Ever see his stand up act? Was good. A couple of his bits;
“I auditioned for “The Waltons. It was for the part of Boy Boy.”
“I was pulled over for speeding in Alabama. Cop said you’re going to jail son. I asked don’t I even get a warning. So he fired 3 shots over my head.”
I do think that the elevation of him and his young antics & catchphrases hurt "Good Times".
If you want some good insight into what it's like as a normal blue-collar guy working as TV writer and producer in Hollywood, check out this 4-part interview with Michael Moye, who wrote for "Good Times" (and other Norman Lear properties), then was the co-creator of "Married with Children".
(Yes, you read that right - he went from being in the orbit of Norman Lear to helming the most un-PC TV show of all-time.)
Moye is a good guy, and may very well be "one of us"....
I haven’t seen his “stand ups”...Those you mentioned are really funny...