Uhh GIT BACK! I don't know what's funnier, Dwayne's foolery or the fact that the class somehow kept a straight face. I find this as HILARIOUS today as I did at age 14 in 1978. These were truly the glory days of What's Happening. The Doobie Brothers and Ralph The Lettuce were just a few episodes away and are now on the same DVD. Oom Shaka Loom, Shak shak.
OH MY GOD THIS IS SO FUNNY, CUTE, FUNNY and FUNNY!!!!!!! I think Dwayne was always my favorite. "hey HEY Hey!!" WoW, would I love to meet them and get autograph and actually chat with them. Way too bad ReRun is gone 😢 But hey,-- yo I have seen photos of Ernest Thomas, Danielle Spencer and the superb Haywood Nelson together recently. Perhaps it was a convention type deal but I will definitely be looking into that. Right NOW actually. Bye
MrNckissfan WH was an excellent show; nothing like it before its time and nothing like it since. On another note, did anyone notice Julia Louis Dreyfus as one of Dwayne Wayne's student audience members?
Why is it February 28, 2023 and I'm hysterically laughing at this scene!!!! lolol. I will be 50 years old on April 6 and this was my favorite afterschool childhood show.
Dwayne had bars! 😆 If TikTok had been around he would have definitely gone viral overnight for this performance! I know they had to fall out laughing every few seconds!
This scene is extremely underrated. Haywood trying to dance and sing badly was absolutely perfection, its amazing that no one broke character and starting laughing.
Rerun: “I felt that Dwayne sang a song.” Miss Collins: Would you care to expand on your criticism a little?” Rerun: “I felt that he was very good and that he used notes no one ever thought to use before.”
I watch this constantly this is so funny!!! I love the way he has that serious face while singing! He can't walk an chew bubble gum at the same time!!😂😂😂😂
LMAO!!!!! Still hilarious after all these years!!! Dwayne truly looked in pain during that entire performance! And Raj had a real look of concern for his boy! "AND THEY'LL COME RUNNIN' TO ME…..HUHHH HUHHH HUHHHH!!!"
I think Raj was tryin to get to hollywood for the play he wrote for the class play and he thought to himself "no way I'm going now because of the lack of talent in this class" lol
Raj was embarrassed . He realized this performance made his chances to impress that entertainment producer impossible . The talent competition was to showcase the talent that class had. This is how friendships end lol
I am 59 years old and l am reading the comments by people who remember the show and the 1970’s. I must say that l am blessed like others to be born in an era when television was at its finest with comedies like this and other variety shows where entertaining was PROFESSIONAL AND LEGENDARY. How l miss the 70’s and the great time to be a child . If l die l will die happy because there will never be an era like the 70’s and let’s not forget the 80’s but the 1970’s OPENED THE DOOR TO THE BIRTH OF THE 1980’s… Thanks for listening…🇩🇴🇩🇴
Omigoodness! 😂 I loved this back in the day, and I still do. This, and Tracy Morgan on Martin singing Pick Up the Pieces with a kazoo strapped to his sax.
Omg you gotta give it to everyone in the room for not going out of character and 😂 I WOULDVE BEEN ON THE FLOOR . That stiff dancing within itself got me 😭😂😂😂
How on earth everyone was able to sit there without cracking up I'll never know, except, WOW! Those were definitely amazing actors! I didn't realize it when I first saw this years ago, but now it cracks me up even more that Dwayne is singing a James Taylor song!
My mother told me that when that episode first came on.. They laughed all the way through him singin until they were cryin.. Its hilarious.. I couldn't have been in that class.. I'd have been rollin.. 😂😂😂
This episode came on TV last night. I'd been cracking up at this scene since I was little. I had to look it up today for more smiles. It had my kids laughing too. They would have deleted me out of this scene, because I would have been on the floor crying. LOL.
Debbie Morgan was and still is a major beauty and brillant actress. I am surprised noone felt the need to give her her own show, movie or something!!! She was awesome on soaps and as the mother of Lem's on Soulfood
this was one of my mom's favorite episodes. she always sang along to this and always laughed. I love this show too. I could watch these types of shows all day.
