Good Times | Michael's I.Q. Test | Classic TV Rewind

Michael (Ralph Carter) has failed the school's I.Q. test but he has a very good reason why.
From Season 2, Episode 7 'The I.Q. Test' - After getting a very low score on a school IQ test, Michael tries to explain that he didn't finish the test because it is unfair to people of color.
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[@abbasrizvi9389]

This show was so much better with James Senior. He was the best TV dad..

[@user-yn4bj5ul1s]

NO DOUBT!

[@ill71]

I totally agree 👍🏾

[@kellacanb]

JJ is really standing up there looking like a court jester. I think 🤣🤣🤣 Ion know who put this outfit together but it is too funny.

[@bionicrat]

John Amos was awesome! The way he kept looking at JJ. Staring at him a few seconds longer when Florida was talking that’s what a real father does. He was looking at him like “If you don’t shut up I’ll help you” I remember getting looks like that from my Daddy and that’s all I needed was a LOOK 👀 AND YOU BETTER CLOSE YOUR MOUTH 🤐

[@skingerskanger]

Shoot he scares the hell outta ME and I'M a GROWN MAN 🤣

[@charlessantee8329]

Absolutely

[@cooper482011]

I noticed that too. James was the BEST TV dad in the history of television shows.

[@regabarym1187]

The birth certificate line was a classic tho lol

[@astaciamckinnis3969]

@@skingerskanger same here

[@gentlemanoffinesse2556]

Michael was dropping Dr Claud Anderson type of Game back then!

[@daimonmarioperez9501]

I'm 62 now. Good Times, is still funny and revelent today as it was back then.

[@tinaanderson200]

Thanks to Eric Monte based off of the Chicago projects smh

[@theoriginal668]

Yeah I see why they changed up TV. This was all about black improvement. Now it's all about dumbing down the young people.

[@benimcanm351]

Black-ish!

[@LMLification]

Yeah, or "liberal" grading through inflation or special "descriptors" to pass everyone and/or avoid pointing out problems students have. Don't believe the hype. Students here in Asia have their mix of those who do and don't perform well. Noticed that after years here.

[@sbella6719]

@@benimcanm351 what do you mean? The Kids on Blackish are living the Evans family dream

[@Tbatbatba88]

Bingo!

[@theperfectprogression2294]

You know James left the show because he didn’t like the portrayal of Black folks in the show and felt like it wasn’t enough about positive portrayals of Black folks

[@Hotobu]

The person in charge of wardrobe asked what color JJ wanted to wear and he just said yes.

[@lancewilliams1059]

Like Pop said u got to co--or--rrr--dinate lol 🌈 😂

[@regabarym1187]

Thelma enjoyed those cracks on JJ she was cracking up

[@hazemcdanill8336]

Junior i'm warning you i'm getting ready to tear up your birth certificate Now 😂😂😂😂😂

[@cooper482011]

2:11

[@hbrslave]

Lmao

[@teenfromtexas7579]

I can't get over that

[@Capcoor]

JJ was right. Back then trade school was considered “less than.” Today that has really changed.

[@docdee770]

Everybody's not made for college. My stepfather was a high school dropout, but he went to trade school, and was licensed in construction. My stepfather could build a house from the ground up with his bare hands! He had a very lucrative career, and our house was sharp! 🏠

[@lwmson]

@@docdee770 By the same token, there are those out there with master's degrees that have jobs where they live from paycheck to paycheck.

[@docdee770]

@@lwmson Exactly.

[@lorimiller4301]

Different strokes ...

[@Capcoor]

@@lwmson That’s because they don’t know how to manage money.

[@Terrychrist]

James threatens to tear up JJ’s birth certificate 😂.

[@teenfromtexas7579]

Its hilarious.

[@j.i.r608]

Like that would really do anything 😂

[@DreMurf313]

Here's my thing. Trade Schools are not for dummies. College is cool & all but in 2021 getting a college degree isn't as relevant like it was back in these days. Plumbers, carpenters, roofers, brick layers, truck drivers, electricians, painters, construction, etc... will always be necessary in any society. Many of which comes with high paying salaries.

