| Season 3 (show/hide) |
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| 22 |
The Benefit Show | 1979-04-28 |
| When the gang organizes a benefit show, Rerun tries to get Sammy Davis, Jr. to appear. Guest stars: Helen Martin |
| 21 |
Dwayne's Debate | 1979-04-21 |
| Dwayne runs for class president against a more qualified opponent. Guest stars: Betty A. Bridges, Douglas Grant, Elaine Hobson, Greg Morris, LaNette Hardiman |
| 20 |
First Class Coach | 1979-04-07 |
| Dwayne takes Big Earl's place as coach of Little Earl's basketball team. Guest stars: D. White, Justin Dana, Niles Harris, Sparky Marcus |
| 19 |
The Last Page | 1979-03-31 |
| The gang fantasizes about being TV characters from famous ABC shows, such as Three's Company and Happy Days. |
| 18 |
The Thomas Treasure | 1979-03-16 |
| Roger discovers his mother's house may contain stolen bank money and leads a furious search to find it. Guest stars: Benny Rubin, Charles Wagenheim, Hal K. Dawson, Hank Rolike, Phyllis Applegate, Slim Gaillard |
| 17 |
The Eviction | 1979-03-09 |
| Roger and Rerun lead a protest over the building's condition that gets them evicted. Guest stars: Hal Williams, Jinaki, Nelson Welch, Richard Lee Sung |
| 16 |
Food Poisoning | 1979-03-02 |
| Rerun is hospitalized after eating at Rob's Place. Guest stars: Alan Oppenheimer, Chip Hurd, Nathaniel Taylor, Richard Couture, Richard Stahl |
| 15 |
Shirley's Fired | 1979-02-23 |
| Shirley quits in frustration over Rob's new waitress and then thinks she catches her stealing. Guest stars: Judy Pace |
| 14 |
Dwayne's Dream | 1979-02-16 |
| Dwayne has a crazy dream about the future. |
| 13 |
A Present for Dee | 1979-02-09 |
| Dee stands accused of shoplifting a hideous necklace that Little Earl stole for her. Guest stars: Richard Deacon |
| 12 |
Dee, the Cheerleader | 1979-01-25 |
| Dee is passed over for the cheerleading squad as a result of the school district's busing policy. Guest stars: Davis Roberts, Lauren Dana Adams |
| 11 |
Making Out | 1979-01-11 |
| Roger and Rerun trade exaggerated stories about their dates and then switch girls as part of a bet. Guest stars: Candy Brown Houston, Ronalda Douglas |
| 10 |
Positive Identification | 1978-12-21 |
| Roger and Rerun show some Christmas mercy for a burglar caught stealing from their apartment. Guest stars: Dathan Tyrone Jones, Stu Gilliam, Wendell Wright |
| 9 |
No Clothes Make the Man | 1978-12-14 |
| Roger is asked to pose in the nude for an art class. Guest stars: Harry Basch, Nancy Morgan, Norma Donaldson |
| 8 |
Raj Moves Out | 1978-11-30 |
| Roger plans to move in with his new girlfriend and up in society. Guest stars: Bianca Ferguson, Kael Blackwood, Karin Mani, Victor Fisher |
| 7 |
Charge | 1978-11-23 |
| Rerun goes on a reckless spending spree with his new credit cards. Guest stars: Randy Martin, Roger Bowen |
| 6 |
The Landlady | 1978-11-16 |
| Roger falls for the building's landlady, an attractive older woman. Guest stars: David Pendleton, Hope Clarke, LaNette Hardiman |
| 5 |
Shirley's Cookies | 1978-11-09 |
| Shirley goes into business selling her homemade cookies. Guest stars: Adam Wade, Larry Gilman |
| 4 |
The Creep Detective | 1978-11-02 |
| Roger and Rerun find themselves in a sticky situation when a detective finds stolen goods in their apartment. |
| 3 |
Basketball Brain | 1978-10-12 |
| Roger takes on a lucrative gig tutoring a basketball star. Guest stars: Sorrell Booke |
| 2 |
Shirley's Boyfriend | 1978-09-28 |
| The guys unknowingly fix Shirley up with a married man. Guest stars: Ed Bernard |
| 1 |
Disco Dollar Disaster | 1978-09-21 |
| To raise money to enter a dance contest, Rerun sells more shares in himself than he can pay back. Guest stars: Andre Edwards, Candy Mobley, Franchesska Berry, Henry Robinson, John Witherspoon, Ralph Wilcox, Rochelle Runnells, Sarina C. Grant |
| Season 2 (show/hide) |
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| 22 |
The Apartment | 1978-05-11 |
| Roger and Rerun take an apartment together, but meddling Mama won't leave them alone. Guest stars: Kutee, Rana Ford, Raymond Allen |
| 21 |
Shirley Is a Mother | 1978-04-13 |
| With Mama out of town, Raj gets Shirley to babysit Dee but finds himself in trouble for feeding answers to Rerun during a final exam. Guest stars: Henry Robinson |
