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Good Times: The Enlistment (1975)
Season 2, Episode 22
9/10
A Good TImes classic
12 March 2024
I remember this a a kid, I saw every episode. And the doctor scene stole the show. Later on as an adult, I wonder if the producers initially wanted Alan Alda or one of the other characters from MASH to play the Army doctor, since MASH was a popular around the same time. The best part was when JJ was running up and down the steps and the doctor was distracted by a phone call and drinks some water. I think it's sad that American sitcoms have lost a lot of its appeal in todays' society. Television was more wholesome and comedy was far less vulgar. All family members no matter their age enjoyed it.
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8/10
A Sleeper Movie with a good message
14 July 2023
I first saw this film on a DVD. It was a pleasant surprise, a road trip through the rural agricultural American South and small town folks with vivid scenery. As a troubled and irresponsible man reconnects with himself and reflects on lost relationships through grief, blues music, and accidentally discovers his long lost family. Mario Van Peebles does an excellent job directing on a low budget. I really like how Van Peebles sneaks in a glimpse of Augy, played by Michael Clarke Duncan, as Bailey walks into the pawn store to bum a harmonica from a friend. Long before Augy's character is introduced.
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