[@darristhomas5602]

We also need to think about how to retrain people as they age. And we shouldn’t be promoting vocational education at the expense of general education. Expanding the number of four-year college graduates also deserves to be a national priority. They continue to fare much better in the job market than people who have not had the benefit of a broad, flexible education. “The largest problem of skills in the U.S. today isn’t a shortage of young workers with specific competencies,” Eric Hanushek, one of the researchers and a Stanford professor, wrote in a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed. “Instead it is a need for more general cognitive skills that give workers the ability to adapt to new circumstances and new jobs.” Vocational education, done right, helps workers find jobs when they are young. But as they age - and job requirements change - workers are often not well prepared for the changes, according to the study, published in The Journal of Human Resources. Rather than retraining workers, many companies decide to let them go and hire other workers. Most strikingly, the research found that people who received a broad, general education earned more over their lifetimes than otherwise similar people (that is, with similar test scores and years of schooling) who had attended vocational programs. Notably, the vocational graduates in most countries were more likely to be unemployed while older.

[@timbrown5576]

@@darristhomas5602 In many trade professions, employees attend seminars to update their skills and many jobs have trainings for their employees on the use of new equipment and technology. When you work in a profession for many years, it is not that hard to adapt to new technology and skills. As for them being unemployed as they get older, in many trades, you could start your own business and actually make more money.

[@abbasrizvi9389]

Without people from trade schools, we wouldnt get anything done.

[@jumpshot1369]

Highly agree!!! More necessary than lawyers.

[@lwmson]

If anything, college works more against you these days. Employers are reluctant to hire college grads for entry level positions for fear that a college grad would feel slighted by such a small job. College is only worthwhile now unless you major in a technical field.

[@flowersandcandyflowersandc9093]

Plumbers do make more then lawyer's in some cases, people hate to hear the truth and face realities of life.

[@cooper482011]

4:24 It’s nothing like a father protecting his daughter and checking his son when he acts like a crybaby. James Evans, Sr. best TV dad in the history of television shows.

[@mikebodnar4557]

James Evans best TV father ever

[@mandyarroyo7046]

How do you know where I’m at if you haven’t been where I’ve been. Understand where I’m coming from?

[@ireneallen6879]

Love me some Good Times. Still watching In '2021.

[@Ms.Tee65]

Me too still watching in 2023

[@yasminvaughn2975]

JJ was the oldest and the sillest. Micheal was the baby and he was smart.

[@gaffle-411]

Thema’s hair style was ON POINT!

[@georgelee43211]

I Liked when Michael was in Militant midget phase.

[@chancelewis1846]

Me, too. That was one of the best traits of his character.

[@johnrobinsoniii4028]

How about “Militant ‘little person’” phase…

[@scaryperi3051]

@@johnrobinsoniii4028 How about no.

[@Myron_X]

Wow, Michael was smart!

[@chancelewis1846]

He sure was!

[@charlessantee8329]

Michael Evans was a genious

[@TommyGibbs1]

@@charlessantee8329 All 3 Evans children were absolute geniuses in their own respective ways, Michael intellectually, Thelma Culturally (and somewhat intellectually) and JJ artistically. That’s why it was complete bull, to me, that the family finally got out of the ghetto via a professional football contract

[@purpleprince2598]

@@TommyGibbs1 Yeah. You're right about that.

[@lwmson]

But in reality, he would't have been so knowlegdeable about a subject like this at 12.

[@frankieclayton9303]

I love this show

[@groudon2006]

That part with Thelma giggling after James said "that's enough" was not part of the show

[@marcoevans2155]

Such a goddess. I saw it too

[@kwameaboagye121]

I 🖤Mike Evans he’s so defiant.

[@spokezman]

Crazy they were talking real shit back in the day ….

[@Mrs.TJ516]

💯💯

[@chriisnapolion9881]

Thank you James

[@bobbybrown1389]

Nothing has changed

[@chancelewis1846]

How do you know that?

[@MrThomas564]

True. It's the same old shit.

[@tajaicalip5323]

Thelma made a great point saying the Kids in their era used the words, "pad and crib." Instead of residence. Now its, "my spot or place", and a few others. Black folks love creating their own words😅🤣😂

[@purpleprince2598]

You sholl ain't lying

[@adrianjd32]

Do you think white kids call their homes a residence?

[@janal1206]

​@@purpleprince2598 😂😂😂😂

[@Ms.Tee65]

@@purpleprince2598😂😂😂😂😂😂. Now that’s funny

[@lrowerowe7207]

Amen Michael, he telling the truth ,I hate test,because they totally Bias.

[@alexfakih2711]

Keeps good times going

[@davidkoester258]

What I love about this show is you don’t have to be black to understand it or like it

[@e4e5nc3]

Good Times had so many things that are now things, it was so ahead of its kind.

