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Good Times, Bad Times, Our Times--A Memoir
Da Capo Press
July 2012
On Sale: June 26, 2012
296 pages
ISBN: 0306820838
EAN: 9780306820830
Kindle: B0080K3SW4
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Non-Fiction Memoir
Jimmie Walker was raised in a violent and abusive home in
the Bronx. Starting in small clubs and eventually opening
for Black Panther rallies, he ultimately became an icon
playing J. J. Evans on Good Times. Walker was the first
successful young black sitcom star, and his
catchphrase--“Dyn-o-mite!”--remains an indicator of the era.
He saw sudden and enormous fame in everything from comic
books and a talking doll to pajamas, trading cards, a
bestselling album, and TV Guide covers. In Dyn-o-mite!,
Walker candidly talks about his rise and the considerable
tensions on the set of Good Times that contradicted the
show’s image of a close-knit, blue-collar family struggling
to survive in the projects. Walker made “Dyn-o-mite!” a catchword for the Baby Boomer
generation. Today, Dyn-o-mite! will inspire that same
generation to rediscover what once made America great--the
freedom of thought, the freedom of speech, and the belief in
the individual.
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