she also tried to go into a singing....with modest success...made a couple of albums...not sure quiet what happened to her since the 80s...

Okay, so we've established, re-established, rubbed it in her face and shamed Harle for not knowing this. Can we move on?

RipHer2Shreds said:

This is one of the few Janet threads that hasn't devolved into a (name omitted for fear of initiating devolution process) thread. Thus we must keep it alive as long as possible, or until we tempt fate.

VoicesCarry said:

Perhaps if _____ had appeared on the show, she might be a part of this thread. And this has thus far been a jayardee/ehuff-free thread, hence the lack of _____.

Rhondab said:

In all my years of watching Sanford & Son I've never heard Foxx call anybody "honky."

did you know that Madonna auditioned for Fame??!!??


the reason i'm not commenting is i'm not old enough to have been around for good times.


and i do like janet too.

ehuffnsd said:

No more chatter about _____, thanks!

you were asking for it... so i delievered

ehuffnsd said:

Rapist logic.

VoicesCarry said:

LOL... i'm sure.

Janet is groovy...


Mdnn is not pleased til we jack every thread.
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I just ordered the 1st 4 seasons from Amazon 2day,,,,



Dy-No-Mite!!!

Harlepolis said:

I've got them all, and I love them! Like I said, I think it goes downhill once James leaves and JJ takes centerstage, but still lots of fun. Get ready to dig into that meatloaf in season 2!

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Harlepolis said:

My sister has the first 3 seasons "Good Times" on DVD. She also has all the seasons that have been released of "The Jeffersons" and "Sanford and Son". She has one of the seasons of "What's Happening" and I have another one.

We record each other's stuff on VHS tapes and share. I'm surprised they don't have copyguard on them. You would be surprised how cheap a blank VHS tape is nowadays.

vainandy said:[quote]

You telling me chiiile, you wouldn't believe how many stacks I got in my attic from all the recording. It used to be my addiction back in the "Video Soul" days

TonyVanDam said:

I think you mean Paul Mooney and yes, he is wicked; still doing some coldblooded stand-up!

wow. if i'd gone through my whole life as a big music fan without having known that, i'd be downright embarrassed to post this thread

Janet was also on a short lived show called "A New Kind Of Family"

Janfriend said:

no, i think that was just her home life

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Plot Outline: Two single mothers rent the same house, sight unseen, from an unscrupulous real estate agent. With their money gone and no place else to go, they decide to move in together with their total of four children.

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Remembered only for having Eileen Brennan in it, A New Kind of Family was a briefly seen show about a woman with three kids living with a woman with one kid. I guess it would be trimmed up years later and became "Kate & Allie" which was more successful.

Eileen Brennan I knew was the mother of the three kids. I also recalled David Hollander, unmistakeable child actor of the seventies, was one of the kids.

Wow, look who the other two kids were. Laurie Hendler of Gimme A Break and Rob Lowe of Saint Elmo's Fire. Didn't remember them that well.

But what makes this show really stand out was the mother and her one kid. It wasn't Gwynne Gilford and Connie Ann Hearn that anyone who has seen this will recall, it was that they were replaced with a black mother and her one child.

So I decided to check out this show here and see who all the cast was. Big surprise for me to see Telma Hopkins (of Tony Orlando & Dawn, as well as Gimme A Break) and Janet Jackson (Good Times and the Super Bowl Halftime with Justin Timberlake) were the token replacements.

The show offered no explanation for Hopkins and Jackson's arrival or Gilford and Hearn's departure. There was no chemistry between any of the cast members.

At best it was a cute idea, but it is very surprising to see how many people were connected to this show and what they went on to do.

Clearly it was nothing more than a vehicle for Brennan, who then had done supporting work in Last Picture Show and Murder By Death.

Just surprising to think of Janet Jackson, David HOllander, Laurie Hendler, Rob Lowe, Eileen Brennan and Telma Hopkins all together in a show and nothing came of it. Had the show lasted, I wonder if they would have pursued a romance between Brennan and McCann? Ah well.

Supernova said:[quote]

Harlepolis said:

The Jeffersons.

I notice to this day George Jefferson is the only Black person on tv to get away with calling White people "honkies."

I love George

Tessa said:

Not me, I'm not full o' shit

RipHer2Shreds said:My favorite episode of Good Times is in season 2 when they all invite their neighbor to dinner. They learn that she sometimes eats dogfood and she brought a meatloaf to share. Ugh. lol[/quote]

I forgot all about that episode! Man, the look on their faces...

xpsiter said:

I forgot all about that episode! Man, the look on their faces... [/quote]

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