[@electricz5524]

4:24 John Amos cracks me up

[@janal1206]

I think it's like saying you are the oldest stop being petty and you the big brother stop being Petty she really didn't hurt you toughen up

[@tartfuel]

This is why we have culturally fair IQ tests available.

[@chancelewis1846]

Exactly.

[@dr.harrietterichard8992]

Are they really? Not so much. We now use Grades, teacher recommendations and other items instead of a single test.

[@tartfuel]

@@dr.harrietterichard8992 No one should have their future path decided by one test, but yes, I have seen the culturally fair tests that are not language based at all.

[@vernagayton1582]

How times have changed. Now we wish there was a trade school open for our kids to go to. And when I was growing up. We have never put our cups or glasses on a saucer. I don’t know of anyone who has

[@bilalseifullah4764]

Wowwwwwwwww wayyyyyyy back then this was a known fact as today they are grappling with this very same problem is beyond words

[@Buff_Drio]

Michael was 100% accurate about I.Q. test

[@DarrellSCady]

The first question was more about class or wealth but still easily answerable, and the second question was simple mathematics and also easily answerable.

[@amokdax1125]

@@DarrellSCady if someone never heard of a saucer they would probably assume it was something for sauce.

[@ValkyrieZiege]

🤣 How did that character get that far in school without ever reading a word problem, or a math word problem/number problem? I'm callin' b.s. on this episode & all claims that tests are "racially biased". When did maths & reading, become racially biased? 🤣

[@juscogens5541]

This is the exact argument in the Breakfast Club. Brian "Without Trigonometry there'd be no electricity". Bender's reply "without lamps, there would be no light". Each has benefits. Sure trade schools can give you the tools to a great job, but if you pick the right major, like Petroleum Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Finance, Tax, you will far out exceed the salary of a plumber. Don't get me wrong, a plumber will never go bankrupt in every type of economic conditions, but some people have a bent for certain things. My dad is a born carpenter and mason, but I am not, so, I picked electrical and computer engineering.

[@SnowyNightFlyer]

0:50 Bern Nadette breaking character?

[@mszgigi0518]

Looks like it lol

[@jasonpinson8755]

Great show.

[@teresawicks9859]

It's still the same today

[@chancelewis1846]

The tests?

[@teresawicks9859]

@@chancelewis1846 Yes

[@chancelewis1846]

How can you be so sure?

[@tearichardson8458]

How you gonna know where I’m at, if you ain’t been where I been. Understand where I’m coming from?

[@JAWrightonline]

After counselor missed another Black I.Q. Test question-- James: "That's alright, Mr. Hargrove. I'll see if I can get you a job workin' the blowgun down at the carwash." LMFAO 🤣!!!! 🤣!!!! 🤣!!!! 🤣!!!! 🤣!!!! 🤣!!!! 🤣!!!!

[@tearichardson8458]

@@JAWrightonline😂

[@victorriadenniis6901]

Good timesis my favorites shows i was watching good times when i was little gril an when i was 13years old an now iam 54years old an still whachting my favorites shows good time

[@Sapphire586]

I was 7 when it premiered in Jan or Feb 1974, I was in 2nd grade, if I recall it was on Friday night opposite Sanford & Son. I am 55 now.

[@victorriadenniis6901]

Michael is a smart

[@kenlompart9905]

The counselor wants Michael to go to Cooley vocational high.

[@matthewhill2696]

JJ talks 2 much, I love ❤️ James he’s my number 1 character on there.

[@teenfromtexas7579]

Alright hold it, hold it ,calm down now, hold it, i said hold it, HOLD IT!

[@Anthony-bs2tn]

One word out those lips and your mind is empty that's hilarious😂😂😂😂

[@barbaraespinosavanleer5926]

Can you imagine them on tik tok🤣🤣🤣

[@andrewcookjr7442]

Michael was too smart to get into trouble lol

[@j.i.r608]

He's been in trouble before

[@ericdavis5875]

4:20

[@busterzigler7530]

Only one person can make u laugh with dead threats and stare, John Amos.

[@jasonryan1942]

JJ should have been more respectful and less a fool

[@LBF522]

That was a constant problem with Ester Rolle (Florida Evans)

[@JAWrightonline]

@@LBF522 And John Amos (James Evans, Sr.).

[@rodcube]

you know I just get so sika thelma puttin JJ down all the time!!!!

[@jimmyboyzable]

Thelma got on my nerves sometimes. She's always chastising JJ about something but I didn't like how James & Florida don't check her but were quick to condemn JJ if he'd snap back at her. AND she can't cook worth a damn....

