What's Happening!!: Disco Dollar DisasterABC
September 21, 1978
Sitcom
DVD
B
Rerun enters a dance contest and gets into a Producers-like predicament when he "sells more of himself" than he can afford to investors. He's up against a tough competitor, Danny Domino (Ralph Wilcox, who had previously played Allan), but he still risks winning. It's fun to see the dancing, although this has to be one of the most wholesome, uncrowded discos ever presented, even on television. Note that twelve-year-old Dee is let in without any fuss, and she asks Dwayne to dance. (It makes sense that on What's Happening Now! [yes, only one exclamation point] eight years later, she reveals that she had a crush on Dwayne.) And Rob and Shirley dance together, too, which in '78 was a more plausible ship of course.
Henry Robinson, who's Leon here, was a Customer before. Ticket Master Sarina C. Grant would play a Nurse on Soap. And Franchesska Berry, who was about to marry Fred for the second time, plays his dance partner Charlene.
looking for a talent show episode
ReplyDeleteDo you mean the series finale called "The Benefit Show" or the "Gong Show" episode?
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