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"What's Happening Now!" is a sequel to "What's Happening!," a TV series about the adult main characters (Raj, Dwayne, Rerun, Shirley, and Dee) as teenagers/children."What's Happening Now!" is a sequel to "What's Happening!," a TV series about the adult main characters (Raj, Dwayne, Rerun, Shirley, and Dee) as teenagers/children."What's Happening Now!" is a sequel to "What's Happening!," a TV series about the adult main characters (Raj, Dwayne, Rerun, Shirley, and Dee) as teenagers/children.
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- TriviaFred Berry left the series after the first season when the production company refused to give him a salary increase. Berry's request for more money echoed events that took place during production of What's Happening!! (1976) when Berry (along with Ernest Thomas) requested a raise. Producers of the original series begrudgingly gave the cast a raise during the second season. During production of the third season in 1979, Berry again led the cast in demanding a raise citing the series' consistently good ratings. The cast was not only denied the raise, but ABC decided to cancel the series after a contentious meeting between the cast and the production company. Rather than deal with a similar issue, Berry and the producers of What's Happening Now! opted to part ways. Rerun's whereabouts were never addressed on the show after Berry's departure.
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[peeking through a window he just broke with his new boomerang]
Dwayne Nelson: [nervous laugh] G'day, mates?
[Shirley and Raj chase, Dwayne runs]
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Hey hey what's happening now?
I was addicted to the first series so when syndication came up with the brilliant idea of bringing back the original gang. I was thrilled. The show came back with the same gang including Raj, Dwayne, Rerun, Dee, and Shirley. It was a shame that Mabel King who played Mama Thomas never returned to the show. I felt her departure from the first series left it a little emptier. She was a great character as Mama Thomas. I would have been thrilled to see her return to the second series. Anyway, you can only ask for so much. I was happy to see Ann Marie Johnson playing Raj's wife. She is an accomplished actress before this show and afterwards as well. Anyway, the show was never hard hitting. Of course, the renovation of Rob's Soda Shop was quite drastic to the original place. What's Happening Now remained the same about the group of friends who grew up together and the friendship among them. That was the glue that kept the show together was the friendship. Even now, I think about Shirley and the gang.
- Sylviastel
- Oct 16, 2006
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