Good Times VS. Child Abuse with Janet Jackson as Penny [HearnDiaries]

[ebony38ish]

Willona didn't play around, she was going to stomp Ms.Gordon if she tried to pass by her. This is a good episode, great acting by all of them!

[cbaldwinjr]

Janet knows about abuse...Joe Jackson was her father.

[Odawg96]

THis episode STILL gets to me as match as it did when I was kid. They were WAY ahead of the curve on this one. And even though she doesn't get the credit for it, CHIP FIELDS played the HELL out of this role. For years, as I kid I only thought of her as "Penny's Mother." All these years later, this is STILL the first thing I think of when I hear her name.

[SkylarEntertainment]

I looked up this clip tonight after mentioning to a friend that oddly Janet Jackson was in my world long before Michael because I remember being really young and this abuse scene shocked and never left me. I have very few memories of life in early years so shocked that I was 6 at the time...that is how powerful Janet and this episode was.

[gwolb]

I watched this episode when I was 10 years old and it never left me. This show and Janet Jackson is the reason I became a social worker and child abuse investigator,

[TheHuneybunch]

you rotten lowsey kid 3:19 kmsl

[gigaguy101]

LOL

Did anyone else here the "NO YOU WON'T." @ 5:27?

I loved the audience interaction and excitement during old shows like these. :)

[TheBookWorm1718]

Does anybody else wonder what it would've been like if James had been alive in this episode? How HE would've handled Penny's mother?

[Dadsgirl240]

I find no humor in the jokes they've made about child abuse. This only disturbs me.

[SugaDimplez]

@Dadsgirl240...I don't think this was meant to be humorous, although this IS a sitcom, this was in fact a learning episode. Give me a break!

[Dadsgirl240]

@SugaDimplez I'm sorry but once Penny left with her mother all JJ could do is make smart ass remarks.

[11xr1east]

BLACK FOLKS CAN ACT AND DAM GOOD

[11xr1east]

momma got a nice azz

[capricorn4003]

'Done somethin'??? Sistah, I DID do somethin'!!!' ;)

[melinajames104]

i love this episode sooo much

[cavstony]

she's such a great actress. I'm happy she accomplished something nobody in her family could, acting. She does everything and is extremely talented. It's sad so many people are envious of her.

[newgirlsrule]

if she feel her mother helped her down....... you would say you feel down when your mother's Muhammad Ali.

[skinpli]

omg this episode was soo upsetting....

[supersonicmario56]

i saw this today

i didnt know that was janet until she put on that wig

[SuperTreysongzwife1]

Wat is this episode called cuz I dont remember wat it was called

[shay1992ify]

@SuperTreysongzwife1 a matter of mothers on the episode goodtimes :)

[bostonguy01]

damn women in the 70s look hot lol

[liveamovie]

@bostonguy01 thelma still look the same , she like the sexiest woman ever

[ImMary08]

I hate child abuse stories with a PASSION!

[supersonicmario56]

@ImMary08

u aint the only one

I pray that I dont meet one face to face everyday

[geronjenkins18]

She looks like Michael at that age.

[TayranITZ]

@geronjenkins18 Same face ! :D

[mimi3000]

This is just like Precious with the exception of being raped :(

[Ladymodel]

Very ironic since half of the Jackson sibling suffered abuse from their father

[MizzMilk]

5:25 : "No, you won't."

Ah, the days of live recording!

[blakkone4000]

@xxximseriousxxx LOL!!! ________________!!!

[blakkone4000]

"You make me very unhappy,Penny. And you KNOW what happens to children who make their mamas unhappy?"...Yeah she knew but she ran the WRONG way.

[drumrnva]

Yikes...this is even more disturbing than I remember. I saw the original airing.

[anjelheaven]

Chip Fields was brilliant in this role!

[Green18600]

This episode dealt with the harshest realities of child abuse from the 1977-1978 Television Season. The mother was beating up -- and burning -- her child's body at will. Penny lied about these beatings for fear of retribution from her mother. Factual But Sickening!! A Trying 5!! The mother would have been sentenced to prison for a term of 5 years on aggravated battery in Illinois back in 1977.

[tevaiscool]

she is a really good acttress she cryed!!!

[daved1974]

penny later a.k.a Dr. Patricia Agnew on why did i get married

[janetjfriend]

@daved1974 she killed that movie lol i was laughing so hard at that golf club sene LMAO

[MzSoldierGirl99]

Honestly i dont think itz anyone fault....Penny's mom does need help but before her mom can help her she needs someone as well.No one waz there for her so she doesn't know how to deal wit it all.Ya'll jus cut her some slack.

[oogrone181]

I know some no good ass baby mama's...

[Starlit184]

omgee did she hit her with an iron haha oh hec cnoo i be screaming and crying to hahha :}} mama nooo

[beautylissy02]

one day janet jackson is gonna get an oscar . . .

[str8tuptlk]

@beautylissy02 I agree

[theevilman1323]

i hate pennys momma

[keliata]

The writers/producers handled this episode and the issue of child abuse brilliantly, not to mention top notch acting by Janet Jackson

[deniseguzzardo]

LOL and at this rate you never will

[aftershock71]

Isn't this Kim Fields (tooties) mom?

[HearnDiaries]

@aftershock71

yes Chip Fields is her mothers name

[Gvieto]

@aftershock71 Yes it is Chip's Field 's mom. Chip also starred in the SpiderMan tv series.

[bricksquad9012]

LOL at JJ ''rich people don't have 2 do the beatin''

[TheMickey2026]

i hate it when kids get abused

[MsMelsk]

this always makes me cry </3

[Boondocksbear]

I'd be taking a Louisville slugger to that woman's head.

[ladymusiclover]

This episode is so sad.