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Lear also produced ‘The Jeffersons’ and ‘Good Times.’

Lear also produced ‘The Jeffersons’ and ‘Good Times.’

Lear also produced ‘The Jeffersons’ and ‘Good Times.’

Read about how the creator of Good Times, The Jeffersons and What's Happening!! went through the most just to get a bit of the credit he genuinely deserves.

Renowned film director Michael Schultz, known for iconic 1970s movies “Cooley High” and “Car Wash” and 1980s classics “Krush Groove” and “The Last Dragon,” once directed at the Antioch Area Theater's summer festival in the '60s. Arthur Lithgow offered Schultz the job.

Cast members Ron Howard, Mackenzie Phillips and more look back on George Lucas' nostalgic classic, which opened 50 years ago Friday.

Cast members Ron Howard, Mackenzie Phillips and more look back on George Lucas' nostalgic classic, which opened 50 years ago Friday.

And it just went through the ceiling. we didnt just usher in black shows. we were the foundation for all the sitcoms for the next 25, 30 years. - it just led the way to other sitcoms like "good times." ♪ good times ♪ anytime you need - breakfast is ready if you hungry! - "good times" is one of my favorite sitcoms because i didnt realize i was watching a sitcom. - give me one good reason why you married me. - you was pregnant. - that aint nothing to joke about. suppose one of the kids that he...

- just to get that chance to prove yes, we deserve to be here. i think eric monte and mike evans proved that. - dy-no-mite! (upbeat funky music) (audience laughs) dy-no-mite. i know might i did a little tiny dynamite just in rehearsal. john rich, our director, says, "i love that dy-no-mite thing. heres how you do it. dy-no-mite!" i said, "john, please, people will never go for this." - then jimmy walkers character takes over, and instead of "good times," you end up with the dy-no-mite hour. - "g...

- michael evans, who was a guy from "all in the family," he had access to norman lear, and norman lear told him to write something, and he wrote something with eric monte. - just to get that chance to prove yes, we deserve to be here. i think eric monte and mike evans proved that. - dy-no-mite! (upbeat funky music) (audience laughs) dy-no-mite. i know might i did a little tiny dynamite just in rehearsal. john rich, our director, says, "i love that dy-no-mite thing. heres how you do it. dy-no-mit...