Ha ha. Dwayne is the best. He had me crying in laughter when I was a kid. Not to mention that Raj ,Dwayne,and Re Run all had their own way of laughing.
I was on the floor laughing when he started doing that foot work. lol I love this show. I wish TV Land, Nick @ Nite, or MeTV, or whatever channel will air it again. Great show!!!!
I actually heard the REAL version of this song just the other day--for the first time in ever. I first saw this episode about 30 years ago, and after hearing the original version on the radio, I had to come find THIS!
OMG fantastic. I remember this so well. What a good actor that he could do that without breaking character. He would have been great as an SNL cast member. Loved What's Happening so much! I used to watch it at 4:30 in Central NJ in the 70s/early 80s
😂😂😂😂😂 God I LOVED Dwayne and LOVED THIS SHOW!! HYSTERICAL!! They truly don’t make ‘em like this anymore! The show or the people! I dare anyone who is having a bad day not watch this and have their soul filled with laughter!!!
The guy in the suit - a friend of Miss Collins and a tv producer - had a great line afterwards: "There are a lot of ways you can go with that song. He took them all."
This was one of my favorite moments from this show. I only saw it ONCE as a kid, but I never forgot it! Gotta admit that despite all the comedic moments here, he gets at TEN for throwing the mike up and catching it behind his back at about 1:15!
DeWayne is a character. I was laughing my butt off at this dude. That song was already funny but then he started dancing and that just took the cake.lol
Ain’t no way they kept a straight face during the filming of this lmao!They had too retake this at least half a dozen times!!No way they kept from cracking up laughing all the way thru!!!😂 😂😂😂
These were the early days of American Idol....or at least as close as we came to it in the 70s. God this still cracks me up all these years later. How I loved this show.
I have been looking for this clip for years. I remember watching this back in the day and bein' hella weak especially when he was like "whoo get back"... Thanks for posting...
Fun Fact: Dewayne is the only character who appeared in EVERY single episode of What's Happenin'. And I was always grateful.
He’s the best character.
How they kept a straight face is beyond me. Haywood was a comedic genius.
keyboard guy does laugh and smile
Uhh GIT BACK! I don't know what's funnier, Dwayne's foolery or the fact that the class somehow kept a straight face. I find this as HILARIOUS today as I did at age 14 in 1978. These were truly the glory days of What's Happening. The Doobie Brothers and Ralph The Lettuce were just a few episodes away and are now on the same DVD. Oom Shaka Loom, Shak shak.
Both!!!!!
Lmmmmmmaaaaoooo....Get Back
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Comma Comma Com Comma....
The American Storyteller LOL! I forgot all about the cult episode!
OH MY GOD THIS IS SO FUNNY, CUTE, FUNNY and FUNNY!!!!!!!
I think Dwayne was always my favorite. "hey HEY Hey!!"
WoW, would I love to meet them and get autograph and actually chat with them. Way too bad ReRun is gone 😢 But hey,-- yo I have seen photos of Ernest Thomas, Danielle Spencer and the superb Haywood Nelson together recently. Perhaps it was a convention type deal but I will definitely be looking into that. Right NOW actually. Bye
I know, right? lol. The keyboard player was about to loose it a few times, hehe.
'pencil and rule'...this fool had props! HAHAHAHA
Lol he did have props!!
One of the funniest scene (to me) ever.
Lmao!
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Lmao!!! I Love Dwayne so much! It's the “ugh, get back!" that gets me every time!
Yes thats my favorite part !!!
The funniest scene and my favorite episodes!
The dancing and everyone’s facial expressions is what takes it to the next level 🤣🤣🤣
Yes especially the principal her face was epic I'm crying over here 40 so and so years later🤣🤣😂😂😂😂
how they didn't laugh is beyond me.. I was 10 back then.. I was probably in tears 😭
Subtlety is truly missing in today’s entertainment.
I'm sorry...but Dewayne was so damned cute and adorable, who cared if his singing sucked!! I just loved looking at him!
Me too
i had a huge crush on him
YES, DWAYNE WAS SO CUTE AND ADORABLE.