[@rodcube]

@@jimmyboyzable I agree 1000%

[@charlottestovalll9760]

Agree

[@emmahollow8898]

@@jimmyboyzable lol I remember her cooking was always bad in the show

[@loriannwhite8384]

JJ was a a$$ from day one!

[@MaryjaneLove]

---- &&& everything Micheal said was the truth . .. ❤❤❤❤❤

[@glyndwr15]

If you look at Raven's Matrices questions, which can be seen by doing a google image search, you find that the questions don't even require language. They measure your ability to recognize patterns in shapes that change in sequence. Literally anybody of any culture or any language can understand them, nor do white westerners score highest on them.

[@latruecewilliams7198]

Like he said or we don't need your help

[@markmoretti9122]

Michael was ahead of his time, unfortunately it's confused thinking.

[@brucedavis3816]

Hey its crt back in 70s!!!

[@lucky1206]

This show was great but I could get real annoyed being in the same house with JJ

[@JAWrightonline]

How do you think Esther Rolle and John Amos felt?

[@shelby427]

Funny how as black people we worry about acting, speaking or learning white. Meanwhile Asians and Indians are kicking our asses in STEM! Keep staying woke✊🏾

[@zaythedon2065]

Why do they always get mad when jj makes a little joke and some of them are actually funny he’s just tryna lighten the mood, like even when Thelma hit him and mocked him junior still got yelled at that’s mad unfair

[@msshelfbooty9742]

Because JJ overdose it. His family was trying to have a serious conversation

[@prohetessbowen7906]

This picture but this stuff gone on in real life open up our eyes they try put blinds on our eyes till God take off

[@tinagoodwin3571]

LOL..I'm lilly white and we didn't have saucers or guest rooms either! hehehehehe Poor was poor no matter the color!

[@FranciscoRodriguez-be6ik]

Wrong Michael, they did know it. That's why they approved it for black people.

[@chancelewis1846]

Not back in the day, they didn't.

[@freethinking2905]

I'm sorry but this episode made it seem like we had never been exposed to anything. I didn't grow up in suburbia but I knew cup and saucer. There weren't any guest bedrooms in my house either, but I knew that 5-3=2.

[@Kenyon712]

How do you know they both were called guest rooms? It does matter. Culture is very important.

[@JAWrightonline]

Oh, forgive us for not listening to U2 and The Who back then, Mr. Enwhitened.

[@freethinking2905]

@@JAWrightonline Actually, this woman (I am female) who grew up in the hood listens to all kinds of music, reads all kinds of books, and watches a variety of tv shows. I've always had an open mind about these things. If that makes me "enwhitened," then color me white. Bottom line: in my home, we did have a full set of dishes so I knew cup and saucer. We never had any extra bedrooms for guests, but I understood that the question being asked was about math not bedrooms. If you start out with 5 and 3 are being used, how many are left? Simple math. And you don't need to be "enwhitened" to know that.

[@lwmson]

Now how would Michael know about this at his age?

[@Mrs.TJ516]

He was very bright.

[@lwmson]

@@Mrs.TJ516 Being bright is one thing, but he didn't have enough experience in life to understand social issues like this.

[@JAWrightonline]

@@lwmson He was regularly READING, dumbass...🙄🙄🙄

[@jamieleighgreen5905]

What year did this programme come out it's my first time of seeing it

[@chancelewis1846]

1974.

[@morganjanelle4282]

The TV channel TV1 (similar to BET) airs marathons of "Good Times" every Saturday from 12 noon until 8 P.M. This Saturday, they're showing almost all of Season 2 (Season 2, Episodes 4 through 19)

[@OdoggnoMenace]

I know j.j character was written to be foolish but if you take the laughs away from what he’s saying he’s listening to Michael and pretty much translating what Michael is saying for his own understanding while also saying he’s hungry. Sleeping bag in the bathtub is the closest you would get to a guest bedroom in they house

[@mszgigi0518]

JJ was annoying as hell this episode

[@melissajohnston7514]

I love this show j.j is a trip but in a good way good darn actors but want be another j.j or another good times

[@jezaiahbain7004]

so.fuuny

[@TheKilodead4]

It all came from From North England

[@khingofswordz43]

You know what's crazy....? Not attending trade school. But what's crazy is spending 4 years in college. Just to cause serious debt. Nowadays, most students that attend college end up not landing a career in what they studied ....now that's crazy ! 😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@sharkgirl74]

Michael would have easily gotten a scholarship

[@khingofswordz43]

@@sharkgirl74 True ....

[@bettyburton8929]

😂😂😂😂😂👍🥳

[@theresasmalls1129]

Amen amen that's right black people do Got Brains and we are intelligent people that's right

[@samuelgriffin4167]

Michael the smartest kid in The Evans family shouldn't fail a complete IQ test

[@Keke-dg6qk]

Pay attention

[@chancelewis1846]

It's not Michael's fault. It's the school's fault. They made a test that wasn't racially fair.

[@marcoevans2155]

You just failed one yourself. Mr. Tone-deaf

[@DarrellSCady]

@@chancelewis1846 The first question was more about class or wealth but still easily answerable, and the second question was simple mathematics and also easily answerable.

[@shopobjetdart]

Nope. One has to ask themselves why Michael wasn't impacted by the bias... SMDH

[@llg3pe]

J.J.’s outfit

[@jolliebearforchrist5468]

JESUS CHRIST DIED ON THE CROSS FOR OUR SINS AND HE WAS BURIED AND HE ROSE AGAIN ON THE THIRD DAY BY FAITH IN GOD'S SON THE LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST AND JESUS CHRIST ONLY SALVATION SHALL BE YOURS AND ETERNAL LIFE WITH GOD IN HEAVEN WILL AWAIT YOU WHEN YOU DIE THE BIBLE JOHN CHAPTER 3 VERSES 16 THROUGH 21 AS WELL AS 1ST CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 15 VERSES 1 THROUGH 5 THE BIBLE

[@Mauro-fq5xm]

200like🖐️

[@dppatters]

I don’t understand where do JJ and Thelma sleep? This is supposed to be a 2 bedroom apartment, correct?

[@kzfive]

Thelma had her own room and JJ and Michael slept on the pullout couch in the room they are currently in

[@heyauthor133]

WAKEUP 👌👁🤫💯🌍💪

[@JeffTheGent]

I’ve always thought the question about guest bedrooms was a poor example of supposed cultural bias. You don’t have to live in a large apartment or actually have spare room to do basic subtraction.

[@jezaiahbain7004]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@millymitts3445]

Some strange trashing of people.

[@chriskimmel1544]

But why would they give him a test that doesn't have proper grammar on it. If he claim to be smart he should be able to pass any test. But he only wants to test that doesn't have proper grammar on it

[@marcoevans2155]

Just watching the goddess thelma stand up to jj the ugly giant. Adorable 🥰

[@angelomichaels5635]

WATC. OF. 4. DALLAS. JUDSON. MIIIS. NEW. OR IEAANE.

[@BourbonWhiskies]

Loved this show as a kid.. Never realized what a racist pile of shit it was. I'm actually sad my family taught me to care, just to have it blow up in my face.

[@oohweeoohwee9222]

What do you mean?

[@nathanhicks2000]

George Bush went to a trade school.

[@JAWrightonline]

And he put the country in a recession and an unnecessary war. Your point?

[@nathanhicks2000]

@@JAWrightonline my point exactly he should have never been in politics!

[@MrTopsoil911]

Lol just go to school and stop frigging complaining! Thats how blk lives matter group started!!

[@tinaanderson200]

RIP Mike Evans this is what he wrote in the script good times was stolen from eric monte and mike evan james is also mikes father from the projects smh plagiarism

[@raybon7939]

I didn't like this episode..... Lloll ...

[@chancelewis1846]

Why would they ever make a test like that back in the day?

[@Sapphire586]

It was what it was.

[@chancelewis1846]

It just blows my mind that they would even consider making a test like that.

[@ragtagarmy8428]

lmmfao

[@theresasmalls1129]

Will for God so loved the world he gave his only begotten son whoever believeth in him will not perish but have eternal life and is passed from death into life and condemnation no longer under condemnation once you trust Jesus Christ Our Lord and Savior I don't care what color you are you God died for the whole entire

[@raykemry954]

BLM

[@cooper482011]

Reparations Now!!! #ADOS Blacks!!!!!

[@cooper482011]

White supremacy is a cancer.

[@josorr]

That TV show was really bad. Bad acting, bad script, bad message. Bad all around.

[@raykemry954]

Dinomite or dynamite..There called shitcoms for a reason

[@olgacantu4179]

Good message, good acting, script could’ve been better

[@guttaboyinhouse1187]

Yeah its because your not black,u bum

[@DigitalPraise7]

Your comment is really bad. Bad script and all you mutt.

[@josorr]

@@guttaboyinhouse1187 My not black?