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What's Happening Now!!

1985 – 1988
Ended
Comedy
~22m / ep
3 seasons
6.6/10

Roger 'Raj' Thomas has graduated from the University of Southern California, and become a fledgling writer. He and his wife Nadine, a social worker, move in to his old home in Watts (given to him by his mother, Mabel, now remarried and living in Phoenix, Arizona). His sister Dee is away at college. Childhood friend Dwayne Nelson has become a computer programmer, while Freddie 'Rerun' Stubbs is a used-car salesman. The old soda shop hangout, Rob's Place, has gone out of business and left abandoned. Reminded of his youth, and seeing an opportunity, Raj and Shirley Wilson, who used to wait tables there, decide to buy the business together, renaming it Rob's.

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Latest: Season 3 · 1987

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E1. Ask Al
Sep 26, 1987 · 22m
Shirley eats her words when she takes a job as an undercover advice columnist and inadvertently causes Dwayne and his new girlfriend to break up.
E2. The Boxer
Oct 3, 1987 · 22m
Raj goes down for the count when Nadine discovers that he has invested in a professional boxer.
E3. The New Employee
Oct 10, 1987 · 22m
Shirley's new employee Maurice turns the diner into a nighttime teen club to impress a girl.
E4. The Hat Comes Back
Oct 17, 1987 · 22m
Maurice worries that he will be fired after he accidentally rips a hat donated by famous singer Sharona for Nadine's charity auction. He enlists Darryl to help him sneak into Sharona's room to get another hat.
E5. Dwayne's Big Step
Oct 24, 1987 · 22m
After being fired from his job and failing at a series of attempts to try a new line of work, Dwayne decides to become his own boss and buys a magic shop.
E6. Girls' Night Out
Oct 31, 1987 · 22m
Raj and Dwayne literally get caught with their pants down when they try to rescue Dee from a police raid on a male strip club on Dee's 21st birthday.