“The Sugar Shack,” the dance-hall painting made famous for appearing in the credits of the 1970s sitcom “Good Times,” sold at auction Thursday for a record-breaking $15.2 million. Ernie ...

Good Times, however, focused on a family struggling with poverty in the inner city, providing a different perspective. The show emerged as a spin-off from Maude, another sitcom created by Norman Lear.

After a year, Barnes had built up enough of a portfolio for Werblin to sponsor Barnes’s first solo show, at the famed Grand Central Art Galleries in Midtown Manhattan. Barnes was 28.

Angela Nelson loves Good Times so much she’s writing a book about it. “I do hold the show in high esteem. For me, it’s both personal and professional. I was 10 years old when the show came ...