Good Times (TV Series)

The Evans Get Involved: Part 2 (1977)

BernNadette Stanis: Thelma Evans

Quotes 

• Michael : [J.J. comes out of the bathroom dressed as a space man]  What is that?

  Thelma : I think it's a U.F.O-Unidentified Fool Object.

  J.J. : I'm Captain J.J. from the planet Ghetto. I'm straight as an arrow and right on course, don't mess with me 'cause I'm known as "The Force".

• Thelma : You know Willona, I want be extra special for the carnival! What should I wear?

  J.J. : Try wearing a paper sack over your head!

• Willona : Mrs. Gordon, wait, we couldn't help but notice all those bruises on Penny's back.

  Mrs. Gordon : Oh those, Penny's at the awkward age, she's always falling down. Isn't that true dear? Didn't you fall down?

  Millicent 'Penny' Gordon : Uh, uh huh! One time I fell out of a tree and I fell on my pussy cat and uh... I squished him.

  J.J. : That pussycat sure leads a tough life.

  Thelma : What about the burn on her arm?

  Millicent 'Penny' Gordon : I told them I bumped into the stove, Mama.

  Mrs. Gordon : You know, I've told Penny a dozen times to stay away from that stove but she...

  Willona : That stove should be locked up before it kills somebody.

• Willona : [mimicking Mrs. Gordon]  'Isn't it true, dear? Didn't you fall down?' Who does that sucker think she's fooling?

  J.J. : Yeah, she fell, her mama helped her down.

  Thelma : Now wait a minute, J.J., why're you accusing her mother?

  Willona : WHAT?

  Thelma : I mean maybe Penny's telling the truth.

  J.J. : Yeah, and maybe Andrew Young is afraid to open his mouth.

• Thelma : J.J., we have no proof, Penny said she fell.

  J.J. : You'd say you fell down too if your mama was Muhammad Ali.

• Willona : I just hope she's too beat to beat on Penny.

  Michael : Beat on her? You think her mother does THAT to her?

  Willona , Thelma : Yes/No.

  Willona : We didn't see it but I'm sure she did.

  Michael : Oh, well then you're talking about is ALLEGED child beating.

  J.J. : Here's the way it comes down, Michael. The alleged mama took her alleged fists and hit the little kid's alleged back, and left a mess of alleged bruises that were LEGIBLY clear.

• Michael : After J.J. comes out of the bathroom dressed as a space man. What is that?

  Thelma : I think it's a U.F.O-Unidentified Fool Object.

  J.J. : I'm Captain J.J. from the planet Ghetto. I'm straight as an arrow and right on course, don't mess with me 'cause I'm known as "The Force".