VividSimon Simply Perfect

Livestonth I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

Robert Joyner The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Geraldine The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

redsubjectapplication I'm told two episodes came out in 1989 , but I didn't get to see nor can I locate.

rcj5365 After the success of "Sanford and Son",actor Demond Wilson did two short-lived television series during the late-1970's and early 1980's. The other sitcom? "The New Odd Couple" that was a twist on the Neil Simon Broadway play that featured two African-American men in the roles of Felix and Oscar(the other was played by Ron Glass of "Barney Miller" fame)that lasted one season. But Demond Wilson's second attempt at a situation comedy series didn't last very long. The short-lived black sitcom from the mid-1970's "Baby I'm Back" had a somewhat great premise and the show itself was fairly enjoyable due to the colorful cast of characters. Who would have thought that casting actress Denise Nicholas (of "Room 222" fame and later in the 1990's for "In The Heat Of The Night")as his ex-wife and making Demond Wilson as a desperate man who tried to convince his wife that he was a changed man and wanted to start over again into a new relationship with her and there little girl,who just like her mother was a sassy,but wise beyond her years cute little girl(played by Kim Fields who when this show ended went over to NBC to played Tootie Ramsey on the long-running series "The Facts of Life").His wife has gotten engaged to a military man,Colonel Wallace Dickey(Ed Hall)and to make things even worse off for Demond Wilson's character Ray Ellis,was getting along with her mother Luzelle Carter(played to the absolute perfection by Helen Martin,later of "227" fame)who made things for him even worse off than they were. The verbal battles and puns between Demond Wilson and Helen Martin were especially enjoyable to watch,since Martin mostly sought to recreate LaWanda Page's Aunt Esther as a foil for Wilson,but she did have her moments with was basically the best part of the series. But it didn't help in the ratings neither. The show lasted one season on CBS-TV from the first telecast of January 30, 1978 until April 24, 1978. Only 13 episodes were produced since the series lasted no more than three months on the air. "Baby I'm Back" came in as a mid-season replacement for another CBS series in which it replaced. After more than a decade off the air,cable giant BET(Black Entertainment Television)resurrected all 13 episodes in repeated syndicated during the mid-1980's until the early part of the 1990's(the last time it was shown was back in 1991). And it hasn't been seen since. "Baby I'm Back" remains one of the lost and forgotten black sitcoms that were all over the place during the 1970's and 1980's.

kevin olzak After SANFORD AND SON Demond Wilson did two short-lived series, this one and THE NEW ODD COUPLE (he did Oscar, Ron Glass did Felix). The premise of this show had a husband who had abandoned his family return years later to try to reconnect with the wife and kids. I haven't seen it since its original broadcasts, but I liked it. Perhaps the idea wasn't appealing to a mass audience but the cast was excellent. Helen Martin played the "mother-in-law Luzelle. Luzelle is French for killer. The day she moved in, the rats moved next door." At least that's what Demond Wilson would repeat during the opening credits. He was great, and it was a better show than THE NEW ODD COUPLE. THAT'S MY MAMA was on for at least two seasons, and starred Clifton Davis and Theodore Wilson (who went on to play Sweet Daddy Williams on the popular GOOD TIMES). And then there was Cleavon Little in TEMPERATURE'S RISING.

richard.fuller1 This was Demond Wilson's attempt at making it on his own after feuding with Redd Foxx over who made "Sanford & Son" a success. In the show, Wilson returned to his wife who was attempting to remarry. Denise Nicholas was the wife and Helen Martin (later on 227) was her mother, Luzelle, who Demond would say was French for "killer". Martin mostly sought to recreate LaWanda Page's Aunt Esther as a foil for Wilson here. She did have her moments, especially when she got drunk on the cooking cherry trying to cook that chicken.First she would stagger out into the living room drunk, then later on, upon entering the kitchen, Martin would be having the plucked chicken do a little two step then take a dive into the bowl. The show would also have feminist periods, but with the lovely Denise Nicholas making the argument, they were memorable as I still recall them. In one, Wilson told her that men are always listed before women: "men and women, boys and girls, his and hers."Nicholas replied with "ladies and gentlemen!"She would then also hit him up as to why there was never a King Bee.The show didn't last long, obviously, but those moments with Martin were funny.