What's Happening!! | The Runaway | Season 1 Episode 1 Pilot Episode | Classic TV Rewind

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Watch the very first episode of What's Happening!!, where Dee (Danielle Spencer) goes missing!
From Season 1, Episode 1 'The Runaway' - Roger has to babysit Dee and miss the big party at Betty's. But where there's a will there's a way, though there may not be a way to explain to Mama where Dee disappeared to when Raj was gone.
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ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING: This fresh comedy centered around three teenagers in the inner-city dealing with girls, grades and growing up. Often hanging out at the local coffee shop, they learned much from surly waitress Shirley, who had a soft spot for the three youths.
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@adamchapman3358 Год назад

I can smell my mom's home cooking now. I would watch this on a little 10 inch TV in the kitchen after school. This show was the best. Still has me laughing 4 decades later.

@3x3mm Год назад

Great memory!

@oholm09 Год назад

Old school I wasn't born in three 70s but I born early 80s good memories my childhood

@workedfortheciawhenisoldrock Год назад

Great memories 💯😊. Love from Philadelphia

@Melon_8929 Год назад

Wo man is walking

@randomvintagefilm273 Год назад

Me too!

@yadiramercado2755 Год назад

What's Happening, 227, Amen, The Jeffersons, Good Times, Three's Company. Shows back then were wholesome and you really got a real good laugh.

@hahahahaha7069 7 месяцев назад

Absolutely!!!!!!

@jamieturner409 6 месяцев назад

Rightt on

@simmonssimmons4494 4 месяца назад

The love boat, Charlie's Angels 😇, Bernie Mille, more good ole school sitcoms ❤

@toniluxy6322 4 месяца назад

I absolutely agree they all my favorites

@mikeabbasi4551 2 месяца назад

Don't know Amen. Will have to look that up?

@sylviarocha1974 Год назад

They don't make shows like this no more

@likegod2unga99 Год назад

You ain't lying,I been watching the full episodes on TUBI 😂

@likegod2unga99 Год назад

I probably watched the episode when Rerun tried to be on the dance team, and the guy said 5 rockets and a moon 😂

@wonderwoman5732 5 месяцев назад

@@likegod2unga99 I GOT ALL 3 SEASONS AT HOME!!!

@radrew684 5 месяцев назад

No they don't

@katrinaholden8183 2 месяца назад

Like at ALL...I hate today's boring shows.

@daphneganna Год назад

These were the good old days! I grew up watching this sitcom!

@vanessawatts7034 Год назад

Yes , it was!! I miss those days every thing made sense 😭😭

@bubandlisa Год назад

Yeah my whole family lived this show too. Much better days & times when people still had a sense if humour and wasnt so easily offended .

@wonderwoman5732 5 месяцев назад

@@vanessawatts7034 I AGREE TO THE POWER OF INFINITY!!!!♾♾♾♾♾♾

@LatoiyaA 3 месяца назад

Yeah forgot them their age and time difference

@CoryseFraser 10 месяцев назад

2023 I still enjoy this sitcom. Rerun was a good dancer.

@LatoiyaA 3 месяца назад

@LorraineMatthew-oe3mm 2 месяца назад

WATCHING IN 2024.

@pammccabe7535 21 день назад

Will never forget my grandmother, who always let us watch TV at her house, saying “he dances really well for a heavyset boy” when Rerun danced. One of the best shows ever!

@brandonoconnor1079 Год назад

Shirley Hemphill lived next door to my grandparents when she lived in Asheville, NC

@TyTy-ss2on Год назад

So what

@delljackson8846 Год назад

Shoutout from Durham Nc. This was one of my favorite episodes

@ACETHEEGR8 Год назад

@@TyTy-ss2on Hating much 🙄

@elsagalindo184 Год назад

She was funny

@jackierobinson-hicks3879 Год назад

WOW

@melissalavant1982 Год назад

It’s amazing what quarters meant to kids like us back then. Kids look at you crazy now if you give them a dollar 😂

@LorraineMatthew-oe3mm 2 месяца назад

GOOD OL' DAYS 😂😂

@cindeed4422 Год назад

Haywood Nelson was the first black teen idol on broadcast TV. My 12 year old eyes loved him. I had a major crush! He was on Right On! Magazine all the time. Great memories!

@sweetbeauty2153 Год назад

@cindee D Yes I remember the magazine Right On! I loved it. I purchased a few copies from back in the day! WoW...Good memories of Jr.High school👍

@philipaogaldez457 Год назад

He is so handsome 😍Haywood

@retha1875 Год назад

Actually, I think that was JJ Walker. Good Times was on before this and Michael Jackson and the Jackson's had a weekly variety show.

