The Judy Cohen story is the only Good Times episode not on Youtube-LOL

[TVFactFan]

Damm, this episode must really have turned off every Good Times fan on the planet LOL

It's airing on antenna TV now and I checked youtube and it wasn't uploaded at all. Dam shame

[Retro Vic]

Damm, this episode must really have turned off every Good Times fan on the planet LOL

It's airing on antenna TV now and I checked youtube and it wasn't uploaded at all. Dam shame
I saw it too. I am sorry, but I could never understand what in the heck "Judith Cohen" had to do with Good Times. It is the bizarro episode of the entire series. It is really painfully embarrassing to watch Florida, Wilona, Thelma & friends cheering and whooping it up for what is a mediocre at best performance of her "Send In The Clowns" floor show schtick.

It is like you feel whomever directed this episode is standing off screen wildly gesturing everybody to clap and congratulate Judith on her stellar performance. Look closely at the other cast members, especially Florida, cuz they look like they are really working hard to show how "thrilled" they are at this awful spectacle!

On the other hand this episode is so weird, and out of place, that it actually has some kind of strange entertainment value for me now..... like I just ran over to the TV from the other room to gawk, and laugh out loud when I knew it was the "Judy Cohen" episode, good lord I could hear that shrieking rendition of "Send In The Clowns" from the other side of the house, she really belonged on an episode of "The Love Boat" at best.

It's similar to the "Aunt Jenny" episode of the Brady Bunch, a totally unrelated bizarre character, shamelessly promoting themselves. No doubt they knew someone on the production or writing staff.

[TVFactFan]

I saw it too. I am sorry, but I could never understand what in the heck "Judith Cohen" had to do with Good Times. It is the bizarro episode of the entire series. It is really painfully embarrassing to watch Florida, Wilona, Thelma & friends cheering and whooping it up for what is a mediocre at best performance of her "Send In The Clowns" floor show schtick. It is like you feel like whomever directed this episode is standing off screen wildly gesturing everybody to clap and congratulate Judith on her stellar performance. Look closely at the other cast members, especially Florida, cuz they look like they are really working it to show how "thrilled" they are at this awful spectacle! On the other hand this episode is so strange, and out of place, that it now has actually some kind of strange entertainment value for me now, like I just ran over to the TV from the other room to gawk, and laugh out loud when I knew it was the "Judy Cohen" episode, good lord I could hear that shrieking rendition of "Send In The Clowns" from the other side of the house. She really belonged on an episode of "The Love Boat" at best. It's similar to the "Aunt Jenny" episode of the Brady Bunch, a totally unrelated bizarre character, making some kind of acting debut, and shamelessly promoting themselves, & must have known someone on the production staff without a doubt.



I think Judy was better than michael and those backup singers in the beginning of the episode

[-STEFFY-]

^ I thought Michael's singing was really bad and off key.

[TVFactFan]

^ I thought Michael's singing was really bad and off key.


Yes, off Key and corny a$$ dance steps. They were a poor version imitation of the Jackson Five

LOL

[DanaDane]

Yes, off Key and corny a$$ dance steps. They were a poor version imitation of the Jackson Five

LOL


lol:lol:

[MikeL]

what was this episode about again don't think i remember it just wondering thanks

[TVFactFan]

what was this episode about again don't think i remember it just wondering thanks

i would appreciate if you wouldn't reply to my threads since i have no interest in discussing anything with you

thanks

[Retro Vic]

:eek: LOL too funny, her last job was as a balloon in the Macy's day parade.:crazy:

[yayaya]

It's similar to the "Aunt Jenny" episode of the Brady Bunch, a totally unrelated bizarre character, making some kind of acting debut
Imogene Coca? Acting debut? More like a television veteran.

Was Judith being tested for some spin-off perhaps? :crazy:

[Retro Vic]

I will not argue about Imogene Coca, yes, you are right she was a veteran, and I actually liked her in National Lampoon's Vacation as the crazy grandma character, but, in the BB that character is so completely out of place, and bizarre. I realize that she did another TV series with Sherwood Schwartz before the BB. Probably why they used her in the BB. They probably could have done a really good character for her, but, Aunt Jenny travels all over the world & shows up with a police escort & a limo, & is just bizarre & weird. Now Judith Cohen on Good Times, I don't know what the heck that was all about! Any ideas? It is sooooo strange!

[Retro Vic]

I mean it's like they bring Krusty The Clown in drag into the series & just dump her right into the middle of Florida's living room in the projects, & then they have Krusty sing & bounce around on stage....just tooo toooo much.

[TVFactFan]

Well I'm proud to say that this episode is FINALLY on Youtube-lol

[TMC]

Damm, this episode must really have turned off every Good Times fan on the planet LOL

It's airing on antenna TV now and I checked youtube and it wasn't uploaded at all. Dam shame

Worst episode? (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070991/board/flat/171966308?p=1)

[TVFactFan]

Worst episode? (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070991/board/flat/171966308?p=1)


That was far from the worst episode of Good Times. Some that come to mine are


Friend in Need

The baby

The Weekend

[LittleMissGenius]

Imogene Coca? Acting debut? More like a television veteran.

