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Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Dap Sugar Willie


I have this little hobby that sometimes becomes very informative. I like to find someone on a show, in a movie, or on an album that had a small part and see what else they have done....and whatever happened to them. Often these auxillary participants have a story of their own. Sometimes they remain a complete mystery. But usually I end up learning SOMETHING cool in the process of research. And research in today's world is as simple as typing this blog. Infact, this blog itself could possibly end up in a search for today's spotlighted subject: Dap Sugar Willie!


Dap comes from North Philladelphia and was an X-rated comedian of the 60's and 70's. He run in the same circles as Rudy Ray Moore, and his good buddy Red Foxx (who subsequently got him involed in the limited about of tv work he end up doing). Eventually releasing material on Philladelphia International Record, he got his break nationally on "Sanford and Son". But his biggest break came when he became a semi re-occuring character on "Good Times" in the form of Lenny.


Now, I'm a "Good Times" fanatic. My first crush was Thema...I wanted to be JJ....and I wish James Sr was my dad. And I loved the other characters such as Bookman, Wilona, Alderman Davis, Carl Dixon, and Sweet Daddy Williams. But Lenny was my favorite.


So I researched him and found little info. He didn't do much past Good Times. The only real name I can find associated with him MIGHT be "Anderson". His biggest payday probably came in his supposed small role in the 1986 movie "Wildcats". And that he may of passed away in 1995. Sad.


Well, if you read this whole blog...then your life is just THAT much more enriched with more useless knowledge! And my life is also enriched with the same knowledge....plus the Dap Sugar Willie 45 vinyl record I just bought on e-bay!


To be Continue........


10 comments:

  1. Thanks for making me laugh Jeff.Good Times has always been one of my favorite shows,and watching that video just made my day.

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  2. Law, I had forgotten about Sweet Daddy Williams! Oh, how I loved it when Good Times came one...We have a saying if something around the house is TOO ghetto; "Even Florida and James wouldn't put up with this shit!"
    I enjoyed it:)

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  3. He was a great character on Good Times. My sisters and I repeated his famous line of, "my name is len-naaay and if I aint got it then there aint A-naaay. Classic...
    Please find out more info on him. I would like to know more. Thanks for what you have uncovered thus far. I will be checking back often.

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  4. You're absolutely right. I stumbled upon this blog searching for more info on Dap Willie. Lenny was one of my favorite characters on Good Times. I too wondered what other projects he was in & his personal life. There is very limited info on him, but, I'm glad to have found something. Knowing he's from my hometown I can inquire about him through friends & family who were living in the city at the time he did. Thanks 4 the research.

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    1. Latoya I would love to hear anything you have found out about him

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  5. well most people don't know that sugar dapp willie was a real life pimp and knew the late Redd Foxx from the early 50's,when he wasn't doing stand up he had a stable of 5 bottom line ho's..he did not pass away in 1995 as reported but he is retired and living in Santa Barbara

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  6. Nope, He's dead. I knew him back in the early ninety. His real name was Robert Willie White. He passed away on October 27, 1994 aged 57 in L.A.

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  7. Nope, He's dead. I knew him back in the early ninety. His real name was Robert Willie White. He passed away on October 27, 1994 aged 57 in L.A.

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  8. Sorry Vlad....but you are incorrect. Robert Willie White DID die on that date that you said. However, he is not Dap Sugar Willie. Robert was a guitarist for with the Funk Brothers....who was the Motown session band who played on all of the early classics from that label.

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  9. Sorry Vlad....but you are incorrect. Robert Willie White DID die on that date that you said. However, he is not Dap Sugar Willie. Robert was a guitarist for with the Funk Brothers....who was the Motown session band who played on all of the early classics from that label.

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