@genevieveharris1120 Год назад

OMG you said Right On magazine!! I remember collecting all of those magazines. That really took me back.

@hereforit2347 Год назад

@@retha1875: I wouldn’t exactly call J.J. a teen idol. I don’t know anyone who had posters of him on their walls that were covered in lip prints. 💋

@user-cvbnm Год назад

My mom was born in 1970 and loved this show when it came out

@diginandpitchin 6 месяцев назад

I was born in 1970 too. 😊

@DavidGregory-qw4ws 3 месяца назад

I was born in 70 also

@elmail1000 Год назад

Watch these every night... Miss the 80s, this is when TV was entertaining... Reality & social media world destroyed originality....

@barrydavid6634 Год назад

although the 80s definitely was the best decade for music and television, this show was from the 70s!

@carlosoliveira-rc2xt Год назад

I still have the DVD boxset.

@carlosoliveira-rc2xt Год назад

@@barrydavid6634 True, but What's Happening Now was in the 80s so I give him partial credit.

@danieljudah225 Год назад

@@carlosoliveira-rc2xt Unfortunately, "whats happenin now" was garbage

@katherineirving7189 Год назад

This show came out in the mid-to-later 70s.

@tonicaughn6529 Год назад

This is one the best black sitcom show that seems real and not acting . A black mother who didn't play . Dee and Raj were good actors and the rest of them to .Fuuunnnny🤣🤣🤣🤣❤❤Love it .

@blackcommunion3820 9 месяцев назад

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

@randomvintagefilm273 Год назад

What great memories. 10 years old and I would race down the stairs with my 3 brothers for the best chair. We loved this show! They were all such good actors.

@charlesmichaelschmitt6412 Год назад

The age of true sitcom.

@3x3mm Год назад

OK when subject commentary was real no chaser and life was simple.

@tonyarc9455 Год назад

No Latinos THo!

@LalaLarrieux Год назад

@@tonyarc9455They actually did. You obviously haven't seen all the episodes.

@RichardSleyster Год назад

“If you’re asking then I probably ain’t doing it.” LOL!!!

@pamelacarpenter8211 Год назад

Wish this and good times come back on every Saturday

@josephclegg3562 Год назад

Along with Sanford and Son and The Jeffersons.

@pamelacarpenter8211 Год назад

@@josephclegg3562 well Sanford and son comes on Saturday nite on TV one

@harithhunter4671 Год назад

it do on tv one 12 to 8

@giselleduff1001 Год назад

@@pamelacarpenter8211 looking at Sanford & Son stresses me out with all the clutter lol. But love this era of TV.

@TheSchmoo87 10 месяцев назад

Hey, what cha doing?

@musicqueen6617 Год назад

LOVE this sitcom!!!! It brings back so many AWESOME CHILDHOOD MEMORIES ❤❤❤❤❤

@svetcovladich9996 Год назад

Very strong pilot. And a sign of much laughter and excellent acting to come in later episodes. One of my favorite shows.

@DDalton59 9 месяцев назад

Its not the pilot...Roger(Ernest Thomas) is the only one from the pilot to make the final cut

@myronvalentine889 Год назад

This is one of my favorite sitcoms of all time 🤣 Raj thought Rerun were the Fletcher sisters 😭😂😅

@tammi67able Год назад

Mine too

@myronvalentine889 Год назад

@@tammi67able you love a good laugh 😂🤣😭

@tammi67able Год назад

@@myronvalentine889 i sure do lol 😂

@DatTxdiva4U Год назад

“If you askin then I probably ain’t doin it”😂😂💀💀

@jenniferfields1084 Год назад

Lol 😆 🤣 I love that part

@mauricesantinomf Год назад

That part took me out 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@jenniferr9624 7 месяцев назад

😂😂

@mstamara9988 6 месяцев назад

😂😂😂

@mstamara9988 6 месяцев назад

I thought u was the fletcher sisters lol

@jamesearlcash1758 Год назад

I got to meet Fred Berry in the early 2000's. Really cool dude RIP

@brockreynolds870 Год назад

"Open the door, sucka.... you forgot yo doll!" Shirley Hemphill was a riot!

@brendafizer6444 7 месяцев назад

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@gr33n3ggs4 Год назад

My mum used too work with Raj at Anderson Company in Gary, Indiana before he left for California to pursue acting.

