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What's Happening!! S3E5 — Shirley's Cookies
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What's Happening!!•Season 3•Episode 5

Shirley's Cookies

7.5/10 · 48 votesNov 9, 197822 min

Ranked #3 of 22 in Season 3•+0.5 vs season avg

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Shirley brings some homemade cookies into Rob's Place as a gift for the guys and they're so taken with how good they are that they suggest that she try selling them at Rob's. She decides to try it but soon finds that her small business

Directed byMark Warren
Written byKen Hecht
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Ernest Lee Thomas

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Haywood Nelson

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Dwayne Clemens Nelson

Fred Berry

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Frederick 'Freddie/Rerun' Stubbs

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Episode Summary

"Shirley's Cookies" is episode 5 of What's Happening!! season 3. It scored 7.5/10 from 48 votes, ranking #3 of 22 episodes this season (season average 7.0). Directed by Mark Warren and written by Ken Hecht, it aired on November 9, 1978.

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