1985
TV-G
30m

Summary "What's Happening Now!" is a sequel to "What's Happening!," a TV series about the adult main characters (Raj, Dwayne, Rerun, Shirley, and Dee) as teenagers/children. View more details

1985
TV-G
30m

What's Happening Now!

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Anne-Marie Johnson Ernest Thomas Haywood Nelson Shirley Hemphill

All cast & crew

6.2

Details

Genres : Comedy

Release date : Sep 6, 1985

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Production companies : Columbia Pictures Television LBS Communications

Summary "What's Happening Now!" is a sequel to "What's Happening!," a TV series about the adult main characters (Raj, Dwayne, Rerun, Shirley, and Dee) as teenagers/children. View more details

Details

Genres : Comedy

Release date : Sep 6, 1985

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Production companies : Columbia Pictures Television LBS Communications

Photos

Mariann Aalda and Fred Berry in What's Happening Now! (1985)

Anne-Marie Johnson in What's Happening Now! (1985)

Shirley Hemphill in What's Happening Now! (1985)

Haywood Nelson in What's Happening Now! (1985)

Fred Berry in What's Happening Now! (1985)

Ernest Thomas in What's Happening Now! (1985)

Martin Lawrence in What's Happening Now! (1985)

Shirley Hemphill and Ernest Thomas in What's Happening Now! (1985)

Fred Berry, Haywood Nelson, and Ernest Thomas in What's Happening Now! (1985)

Episodes

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Episode 1 • Sep 06, 1985

Raj Returns

After getting married and having his first book published, Raj returns home to find that Rob's Place has closed and Dwayne and Shirley are overjoyed to see him again. However, one person who does not share in the excitement is Rerun, who is now a used car salesman and jealous of Raj's new success.

Episode 2 • Sep 13, 1985

A Horse Is Not a Home

When Rerun ends up with a horse, he convinces Raj to keep the horse at his house until they can sell it. A misprint in the newspaper regarding the sale ad leads Raj to mistakenly sell his house to a couple for $5,000.

Episode 3 • Sep 20, 1985

Dwayne's Crush

Dwayne is on cloud nine after he meets the girl of his dreams at a dentist's office. However, when Raj finds out that she is married, he must save Dwayne from a painful heartbreak and the wrath of her husband, the dentist.

Episode 4 • Sep 27, 1985

The Houseguest

When Dwayne and Rerun have a falling out, Raj & Nadine agree to let Dwayne temporarily stay with them. When Dwayne begins to overstay his welcome, they hatch a plot to get Rerun and Dwayne to make amends only to have their plan backfire and end up with Rerun as their house guest.

Episode 5 • Oct 04, 1985

One Enchanted Evening

When Nadine's hard-to-please mother comes to town, Raj and Nadine go out of their way to impress her. They take her to Rob's Place where she is wooed by a restaurant patron who is really a wino. They then try to diffuse the situation without her finding out the truth about him.

Episode 6 • Oct 11, 1985

Aunt Shirley

After overhearing Raj and Nadine say that they are excited to be spending some time alone away from her, Carolyn decides to run away. This leaves Shirley, the babysitter, in charge of trying to find her before Raj and Nadine return from their trip.

Episode 7 • Oct 18, 1985

The New Kid

Raj and Nadine take in a homeless girl who just ran away from an orphanage.

Episode 8 • Oct 25, 1985

The Bully

When Raj ends up in jail wearing a chicken suit, he retells the story of the events leading up his arrest. It all starts when he meets the restaurant health inspector who turns out to be a former bully from high school and threatens to shut down the restaurant unless Raj eats a live worm.

Episode 9 • Nov 01, 1985

That Old Gang of Mine

When teen gang members threaten the neighborhood and diner, Raj, Rerun and Dwayne dress up as older gang members to try and scare some sense into them.

Episode 10 • Nov 08, 1985

Dueling Menus

Raj clashes with Shirley after she insults one of the customers who happens to be a restaurant critic. She quits shortly after, leaving Raj and Nadine to try and run the restaurant.

Episode 11 • Nov 15, 1985

Dee's Dilemma

When Dee comes home from college, she thinks about quitting school and starting a career selling cosmetics. This creates a rift with Raj who thinks that she is still a child and cannot make her own decisions.

Episode 12 • Nov 22, 1985

Raj on the Run

A series of misunderstandings, misadventures and mistaken identities combine to disguise Raj as a woman and sends him fleeing from two FBI agents.

Episode 13 • Dec 06, 1985

The Challenge

While taping a commercial, Raj accidentally accepts a wrestling match with the ferocious Mama's Boy Jones after he insulted the wrestler's mother.

Episode 14 • Dec 13, 1985

Married or Not

When Raj opts a softball game over attending an art show with Nadine, who strongly objects, the couple begins to think each other selfish and split up.

Episode 15 • Dec 20, 1985

The Improbable Dream

The entire gang became characters from The Wizard of Oz when Carolyn is accidentally knocked unconscious.

Episode 16 • Jan 17, 1986

Rags to Riches

When Rerun's new investment manager makes him a wealthy man, his old friends find they are losing him to the fast life.

Episode 17 • Jan 24, 1986

Goodbye, Mr. Ripps

When Raj, Dwayne, and Rerun hears that their favorite teacher and renown practical joker is retiring they plan the ultimate farewell party.

Episode 18 • Jan 31, 1986

Dee and Dwayne

When Dwayne takes Dee to a rock concert, a romance seems to flare up between them, much to the displeasure of protective brother Raj.

Episode 19 • Feb 07, 1986

Mr. First Nighter

Raj writes a theater play, and to help him out in launching the project, his friends agree to take on the production's roles, where it appears they really begin to live out their parts with comical results.

Episode 20 • Feb 28, 1986

Shirley's Pen Pal

Romance blossoms for Shirley when the Navy seaman she has been writing to for years comes to town.

Episode 21 • Mar 07, 1986

Nadine's Boss

An efficiency expert with the nickname "Pink-Slip Patty" gives Nadine and her fellow social workers a case of the jitters which eventally affects Raj the same way.

Episode 22 • Apr 27, 1986

The Wedding

When the legality of their first wedding is questioned, Raj and Nadine decide to get married all over again.While they want to simply go the courthouse and redo the paperwork, the gang wants them to have a real wedding. Eventually, the wedding planning causes tension between everyone.

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