The part of penny is played by actresssingerrecording artist and entertainer janet jackson. This week, were returning to the show that left such a mark on us all good times. While willona is out of town, florida is taking care of penny. Blake, a physician who treats penny after she is bruised and burned by her mother, lenela. Janet jacksons 1st appearance as penny on good times episode title. The show, a spinoff of lears earlier comedy maude itself spun off from all in the family, followed the lives of the evans family, a poor black family living in. When willona learns that one of penny s friends is pregnant, she explains the situation to the 11yearold that her friend has a case of the stomach mumps. Shortly after, penny comes down with a virus and flor. She turns him down because she now has penny to consider. Penny gordon woods is a character who appears on the cbstv series good times. However, things really get complicated when the womans husband thinks that she and jj are having an affair. Good times was good for the first couple seasons before jj took over the show, but even then the writing was never great, and besides the three adult characters, nobody was a good actor. One day penny tried to get on the bus with no money, j.
James john amos is excited because he is sure that he is going to get a. In fact, i remember everything i was doing when i saw it. About penny born millicent gordon on august 16, 1966 in chicago, penny s mother, lenela gordon played by chip fields. She is best known for her recurring role on good times as lenela gordon, the abusive birth mother of penny gordon woods in a four. Apr 25, 2018 good times s05e01 the evans get involved part 1. She even abandons penny, believing she deserved better than her. May 05, 2016 this week, were returning to the show that left such a mark on us all good times. Specifically, we are looking at the episode 501, which is technically called the evans get involved however, we all know it as the one when penny got burned with an iron. Watch all 24 good times episodes from season 5,view pictures, get episode information and more. However, penny is the only person who knows the truth of how it really got there. Where theres smoke is the sixteenth episode of season 5 of good times and the 101st episode overall. Just about everyone in the apartment is sick with the flu.
Watch any other episode and you cant go five seconds with the audience having a fit, but watching florida try to outfidget grief while tidying up the kitchen all without a peep from the crowd makes for hauntingly good tv. I will never forget where penny gets burned by the iron. Contentsshow synopsis the mystery of the burned sofa cushion is generating various stories. Good times florida gets a job part 1 of 3 by belgusto1. With a hole burned into a couch cushion, the evans kids each flash back to their versions of how it happened. Jj gets vd jj gets shot jj sleeps with a married woman. Florida urges willona to tell penny the truth, putting a strain on the rekindled friendship. Good times first aired in february 1974 as a midseason replacement and went on for six years. In the sixth and final season of good times, florida returns for thelma and keiths wedding, michael decides to move out, and willona fights her most important fight when pennys natural mother comes to reclaim her. Delegall july 24, 1945 march 21, 2006 was an actor, television director and producer.
This page lists all of the episodes aired in the fifth season of good times. Fed up with bookmans incompetence, willona, penny and the evans kids start a petition that gets him fired. Florida takes penny to the clinic, but doctors are scarce, and the remaining doctor has plans to close the practice. Laverne chip fields born august 5, 1951, who is sometimes credited as chip hurd or chip fieldshurd, is a talented singer, actress, television director, consultant, and dialogue coach, who has appeared in popular films, television shows, and broadway theatre. Once james left the show, they really struggled and tried to bring something to the show. Good times penny and the facts of life by equestria girls kids school. My father later wrote an episode of the jeffersons. Penny and willona from good times reunite the grapevine. Good times the evans get involved part 3 of 8 video dailymotion. Nov 15, 2019 a guide listing the titles and air dates for episodes of the tv series good times. We dive into janets biggest tv moment in the latest breakdown.
Watch good times season 6, episode 17 where have all the doctors gone when willona goes out of town, she leaves penny in floridas care. Get the details inside and find out when you can catch her episode. May 18, 2015 on penny dreadful season 2 episode 3 we flashed back to vanessas training with the cutwife. In lenelas final appearance in a matter of mothers, where lenela gets married into wealth. We dont know whose decision it was to turn down the audience track, but the silence in this episode is devastatingly powerful. Later, they discover a horrifying secret that penny is viciously abused by her mother.
In the episode the evans get involved or as most people like to refer to it as, that time penny got burned with an iron, pennys mothers. Best episode from good times kitchen and the bedroomxxsupport the streamxx duration. A snowstorm hits chicago and florida gets stuck in it with her school bus. Janets legacy matters janet jackson as penny good times. Watch good times season 5, episode 16 where theres smoke. Bookman poses as willonas husband to facilitate pennys. This spinoff of the tv series, maude, centered on the evans family.
