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Wheels

Wheels

1977TV Episode⏱️ 25mTV-PG
Comedy
7.2
IMDB Rating
83 votes

JJ and his three friends buy Bookman's 1954 DeSoto.

Director
Gerren Keith
Writers
Bill Freedman, Al Schwartz, Michael S. Baser
Stars
Ja'net DuBois, Ralph Carter, BernNadette Stanis
Release Date
November 2, 1977
Language
English
Country
United States
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🎭 Top Cast

Ja'net DuBois
Ja'net DuBois
as Willona Woods
Ralph Carter
Ralph Carter
as Michael Evans
BernNadette Stanis
BernNadette Stanis
as Thelma Evans
Johnny Brown
Johnny Brown
as Nathan Bookman
Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson
as Millicent 'Penny' Gordon
Jimmie 'JJ' Walker
Jimmie 'JJ' Walker
as James 'J.J.' Evans, Jr.
Earl Billings
Earl Billings
as Mr. Taylor
T.K. Carter
T.K. Carter
as Head
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Larry Beecham
as Cool Breeze
Randy Martin
Randy Martin
as Poppo

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Color
Filming Location
Metromedia Square - 5746 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production
Tandem Productions

🏷️ Keywords

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🎯 Categories

Comedy

⭐ Featured Review

The awesome foursome
by kevinolzak2016-12-22
6/10

""Wheels" introduces JJ's three friends Head (T.K.Carter), Poppo (Randolph Martin) and Cool Breeze (Larry Anthony Beecham), calling themselves 'The Awesome Foursome': "united we stand divided we fall, we're tired of them panty hose two sizes small, JJ, Cool Breeze, Poppo, Head, we're The Awesome Foursome until we are dead!" (though only Head and Poppo reappear in "JJ and the Boss' Daughter"). Bookman refers to them as 'The Dirty Dozen minus Eight,' but can't resist the opportunity to dump his 1954 pink and gray Desoto on..."

💡 Did You Know?

The storyline of this episode is J.J. and his friends plan to purchase Bookman's 1954 DeSoto. In the episode "J.J.'s Business" (S4E22), when Michael claimed someone was stealing Bookman's car, Bookman stated he did not own a car.

📖 Synopsis

JJ and his three friends buy Bookman's 1954 DeSoto.