Was Judith being tested for some spin-off perhaps? :crazy:

The Judith Cohen Story was a proposed spin-off believe it or not. I don't know where I read it, but the actress that played Judith was supposedly Norman Lear's house sitter or so some such nonsense. I don't know how she went from being a house sitter to getting a spin-off but there ya go.

Obviously it failed as no one ever saw "The Judith Cohen Show" on the CBS lineup. :lol: It's almost too bad because I imagine a whole show centered around the character would have been just as terrible as that single episode was!

[TVFactFan]

The Judith Cohen Story was a proposed spin-off believe it or not. I don't know where I read it, but the actress that played Judith was supposedly Norman Lear's house sitter or so some such nonsense. I don't know how she went from being a house sitter to getting a spin-off but there ya go.

Obviously it failed as no one ever saw "The Judith Cohen Show" on the CBS lineup. :lol: It's almost too bad because I imagine a whole show centered around the character would have been just as terrible as that single episode was!


False Information unless you can provide the source

[LittleMissGenius]

False Information unless you can provide the source

Well consider it false because I don't remember where I read it. It's not like I said it was gospel or anything. :rolleyes: It's rather obvious that the episode was a proposed spin-off because the character makes no sense in the realm of the Good Times universe.

Sheesh...now I remember why I don't post here very often. Very welcoming indeed.

[TVFactFan]

Well consider it false because I don't remember where I read it. It's not like I said it was gospel or anything. :rolleyes: It's rather obvious that the episode was a proposed spin-off because the character makes no sense in the realm of the Good Times universe.

Sheesh...now I remember why I don't post here very often. Very welcoming indeed.


Well posting she was a house sitter for Norman Lear needs a source attached to it or should be posted

The end

[LittleMissGenius]

This isn't Wikipedia, dear. I don't need to provide a citation for something I post about on a forum about sitcoms. You can take it with a grain of salt or simply say you don't believe me. Either way, it's no bother to me as I was simply making conversation. You know, the point of a f-o-r-u-m.

Also, you may want to check your grammar before you try to check someone. Your sentence should have said "should NOT have posted". Not should. Just because you post here frequently does not make you a mod. I'll post what I want when I want.

The end.

[TVFactFan]

This isn't Wikipedia, dear. I don't need to provide a citation for something I post about on a forum about sitcoms. You can take it with a grain of salt or simply say you don't believe me. Either way, it's no bother to me as I was simply making conversation. You know, the point of a f-o-r-u-m.

Also, you may want to check your grammar before you try to check someone. Your sentence should have said "should NOT have posted". Not should. Just because you post here frequently does not make you a mod. I'll post what I want when I want.

The end.


Look I'm the TV fact police around here and have been for the past 10 years and I don't want to see inaccurate information posted on these boards. So as long as you understand that we should not have any issues.


Happy Posting:wave:

[Brieannas21]

I looked around and I found nothing that said that Judy house sat for Lear. But I did find an article that said that Lear had a developed a pilot for Judy but it never got off the ground.

This weekend marks a homecoming of sorts for Judith Cohen, the singer and actress who will appear at the Ballroom Thursdays through Saturdays at 11 P.M. through January, and is substituting for Helen Schneider tonight and tomorrow at 9. Ms. Cohen, who has stayed away from cabaret for the last seven years, was one of the most popular cult figures in the mid-70's cabaret revival. In those days, she was best known for her rendingly emotional interpretations of Janis Ian's ''At Seventeen,'' which she is singing in this engagement, and a medley of ''Be a Clown'' and ''Send In the Clowns,'' which she is not.

The red-haired singer, who moved to New York from Baltimore in 1973, was near the peak of her popularity when she suddenly stopped performing in clubs at the end of the 70's.

''I stopped when my mama died,'' she explained in an interview the other day. ''My father had died earlier, and I felt as though the whole world kind of toppled over. I no longer wanted to sing. I had also gotten too caught up in the glitter and the glitz and waiting for a golden coach to arrive. I needed some time for cleansing and reassessment.'' Songs as Miniature Plays

Ms. Cohen, who had always treated songs as miniature three-act plays, turned from cabaret to acting. Norman Lear, who had discovered her at Reno Sweeney, flew her to Hollywood, where she starred in an episode of his series ''Good Times.'' Then she waited while he developed a pilot for her, but it failed to go into production.

