjacobs9514 Год назад

Raj tries to buy his mom a shirt with $7. "Okay, that will be $7.14 with tax". "But I don't want the tax".

@ninademci1500 Год назад

I love Mr. Berry’s character Rerun on “What’s Happening?”.

@jamesgretsch4894 Год назад

Thanks for posting. I loved that show and he was so funny. His dance troupe was responsible for starting Break Dancing. They don't call him Rerun for nothing because we always see him in Reruns! LOL.

@jdsundstrom Год назад

I'm glad you enjoyed the video, James!

@judymcgaugh6480 Год назад

He was a Locker not a Break Dancer..

@jamesgretsch4894 Год назад

@@judymcgaugh6480 Yes but wasn't he a pioneer as far as far as the creation of Break Dancing later down the line?

@sshza2143 Год назад

@@jamesgretsch4894 i'd give him the props,🙌 his locker moves were setting off what was about to happen. others, more agile and flexible, saw his moves added their own and viola🕺🤩🥳😁🙋‍♂✌😎

@ERASEREPLACEPLACE Год назад

RERUN: They can't stop us, Raj. We've put too much into this business! RAJ: (who feels he's done all the work himself) "WE'VE"?? Where do you get "We've"? RERUN: We've ... it's a combination of "we" and "have"...we've. It's called a contraption.

@robertcuratolo5339 Год назад

😞 Me and Rerun were brothers in arms. We both like to go to summer school. 🤭

@jdsundstrom Год назад

Ha! Me too!

@robertcuratolo5339 Год назад

@@jdsundstrom In today's Mayberry RFD episode Andy returns to Mayberry with his wife Helen and their new baby. 😲

@only257 Год назад

@@jdsundstrom laserblast movie is terrible but watchable though you could watch it uncut without mst3k 😊

@treywest268 Год назад

I remember the first time I saw him. It was on The Gong Show and he was performing with the dance group he was in called The Lockers. He was always such a wonderful and lovable type of guy.

@ERASEREPLACEPLACE Год назад

RERUN: (upon seeing his primary rival in an upcoming dance contest} I'll never beat him--look how he's dressed! He looks like Saturday Night Fever. I look like The Monday Morning Blues!