Walker continues to tour the country with his stand-up comedy routine.
Did John Amos and Jimmie Walker get along?
Jimmie Walker said John Amos and Esther Rolle were not his ‘friends’ Jimmie Walker, the actor who portrayed the hugely popular character J.J. Evans on the show, told the Television Academy Foundation (via YouTube) that he and the comedy’s two top-billed actors had absolutely no relationship.
Why was Florida not on Good Times?
Esther Rolle’s departure from the show during the 1977–1978 season, the reason why she left was because she was unhappy that the success of Jimmie Walker’s character J.J. Evans took the show in what she thought was a frivolous direction.
What disease does Jimmy Walker have?
Four years after being diagnosed with Lyme disease, the 2015 Texas Open champion is still battling the illness that struck in the prime of his career. Symptoms first appeared around Thanksgiving 2016, about four months after he won the PGA Championship.
Why did James Amos leave Good Times?
Stating creative differences with the show’s writers and producers, Amos said of his 1976 departure: “I left because I was told that my services were no longer needed because I had become a ‘disruptive element. ‘ In other words, I didn’t have the diplomacy that I think I’ve cultivated over the last 10 or 15 years.
