Episode
What's Happening!!: Disco Dollar Disaster
Overview
A dance contest has Rerun scrambling to get enough money for the entrance fee and has people buying shares in his prospective winnings. However, he finds himself facing stiff competition from a notorious disco dancer and the prospect of two thugs breaking his hands if he doesn't win.
Details
- Series
- What's Happening!!
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 1
- Air date
- 1978-09-21
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
Disco Dollar Disaster is Episode 1 in Season 3 of What's Happening!!. It aired on 1978-09-21. The runtime is 22 min.
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Episode 8: Raj Moves Out
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Episode 9: No Clothes Make the Man
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Episode 10: Positive Identification
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Episode 11: Making Out
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Episode 12: Dee, the Cheerleader
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