Directed by Gerren Keith   Written by Eric Monte   Mike Evans   Norman Lear   Hugh Wedlock Jr.   Jack Matcha   Cast Esther Rolle ... Florida Evans Ja'net DuBois ... Willona Woods (as Ja'net Du Bois) Ralph Carter ... Michael Evans BernNadette Stanis ... Thelma Evans (as Bern Nadette Stanis) Jimmie 'JJ' Walker ... James 'J.J.' Evans, Jr. Teddy Wilson ... Stanley Byrd (as Theodore Wilson) Gary Veney ... Tyrone Tyler James Spinks ... 1st Man Juan DeCarlos ... 2nd Man Produced by Austin Kalish   Irma Kalish   Norman Lear   Allan Manings   George Sunga

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