Why couldn't James Evans (from Good Times) hold a damn job?

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I mean, he had to have some type of skills, right? Why was he constantly getting laid off? He wasn't attempting to gain work during The Great Depression. He was just an ordinary slub that was trying to find a job, not a career...a job.

This quandry has always gotten me. Was "the man" really after James? Or, perhaps, he would fly off the handle like he would most times at home.

Whatever the reason, it just is mind boggling he couldn't just get a damned job. Was he too selective? Was he only trying to get union jobs?

Next up in the series...why couldn't Jack Tripper, Janet Wood, and Chrissy Snow ever pay their rent on time. Furthermore, why Mr. Roper or Mr. Ferley never threw them out.

It was during the Carter years wasn't it? I think there was a recession then,

I'm too young to remember, but I did watch the show back then, I thought J.J. was DYNO-MITE!

Whidden is right. Unemployment was a huge problem in those years.

I thought J.J. was ugly. He freaked me out. I liked the show though.

Yep, he keep gettin' laid off I saw him on T.V the other night and he was like I'm workin' on my career what ever that was something bout a book I think. but he was like if somebody offered him a acting job he'd take it but couldn't he sang what happen with that ?

I bet Quentin Territino would give him a gig, he loves those old 70's actors.