When Florida leaves Maude they don't mention her moving just that her husband now makes enough money that she doesn't have to work.
How did Florida and family end up in Chicago when Maude was set in suburban NYC?
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | April 24, 2021 3:32 PM |
Hmmm.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | April 24, 2021 6:40 AM |
I’m pretty sure they drove.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | April 24, 2021 6:43 AM |
She teleported via Vivian's vagina.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | April 24, 2021 6:46 AM |
Because Mrs Naugatuck chased her the fuck out of Tuckahoe. .
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | April 24, 2021 7:05 AM |
Florida and Wilona went to high school together so I assume the family started out in Chicago and moved to NYC. Then returned when things didn't work out.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | April 24, 2021 7:23 AM |
But things were working out. When she leaves Maude her husband has just received a big promotion.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | April 24, 2021 7:34 AM |
Florida was retconned not to have existed in the Maude universe. Her character was placed into a sitcom Norman Lear was already developing. So was John Amos as her husband, but they changed his name. Their backstory was changed and Maude was never mentioned.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | April 24, 2021 7:49 AM |
Damn, damn, DAMN!
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | April 24, 2021 8:18 AM |
Like most wise people the Evans family escaped the hellhole that is New York .
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | April 24, 2021 12:49 PM |
R9, I thought you were going to say "the hellhole that is Bea Arthur".
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | April 24, 2021 12:54 PM |
That John Amos bulge in worn out jeans, damn, damn, DAMN!
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | April 24, 2021 2:38 PM |
What makes even less sense is that Florida's husband has received a big promotion and pay raise so she can quit her job, then in Good Times James barely manages to grab part-time work here and there and they're living on public assistance.
What R7 says explains all that, though.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | April 24, 2021 2:41 PM |
They were part of the black family exchange program between Harlem and the Near North Side of Chicago, Rose.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | April 24, 2021 2:45 PM |
They moved to be closer to Willona.
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | April 24, 2021 2:49 PM |
Slap her Wilona!
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | April 24, 2021 2:50 PM |
[quote]the Evans family escaped the hellhole that is New York
Right...and moved on up into the sky in luxurious Cabrini Green. If it was even remotely realistic, Jay Jay would have been shot the first time he opened his stupid mouth.
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | April 24, 2021 2:51 PM |
[quote]They were part of the black family exchange program between Harlem and the Near North Side of Chicago, Rose.
That would explain why the kids all had very strong New York accents! :)
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | April 24, 2021 3:05 PM |
[quote]Then returned when things didn't work out.
Yes Rose, because maid positions in lower Westchester were so often filled by black women living in Chicago slums.
The women had employment agents worldwide looking for positions for them, and were flown in by the potential employer for the job interview.
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | April 24, 2021 3:15 PM |
[quote]Jay Jay
Why, bless your heart.
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | April 24, 2021 3:23 PM |
Why did Florida's husband change his name from Henry to James?
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | April 24, 2021 3:25 PM |
R16: Wouldn't that have been just a shame....
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | April 24, 2021 3:32 PM |