What's Happening!! - Season 3 - Eps 22: The Benefit Show
A local teen center is in serious financial trouble and the gang tries to come up with a way to save it. They finally decide to put on a benefit show and Rerun has someone in mind who will be sure to attract attention, Sammy Davis, Jr. However, Rerun does his best to get a hold of Sammy but soon realizes he must announce that Sammy won't be coming to the benefit.
About What's Happening!!
Title: What's Happening!!
First Air Date: 1976-08-05
Last Air Date: 1979-04-28
Status: Ended
Rating: 7.5/10 (from 26 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 3
Total Episodes: 65
Network: ABC
Genres: Comedy
Production Companies: Sony Pictures Television International, Sony Pictures Television
Synopsis
What's Happening!! is an American television sitcom 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.
Cast
Ernest Lee Thomas
Roger "Raj" Thomas
Haywood Nelson
Dwayne Clemens Nelson
Fred Berry
Frederick (Freddy) "Rerun" Stubbs
Danielle Spencer
Dee Thomas
Shirley Hemphill
Shirley Wilson
