What's Happening!!: Puppy Love

What's Happening!!: Puppy Love
ABC
December 30, 1976
Sitcom
DVD
B

This first of two WH stories by Gene Perret and Bill Richmond shows that they were fully qualified to go on to write a couple of Three's Company episodes (and Welcome Back, Kotter in the interval).  There's a big misunderstanding when Roger is going to be rewarded with a puppy for tutoring a dumb girl, and Raj's family thinks he's gotten the girl pregnant.  It's nice to see Rasulala back again, since he and King play off each other well.

WH at this point moved over to the slot after WBK.  (I'm sadly missing the episode with Juan's sister that aired that night.)  This made a lot of sense, since each show had a group of ethnic teens growing up in the big city (Brooklyn, New York and Watts in LA).  They also had similar sensibilities and audiences, in the studio and at home.  I was a definitely a regular viewer, and I think I even remember the "John Wilkes in the Booth" joke from the time.