Episode
What's Happening!!: Going, Going, Gong
Overview
Raj and Dee become managers of a kid's song and dance group and believes they're so good that they may have a chance to get on The Gong Show. Once at tryouts, however, the duo discovers there's some heavy competition.
Details
- Series
- What's Happening!!
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 14
- Air date
- 1978-01-05
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
Going, Going, Gong is Episode 14 in Season 2 of What's Happening!!. It aired on 1978-01-05. The runtime is 22 min.
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Episode 13: Black and White Blues
While watching football at Raj's, the black and white set goes beserk and Rerun suggests that they 'borrow' the new color TV set being offered as a prize at a church raffle. However, once they get it to Raj's house, Rerun and Dwayne accidentally drop it.
Episode 15: Dee's First Date
Dee's going on her first date with a boy whose sister Raj has made into the object of his affection. His plan is to buddy up to Dee's boyfriend to get close to his sister. However, he quickly finds he has another thing coming.
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Episode 12: The Testimonial
Miss Collins is being honored for 25 years of teaching and this prompts Raj to play a trick on her after she gives him detention for being tardy. He soon finds his trick is totally inappropriate and sets out to right his wrong.
Episode 16: Doobie or Not Doobie (1)
The Doobie Brothers are set to put on a concert at the high school and they leave Rerun to get the tickets. However, by the time Rerun gets to the ticket booth, they're sold out. Later, two shady characters offer Rerun free tickets if he records the concert.
Episode 11: One Strike and You're Out
Rerun being fired from the supermarket is the last straw for Raj, who rallies the rest of the workers to take action against their boss Mr. Pronson. However, when the staff goes on strike, Raj finds himself in a jam, since Mama has lost her job and the family now has no source of income.
Episode 17: Doobie or Not Doobie (2)
The bootleggers force the guys into recording the concert but while everyone is jumping around, the tape recorder falls out from under Rerun's coat and right in full view of the Doobie Brothers.
Episode 10: Mama, the School Girl
Mama begins taking courses at Raj's school and even gets his teacher, Miss Collins. A fellow classmate takes an instant liking to Mama and she falls head over heels for him, unknown to her he's only using her to write his term paper for him.
Episode 18: Rerun Sees the Light
Rerun encounters a strange woman on the street who goes by Love-Is-Life and she lures him into attending one of her cult gatherings. Rerun enjoys his newfound faith and how it makes him feel but Dwayne and Raj are a bit leery about a group that worships a head of lettuce.
Episode 9: Bill Gets Married
Bill's become serious with his latest girlfriend and announces that they're getting married. Nearly everyone is happy for them, even Mama who even lets them have the ceremony in her house. But it's Dee who refuses to accept their marriage and refuses to be the flower girl.
Episode 19: Raj and the Older Woman
When Raj goes down to a photographer to get his yearbook picture taken, he's instantly smitten with a beautiful model. Raj lies about his identity, that he's a 21-year-old movie star and the girl is instantly taken by him. That is, until, she learns the truth.
Episode 8: Give Me Odds
Dwayne is in a lucky streak with the system he uses to make bets, which leads Rerun to pass along Dwayne's tips to his brother-in-law, Ike, who bets $500 on a football game. It's only after he's made the bet that everyone discovers just what kind of system Dwayne uses.
Episode 20: Diplomatic Immunity
Rerun borrows a car so the guys can get to a Lakers game but after the game, Rerun becomes the victim of a hit and run. Dee surprises everyone by coming forward with news that she was a witness and saw the driver, who turns out to be the son of a foreign diplomat.