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The White Shadow: Georgia on My Mind

 

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Air Date

Thursday October 30, 1980

Production Code

0110

Episode Summary

Coolidge begins to think his basketball ability is all he needs to succeed in life and his schoolwork suffers. After warnings from Reeves and Mrs. Buchanan, he takes the low road and thinks he can make the Harlem Globetrotters. The Globetrotters, however, teach him a valuable lesson.

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    3.5 Bad

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    Sadly, this one was a clunker. I found myself feeling just like Coach Reeves at the end; basically, wanting to yell at Coolidge to get off his fanny and buckle down and work. The dream sequences were kind of offbeat, too. The only redeeming thing I got out of this episode is that Coolidge is a lazy slunk who thinks being able to dunk a basketball is going to take him far. And, at the end, he's only interested in tutoring because his tutor is nice-looking. Nothing of substance to this one; this was definitely an episode they could have done without.

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  • First appearance of Roosevelt Grier as wrestling coach Ezra Davis. []
  • The Season 3 introductory "split-shots" of Coolidge and Franklin are taken from this episode. []
  • Apparently, new player Jesse B. Mitchell (Stoney Jackson) is a senior, since he's seen taking a chemistry exam with Salami and Coolidge, who are in their third seasons with Carver. []

Allusions

  • The title of this episode alludes to "Sweet Georgia Brown", the Harlem Globetrotters' theme song, which plays while they do their opening routine at all their games. []
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