J.J. Fun Pal: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Tall, soft, floppy, and posable doll with sculpted vinyl head in the likeness of "J.J." from the television show Good Times. Doll is dressed in denim bucket hat, silk-screened long johns with DYN-O-MITE across the front, a pocket, and initials on back.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1975
• Created by: Shindana Toys, founded 1968
• Subject of: Jimmie Walker, American, born 1947
• Subject of: Good Times, American, 1974 - 1979
• Type: dolls
• Medium: vinyl , cloth , batting
• Dimensions: 15 3/4 x 4 5/16 x 2 9/16 in. (40 x 11 x 6.5 cm)
• Place made: South Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Business
• Topic: Sitcoms
• Object number: 2014.2ab
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Roderic T. Reece
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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