@EboniEyez219 Год назад

Wow I just came across your comment and I use to live in Hammond next to Gary I ❤ this show brings back awesome memories 😂

@santiagosolis1842 10 месяцев назад

I'm from Illinois

@armonrakhman3791 Год назад

Back when we had house parties! The bomb. An we danced an actually meet people in person

@beverlyjohnson5503 Год назад

I love my old school shows TV so bored nothing but reruns ♥️ 🌹 🌹

@undertakerfanz628 Год назад

Hi Bev

@beverlyjohnson5503 Год назад

@@undertakerfanz628 hi ru today

@undertakerfanz628 Год назад

@@beverlyjohnson5503 I'm fine how are you? My godmother's name is Beverly and I always say hi Bev so I couldn't help but say it to you😁

@nicolelove8501 Год назад

It’s Rerun’s dance scene for me 😎

@Kwaku211 7 месяцев назад

He was part of the PoP Locking crew in LA

@brendafizer6444 7 месяцев назад

The other guy dancing was Dan Campbell who was the founding member of The Lockers. MAY HIM & FRED “RERUN” BERRY REST IN PEACE!!! ♥️🙏🏽👑😇🙌🏽🕊️🕺🏾

@Kwaku211 7 месяцев назад

@@brendafizer6444 along with Shabba Doo aka Turbo from Breakin' rest on to all of them

@diginandpitchin 6 месяцев назад

Chaka Khan’s “I Feel For You” breakdancers seemed to have moves like Reruns. I recognized it. 😅

@diginandpitchin 6 месяцев назад

@@Kwaku211Yep.

@sistagirllondon 11 месяцев назад

I used to put my pencil in my hair like that! Damn, i miss the 70s! Jackson Five FOREVER ❤❤

@richsleyster2656 Год назад

“Then maybe you wanna waltz.” LOL

@mstamara9988 6 месяцев назад

Why don’t u waltz right up out of here

@TexasAlabamaBoi205 Год назад

I grew a fro cause of Dwayne and it actually got bigger than his. You couldn’t tell me nothing with that fro 😂 miss my hair 😢

@carlosoliveira-rc2xt Год назад

The biggest were on shows like Room 222 (1969).

@mauricesantinomf Год назад

My fro was twice his size last year

@johnshields6852 Год назад

I was 13 and loved this show, it was funny but it dealt with a lot of issues that many of us have, bills, rent, divorce, loved Dee's attitude, I always respect anybody that doesn't take crap from anyone.

@anitamarie9056 Год назад

This was my favorite show !!! This show represents my upbringing!!!

@JerryOrbachFan Год назад

In 1977 Dee Spencer was almost killed in a car crash. Her stepfather died when he protected her from being injured. She eventually became a veterinarian.

@FaytLinegod Год назад

She doesn't have any memories of the accident, either.

@katiebryant8915 Год назад

And she's Kim Fields stepsister.

@lindawashington1850 Год назад

@@FaytLinegoda😊q

@lindawashington1850 Год назад

@@katiebryant8915+

@lindawashington1850 Год назад

@@katiebryant89150

@delljackson8846 Год назад

That is sweet daddy from good times.

@nelsonvargas9527 Год назад

Sweet Daddy from Good Times !!!!

@PHAEDRIDER Год назад

always after school. my first celebrity crush was dee. she was smart and although she seemed conniving she really did have raja's back

@dree2295 Год назад

The cop played Thelma's boyfriend on Good Times and Nell's boyfriend James on Gimme A Break.

@richsleyster2656 Год назад

“Hey, what are you doing?! If you’re asking then I probably ain’t doing it.” LOL!!!!

@richardmadrid866 Год назад

One of favorite shows of all times.

@IAMBENNYBLANCO. Год назад

Great childhood Chicago memories watching this show.

@patriciawilliams2618 Год назад

The Greatest of all times my special show all day and night nothing like what's happening old school the 80's

@carlosoliveira-rc2xt Год назад

70s

@dianekeane7740 Год назад

I had forgotten about this show but it's all coming back to me seeing the cast again.

@winniem1989 Год назад

funny and wholesome show

@johnglass7383 Год назад

GREAT sitcom. Ya'll watch Dee closely in this pilot - she brings it right AWAY. Funny, good timing, charisma, everything. Love this show.

@turboredcart Год назад

I wish I could have a friend like Shirley

@ohmeowzer1 Год назад

Yes I loved her

@sweetbeauty2153 Год назад

@Sunset Cliff Yes me too! Shirley's character was awesome!

@maryblaufuss7533 Год назад

Why oh why did she have to leave us at such a young age? 😮‍💨 I hope she knows how much her fans loved her.

