Good Times | James Evans' Sweetest Moments | The Norman Lear Effect

James does everything to protect his family!
00:00 Intro
00:25 An embarrassing situation
Season 3, Episode 7 ‘The Baby’
02:41 Surprise for Florida
Season 2, Episode 15 ‘Florida Goes to School’
03:42 Heart-to-heart talk
Season 3, Episode 15 ‘The Family Tree’
06:37 "I like you just the way you are"
Season 1, Episode 10 ‘Springtime in the Ghetto’
07:42 James is a hero
Season 1, Episode 10 ‘Cleatus’
08:54 He cannot leave
Season 3, Episode 2 ‘A Real Cool Job’
10:31 Awesome dad
Season 3, Episode 19 ‘Sweet Daddy Williams’
11:01 He does his best for the family
Season 3, Episode 3 ‘Operation Florida’
11:41 Graduation day
Season 3, Episode 2 ‘A Real Cool Job’
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ABOUT GOOD TIMES: Life in the Chicago projects is never easy, However, the Evans family never gives up trying to make the best of things.
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Good Times | James Evans' Sweetest Moments | The Norman Lear Effect
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[@marvinwhittaker]

James Evans was a good man. He only blew up because he couldn't get the breaks in life that he deserved. We need fathers like James Evans to keep these kids who's out here running wild.

[@lauraluffman6177]

Agreed

[@evonza4858]

CORRECTION he is a good man 🥰👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 ALWAYS have been ALWAYS will be 🥰👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 blessings to John Amos aka James Evans 😉

[@marvinwhittaker]

@@evonza4858 My point exactly.

[@spitfirestake54]

Yup! Could never catch a damn break. And the prayers to God? I wasn’t happy to see it all the time.

[@RudolphManor]

Happy 84th Birthday John Amos. 🎂

[@jamesorsby7553]

The show was never the same after John Amos left, and after I found out why Norman Lear fired him, I respected him even more. Sometimes, you've got to stand up for what you know is right.

[@AngelHoll]

Wrong!!! Jimmie walker and bernadette made the sitcom funny!!!

[@jamesorsby7553]

@@AngelHoll Then why did the ratings fall off so much after John Amos left, even though Jimmie and Bernadette were still there?

[@AngelHoll]

@jamesorsby7553 without jimmie and bernadette no show!!!

[@butters395]

jj was too much of a buffoon...it seems most of his script was written to say..DY NO MITE ! even esther rolle didn't like it 😒

[@jamesorsby7553]

@@butters395 Yep... That's exactly why she left the show. She said that when they asked her to return to the show to save it, she told them that the only way that she would, is if the writers would stop having Jimmie acting like a clown, and they agreed. You'll notice in the last season when Esther came back, Jimmie didn't yell DY-NO-MITE once.

[@amerant1973]

James Evans, my tv dad ❤

[@user-id1kq2ip3l]

James Evans didn't play he was the real deal

[@angelat.8997]

One of the sweetest couples in sitcom history. 😍

[@lauraluffman6177]

I love this show such a good family show with strong values and principles

[@lauraluffman6177]

Loved Florida's sarcasm when she caught james 😂😂😂

[@Vejur9000]

What a face John Amos had. Like a king.

[@evonza4858]

That's why he was in Coming to America one and two🥰👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@thechaz83]

James always cracks me up when he laughs: “ahehehehe lol😆

[@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854]

My favorite _Good Times_ episode of ALL TIME. 3:41 It is IMPOSSIBLE for me to watch this episode completely dried eyed....

[@nastarwarrior]

12:20 you don't put that glass down you gonna die in this living room LOL

[@camilleanzelmo6275]

I always thought that James was so handsome

[@evonza4858]

CORRECTION he STILL is handsome 🥰👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾❤️💚💛💜💙

[@benjaminingram4857]

John Amos greatest example of what a father really is.❤️💯

[@thechaz83]

If you watch the full episode about Cletus, the way James handled him is exactly how he’d easily overwhelm of Gen Z. However, in the end I know he’d still give warm love and kindness if you earned it. Like in many episodes, James met almost everyone with kindness unless you acted foolish

[@Mr-Dont-Play]

James Evans was the epitome of standing on business.