| 20 |
Diplomatic Immunity | 1978-02-25 |
| After Rerun is hit by a car, the gang tracks down the driver, who is the son of a foreign diplomat. Guest stars: Bernard Fox, Jeff Corey, Malachi Throne, Tony Plana |
| 19 |
Raj and the Older Woman | 1978-02-18 |
| Raj gets involved with a model who thinks he's 21 and a movie actor. Guest stars: Bob Harcum, Lavonne Dancy, Sip Culler |
| 18 |
Rerun Sees the Light | 1978-02-11 |
| Rerun joins a strange cult and it's up to Roger, Dwayne and Mama to expose the cult as a fraud. Guest stars: Jonelle Allen, Oscar DeGruy |
| 17 |
Doobie or Not Doobie (2) | 1978-02-04 |
| While Rerun is secretly taping the Doobie Brothers' concert, the recorder falls from his coat in full view of the band. Guest stars: Alonzo Brown Jr., Bobby LaKind, Jeffrey Baxter, John Hartman, Keith Knudsen, Michael McDonald, Pat Simmons, Teddy Wilson, The Doobie Brothers, Tiran Porter |
| 16 |
Doobie or Not Doobie (1) | 1978-01-28 |
| Rerun is offered free tickets to an upcoming Doobie Brothers concert at the high school if he agrees to secretly record the concert. Guest stars: Alonzo Brown Jr., Bobby LaKind, Jeffrey Baxter, John Hartman, Keith Knudsen, Marty Barris, Michael McDonald, Pat Simmons, Teddy Wilson, The Doobie Brothers, Tiran Porter |
| 15 |
Dee's First Date | 1978-01-21 |
| Dee's first date is a chance for Raj to get closer to her date's older sister. Guest stars: Erin Blunt, Fay Hauser, Noniece Williams |
| 14 |
Going, Going, Gong | 1978-01-05 |
| Raj manages a sibling song and dance act who makes it onto The Gong Show, but Rerun gets booked for the same episode. Guest stars: Barbara Rhoades, Howard Itzkowitz, Kene Holliday, Sandy Kenyon, The Givens Family, Wolfman Jack |
| 13 |
Black and White Blues | 1977-12-22 |
| To watch a football game, the guys "borrow" the church raffle's grand prize, a new color TV set. Guest stars: Nick LaTour |
| 12 |
The Testimonial | 1977-12-15 |
| After the guys give Miss Collins a trick present for 25 years of teaching, a change of heart forces them to sneak into the school to switch the gift. |
| 11 |
One Strike and You're Out | 1977-12-08 |
| Roger organizes a strike with his coworkers at Pronson's Market, but with Mama losing her job the family has no income. Guest stars: Minnie Summers Lindsey, Neil J. Schwartz, Renee Brown, Simeon Holloway, Thomas Carter |
| 10 |
Mama, the School Girl | 1977-11-24 |
| Mama takes a night-school course, where she meets a man who toys with her affections in order to get her to write a paper for him. Guest stars: Casey Brown, Percy Rodriguez |
| 9 |
Bill Gets Married | 1977-11-17 |
| Dee objects to her father's plans to remarry. Guest stars: Bill Walker, Lee Chamberlin |
| 8 |
Give Me Odds | 1977-11-10 |
| Dwayne's wacky system for football betting causes Rerun's brother-in-law to lose a $500 vacation fund on a long shot. Guest stars: Chip Hurd, Lion-L, Nathaniel Taylor |
| 7 |
The Play's the Big Thing | 1977-11-03 |
| Roger writes and directs a play that is to be performed with a TV executive in attendance, but casting Rerun as the lead threatens to doom Roger's big opportunity. |
| 6 |
If I'm Elected | 1977-10-27 |
| Dwayne's father, a candidate for city council, fires his campaign manager, which upsets Dwayne because the man is a longtime family friend. Guest stars: Gerry Black, Greg Morris, Hank Rolike, Rose Fonseca |
| 5 |
Nothing Personal | 1977-10-20 |
| Shirley is hired into a secretarial job for which she is unqualified, but discovers the company only wanted her as a minority token. Guest stars: Charles Siebert, Earl Montgomery, Ellen Travolta |
| 4 |
Raj Goes to Press | 1977-10-13 |
| When his articles are rejected from the school newspaper, an outraged Roger starts an underground paper that lands him in hot water. Guest stars: Davis Roberts |
| 3 |
Trial and Error | 1977-10-06 |
| Roger is involved in a car accident that totals his new bike and leads to a lawsuit. Guest stars: Bill Henderson, Olive Dunbar |
| 2 |
It's All in Your Head | 1977-09-29 |
| When Dee talks to the school counselor on behalf of a reluctant friend, the counselor believes that Dee is the one with the problem. Guest stars: Adrienne Alexander, Tim Reid |
| 1 |
