Good Times
Too Old Blues
Season 1, Episode 1 · Aired 1974-02-08
Synopsis
Tests indicate that James is a candidate for a union apprenticeship program, but his birth certificate says differently
Pilot desk note
From the desk: Good Times opens its catalog run with “Too Old Blues” (1974-02-08). Black family sitcom landmark — and a case study in creative control battles. J.J. fever, cast exits, and Norman Lear-era politics on and off set.
In the series
This episode is part of Good Times (1974–1979) on CBS.
Projects sitcom with catchphrases, heartbreak, and industry arguments that never ended.
Key cast
- Esther Rolle as Florida Evans
- John Amos as James Evans
- Jimmie Walker as J.J. Evans
- Ja'Net DuBois as Willona Woods
- BernNadette Stanis as Thelma Evans