@prodigalson6166 9 месяцев назад

What's happening was great 70s tv, right along with Sanford and son and Chico and the Man.

@tom11zz884 Год назад

Dee was so Sassy in these earlier episodes...lol

@kendallrivers1119 Год назад

She was sassy in EVERY episode throughout all three seasons lol.

@tammi67able Год назад

Yep

@Youalreadyknowthis Год назад

Dee was hilarious 😂

@debrachampagne7715 9 месяцев назад

@@kendallrivers1119she needed attitude adjustment

@ritagreenlaw8923 Год назад

This is one my favorite show of the ages.

@ohmeowzer1 Год назад

Loved this show. I loved Dee Dee she was my favorite

@Judgment_Day Год назад

Wholesome TV. Gone forever.

@cindyluzinski3539 3 месяца назад

I love Dwayne❤

@romonarussum4032 Год назад

My daughter and I loved this episode. My daughter loves all these old shows.

@mayena Год назад

Original broadcast on 5th of August 1976.

@hereforit2347 Год назад

Daaang, this brings back memories. I remember the fashions, the hairstyles, the lingo, the dances . . . I was in Jr. High when this show premiered. Locking was everything! We used to have locking competitions at school. We called them “Lock Outs”. 😂 I’m from L.A., of course, where locking and popping originated. 😊

@stacykingcade7594 Год назад

Shabadoo and Fred berry etc. Then breakin movies! Rip to both of these lockers !

@hereforit2347 Год назад

@@stacykingcade7594: 🙏🏿❤️

@maryblaufuss7533 Год назад

@@stacykingcade7594 Soo much talent!

@WaldoBagelTopper Год назад

I remember watching this in the very late 80s and early 90s when I was VERY young. Daytime tv reruns. They would play this, and then C.O.P.S- a cartoon about cybernetic cops with super abilities.

@sonjiharvey2722 8 месяцев назад

Love it! Everyone of them was so talented. Very funny comedians. I miss this show! It's so good to watch it again. Keeps you laughing! It takes you back to those days.

@astrobear5353 Год назад

Re Run took the whole cake that just cruel 😂😂 😂 rest in heaven

@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854 11 месяцев назад

He definitely got a lot of guts stealing from Sweet Daddy Williams... 😏

@mikeantell533 Год назад

I love how almost every week the show ended with Roger getting the belt 😂😂😂😂

@sistagirllondon Год назад

Very different from the Brady Bunch. 😑

@user-cvbnm Год назад

What da hay

@heathcliffrobertson2319 Год назад

Shirley Hemphill lived next door to my grandparents

@YodaMiyagi Год назад

Dee always getting Roger into trouble

@airannatopaz8643 Год назад

One of my favorite shows I always thought Dwayne was the cutest out of all three

@tammi67able Год назад

Me too

@maryblaufuss7533 10 месяцев назад

@@tammi67able Me three! ☺

@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854 11 месяцев назад

One thing is DEFINITELY for sure. When it come to this series, Rerun... ...takes the CAKE! 😂👍 23:08 🎂

@yasminvaughn2975 11 месяцев назад

Shirley was not suppose to drink Dwayne's drink. She was suppose to get him another one. I love all the episodes where Rerun dances!

@GLING17 Год назад

Sweet Daddy from Good Times!

@JAnotherday Год назад

So many fond memories of the show

@laquitahogan3699 Год назад

Millie had me in tears 😭😭😭😭😭

@BrianSerpente 2 месяца назад

The actress who played millie was on an episode of good times and she played pearl on 227😊❤

@freddiemontanez8461 Год назад

I like this show My favorite was Dwayne (Haywo Nelson,) .He reminds of my best friend, Miguel Acosta back in 1977. He look just like Dwayne..

@Youalreadyknowthis Год назад

A young Debbie Morgan in the beginning.

@californiagirl1579 Год назад

I love this episode still2023

@paulmeissner66 Год назад

Rerun could dance!

@barryraven1936 Год назад

😄😄😄,Right on, 👌😄"Back in the days, 1970's young folks comedy, I can 💕✅ I can dig it. 👌👍💯😄😄😄😄

@charlesmichaelschmitt6412 Год назад

🤣😭🤣 just at the end 😱 original comic genius! 🤔 Just like "Dee was rollerskating in the house and she broke my brain!"😍

@DarlingNikki2 Год назад

That was one of my favorite early episodes lol! Everyone thinking that Dee was feeling depressed and stressed out, treating her so nice, when it was her friend Robin! Dee really had some great lines early on but I could tell by the time the mom left the show she was losing interest.

