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"The Nude"
Season 2, Episode 16
Number (#29) in series (133 episodes)
Tape date December 12, 1974
Air date: January 14, 1975
Network/Country: CBS
Written by: Dick Bensfield & Perry Grant (teleplay}
Barry E. Blitzer {story)
Directed by: Herbert Kenwith
Production code: 216
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Cast Information
Starring: Jimmie Walker
John Amos
Esther Rolle
Bern Nadette Stanis
Ralph Carter
Janet Dubois
Guest starring: Betty Bridges
Carl Weathers
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The Nude is the sixteenth episode of Season 2 and the twenty-ninth episode overall of Good Times. Written by Dick Bensfield and Perry Grant from a story by Barry E. Blitzer, the episode, which was directed by Herbert Kenwith, first aired on CBS-TV on January 14, 1975.

Synopsis[]

Florida has a problem with a woman who wants J.J. to paint her in the nude. Though the portrait is a gift for her husband, Florida doesn't want her posing in the family's apartment.

Plot summary[]

A woman, known in the projects as the "Wiggler", asks J.J. to paint a nude portrait of her as a birthday gift for her husband. However, Florida has a hard time understanding why a woman would pose in the nude and why she has to pose in the Evans' apartment. Meanwhile, Florida is also not too happy that James is taking such a liking to "the Wiggler".

Storyline[]

One of the Evans' sexiest neighbors wants J.J. to paint a very special picture of her to give to her husband for her birthday. However, Flo puts her foot down when she learns that the woman wants to be painted in the nude. The woman then suggests that instead of a nude that she would be glad to pose in her bathing suit. However, things really get complicated when the woman's husband thinks that she and J.J. are having an affair. Now J.J. must keep from getting his face pounded before he gets paid for his first commissioned portrait.

Guest starring[]

  • Carl Weathers as Calvin Brooks, Charlene's husband
  • Betty Bridges as Charlene Brooks
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