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Good
Times
Rejoice,
the
Netflix
animated
reboot
of
the
classic
television
sitcom
Good
Times,
has
its
showrunner
and
voice
cast.
Spotted
on
Deadline,
JB
Smoove,
recently
engaged
Yvette
Nicole
Brown,
Jay
Pharoah,
Marsai
Martin,
Slink
Johnson,
and
Rashida
“Sheedz”
Olayiwola
will
be
voicing
characters
in
the
animated
version
of
Good
Times.
For
Pharoah,
it
will
be
his
second
time
involved
with
something
tied
to
Good
Times.
The
actor/comedian
portrayed
J.J.
Evans,
portrayed
initially
by
Jimmie
Walker
in
ABC’s
Academy
Award-winning
Live
in
Front
of
a
Studio
Audience: All
In
The
Family and Good
Times.
The
late
Norman
Lear,
the
architect
of
Good
Times,
a
spinoff
of
his
other
sitcom,
Maude,
a
spinoff
of
All
In
The
Family,
will
have
a
guest
appearance
in
a
season
1
episode.
According
to
the
website,
Ranada
Shepard (Young
Love, Diary
of
a
Future
President)
will
share
co-creator
duties
alongside
Carl
Jones.
Shepard
also
serves
as
executive
producer
and
showrunner
on
the
animated
comedy.
Per
Deadline:
The
animated
Good
Times
series
finds
the
fourth
generation
of
the
Evans
family
living
in
apartment
17C
of
the
last
remaining
housing
projects
in
Chicago.
It
turns
out
the
more
things
change
the
more
they
stay
the
same
and
keeping
your
head
above
water
is
as
challenging
as
ever.
The
only
thing
tougher
than
life
for
this
family
is
love,
and
there’s
more
than
enough
to
go
around.
The
Netflix
and
Sony
Picture
Television
comedy
has
no
confirmed
release
date
but
sources
reveal
they’re
targeting
a
Summer
2024
premiere.
Netflix
and
Sony
PT
declined
to
comment
on
this
story.
Deadline
also
notes
that
Norman
Lear
and
Brent
Miller
will
serve
as
executive
producers
under
their
Act
III
Productions
banner,
plus
Stephen
Curry,
Erick
Peyton,
and
Jeron
Smith
for
Unanimous
and
Seth
MacFarlane
and
Erica
Huggins
for
Fuzzy
Door.
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Bobby
Bank
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