DarkDaddyZ
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ORIGINAL: DarkDaddyZ I got that from the "Good Times" episode "James' Funeral" when Florida was frustrated. Z- I have not seen Good Times in years, and lost track of it before the final episodes, when I got married and got into all the hassle of moving away and all that adult stuff that comes with it. I did not know that James had died in the episode. It seems crazy, but when I read that, I felt a pang like I would when hearing that a long lost friend had passed away. James Evans (as portrayed by John Amos) was only on the first three seasons of the 6 seasons (actually 5 and a half) that Good Times aired. He didn't like the stories when the JJ character got popular. In the beginning of Season 4, the Evan's were supposed to be relocating down to Mississippi because James had got a job managing and co owning a body shop and he was killed (off camera) in a car crash on the way. The "Damn Damn Damn" segment of that episode is supposedly the first time that was heard on network television, after the threw the punch bowl and shattered it. It's pretty emotional. In those days we didn't have the mass media we have now. I was 11 that year and I remember during the opening credits I didn't' see his name and I mentioned that to my mother when we were watching it. She said they probably made a mistake. Now we would have known in advance that he wasn't coming back due to contract issues or story issues, LOL. Z-
< Message edited by DarkDaddyZ -- 10/12/2007 1:22:12 PM >
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