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| Season 6, Episode 5 Number (#114) in series (133 episodes) | ||||
| Tape date | August 31, 1978 | |||
| Air date: | October 7, 1978 | |||
| Network/Country: | CBS-TV / United States | |||
| Written by: | Michael G. Moye | |||
| Directed by: | Gerren Keith | |||
| Production code: | 605 | |||
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Florida Gets a Job | |||
| Cast Information | ||||
| Starring: | Esther Rolle Jimmie Walker Ja'net Dubois Johnny Brown Bern Nadette Stanis Ralph Carter Janet Jackson Ben Powers | |||
| Guest starring: | Gary Coleman Janet MacLachlan Albert Reed, Jr. | |||
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Florida Gets a Job is the fifth episode of Season 6 of Good Times, and also . Written by Michael G. Moye, the episode, which was directed by Gerren Keith, premiered on CBS-TV, first airing on October 7, 1978.
Synopsis[]
J.J. and Florida are not having much luck looking for employment. She comes across a want ad for a school bus driver, but her chances seem slim when Alderman Fred Davis' relative applies for the same job.
Storyline[]
Jobs are scarce for Florida and J.J.. An ad for a school bus driver catches Florida's eye, but she finds it has strings attached for J.J, and the strings are attached to Alderman Davis
Plot summary[]
With both her son J.J. (Jimmie Walker) and her son-in-law, Keith (Ben Powers), unemployed, Florida applies for a part-time job as a bus driver. Alas, the position may go to a relative of Alderman Fred Davis (Albert Reed), with whom the Evans family has clashed in the past. But Davis is willing to help Florida land the job -- if J.J. will agree to design the alderman's campaign posters.
Guest starring[]
- Gary Coleman as Gary James
- Janet MacLachlan as Sandra Forbes
- Albert Reed, Jr. as Alderman Fred C. Davis