Good Times (TV Series) J.J. Becomes a Man: Part 2: J.J. Is Arrested (1974) User Reviews

Behind bars with George Foreman

[kevinolzak · 7/10 · 2 January 2017]

"JJ is Arrested" on his 18th birthday, said to have held up a liquor store with a gun. Mel Stewart and Ron Masak are a hoot as the interrogators, insisting that JJ fits the description of the suspect, tall, skinny, young black man: "you just described most of Chicago, and half of the NBA!" Required to pay 10% of the $5000 bail means $500 that the family doesn't have. Lamenting being put in a cell with 'George Foreman' (Stan Haze), JJ is forced to give up first his meal, then his hat (for a napkin). As it turns out the real culprit is young and black, but neither tall nor skinny, a little butterball earning Florida's scorn: "I can see how you've made a mistake, they're practically twins!"