Norman had his hand on the pulse. You have to give him credit. He had 11 shows on the air, and they were saying something. On the first day he arrived in LA from Indiana, he had a quirky sense of humor. It was probably the last time I cried. You will always be on this show as long as I have a breath in my body.
The majority of my friends are divorced, hostile, and angry. They lost the house they worked their a-s off to get. Look, enough people call me an a-shole as it is. A terrific actress who originally signed on with the show for its wholesome portrayal of a struggling family, Esther temporarily left the show before its fifth season on the pretense of illness because she didn't like how JJ's character developed. The young man became a smooth-talking, aimless, and shady purveyor of dishonest schemes and she didn't think he was setting a positive example for young black men.
She returned for its sixth and final season after showrunners agreed to make JJ's character more respectable. She passed away in Amos has a storied career as an actor, and he brought an important dynamic to the show that undeniably worked opposite Esther. Like his co-star, however, John took issue with how JJ's character was being portrayed, and was eventually fired from the show. The rest of the cast didn't even know about his exit until they sat down for a Season 4 table read of the new script.
The actress was a household name and became somewhat of a sex symbol to audiences, something that Jimmie claims she could've capitalized on more. Like if producers created pinup style posters similar to the Farah Fawcett one hanging on everybody's bedroom wall in the '70s. He was shot down, and while Thelma was easy to work with on production, she had a few gap years of work in between acting gigs.
She had an episode role on The Love Boat in , and didn't get another guest role until The young actor didn't really work in TV anymore after Good Times was over. He appeared in a TV short some years later called, Donny's House , but eventually returned to theater, where he got his start as a young actor.
He won the Drama Desk award for his turn as Travis Younger in Raisin for most promising performer in and was nominated for a Tony in the same year. To the dismay of other actors on the show, his exaggerated character stole prime focus and shifted the well-intentioned direction of a positive black family image into a much broader and stereotyped caricature.
This caused dissension in the troops and both adult leads, Ms. Rolle and John Amos , departed the series Rolle came back later. Nevertheless, the series managed to last six seasons.
During that time Jimmie made use of his ever-surging popularity with lightweight appearances elsewhere on primetime "The Love Boat," "Fantasy Island" and on game shows "The Match Game," "Tattletales". He became a hot item in Las Vegas and even churned out a best-selling comedy album entitled, of course, "Dyn-o-mite!
Jimmie was featured as a highly unlikely, scrawny-framed boxer promoted by Poitier and Cosby. As enjoyable as he was, it did not lead to other major film offers. Most of his later movies have been self-mocking guest parts or cameo bits in spoofs such as in Airplane! Upon the series' demise in , Jimmie returned to the stand-up stage while looking for a sophomore TV hit. Unable to capitalize on his TV stardom, he instead found himself extremely pigeon-holed by the J. The short-lived B.
Cats , which had him playing a support role as a comic car thief-cum-repossessor, lasted only a month. It too came and went quickly. Hoping the third time would be a charm, Jimmie was a bust again in the syndicated show Bustin' Loose , based loosely on Richard Pryor 's movie, with the comedian playing another of his genial con artists.
Jimmie's main focus has remained the stand-up circuit, touring an average of weeks a year. The rubbery-faced, tunnel-mouthed comic continues to pop up occasionally on the late night talk show forum. In his spare time he writes scripts for TV and films. Sign In. Edit Jimmie Walker. Showing all 17 items. Was 26 years old when he started playing teenager J. Evans on Good Times
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