[@charlesrobinson7469]

Florida's Smile at 7:22, I'll put Her up against Any top Model or Actress of Any Era. Something Beautiful.🌹

[@MacroX1231]

I once had a Mississippi girfriend with the same beautific qualities. When she rolled her head back with those gorgeous high cheeks, it was like a prisim of heavenly light,: the eyes, the cheeks and her broad, toothy smile created a great and intensive womanly beauty.

[@lavellwilliams1541]

He Really Was a Great Guy a Nice Guy He just wanted the best for his family

[@nastarwarrior]

There ain't no might, you know I'm right. This show was.,.......... Dynamite !!

[@lavellwilliams1541]

John Amos Was the Greatest I Love Him

[@hazemcdanill8336]

Baby this is December Jackson😂😂😂😂

[@DarlingNikki2]

One of my favorite episodes lol! The way he let go of her coat had me rolling!

[@SheniceSays214]

He cleaned that up real well.

[@lauraluffman6177]

Loved Florida's laugh 😢

[@ghislaineblackshear1585]

I like James Evans. He is what every father should be. There are some TV fathers who really discpline their children especially boys. Boys really need their fathers to see what's like to be a real man. George Jefferson is also a good father figure. Mike Brady on the Brady Bunch also, Carl Winslow on Family Matters also and more. Back during the 50's 60's and 70's fathers were in their homes raising their children. Now they have gone missing like they don't even care.

[@user-hy8dh1bn6h]

Love James Amos😂

[@anthoflows2400]

Where is my favorite episode of James on The Debutante Ball Episode where James Was Defending JJ. It’s The one where James Said “NO NO JUNIOR THIS IS YOUR HOME THIS ONE PLACE YOU DON’T AND RUN FROM NOBODY NOW COME BACK HERE.” And he says “NO SUCCESS ISN’T A DIRTY IS FORGETTING, FORGETTING WHERE YOU CAME FROM BROTHER.” JAMES DESERVES A GRAMMY AWARD AFTER THAT EPISODE RIGHT THERE.

[@user-id1kq2ip3l]

Focused on the father on the show a lot even after he died wasn't the same anymore Florida Evans eventually married to Carl Dixon in Arizona

[@robertcomfort3710]

This is THE ERIC MONTE EFFECT.

[@evonza4858]

Eric Monte and Mike Evans aka the original Lionel from the Jeffersons who wrote himself and his family into the show 🥰👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 genius 😉💙💜💛💚❤️

[@u.s.m.c.fewproudthemarines2987]

Great Actor Series.

[@SheniceSays214]

The best thing James did was give his kids what he wished he had.

[@thenormanleareffect]

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[@willislee3687]

This just reminds me how much I missed John Amos on Good Times. A travesty 😢

[@jayzachary9709]

James is my real life dad.

[@lauraluffman6177]

Yes they were and rocky and Adrian in the movies

[@theresawebb1968]

This cast should',ve been close together they let norman lear break them up. Johnmos played the glue on this show.

[@icemouf7480]

💎

[@alanstrong55]

John Amos got pushed out the back door like an unwanted sap. Norman Lear was unkind. He was the sap.

[@thefreakyrobber0]

What episode did James Evans have on the yellow construction hat with his name on it???

[@lavellwilliams1541]

I Didn't Like Good Times When My Boy John Amos Left

[@AngelHoll]

Jimmie walker and bernadette made the sitcom funny!!!

[@yasminvaughn2975]

Ditto marvinwhittaker!

[@fishpattystankthang]

The Eric monte effect

[@thechaz83]

Florida: James plants don’t blossom on muscatel James: No but I do. Them plants can continue to get high on fertilizer

[@lavellwilliams1541]

John Amos Was The Greatest

[@lavellwilliams1541]

John Amos Was the Best

[@IamMsKiwi2u]

Lets really give credit to Eric Monte.... the REAL genius whose creative ideas were STOLEN by Norman Lear 🙃

[@opinionman8253]

Don't forget about Mike Evans (Rip)

[@lavellwilliams1541]

I Didn't Blame John Amos at all For Not Wanted to See His Dead Beat Father

[@puritanave313]

John Amos left cause the same thing they doing with this Netflix cartoon

[@jaybarnes8034]

Carl was way better than James.

[@AndriaaLeoLove]

Carl was Carl and James was James.

[@docdee770]

Clean it up, James. Clean it up.🧹

[@AndriaaLeoLove]

Best TV Husband-James Evans Sr.