Good times the evans get involved part 3 of 8 video. Good times s05 e04 the evans get involved 4 dailymotion video. Good times season 5 episode 17 i had a dream watch on kodi. Sony pictures in talks to reboot the jeffersons and good times, do you want. The evans get involved finishes the second half of this one hour broadcast, the evans family realizing that the burns on little penny gordon janet jackson. Soon, she became the adopted daughter of their good neighbor friend willona woods and penny lived a better life. The wedding ceremony goes as planned, but as they walk from the church, keith falls and breaks his leg. Written by bruce kalish and philip john taylor, the episode, which was directed by gerren keith, premiered on cbstv, first airing on january 25, 1978. In the episode the evans get involved, or, as most people like to refer to it as, that time penny got burned with an iron, pennys mothers. Part 1, premiered on september 21, 1977, as janet jackson joined the cast as penny gordon, an abused child who lives in the project building with her mother that willona winds up adopting in an 4 episode story arc that. Oct 17, 2015 full episodes good luck charlie good luck charlie is an american sitcom that originally aired on disney channel from april 4, 2010 to february 16, 2014. The evans get involved finishes the second half of this one hour broadcast, the evans family realizing that the burns on little penny gordon janet jackson were. Rodney dangerfield at his best on the tonight show starring johnny carson 1983 duration. I didnt know that janet jackson acted in good times.
Willona adamantly refuses to discuss the birds and the bees with penny especially after willona learns a. Oct 12, 20 rodney dangerfield at his best on the tonight show starring johnny carson 1983 duration. Willona adamantly refuses to discuss the birds and the bees with penny especially after willona learns a year old friend of penny s is pregnant. The mom returned and tried to set wilona up as a bad parent because she had hooked up with a guy with some money and wanted to get penny back. When penny finds out, she runs away because she thinks she is ruining willonas life. Feb 21, 2020 my father later wrote an episode of the jeffersons. Good times s05e01 the evans get involved part 1 dailymotion. A new neighbor girl, 10yearold penny gordon, becomes friends with willona and the evans family. The sitcom series good times, which originally aired on cbs from february 8, 1974 to august. Catch a marathon friday night at 87c and saturday starting at 8am7c. When penny got burned by the iron classic episode 5 when jj was gonna paint that picture of that lady nude. He guest starred in number of notable television series namely adam12, the six million dollar man, knots landing, among other series.
Good times s05 e04 the evans get involved 4 dailymotion. Now jj must keep from getting his face pounded before he gets paid for his first commissioned portrait. The woman then suggests that instead of a nude that she would be glad to pose in her bathing suit. Lenela gordon, whos the biological mother of penny woods, who willona woods winds up adopting, appears in four episodes of good times. Watch good times season 6, episode 11 the snow storm. She was an abusive parent and wilona the evans family found out about it. Good times florida gets a job part 2 of 3 by belgusto1. The mom left penny, so penny ended up staying with wilona, and she eventually adopted penny. This episode of good times severely scarred me as a child. With janet dubois, ralph carter, bernnadette stanis, johnny brown. The sitcom series good times, which originally aired on cbs from february 8, 1974 to august 1, 1979, has 3 episodes, three of which were not shown during the original network run but turned up in the syndication package. Oct 05, 2018 good times penny and the facts of life. That good times episode where mad dog wanted jj to join the war lords. Lunch money ripoff james gives michaels bully a good whipping.
Created by eric monte and mike evans and developed by executive producer norman lear, it was televisions first african american twoparent family sitcom. A guide listing the titles and air dates for episodes of the tv series good times. Sony pictures in talks to reboot the jeffersons and good. The episode in which the character penny is about to be burned with a hot iron by her mother is featured just before madea spanks nikki for lying about not going to school. She tells the evans that she herself was abused, and refuses therapy.
Good times is an american sitcom television series that aired for six seasons on cbs, from february 8, 1974 to august 1, 1979. Remember the good times episode when penny got burned. A new neighbor girl, 10yearold penny gordon, becomes. Good times s05 e03 the evans get involved 3 dailymotion. A hole has been burned into one of the couch cushions and j. Full episodes good luck charlie good luck charlie is an american sitcom that originally aired on disney channel from april 4, 2010 to february 16, 2014.
Good times s05 ep03 the evans get involved part 3 hd watch. When willona learns that one of pennys friends is pregnant, she explains the situation to the 11. Good times is a spinoff of maude, itself a spinoff of all in the family. Penny gordon woods is a character who appears on the cbstv series good times in season 5 in episodes 86, 87, 88 and 89 as well as season 6 in episode titled a matter of mothers.
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