What's Happening!!: Dwayne's DreamABC
February 16, 1979
Sitcom
DVD
C+
This Joanne Pagliaro episode is predictable but cute, with a few ironic-in-retrospect aspects. Dwayne gets a job as a concessions vendor (cue the Carter peanut jokes) and of course wants to quit school and work full-time, till he has a dream set 30 years in the future. Bear in mind, the characters are supposed to be in their 40s or 50s, but they look like they're at least 60. Then the Earls hear Dwayne screaming in his sleep, so they talk to him, and then he has another dream, this time where he's the American President. (Yes, a black president in 2009, who knew?) Meanwhile, Rerun, who's head of ABC in both dreams, compliments "Baba Wawa" on her interview with "Fidel," little knowing that in real life Castro would leave office in 2008. Not to mention that Shirley Hemphill would die in '99, and Fred Berry in '03.
Richard Couture makes another appearance at Rob's/Shirley's diner and actually gets a line.
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