The eldest son of the project-dwelling Evanses, Jimmie Walker's J.J. was a cad whose signature holler—"Dy-no-mite!"—endeared him to millions of Good Times viewers. But black critics weren't amused by Walker (now a comedian in L.A.). Says psychiatrist and former Cosby consultant Alvin Poussaint: "J.J. wasa minstrel stereotype many people find nonthreatening." Sadly, he adds, "Many of today's images aren't much better."
1975
...Archie Bunker and Meathead fought their way to No. 1...
A Chorus Line kicked off toward a Broadway record...
Warren Beatty worked up a lather in Shampoo...
A Jersey boy named Springsteen showed he was Born to Run...
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