Since returning to the East Coast, Ms. Cohen has worked quite steadily in the theater (''The Bald Soprano,'' directed by Joseph Chaikin, the Jewish Repertory Theater's ''Sophie,'' ''The Rise of David Levinsky,'' and the Goodspeed Opera House revival of ''The Boys From Syracuse,'' among other shows) and in movies like Woody Allen's ''Stardust Memories.'' With Gabriel Barre, she has also begun work on a two-character musical about a marriage, ''Color Outside the Lines.''

Some of the songs in Ms. Cohen's act are interpreted from the point of view of eccentric characters she has invented. Nancy, the character who sings ''At Seventeen,'' is a bag lady who fantasizes being a ballerina. Blanche, who was inspired by Tennessee Williams's Blanche DuBois, dramatizes the June Christy pop-jazz standard ''Something Cool.'' Another character, a German prostitute with a bubblegum fetish, sings ''The Teddy Bear's Picnic'' and the Brecht-Weill ''Barbara Song.''

''I'm a little frightened about coming back to cabaret, because it's been so long since I stood up and sang, and because cabaret is so different now,'' Ms. Cohen said. ''It's not nearly as innocent as it used to be. But it seems to me that especially in these times with AIDS and everything else that is happening, we need a cabaret resurgence. We need places to go where we can talk and relate to one another and let out our feelings.''

SOURCE: http://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/08/arts/pop-jazz-for-melodies-from-weill-to-webb-come-to-the-cabaret.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm

[TVFactFan]

I looked around and I found nothing that said that Judy house sat for Lear. But I did find an article that said that Lear had a developed a pilot for Judy but it never got off the ground.

This weekend marks a homecoming of sorts for Judith Cohen, the singer and actress who will appear at the Ballroom Thursdays through Saturdays at 11 P.M. through January, and is substituting for Helen Schneider tonight and tomorrow at 9. Ms. Cohen, who has stayed away from cabaret for the last seven years, was one of the most popular cult figures in the mid-70's cabaret revival. In those days, she was best known for her rendingly emotional interpretations of Janis Ian's ''At Seventeen,'' which she is singing in this engagement, and a medley of ''Be a Clown'' and ''Send In the Clowns,'' which she is not.

The red-haired singer, who moved to New York from Baltimore in 1973, was near the peak of her popularity when she suddenly stopped performing in clubs at the end of the 70's.

''I stopped when my mama died,'' she explained in an interview the other day. ''My father had died earlier, and I felt as though the whole world kind of toppled over. I no longer wanted to sing. I had also gotten too caught up in the glitter and the glitz and waiting for a golden coach to arrive. I needed some time for cleansing and reassessment.'' Songs as Miniature Plays

Ms. Cohen, who had always treated songs as miniature three-act plays, turned from cabaret to acting. Norman Lear, who had discovered her at Reno Sweeney, flew her to Hollywood, where she starred in an episode of his series ''Good Times.'' Then she waited while he developed a pilot for her, but it failed to go into production.

Since returning to the East Coast, Ms. Cohen has worked quite steadily in the theater (''The Bald Soprano,'' directed by Joseph Chaikin, the Jewish Repertory Theater's ''Sophie,'' ''The Rise of David Levinsky,'' and the Goodspeed Opera House revival of ''The Boys From Syracuse,'' among other shows) and in movies like Woody Allen's ''Stardust Memories.'' With Gabriel Barre, she has also begun work on a two-character musical about a marriage, ''Color Outside the Lines.''

Some of the songs in Ms. Cohen's act are interpreted from the point of view of eccentric characters she has invented. Nancy, the character who sings ''At Seventeen,'' is a bag lady who fantasizes being a ballerina. Blanche, who was inspired by Tennessee Williams's Blanche DuBois, dramatizes the June Christy pop-jazz standard ''Something Cool.'' Another character, a German prostitute with a bubblegum fetish, sings ''The Teddy Bear's Picnic'' and the Brecht-Weill ''Barbara Song.''

''I'm a little frightened about coming back to cabaret, because it's been so long since I stood up and sang, and because cabaret is so different now,'' Ms. Cohen said. ''It's not nearly as innocent as it used to be. But it seems to me that especially in these times with AIDS and everything else that is happening, we need a cabaret resurgence. We need places to go where we can talk and relate to one another and let out our feelings.''

SOURCE: http://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/08/arts/pop-jazz-for-melodies-from-weill-to-webb-come-to-the-cabaret.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm


Thank you, and it said nothing about her appearance on Good Times being a possible spinoff

[Brieannas21]

Thank you, and it said nothing about her appearance on Good Times being a possible spinoff

The name of the show was "A Year At The Top." from the description that I read about the show, it sound like something that you would have liked since you loved "The Judy Cohen" episode so much :lol: Sounded as if there were going to be some singing in the show.

[TVFactFan]

The name of the show was "A Year At The Top." from the description that I read about the show, it sound like something that you would have liked since you loved "The Judy Cohen" episode so much :lol: Sounded as if there were going to be some singing in the show.


May have, she had skills-lol


I;m just glad the ep is on youtube:lol: