Directed by Herbert Kenwith   Written by Eric Monte   Mike Evans   Norman Lear   Norman Paul   Jack Elinson   Robert Wolterstorff   Allessandro Veith   Thad Mumford   Cast Esther Rolle ... Florida Evans John Amos ... James Evans, Sr. Ja'net DuBois ... Willona Woods (as Ja'net Du Bois) Ralph Carter ... Michael Evans Jimmie 'JJ' Walker ... James 'J.J.' Evans, Jr. BernNadette Stanis ... Thelma Evans (as Bernnadette Stanis) Richard B. Shull ... William Stonehurst Produced by Camilla Dunn   Norman Lear   Allan Manings

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