Yeah I had a crush on him too even though he was way older than me.
Yes he was. I had such a crush on him!
There's just something very innocent & adorable about this performance. LOL!
MrNckissfan WH was an excellent show; nothing like it before its time and nothing like it since.
On another note, did anyone notice Julia Louis Dreyfus as one of Dwayne Wayne's student audience members?
Lynea Elisabeth who is that?
Why is it February 28, 2023 and I'm hysterically laughing at this scene!!!! lolol. I will be 50 years old on April 6 and this was my favorite afterschool childhood show.
I turned 50 on April 3
How they got thru that scene without losing it is great acting..
When he did the "UGH GET BACK" move...it became an instant classic.
😂😂😂😂😂
I am so crying...my ALL TIME favorite episode. What makes it so funny is the whole class is lookin at him like WTF is Dwayne doing ...
Dwayne had bars! 😆 If TikTok had been around he would have definitely gone viral overnight for this performance! I know they had to fall out laughing every few seconds!
Its the Piano player for me.....look at him trying to keep it together. CLASSIC
I know right
Every time he gets to the comma, comma, comma part, I HOWL!
"UGH! GET BACK!!!!" LOL
That one got me, lol
@@yesorlando05 Dwayne owe me a new smartphone. I just spit Miller Lite all over the screen when he did that!! 😂😂🤣🤣
😂
That have me in stitches lol
I use to watch this show ! 😂
I never laughed so much when this first aired and it still cracks me up😂
This scene is extremely underrated. Haywood trying to dance and sing badly was absolutely perfection, its amazing that no one broke character and starting laughing.
Rerun: “I felt that Dwayne sang a song.”
Miss Collins: Would you care to expand on your criticism a little?”
Rerun: “I felt that he was very good and that he used notes no one ever thought to use before.”
Lmaooooo
Do you remember which episode this is?
@@DXLadii89 Season 2 Episode 7 entitled "The Play's The Big Thing"
Lol
😂😂😂😂
My favorite is when he sings, "UH...GET BACK!" This is one of the best scenes in the entire "What's Happening" series!!😂
I will never forget watching this as a kid, it sticks out in my memory like it was yesterday. I loved this show!
Me too!
One of the funniest skits on this show! Didn't he look like he was in serious PAIN sing that song? LOL!!!
LOL I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO NOTICED!!
Dwayne was always my favorite on the show. Good memories watching this.
The funny part is that the keyboard arrangement here actually IS fire lol
I wonder how many takes it took for everyone to be able to keep a straight face while he performed!
They just edited 😂 lol
😂😂😂😂
RIGHT?!?😂😂😂
now that's a professional!! Crowd isn't feeling you? You go all out anyways
Correct!
"There was a lot of ways, he couldve gone with that song, and, he took them all!"... The Class Guest :-D
Yeah, one of the writers of the sitcom “Happy Times.”
The look of concern and embarrassment of the teacher's face is funny.
Without a doubt, one of the greatest moments from that series. Kills me each time I see it.
14 yrs later!! Wow!! I wasn't even on youtube 14yrs ago!!
@@paleriedove3333 I was 40 when I wrote that comment and I’m still here 😂
Omg I'm so happy you still here!!! Yessssss!! 👊🏾☝🏾👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽💟💗💘
I watch this constantly this is so funny!!! I love the way he has that serious face while singing! He can't walk an chew bubble gum at the same time!!😂😂😂😂
Compare this acting/ writing / performing to the crude garbage considered entertainment nowadays.
LMAO!!!!! Still hilarious after all these years!!! Dwayne truly looked in pain during that entire performance! And Raj had a real look of concern for his boy!
"AND THEY'LL COME RUNNIN' TO ME…..HUHHH HUHHH HUHHHH!!!"
+Ikoyi Winn Hello!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I turn my son onto these oldies , even he be cutting up , I still be hollering Dwaynes a trip
I think Raj was tryin to get to hollywood for the play he wrote for the class play and he thought to himself "no way I'm going now because of the lack of talent in this class" lol
🏃♀️ lol
Raj was embarrassed . He realized this performance made his chances to impress that entertainment producer impossible . The talent competition was to showcase the talent that class had. This is how friendships end lol
@@rjam1974It didn't end the friendship after all... 😂 😆
I'm very fortunate to be the proud owner of all three seasons of What's Happening on DVD. I love this clip!
