Directed by Gerren Keith   Written by Eric Monte   Mike Evans   Norman Lear   Michael S. Baser   Kim Weiskopf   Cast Ja'net DuBois ... Willona Woods (as Ja'net Du Bois) Ralph Carter ... Michael Evans BernNadette Stanis ... Thelma Evans (as Bern Nadette Stanis) Johnny Brown ... Nathan Bookman Janet Jackson ... Millicent 'Penny' Gordon Jimmie 'JJ' Walker ... James 'J.J.' Evans, Jr. Hilly Hicks ... Paul Yahee ... Karen Clay Bobby Ellerbee ... Alvin William J. Quinn ... Bear Produced by Austin Kalish   Irma Kalish   Norman Lear   Gordon Mitchell   George Sunga   Lloyd Turner

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