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  • Mar 5, 1988
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  • Mar 5, 1988
What's Happening Now!

Summary When the half-hour comedy series ''What's Happening!!'' began its domestic syndicated run in 1980, it proved even more successful than its original airing on network television from 1976-79. Thus was born ''What's Happening Now!!'', in which seven years have elapsed and the cast, headed by Ernest Thomas as Raj, Fred Berry as Rerun, Haywo...

Directed By: Phil Olsman

Written By: Daryl G. Nickens, Mike Scott

  • TV-G
  • Syndicated
  • Mar 5, 1988
  • TV-G
  • Syndicated
  • Mar 5, 1988
What's Happening Now!
S3 • Episode 19
Shirley's Debt
Air Date: Mar 5, 1988
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Summary When the half-hour comedy series ''What's Happening!!'' began its domestic syndicated run in 1980, it proved even more successful than its original airing on network television from 1976-79. Thus was born ''What's Happening Now!!'', in which seven years have elapsed and the cast, headed by Ernest Thomas as Raj, Fred Berry as Rerun, Haywo...

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Episode 1 • Sep 26, 1987
Ask Al
Shirley secretly takes a job as an advice columnist for the newspaper. Her first advice column unknowingly causes Dwayne's girlfriend to break up with him.
Episode 2 • Oct 3, 1987
The Boxer
Raj finds trouble when he decides to invest money in a boxer without Nadine's permission.
Episode 3 • Oct 10, 1987
The New Employee
Shirley's new employee Maurice turns the diner into a nighttime teen club to impress a girl.
Episode 4 • Oct 17, 1987
The Hat Comes Back
Maurice worries that he will be fired after he accidentally rips a hat donated by the famous singer Sharona for Nadine's charity auction. So he gets Darryl to help him sneak into Sharona's room to get another hat.
Episode 5 • Oct 24, 1987
Dwayne's Big Step
After getting fired for boldly asking his boss for a raise, Dwayne finds himself unemployed and looking for new career opportunities.
Episode 6 • Oct 31, 1987
Girls Night Out
Raj and Dwayne literally get caught with their pants down when they try to rescue Dee from a police raid on a male strip club on Dee's 21st birthday.
Episode 7 • Nov 7, 1987
The Candidate
By running for class president, Maurice is able to win the affections of an attractive girl. However, she begins to manage his campaign and convinces him that his friendship with Darryl will hurt his chances of being elected.
Episode 8 • Nov 14, 1987
Family Life
With her biological clock ticking, Shirley is desperate to find the perfect man and tries everything to find him.
Episode 9 • Nov 21, 1987
Running Scared
A little friendly competition becomes survival of the fittest when Raj and Dwayne enter a 10K run for charity.
Episode 10 • Nov 28, 1987
Nadine's Wood-Be-Father
Nadine feels like a real dummy when her mother brings home her ventriloquist fiancée and she kicks them out of her house.
Episode 11 • Dec 5, 1987
The Pad
Maurice and Daryl enjoy an evening in a swinging bachelor pad with two sisters from UCLA,until the girls father shows up.
Episode 12 • Dec 13, 1987
Teacher's Threat
Maurice gets more than he bargained for when he takes his teacher's daughter out dancing.
Episode 13 • Dec 19, 1987
Daddy's Back
When her dad comes into town, Shirley begins to experience the same feelings of neglect and disappointment that have plagued their strained relationship throughout the years.
Episode 14 • Jan 16, 1988
I Gotta Be Raj
A blow to the head causes Dwayne to wake up believing that he is Raj.
Episode 15 • Jan 23, 1988
Run, Shirley, Run
Thanks to Shirley, a councilman straightens up his act when he realizes that he had forgotten why he was elected to office in the first place.
Episode 16 • Jan 30, 1988
The Older Woman
Dwayne is reluctant to carry on a relationship with an older woman when Raj convinces him to not be concerned about age. However, Raj's feelings change when he and Nadine spot Dwayne out dining with an elderly woman.
Episode 17 • Feb 19, 1988
Happy Face
Raj, Nadine, and Dwayne must figure out what to do when Shirley is taken in by a con man who convinces her to sell him her share of the diner.
Episode 18 • Feb 27, 1988
The Fabulous Fortunes
Shirley teaches a young boy with "two left feet" how to dance.
Episode 19 • Mar 5, 1988
Shirley's Debt
Shirley moonlights as a salesperson dressed as a clown in order to pay Raj the money she owes him and ends up winning a trip to Hawaii.
Episode 20 • Mar 12, 1988
Man in Motion
Dee falls in love with Maurice's cousin, Reggie, a wheelchair-bound comedian, and has plans to join him on tour. However, Reggie has different plans, and tells Raj that he's going to hit the road without Dee and without telling her.
Episode 21 • Mar 19, 1988
Members Only
Nadine sets out to prove her suspicions that the exclusive club Raj is attempting to join discriminates against women, submitting her application and winning acceptance as a "man" after being rejected as herself.
Episode 22 • Mar 26, 1988
Adventures of Kangaroo Kincaide
A plan to fake a bear attack on Raj while on a camping trip backfires when a real life bear invades the campsite.

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