Corrected entry: In this episode, James recalls he and Florida, when first getting married, couldn't afford to start having children until James got a job, then his politician friend got him a job at the stockyard, and then had JJ. This whole story is in total contrast with an earlier episode in the series, in which James admitted the reason he married Florida is because she was already pregnant.
Good Times (1974)
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Starring: Jimmie Walker, BernNadette Stanis, Ja'net DuBois, Ralph Carter
Genres: Comedy
Continuity mistake: Willona's ex-husband had 3 different names: Alvin, Ray, and Roger.
Penny: Is he here?
Michael: Is who here?
Penny: I don't know his name, but he's tall, skinny, and beautiful.
Michael: Hold on now. Tall, and skinny we've got, but beautiful?
Trivia: John Amos plays Jimmie Walker's father in the series, even though in real life he's only seven and a half years older than Walker.
Question: Is Florida a widow?
Answer: Carl did die of lung cancer, that's why she returned to her family.
Answer: Florida's husband, James Evans, Sr., appeared in a total of 61 episodes during Seasons 1-3 of the series. After creative differences with the show's creator, Norman Lear, mainly over the increasingly buffoonish characterization of oldest son, James "J.J." Evans, Jr., actor John Amos did not have his contract renewed. His character was killed off in an automobile accident in his home state of Mississippi while he was securing steady work in the hope of relocating his family there. Florida learned of his death via a phone call at the family's going away party. We don't know if her second husband, Carl, died or just stayed in Arizona, and it's debateable whether someone who remarries is still called a widow.
Florida did not learn of James' death through a phone call. It was through a telegram sent in the mail that Florida read during the party.
Norman Lear didn't create Good Times. Eric Monte and Michael Evans did. Norman Lear simply developed it.
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Correction: This entry is incorrect. In an earlier episode when James stated he married Florida because she was pregnant, he was joking, not serious.