that aired on ABC
from August 5, 1976 to April 28, 1979. The show premiered as a summer series. With good ratings and reviews, and after the failure of several other shows on the network, What's Happening!! returned in November 1976 as a weekly series. It remained a regular show until 1979; ratings were modest. What's Happening!! was loosely based on the motion picture Cooley High
, also written by Eric Monte
.
What's Happening!! follows the lives of three working-class African-American
teens living in the Watts
section of Los Angeles
.
I can't eat jackass meat without ketchup!
I'm not Amy Carter|Amy Carter. I have to work for a living.
If you lay one hand on me, I'll tell Mama and report you to the child abuse center. They'll put your picture on 60 Minutes|60 Minutes and Mike Wallace (journalist)|Mike Wallace will hate you until you die.
Who knows? After this one...who knows what could be next. You could become President of the United States. Mom would be the first lady and I could be Amy.
Uh-huh, Uh-huh, Uh awn
If you don't tell me who sprung the leak, you'll be expelled for at least a week. -Nipsey Russell on The Match Game
Dee: (reading the underground newspaper) "Principal Bradley smells badly." You're gonna get in trouble from Mama.
Roger: How is Mama gonna find out?
Dee: She knows me.