What season and episode is this?
The Play's the Big Thing
Season 2, Episode 7
OAD: 11/3/77
How he doesn't trip over himself on all those spins is downright amazing! LOL.
Anytime I hear the James Taylor version of this, I crack up laughing. This is comedy gold.
He’s doing the Jimmy Jones original version.
I never liked James Taylor but this kid I can get behind!! 🎼🎸
YES!!!
"Huh, GitBack!" Lmao. That is the funniest thing I have seen in weeks!! It's like he is concentrating on some choreography that... Eclectic
I saw this when it came on TV then syndication, and now streaming. And you know what? It is still hilarious!
I am 59 years old and l am reading the comments by people who remember the show and the 1970’s. I must say that l am blessed like others to be born in an era when television was at its finest with comedies like this and other variety shows where entertaining was PROFESSIONAL AND LEGENDARY. How l miss the 70’s and the great time to be a child . If l die l will die happy because there will never be an era like the 70’s and let’s not forget the 80’s but the 1970’s OPENED THE DOOR TO THE BIRTH OF THE 1980’s… Thanks for listening…🇩🇴🇩🇴
Omigoodness! 😂 I loved this back in the day, and I still do. This, and Tracy Morgan on Martin singing Pick Up the Pieces with a kazoo strapped to his sax.
Dwayne was so dreamy & cute. He's so adorable in this episode I think I'm still in love with him now.
This was the best... Put his back into it and he said it with his chest... But the class reaction was priceless
Omg you gotta give it to everyone in the room for not going out of character and 😂 I WOULDVE BEEN ON THE FLOOR . That stiff dancing within itself got me 😭😂😂😂
How on earth everyone was able to sit there without cracking up I'll never know, except, WOW! Those were definitely amazing actors! I didn't realize it when I first saw this years ago, but now it cracks me up even more that Dwayne is singing a James Taylor song!
My mother told me that when that episode first came on.. They laughed all the way through him singin until they were cryin.. Its hilarious.. I couldn't have been in that class.. I'd have been rollin.. 😂😂😂
"Uh..Get Back!!" (w/James Brown kick) #EPIC!!!
This episode came on TV last night. I'd been cracking up at this scene since I was little. I had to look it up today for more smiles. It had my kids laughing too. They would have deleted me out of this scene, because I would have been on the floor crying. LOL.
At Home With Delicia that would have been me as well
Taylor Downing that shit still funny to this day
"Ugh, Get back" LOL. Hilarious!
Lol 😂
You and me both!!! CRYING!!!
The class acted like Dwayne does this all the time. LOL
Debbie Morgan was and still is a major beauty and brillant actress. I am surprised noone felt the need to give her her own show, movie or something!!! She was awesome on soaps and as the mother of Lem's on Soulfood
Debbie Morgan is timeless beautiful no matter what she play.
@@timmycollins2149Debbi's Dimples kill it for trademark beauty.
I would've been EJECTED from the premises, SCREAMING AND HOLLERING! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂
This put such a smile on my face 😂😂😂 memories of my youth
Me too! I had to send it to my brother! 😂
One of the most memorable moments and one of my most personal favorite moments of any What's Happening episode
this was one of my mom's favorite episodes. she always sang along to this and always laughed. I love this show too. I could watch these types of shows all day.
"Uh Get back" did it for me. I almost fell off the bed when I saw that.
when he said uh get back im hollerin
Yes...he was serious about that song
i live for that part
The singing and dancing match his cuteness.
Ugh, WHY IS DWAYNE SO FREAKIN ADORABLE ?????? This had me rolling when I was younger LOL. He's so stinkin CUTE
Everytime I see this I holler ! Especially with the look on Raj and Rerun face its hilarious!!
Ha ha. Dwayne is the best. He had me crying in laughter when I was a kid. Not to mention that Raj ,Dwayne,and Re Run all had their own way of laughing.
