Good Times | Florida Becomes A TV Star | The Norman Lear Effect

Florida (Esther Rolle) finds out she is about to be in a TV commercial, so the rest of the family (John Amos, Jimmie Walker, BernNadette Stanis and Ralph Carter) team up to prepare her for the gig.
From Season 1, Episode 11 'The TV Commercial': While food shopping, Florida is chosen to become a spokesperson for Vita Brite, a new health tonic.
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"And remember...Vita Brite, is Dy-no-mite!" 😄

[@catherine59226]

They just don’t make television shows like this anymore! ❤️👍🏻

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Yes and you're right the closest they became was Sanford and son after that was family matters do not forget about Chico and the man

[@catherine59226]

@@charlesmurray8814 Oh yes! Chico and the man! Loved that too! And of course Sanford and Son. I grew up watching all of those shows.

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@@catherine59226 OOHHH! YA!! SHOW MORE CHICO AND THE MAN,,.. THANK''S,,. CATHERINE

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That's because morality, creativity, & originality are pretty much extinct now

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They certainly don’t!!! Good clean comedy!!!!

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Happy belated 49th anniversary to Good Times. It’s a dynamite classic show

[@angholloway5091]

Yep and jimmie walker and bernadette are the heart and soul of good times!!!

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Yes indeed --- 49 years ago!!!

[@MrWolfchamp-xi3cu]

Man Esther was a great actress.

[@tom11zz884]

This episode needed to be in its entirety.

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ALL their episodes need to shown in their entirety👍🏻

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Who else was laughing out LOOOWWD? 😂😅😊

[@samuelgriffin4167]

Every time I watch Good Times on weekends I think of James Evans I miss him being there

[@jamesorsby7553]

Good acting skills by the late, great Esther Rolle aka Florida Evans.

[@angholloway5091]

So is bernadette she's the only reason why I watched she's the first black female teenager ever in television!!!

[@angholloway5091]

And the most beautiful!!!

[@cocoafemme47]

@@angholloway5091: To each, his or . . .her own BUT, I found Thelma's character to be obnoxious and BRATTY. She may have been pretty; SO WHAT? With all her supposED brains, she ended up marrying a WASHED UP injured football player. How does THAT, show how smart she was. Willona's character was a positive dramatization of what a woman could and SHOULD, be.

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@@cocoafemme47 girl bye!!! Wilonna liked to pry in everyone's business and was gossip woman like a lot of black women are!!! So you are contradicting yourself!!! Bernadette beautiful and intelligent and played no games!!!

[@samuelgriffin4167]

Florida Evans is a star on television

[@vidform]

I like how J.J. and his dad broke the 4th wall.

[@angholloway5091]

Huh

[@tom11zz884]

What is breaking the 4th wall for folks not familiar with that term?

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@@tom11zz884 looking directly at the camera while acting

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50 years in February Good Times first appeared on CBS television next year

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5000 is alot of money in 2023

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The best

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And the money is still gonna be GREEN! 🤣🤣🤣

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I didnt remember it, but i just KNEW JJ was gonna say "KOOL-AID!!". Hahahahaha

[@jenniferwilliams5478]

Cant believe there is a 19 year age difference

[@RobertGoldman-o2p]

When I first watched Good Times I figured the family was so poor, instead of food, JJ FOUND dinner at the Junkyard. Scaps. Metal, flat tires. Cars on 4 boxes., hub caps etc.

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They certainly don't

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Thats 30,000 today

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The Brown Cow has speckled spots soon James J.J. and Michael followed along

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so.funny

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Jimmie walker and bernadette are the heart and soul of good times without those 2 no show!!!!

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