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What's Happening Now!! (1985)

1985-09-07 · 22m · EN
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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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Marley ClarkWriterDavid BraffWriterLeonard MlodinowWriterStephen SustarsicWriter

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Ernest Lee ThomasErnest Lee ThomasRoger 'Raj' ThomasHaywood NelsonHaywood NelsonDwayne Clemons NelsonShirley HemphillShirley HemphillShirley WilsonAnne-Marie JohnsonAnne-Marie JohnsonNadine Hudson ThomasMartin LawrenceMartin LawrenceMaurice WarfieldKen SagoesKen SagoesDarrylFred BerryFred BerryFrederick 'Freddie/Rerun' StubbsAlice GhostleyAlice GhostleySusan RuttanSusan RuttanTeddy WilsonTeddy WilsonRay GirardinRay GirardinDanielle SpencerDanielle SpencerDee Thomas

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What is What's Happening Now!! about?

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.

How long is What's Happening Now!!?

What's Happening Now!! has a runtime of 22 minutes.