I was on the floor laughing when he started doing that foot work. lol
I love this show. I wish TV Land, Nick @ Nite, or MeTV, or whatever channel will air it again. Great show!!!!
You can tell by the look on Raj face at 0:16 that he was the most pissed out of everyone in that classroom.
No autotune
No lip sync
Just pure talent
I actually heard the REAL version of this song just the other day--for the first time in ever. I first saw this episode about 30 years ago, and after hearing the original version on the radio, I had to come find THIS!
OMG fantastic. I remember this so well. What a good actor that he could do that without breaking character. He would have been great as an SNL cast member.
Loved What's Happening so much! I used to watch it at 4:30 in Central NJ in the 70s/early 80s
Thank you for posting! This is one of the best scenes in the history of What's happening!
This scene had my stomach hurting I was laughing so hard. This is classic!
He was working that mic and those moves🤣🤣🤣🤣💜
ONE OF THE FUNNIEST SCENES EVER🤣. The piano guy is trying to not crack up.
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Best tv perfomance ever
I remember when this came out I thought he made this song up...then I heard it on the radio one day and could not stop laughing so hard.😍
😂😂😂😂😂 God I LOVED Dwayne and LOVED THIS SHOW!! HYSTERICAL!! They truly don’t make ‘em like this anymore! The show or the people! I dare anyone who is having a bad day not watch this and have their soul filled with laughter!!!
I remember that episode!😂
And the episode where Rog asked the doobie brothers " which doobie do you be" ? Classic!😂
I certainly can't hold back my laughter after watching that...I loved "What's Happening"!
That boy's good (in my "Sweets" from Coming to America voice)
Good and terrible
Raj's face has me in stitches. hahaha
The guy in the suit - a friend of Miss Collins and a tv producer - had a great line afterwards: "There are a lot of ways you can go with that song. He took them all."
Come a, come a, come on everytime your true love needs the always "happening" handyman.🎯💪🏾🏃🏾♂️🤣🎶 Stay safe everyone!
Its Like he spazing out when he dances..hahahahahaha low key one of the greatest scenes ever in TV sitcom history.
Man did that bring back memories. I loved that show! One of my favorites was when Dwanye stood up to the bully.
He may not be a good singer but he’s killing those dancing moves
One of my favorite scenes from What’s Happening. Classic! 😂😂😂
he stole my heart with this episode : ) "Get back!" lol.
This was one of my favorite moments from this show. I only saw it ONCE as a kid, but I never forgot it! Gotta admit that despite all the comedic moments here, he gets at TEN for throwing the mike up and catching it behind his back at about 1:15!
1:15
One of the funniest things I ever saw on television in the 80's. And now.
I just loved this show!! Never gets old!
I used to have a crush on Dwayne when I was 5, and this was in 2003!
this show is a classic
This just reminded me of how much I miss this show ❤
DeWayne is a character. I was laughing my butt off at this dude. That song was already funny but then he started dancing and that just took the cake.lol
Such a great show that taught our youth messages about integrity. I watched every episode.
I need to know how everyone kept a straight face during this scene.
Hello Dear
How are you doing today?
Ain’t no way they kept a straight face during the filming of this lmao!They had too retake this at least half a dozen times!!No way they kept from cracking up laughing all the way thru!!!😂 😂😂😂
One of the most hilarious parts of watching this is if you've heard James Taylor's version. This is just pure comedy. Classic.
These were the early days of American Idol....or at least as close as we came to it in the 70s.
God this still cracks me up all these years later. How I loved this show.
This has been in my head all day!! 😂😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
He was so cute to me. i had the biggest crush on him!
You know when the teachers are looking crazy, IT'S FUNNY!! 😂😂😂
I have every season of what's happening on DVD
How hard was it to stay in character and not bust up laughing at our dude?!?😂😂😂😂
how did they sit there without cracking a smile. i would have laughed like crazy!😅
I have been looking for this clip for years. I remember watching this back in the day and bein' hella weak especially when he was like "whoo get back"... Thanks for posting...
This is hilarious...and those notes are all over the place!