“James” was flirting with “Willona” in REAL LIFE! John Amos (James), Ja’net Dubois (Willona) and the rest of the Good Times cast released a video anouncing their plans to create a movie about their time on Good Times and they released a Kickstarter campaign to try to raise funding for the movie. During their video announcement, “James” started flirting with “Willona” and while we were crazy excited to hear that Good Times was making a comeback, we couldn’t stop laughing at how “James” was trying to push up on her and rub up on her thighs. [WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW]
Back in the day it was all about a family and unity, just like Good Times portrayed with the “Evans family.” We wanted to share this story you because our ILoveOldSchoolMusic community encompasses both soul music and the soul music era, which is where Good Times fits into the equation. That era is where true values were, that’s where they were given, and that’s where they were nurtured. Somewhere along the line, the unity within our community got lost, so for the last past 6 years our mission, here at ILOSM, has been to resurrect that sense of unity.
Good Times was set in the Cabrini Green housing project located in Chicago, but it’s ironic that the setting for such a positive family and community of brotherhood now has one of the highest murder rates in the U.S. We have to do everything we can to get it back to that old school Good Times era.
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Here is what John Amos explained about their new Good Times project:
“Back in the 70’s this entire cast of actors came together in a project called Good Times, written by Eric Monty, a native Chicagoan who knew what he was writing about. It was supposed to be autobiographical…he wrote about a family living in the Cabrini Green projects…a family that was beset by economic problems, social problems, etc.- that’s who this family was and that’s who this family is. Now we’re here today to tell you how you could become a part of this family and help this family and others to enjoy the wok we tried to do back in the day and the wok we’re doing today.
I had the pleasure of playing the role of the father of this family, ONLY because the late Esther Rolle was strong enough, when the show was offered to her, to insist that she have a husband. She did NOT want to perpetuate the image of a matriarchal family and for that, she will always be a part of our spirit. Now we ask you to join this family and be a part of it and be just as supportive as we have been of each other over the years in trying to bring this project to you.”
Watch the video of Ja’net Dubois (Willona), John Amos (James), Bern Nadette Stanis (Thelma), Ralph Carter (Michael Evans), and Jimmie Walker (J.J.) below, and around the 1:59 mark is where you’ll see “James” try to get with “Willona”…see how “Willona” responded:
