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What's Happening Now!!

What's Happening Now!!

★ 6.6/10•1985•22m•TV-G•Comedy
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Roger 'Raj' Thomas has graduated from the University of Southern California, and become a fledgling writer. He and his wife Nadine, a social worker, move in to his old home in Watts (given to him by his mother, Mabel, now remarried and living in Phoenix, Arizona). His sister Dee is away at college. Childhood friend Dwayne Nelson has become a computer programmer, while Freddie 'Rerun' Stubbs is a used-car salesman. The old soda shop hangout, Rob's Place, has gone out of business and left abandoned. Reminded of his youth, and seeing an opportunity, Raj and Shirley Wilson, who used to wait tables there, decide to buy the business together, renaming it Rob's.

StatusEnded
Runtime22m
LanguageEN
First Air DateSep 7, 1985

Episodes

E122m

Raj Returns

After getting married and having his first book published, Raj returns home to find that Rob's Place has closed, and Dwayne and Shirley are overjoyed to see him again. However, one person who doesn't share in the excitement is Rerun, who is now a used car salesman and jealous of Raj's new success.

Sep 7, 1985

E222m

A Horse Is Not a Home

When Rerun ends up with a horse, he convinces Raj to keep it at his house until they can sell it. A misprint in the newspaper regarding the sale leads Raj to mistakenly sell his house to a couple for $5,000.

Sep 14, 1985

E322m

Dwayne's Crush

Dwayne is on cloud nine after meeting the girl of his dreams at a dentist's office. However, when Raj finds out that she's married, he must save Dwayne from a painful heartbreak and the wrath of her husband, the dentist.

Sep 21, 1985

E422m

The Houseguest

When Dwayne and Rerun have a falling out, Raj and Nadine agree to let Dwayne temporarily stay with them. However, as Dwayne begins to overstay his welcome, the couple hatch a plot to get Rerun and Dwayne to make amends.

Sep 28, 1985

E522m

One Enchanted Evening

When Nadine's hard-to-please mother Yvonne visits, Raj and Nadine go out of their way to impress her. They take her to Rob's, where she is wooed by a patron who is really a wino.

Oct 5, 1985

E622m

Aunt Shirley

After overhearing Raj and Nadine say that they're excited to be spending some time alone away from her, Carolyn decides to run away. This leaves Shirley, the babysitter, in charge of trying to find her before Raj and Nadine return from their trip.

Oct 12, 1985

E722m

The New Kid

Raj and Nadine take in a homeless 10-year-old who just ran away from an orphanage.

Oct 19, 1985

E822m

The Bully

When Raj ends up in jail in a chicken suit, he recounts the events leading up his arrest, from when he meets the health inspector and former high school bully, who threatens to shut down Rob's unless Raj follows through on a dare.

Oct 26, 1985

E922m

That Old Gang of Mine

When teen thugs threaten the neighborhood and diner, the guys dress up as older gang members to try and scare some sense into them.

Nov 2, 1985

E1022m

Dueling Menus

Raj clashes with Shirley after she insults one of the customers who happens to be a restaurant critic. She quits shortly after, leaving Raj and Nadine to try and run the restaurant.

Nov 9, 1985

E1122m

Dee's Dilemma

When Dee comes home from college, she considers quitting school and starting a career selling cosmetics. This creates a rift with Raj, who thinks that she is still a child and cannot make her own decisions.

Nov 16, 1985

E1222m

Raj on the Run

A series of misunderstandings, misadventures and mistaken identities combine to disguise Raj as a woman and sends him fleeing from two FBI agents.

Nov 23, 1985

E1322m

The Challenge

While taping a commercial, Raj accidentally accepts a wrestling match with the ferocious Mama's Boy Jones after he insults the wrestler's mother.

Dec 7, 1985

E1422m

Married or Not

When Raj opts a softball game over attending an art show with Nadine, who strongly objects, the couple begins to think each other selfish and split up.

Dec 14, 1985

E1522m

The Improbable Dream

The entire gang became characters from The Wizard of Oz when Carolyn is accidentally knocked unconscious.

Dec 21, 1985

E1622m

Rags to Riches

When Rerun's new investment manager makes him a wealthy man, his old friends find they're losing him to the fast life.

Jan 18, 1986

E1722m

Goodbye, Mr. Ripps

When the gang hears that their favorite teacher, and renown practical joker, is retiring, they plan the ultimate farewell party.

Jan 25, 1986

E1822m

Dee and Dwayne

When Dwayne takes Dee to a rock concert, a romance seems to flare up between them, much to the displeasure of protective brother Raj.

Feb 1, 1986

E1922m

Mr. First Nighter

Raj writes a play, and to help him out in launching the project, his friends agree to take on the roles, where it appears they really begin to live out their parts with comical results.

Feb 8, 1986

E2022m

Shirley's Pen Pal

Romance blossoms for Shirley when the Navy seaman she has been writing to for years comes to town.

Mar 1, 1986

E2122m

Nadine's Boss

An efficiency expert with the nickname 'Pink-Slip Patty' gives Nadine and her fellow social workers a case of the jitters — which eventually affects Raj the same way.

Mar 8, 1986

E2222m

The Wedding

When the legality of their first wedding is questioned, Raj and Nadine decide to get married all over again. While they want to simply go the courthouse and redo the paperwork, the gang wants them to have a real wedding. Eventually, the planning causes tension between everyone.

Apr 28, 1986

Actors

Ernest Lee Thomas

Ernest Lee Thomas

Roger 'Raj' Thomas

Haywood Nelson

Haywood Nelson

Dwayne Clemons Nelson

Shirley Hemphill

Shirley Hemphill

Shirley Wilson

Anne-Marie Johnson

Anne-Marie Johnson

Nadine Hudson Thomas

Martin Lawrence

Martin Lawrence

Maurice Warfield

Ken Sagoes

Ken Sagoes

Darryl

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