What's Happening!!
Hey, HEY, hey!
Created by Eric Monte
On ABC
A warm, high-spirited sitcom about three working-class Black teenagers navigating friendship and mischief in 1970s Los Angeles, built on the reliable reset of schemes that go awry.
Buddies Raj, Rerun and Dwayne come of age in 1970s Los Angeles. The trio have a penchant for mischief and trying to find ways of getting rich quick. Almost always the trio's schemes wind up getting them into trouble and it's up to Raj's mother Mabel to get them out of it. Also, half of the time, the guys get into trouble because of Raj's bratty sister Dee.
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