Actuakers One of my all time favorites.

Bluebell Alcock Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

Rio Hayward All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Lela The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

brucebaskin I was a senior in high school when this show debuted and even though I was a white kid in the 'burbs, I found much of what Raj, Rerun and Dwayne did and talked about easy to relate to because even though my own life was pretty far removed from black kids in the city, I think kids are going to be kids at heart, guys are always going to come up with ideas that seem better at their genesis than they actually end up being and "What's Happening!" seems to have been written with that at the show's core. It's a well-done sitcom that doesn't talk down to its audience.I'll spare the character profiles and such because there are plenty of other reviewers here who've done a good job of that. What I will say is that 40 years after it first aired on ABC, "What's Happening!" holds up nicely. It was definitely an ensemble comedy that changed when Mabel King left the show, but the actors worked well together and had a good on- screen chemistry. Although "What's Happening!" wasn't as popular at the time as other sitcoms based on black families like "Good Times" or "The Jeffersons," it is definitely in their league in terms of the quality of acting and writing. I didn't give it a "10" rating because there wasn't a lot of character development (hardly unique for sitcoms), Mabel King's exit meant the loss of the one character who seemed able to create order out of the chaos that usually ensued when the guys got into a jam and a sense of staleness was beginning to set in by its last season. Still, it rates a solid "8" with me and that "8" applies in 2017 as well as for 1977. "What's Happening!" endures as one of the better, if underrated, comedies of the late Seventies. Worth watching.

BaileySEA In 1976 my dad sold the house on Los Higos St. in Alhambra CA. While it was vacant, it was used for a short sequence in the What's Happening opening credits. When Dwayne skateboards down the driveway, that's my Dad's childhood home, Gram died in April 1976, Dad sold it in September, 1976, as property taxes went up by 300% back then. When I saw the opening credits I was shocked and amazed. Never do you think your family's home will be used for location filming for a television sitcom. I still look at the opening on YouTube every now and then. It makes me nostalgic. It reminds me of all the times I went to my Grandma's house, and what a corny and wonderful show What's Happening was.

jts0405 Fred Berry, Ernest Thomas, Haywood Nelson, aka Rerun, Raj, and Dwayne made the hit 70's show WHAT'S HAPPENING. Danielle Spencer as Dee and Mabel King as Miss Thomas including the wacky Shirley Hemphill as Shirley as Rob's Place the legendary WHAT'S HAPPENING hang out. This was a great show and thank you Fred Berry even though you have past just like Mabel King and Shirley Hemphill. Why did you have to die though. Fred wasn't that old and died right after the making of Dickie Roberts. It seemed just like that was the last thing left for him to prove to us as a great actor. We will miss you Fred Berry, Mabel King, and Shirley Hemphill. Thanks for the memories and this T.V show. HEY HEY HEY! WHAT'S HAPPENING!!

muttley79 This is one of my favorite shows of all time, if not my favorite show of all time. From Raj mumbling under his breath, to Rerun worshiping a head of lettuce, to Dwayne just being along for the ride, What's Happening was as much a slice of Americana as such shows as "I Love Lucy" and "Friends". I loved seeing them get into one mess after another. For instance, the episode when the guys apparently broke a brand new TV set that was used for a church raffle when they dropped it at Raj's house. They counted on Rerun to win the set, since he purchased about 80 tickets. How ironic that the one ticket he used to pay off his lunch tab to Shirley the waitress was the winning ticket for the TV? So Shirley wound up with the TV.In any event, I heard that there will be a What's Happening marathon sometime in November on TVLand. If this is true, please let me know! Thanks for reading my post. Peace!