In the 1970s, there were some excellent theme songs written for weekly-broadcast situation comedies on TV.
Good times!
Any time you meet a payment,
Good times!
Any time you meet a friend,
Good times!
Any time you're out from under,
Not gettin' hassled,
Not gettin' hustled.
Keepin' your head above water,
Makin' a wave when you can!
Temporary lay-offs,
Good times!
Easy credit rip-offs,
Good times...
Scratchin' and survivin' -
Good times!
Hangin' in and jivin' -
Good times!
Ain't we lucky we got 'em,
Good Times!!
That song had the spiritual energy of gospel music and the soul of R & B: I loved it.
(To hear it, go on You Tube and type in, "Good Times theme song.")
Not gettin' hassled,
not gettin' hustled...
Genius songwriting?
Keepin' your head above water,
Makin' a wave when you can...
Oh, - yeah...
"Good Times" was a quality situation comedy, but it went away - I heard somewhere the set got to be a toxic work environment.
The stars, Esther Rolle and John Amos - terrific.
Before "Good Times" I was familiar with the actor John Amos from "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" where he played Gordy the weatherman at WJM where Mary Richards worked.
He has a great face for film and television: the camera loves him. His cheekbones kind of need to have their own zip code.
He recently had a cameo role in an Adam Sandler movie, Uncut Gems.
(Not your typical Adam Sandler movie.)
Born in Newark, Amos got his Bachelor of Arts degree from Colorado State University.
And Esther Rolle - what an actress! What a smile! Years later after "Good Times," she showed up in the feature film Driving Miss Daisy.
(I had thought I remembered that movie from the '90s, but Google says it came out in 1989.
Okay.)
And earlier, before "Good Times," Esther Rolle was in the sitcom "Maude" starring Beatrice Arthur, later of "The Golden Girls."
Beatrice Arthur; Esther Rolle
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