A trio of black youths learn about life, love, friendship, credit cards, gambling, and a variety of other things while growing up in an inner city.A trio of black youths learn about life, love, friendship, credit cards, gambling, and a variety of other things while growing up in an inner city.A trio of black youths learn about life, love, friendship, credit cards, gambling, and a variety of other things while growing up in an inner city.
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One of the best sitcoms made. It is a shame TV Land or Nick at Nite does not have "What's Happening!!" on their network. This show deserves to be played again, there are so many people who have not seen it. "What's Happening!!" was not meant to be a permanent show on ABC. It went for a trial run on ABC,but viewers like it so much it returned in the fall. One thing I like about "What's Happening!!" is it deals with a single parent in the house hold. When the father comes around the children sometimes have bad experiences with him. We do not see this anymore in sitcoms that much. If you look at family sitcoms today most of them have the two parents. But "What's Happening!!" was not affraid to be different, not afraid to show how a child's parent (the father) could not be a good person. But then again "What's Happening!!" also showed the good times Roger, Rerun & Dwayne could have (getting into unsuspected trouble). This is a great show and I hope to see it repeated on television.
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- TriviaFred Berry and Ernest Thomas walked off the show during the second season, demanding more money and better dressing rooms. Shirley Hemphill, Haywood Nelson and Danielle Spencer carried the show through the duration of the walkout. Their demands were not met. After the third season, Berry and Thomas engaged in another walkout demanding more money. Even though the show ranked 29th in the 1978-79 season, ABC canceled it rather than deal with their demands.
- GoofsThroughout the entire series, it is made very clear that neither Mama nor Raj have a car, as often indicated by Mama needing to ride the bus to work and Raj always needing rides from other people (or walking) to his many adventures and escapades. Yet, in the very first scene of the opening credits, Raj is seen exiting his house with two cars parked in the driveway.
- Quotes
Fred 'Rerun' Stubbs: I can't help it if I'm fat! It runs in my family.
Dee Thomas: Nobody runs in your family... they all waddle!
- Alternate versionsDuring its syndicated run, the tag sequences that were included in the original ABC network versions were removed.
- ConnectionsFeatured in ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration (2003)
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- 1147 Tamarind Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA(The Thomas House - Opening Credits - Replaced by Apartments 2023)
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