One of the few scenes I remember from "Good Times," from the 1978-79 season:
Bookman (Brown): "Hey, J.J., you wearin' a new cologne or something?" J.J. (Jimmie Walker): "Oh, yes, it is, Bookman." Bookman: "I think it smells fantastic." J.J.: "Thank you, Bookman. Thank you very much. [Laughs] See there, Ma?" Florida (Esther Rolle): "J.J.! That's Bookman! A bath in mayonnaise would please him!" (Although I thank subslikescript <https://subslikescript.com/series/Good_Times-70991/season-6/episode-9-JJ_and_the_Plumbers_Helper> [link] for helping me look it up.) He nearly got what ended up being Demond Wilson's role on "Sanford and Son," except that he was still under contract to "Laugh-In" at the time. *“Sometimes you can do too much of a thing, and it doesn’t come natural,” Brown said in 2019. “With everybody [calling Bookman] ‘buffalo butt’ in a scene, it loses something. … They even had Janet [Jackson], who had just come on the show, answering like Mr. Buffalo Butt."* 84. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/johnny-brown-dead-good-times-1235104962/ (link) B -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/e5529db5-97da-4919-ae1e-dd5489d787d4n%40googlegroups.com.
