Directed by Gerren Keith   Written by Eric Monte   Mike Evans   Norman Lear   Bruce Howard   Joseph Bonaduce   Cast Esther Rolle ... Florida Evans (credit only) Ja'net DuBois ... Willona Woods (as Ja'net Du Bois) Ralph Carter ... Michael Evans BernNadette Stanis ... Thelma Evans Anderson (as Bern Nadette Stanis) Johnny Brown ... Nathan Bookman Janet Jackson ... Millicent 'Penny' Woods Ben Powers ... Keith Anderson Jimmie 'JJ' Walker ... James 'J.J.' Evans, Jr. Teddy Wilson ... Sweet Daddy Williams (as Theodore Wilson) Bubba Smith ... Claude Beverly Hope Atkinson ... Savannah Morgan William Lanteau ... Mr. Miller Produced by Sid Dorfman   Norman Lear   Norman Paul   Ken Stump

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