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What's Happening!! :: The Runaway (01x01)
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| Title: | The Runaway |
| Episode #: | 01x01 |
| Production Number: | 0102 |
| Original Airdate: | Thursday August 05th, 1976 |
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Raj's plans to attend a party are ruined when Mama needs a babysitter for Dee.
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Mama goes to work in this episode although it's not established exactly what she does. Raj refers to Mama as "help." It isn't until the second episode that we learn Mama is a maid.
| Ray Cleamons, the police officer, appears to be Dwayne's older brother. Ray calls Dwayne "little brother" and the guys are on a familiar, first name basis with Ray.
| Shirley Hemphill is not listed in the opening credits with the stars. She appears in the credits at the end of the episode. Hemphill wouldn't be listed in the opening credits until the second season.
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Dee: "Ooo, are you gonna git it! You really gonna git it! Mama's gonna give it to you!"
| Dee: "... they'll do my life story on TV and Cicely Tyson will play me as an old child."
| Mama: "Shut up befo' I beat your behind!"
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In the first scene, Dwayne is drinking an orange soda and Raj is drinking a cola. After Shirley pours a glass of water over Rerun's head, Dwayne's orange soda magically becomes a cola and Raj's cola becomes a red beverage. After Diane speaks to Dwayne, the drinks magically return to their original states.
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The Sleeping Beauty and The Frog Prince; the Bump, the Hustle, and the Waltz
| Dee: "... they'll do my life story on TV and Cicely Tyson will play me as an old child."
Cicely Tyson was a distinguished black actress celebrated for her film roles in Sounder (1972) and The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974).
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