@THT01 Год назад

I miss this show. Dawayne is sooo cute.

@sherronnelson9110 Год назад

I was in love 😍 with Haywood!!

@frankyastoria Год назад

Used to watch this show back then and laughed so much. I found it so funny back then (maybe cause I was the same age they were) and almost 50 years later, I still laugh.

@Keleneki Год назад

Love the locking.

@glorifyenjoy Год назад

One of the best shows ever. I loved the boys' adventures.

@erichill4926 Год назад

This show was one of my favorites, but little DD was the icing on the cake. I remember she was in a car wreck and she was off of the show for a while, but when she came back she was a grown woman, and everybody was saying she was fine, good old days.

@DarlingNikki2 Год назад

She didn't come back a grown woman lol. You must be thinking of the sequel to this show called What's Happening Now. She came back from the accident in 1978 wearing bangs because of forehead scarring and was on that season of What's Happening.

@debrachampagne7715 9 месяцев назад

@@kk43473hahahahahahahahaha...... Stay gone

@Teverly-u2y 8 месяцев назад

No one can out do this show and episodes

@jayfahie3235 Год назад

Nobody is gonna try and mug Shirley 😂😂😂 oooh Dwayne 😂😂😂

@tiffanykahn2535 Год назад

I was not born at that time, but it was a great quality TV show to watch!!! Today's TV shows, don't equate to THAT 😮😢 ....

@jacquesviau6165 6 месяцев назад

I was born in ‘62. Remember these shows “ Good times, What’s happening, white castle etc…” I can no longer watch TV just can’t relate

@tammi67able Год назад

Rerun has the nerve to make fun shirley when they in the same boat. And Dee can’t wait to ruin Roger’s fun! Lol

@Pocoentertainmentstudio Год назад

What boat? The titanic!

@donnawilliams4922 Год назад

I feel that Mabel and Dee looked like mother and daughter in real life, but Dee had more of an attitude like waitress Shirley.

@tammi67able Год назад

I love Mabel king, always thought she was beautiful and funny

@KellyClement Год назад

I wanted to be like Dee Dee when I grew up because Nobody took Advantage of her.

@danielboom72 Год назад

She was an awesome character! But it's just Dee not Dee Dee. She became a veterinarian!

@KeishawnRoberts Год назад

My 9 year old sister is already her 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@anthonymoody3826 Год назад

@@danielboom72 I had a crush on her growing up

@TheSanityMachine33 Год назад

Bossy and bratty?

@merncat3384 Год назад

Me and Dee were kindred spirits 😂

@EricSmith-fp4gq 10 месяцев назад

Man I love this show. Miss good shows.

@salimthebarefootsage8182 Год назад

I WILL be borrowing some of these dance moves.

@YodaMiyagi Год назад

The modern day 3 Stooges Rerun was the new Curly Duane was the new Larry Roger was the new Moe I loved this show and still do

@tkso.philly-7868 Год назад

In my opinion the best episode ever of what's happening.

@thestones8022 Год назад

i like the christmas one...

@MonsteraDelici0sa Год назад

Came to see "Mr Omar's show" and now I have to binge watch it! 😍

@marmad8232 Год назад

I f’n love Dee!! She was the best! 😂

@laurenforsythe9185 Год назад

Nobody took advantage because she asserted herself and knew what she wanted and needed and said when she didnt

@tkso.philly-7868 Год назад

My all-time favorite episode.

@davidjohnson5845 Год назад

I have always loved this little girl. Dee Dee

@briesthoughts2261 Год назад

I loved watching this both before school and after school.

@omarimcfarlane1799 Год назад

Goodnight Rodger lmaoooo! Classic! Wen life was good even with da hardtimes Nyc-out Bronx Allday!

@chriscushing3369 Год назад

The 3 year series is out on dvds.

@tashaj5184 Месяц назад

If they made sitcoms like this from back in the day, this world would be a better place for everyone, especially children. Best time of my life was running inside from playing to watch these shows. Good day's!! 😁😁❤️

@blessedam1210 Год назад

I had a crush on Dewayne🤣

@marylouthumas8944 9 месяцев назад

I love this show❤they sure don’t make them like they used to 😢

@hayleyuren1019 Год назад

No school like old school..🎉😂❤

@j.merchant-smith7900 Год назад

Raj was always thinking of the next move, even it it spelled his doom. He was willing to risk his hide to be at that party with The Fletcher Sisters. 😭😭😭