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QuoteABC has lined up a pair of Emmy winners to star in its re-creation of Good Times for the second Live in Front of a Studio Audience special.
How to Get Away With Murder star Viola Davis and Brooklyn Nine-Nine's Andre Braugher will head the cast for the Good Times episode. Tiffany Haddish, When They See Us stars Asante Blackk and Jharrel Jerome, Saturday Night Live alum Jay Pharoah and Corinne Foxx round out the ensemble.
Additionally, Black-ish star Anthony Anderson and R&B legend Patti LaBelle will perform the show's theme song during the special.
Live in Front of a Studio Audience, set to air Dec. 18 on ABC, will re-create episodes of Norman Lear's All in the Family and Good Times. It follows a successful May staging of episodes of All in the Family and The Jeffersons, which drew better than 10 million viewers for its first airing and grew to more than 12 million with delayed viewing.
Davis and Braugher will play Florida and James Evans, parents of the working-class Chicago family at the center of Good Times (Esther Rolle and John Amos played the parts in the series, which ran from 1974 to 1979). Pharoah will play eldest son J.J. (Jimmie Walker in the original), known for his "Dy-no-mite!" catchphrase. Foxx and Blackk will play kids Thelma and Michael Evans (Bernnadette Stanis and Ralph Carter in the series), and Haddish will play neighbor Wilona Woods, originally played by Ja'net Dubois. Jerome's role is being kept under wraps.
Foxx's dad, Jamie Foxx, played George Jefferson in The Jeffersons episode in May.
For All in the Family, Woody Harrelson, Marisa Tomei, Ellie Kemper and Ike Barinholtz will reprise their roles from the May special as, respectively, Archie and Edith Bunker, their daughter Gloria and her husband, Mike "Meathead" Stivic. Kevin Bacon, Jesse Eisenberg and Justina Machado will also star.
Live in Front of a Studio Audience comes from Kimmelot, ACT III Productions, Gary Sanchez Productions, D'Arconville, Simpson Street and Sony Pictures Television. Norman Lear, Jimmy Kimmel, Brent Miller, Kerry Washington, Will Ferrell, Justin Theroux and Jim Burrows will executive produce, with Pam Fryman and Andy Fisher set to direct.
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threw up in my mouth when I read Tiffany's name
not really excited about this
Yuck
is tiff playing bookman :uhh:
I wanna see this. The all in the fam/ Jefferson mess was so good
Couldnt they have gotten Leslie Jones or something? Viola is a little too pretty to be Florida Evans
Hmmm.
Quote from: Vonc2002 on December 12, 2019, 08:06:54 PM
I wanna see this. The all in the fam/ Jefferson mess was so good
yeah i actually really enjoyed it
Mainly because they didn't take themselves too seriously
Quote from: 1RIG on December 12, 2019, 08:56:49 PM
Quote from: Vonc2002 on December 12, 2019, 08:06:54 PM
I wanna see this. The all in the fam/ Jefferson mess was so good
yeah i actually really enjoyed it
Mainly because they didn't take themselves too seriously
I actually didn't even mind jamie, terrible self
Viola is perfect as Florida btw
Wait....... Viola doing a comedy mess? :damselindistress:
Nothing about this sounds enjoyable
Viola is so talented!
WHO is tiffany playing???
:uhh: :uhh: :uhh: :uhh: :uhh: :uhh: :uhh:
Quote from: 'phil on December 12, 2019, 10:53:54 PM
WHO is tiffany playing???
:uhh: :uhh: :uhh: :uhh: :uhh: :uhh: :uhh:
Probably Willona she better not be playing GodMa
Quote from: Darius Massoud. on December 12, 2019, 08:36:10 PM
Couldnt they have gotten Leslie Jones or something? Viola is a little too pretty to be Florida Evans
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:everythingok:
Quote from: Corporate Cannibal. on December 13, 2019, 12:14:39 AM
Idk who Jharrell could be playing. Bookman?? Luhdrsdihjkvlbsdkz
michael
why are they doing this? :uhh: :uhh:
none of the original actors liked the show :plzstop:
yt hollywood is such a mess
welp .... its gonna be a night of coonery & reinforced stereotypes. buckle up
:disgusted:
This is probably gonna be really good and successful like the Jefferson/all in the family one. That's the only reason they're doing it again
Quote from: Darius Massoud. on December 12, 2019, 08:36:10 PM
Couldnt they have gotten Leslie Jones or something? Viola is a little too pretty to be Florida Evans
I'm sure they will butch her up and Leslie Jones isn't the best actress imo
Quote from: Vonc2002 on December 12, 2019, 08:58:21 PM
Wait....... Viola doing a comedy mess? :damselindistress:
dsdsdsds bout time
Thats dope Law and Order SVU alums as the leads
Good times in my opinion was a dramedy so the actors will be fine. I can't wait to see it.
I didn't know Jamie's daughter could act tho, gorgeous self