When Rerun is dancing and pop locking, some of these songs sound familiar and funky as hell. Does anyone know if these were ever actual songs or were they just music that the television series had specially made for the show? Some of them remind me of Billy Preston's "Outta Space".

Also, when Raj and Rerun move into an apartment together in a later season, there is song that is always playing in the background that reminds me of Teddy Pendergrass' "Get Up, Get Down, Get Funky, Get Loose". I haven't seen that particular season in years.

i play the theme song from 'what's happening!!!' on the stereo whenever i want to let my sweetie know i'm ready for some lovin'.

vainandy said:

this is Season Three,which was released on DVD a few months ago.I've been watching these episodes,but I gotta admit,this is the most disappointing season.

But yeah...in this season,they keep playing a funky instrumental that sounds like Teddy Pendergrass' "Get Up,Get Down,Get Funky,Get Loose".What's funny is,this song pops up EVERYTIME there is a dancing scene...lol...why can't they at least use a different song sometimes?

That's why I was wondering if they had someone to come in and make a song especially for the show so they wouldn't have to keep paying musical groups for borrowing songs to play in their show.

vainandy said:

That's probably what happened.When I watch this show,I can tell that it was a very low-budget TV show.The sets look cheap.There's a rumor that,to save money,the producers used the "Sanford and Son" house for this show.You see the SAME extras everywhere...in the soda shop,in the classroom,etc.So it's likely that they didn't wanna spend alot of money to use different songs.


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I remember when they came back in the mid 1980s and did the series, "What's Happening Now". It was very obvious that the set of Rob's Place was the exact same set as Mel's Diner on the show, "Alice". Also, they had run out of ideas for writing the show. They stole countless "Three's Company" episodes and wrote the same exact idea into their show.

Anxiety said:

you are too weird anxiety

DavidEye said:

As kids, me and my sisters used to say that it looked like the Sanford and Son house, just clean.

Stymie said:

I know this isn't what you're asking, but the theme is by Henry Mancini, isn't it? He's done some diverse stuff.

..Very interesting thread. From what I read online (w/ a interview w/ the great, late Fred Berry), They (the cast) didn't really have much input on the music selections. Henry Mancini had it on lock down. Supposedly they wanted P-Funk to do the "Bootleg episode" but the producers threw it to the Doobie's. The music used during the dance contest (Season 3) was so horrible and dated, but it's still fun to watch after all these years.

my favorite episode is always going to be when rerun went on the gong show. that was just so '70s it hurt.

Stymie said:

Anxiety said:

re run was a bad mutha fucka with the lockers tho' just a shame he was pigeonholed as re-run and really not as someone who contributed to the pop lock yanno?

vainandy said:

from what I remember,"What's Happening Now" was dreadful.If it ever makes it to DVD,I probably won't even waste my money

I got the first season of What's Happening on DVD, and I saw some poppin' on there.

CinisterCee said:

course u did

TheRealFiness said:

I only watched a bit of it. It's way before my time. I don't even remember seeing it in syndication.

CinisterCee said:

way way way before yo time lol

Anxiety said:

those little kids annoyed me - bubbling brown suga