Rerun Gets Married | 1977-09-22 |
| Rerun plans to marry a new girl from school so that she may stay in the country. Guest stars: Earl Boen, Irene Cara |
| Season 1 (show/hide) |
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| 21 |
From Here to Maternity | 1977-03-31 |
| Shirley tries to support her pregnant younger sister. Guest stars: Bobby F. Ellerbee, Chip Fields |
| 20 |
Nice Guys Finish Last | 1977-03-24 |
| Dee's prison pen pal arrives, but she has escaped from jail. Guest stars: Freeman King, Harold Sylvester, Vernee Watson-Johnson |
| 19 |
What's Wrong with Raj? | 1977-03-10 |
| A lovesick Roger spends his time at the local clinic trying to win over an older nurse. Guest stars: Ray Vitte, Tanya Boyd |
| 18 |
The Tickets | 1977-03-03 |
| When the guys try to scalp concert tickets, they wind up at the police station. Guest stars: B.J. Jordan, Danny Wells, Ray Vitte, Tom Holiday |
| 17 |
Dwayne's Dilemma | 1977-02-24 |
| Dwayne must summon the courage to stand up to the tough and mean ex-boyfriend of his latest love interest. Guest stars: Bob Harcum, Ren Woods, Rose Marie Cooper |
| 16 |
The Boarder | 1977-02-17 |
| Needing extra money, Mama agrees to take Bill in as a boarder. Guest stars: James Wheaton, Ray Vitte |
| 15 |
The Firing Squad | 1977-02-10 |
| When Shirley's bad attitude gets her fired, the guys plan to find her a new job. Guest stars: David Downing, Fred Pinkard, Lark Hackshaw |
| 14 |
The Sunday Father | 1977-01-27 |
| When Roger is suspended from school, he turns to his father instead of facing Mama's wrath. Guest stars: Rosalind Cash |
| 13 |
The Hospital Stay | 1977-01-20 |
| With Roger in the hospital, Dee befriends his grouchy old roommate. Guest stars: Hope Clarke, Judy Pace, Mel Stewart |
| 12 |
The Incomplete Shakespeare | 1977-01-13 |
| Roger earns a chance to write for a black TV show, but its producers don't want to face the realities of ghetto life. Guest stars: Allen Williams, Catherine Von Furstenberg, Sheila Rogers, Warren Berlinger, Zachary Charles |
| 11 |
The Maid Did It | 1977-01-06 |
| When Mama is fired after being accused of stealing a diamond ring, Roger seeks to set the record straight. Guest stars: Alice Ghostley, Frank Aletter, Jay Gerber, Paul Lichtman, Teddy Wilson |
| 10 |
Puppy Love | 1976-12-30 |
| Confusion arises when Roger's plans to buy a puppy from a girl in school lead Mama and Bill to think he got the girl pregnant. Guest stars: Ta-Tanisha |
| 9 |
Christmas | 1976-12-11 |
| With Mama having to work on Christmas, Roger and Dee have Christmas dinner at Bill's apartment. Guest stars: Rosalind Cash |
| 8 |
Shirley's Date | 1976-12-04 |
| Roger and Rerun pay two men to date Shirley. Guest stars: Bryan O'Dell, Cinque Attucks, Janet MacLachlan, Ralph Wilcox |
| 7 |
Speak for Yourself, Dwayne | 1976-11-27 |
| When Roger talks to a new girl on Dwayne's behalf, he finds himself falling for her and at odds with his friend. Guest stars: Ronalda Douglas |
| 6 |
The Burger Queen | 1976-11-20 |
| Dee is selected for a series of TV ads for a burger chain. Guest stars: Allison McKay, David White, Dick Van Patten, Robbie Rist |
| 5 |
Saturday's Hero | 1976-11-13 |
| Rerun joins the high school football team and lets sudden success go to his head. Guest stars: Renny Roker, Rosanne Katon, Taurean Blacque |
| 4 |
My Three Tons | 1976-08-26 |
| Rerun is invited to join a dance troupe, but not for his dancing skills. Guest stars: Bobby Griffin, Danny Wells, Don Sherman, Jack Knight, Oliver Givens, Ronalda Douglas, Stu Gilliam, Tim Pelt, Wolfman Jack |
| 3 |
When Daddy Comes Marching Home | 1976-08-19 |
| Mama's shifty ex-husband comes back into the picture and plays with her feelings to score some cash. Guest stars: Dave Turner |
| 2 |
The Birthday Present | 1976-08-12 |
| To earn money to buy Mama a birthday present, Roger resorts to playing dice and is accused of shoplifting along with Dwayne and Rerun. Guest stars: Eric Laneuville, Helen Martin, Joe Morton, Rozelle Gayle |
| 1 |
The Runaway | 1976-08-05 |
| Raj hires a babysitter for Dee so he can join his friends at a party. Guest stars: Alycia Gardner, Helen Martin, James A. Watson, Jr., Lila Perry, Teddy Wilson, Tracee Lyles |
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