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"Florida's Big Gig"
Season 2, Episode 14
Number (#27) in series (133 episodes)
Tape date November 21, 1974
Air date: December 31, 1974
Network/Country: CBS-TV
Written by: Bob Peete
Directed by: Herbert Kenwith
Production code: 214
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Cast Information
Starring: Esther Rolle
John Amos
Jimmie Walker
Ja'net Dubois
Bern Nadette Stanis
Ralph Carter
Guest starring: Charlotte Rae
Dick O'Neill
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Florida's Big Gig is the fourteenth episode of Season 2 of Good Times, as well as the twenty-seventh series episode overall. Written by Bob Peete, the episode, which was directed by Herbert Kenwith, originally aired on CBS-TV, premiering on December 31, 1974.

Synopsis[]

Florida accompanies James on his job interview at a department store, but the supervisor prefers to hire Florida and not James.

Storyline[]

Florida is excited about a possible job, then disappointed when she does not get it. James takes Florida with him to a job interview at a department store, but he is then disappointed when the store wants to hire Florida instead of him.

Plot summary[]

James is sure that he is going to get a sales position at a department store but when he brings Florida along to the interview he is in for a big surprise – the supervisor would rather hire Florida than him. It seems the supervisor would "kill two birds with one stone" hiring an African American woman.

Guest starring[]

  • Charlotte Rae as Ms. Rogers
  • Dick O'Neill as Mr. Bridges
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