Good Times
Penny's Christmas
December 21, 1977
Penny's Christmas
December 21, 1977
It's the first Christmas everyone's spending with Penny (Janet Jackson). She's about to be formally adopted by her foster mother, Willona (Ja'net DuBois). The Evans family is happy and planning a party for Christmas Eve.
Penny wants to get Willona a nice present, and she's been saving up for a necklace that she saw in the store. In front of the jewelry counter, a man accidentally bumps into her and steals her wallet. She impulsively steals the necklace.
The act is caught on the surveillance camera and she's brought home by a store security guard. This is just as a child welfare worker is at the house to tell Willona they’re going to finalize the adoption. Penny's actions may lead to Willona's losing custody of her.
Mrs. Dodds (Alice Ghostley), the child welfare worker returns to the Evans house for the Christmas party, where she gets jolly and tipsy on eggnog.
"On the 12th Day of Christmas my true love gave to me, 12 panties hosing, 10 string bikinis, 2 turtle soup, 2 purtle sout, turtle...turtle -- wait, I'd never eat a turtle -- and a pearstridge in a pear tree."
JJ (Jimmy Walker) appears as a lanky, Dy-No-Mite Santa. Eventually they announce that the adoption will go through. "I'm glad I don't have to spend Christmas Eve in the slammer," Penny says.
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"Good Times followed the challenges and joys of the close-knit Evans family, patriarch James, mother Florida, eldest son and accomplished amateur painter J.J. (James Evans, Jr.), brainy and beautiful daughter Thelma, and youngest son Michael, a political and social activist who live together in a high-rise housing project on the South Side of Chicago." -- TV Land
Janet Jackson: Exposed. "Find out how she transcended being the youngest girl of a famous family and took control of her life and music. ... This program provides an inside look at Janet Damita-Jo Jackson and her rise to female pop and R&B stardom!"
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From Pads to Palette is a 1995 autobiography by Ernie Barnes. It includes full-page color photos of original art and 52 photos of rare sketchbook studies.
Alice Ghostley may be best remembered as the accident-prone witch Esmeralda in Bewitched. She also had a teacher role in the popular film version of Grease.
"I wish you joy and I wish you cheer -
Have a cool yule, and a mellow new year"
Have a cool yule, and a mellow new year"
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True You: A Journey to Finding and Loving Yourself
"Janet was told by Hollywood that she needed to slim down. Her well-meaning brothers, especially fun-loving Michael, teased her relentlessly until she began to believe that who she was wasn’t good enough. It was an idea that no amount of critical acclaim in television and film or, later, international platinum success in music could change." -- From description
This book, by Ms. Jackson, is available digitally for Kindle and other e-Readers but also in paper form.
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Visit my Classic TV Christmas Memories page for retro tv videos; Comedy, Drama, Suspense Christmas tv and old time radio episodes, even some fan mashups
Opening:
Good Times
Any time you meet a payment
Good Times
Any time you need a friend
Good Times
Any time you're out from under
Not getting hassled, not getting hustled
Keepin' your head above water,
Making a wave when you can
Temporary lay offs
Good Times
Easy credit rip offs
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Scratchin' and surviving
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Hangin in a chow line
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Ain't we lucky we got 'em
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Closing:
Just lookin' out of the window
Watchin' the asphalt grow
Thinkin' how it all looks hand-me-down
Good Times
Keepin' your head above water
Makin' a wave when you can
Temporary lay-offs
Good Times
Easy Credit rip-offs
Good Times
Aint we lucky we got 'em
Good Times
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