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Who Is Still Alive From the TV Show ‘Good Times?’
Esther Rolle (Florida Evans) passed away in 1998 at the age of 78. Johnny Brown (Nathan Bookman) passed away in 2022 at the ...
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Absolutely Insulting: We Watched Netflix’s ‘Good Times’ Reboot So You Don't Have to. How the Animated Series Tarnishes the Legacy of Norman Lear's 1970s Original
The new Netflix animated reboot of the beloved 1970s series “Good Times” is inarguably the worst remake ever made. There’s no other way of saying it. It’s offensive, indulges in excess ...
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John Amos Was Solid as a Rock
In 1974, CBS debuted Good Times, where Amos and Esther Rolle played James and Florida Evans, parents struggling to keep their kids' heads above water in a Chicago housing project. After he was ...
A group of Black Panthers helped launch ‘The Jeffersons’ 50 years ago
rankled some of the other cast members, such as Esther Rolle, who played matriarch Florida Evans. “I resent the imagery that ...
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*Years after news broke about Netflix’s animated revival of the classic sitcom “Good Times,” the streamer is ready to bring its latest series to the masses. What’s On Netflix reports ...