The Fosters (1976 TV series) The Fosters (1976 TV series) The Fosters is a British television programme, produced by London Weekend Television which aired on ITV from 9 April 1976, until 9 July 1977. It was created and developed by Jon Watkins, who adapted the American sitcom, "Good Times", developed by Norman Lear, and created by Eric Monte and Mike Evans. It was one of the first British television programmes to have an entirely black cast. It was the predecessor to many future British television programmes that featured a predominantly black cast: ("The Real McCoy", "No Problem!", "Desmond's", "The Lenny Henry Show" and its subsequent
Cast Your Fate to the Wind for "A Charlie Brown Christmas"; the hiring would begin a long collaboration between Guaraldi and Mendelson that would see Guaraldi compose for numerous "Peanuts" television specials until his death in 1976. Cast Your Fate to the Wind "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" is an American jazz instrumental selection whose music was composed, and which was originally recorded, by Vince Guaraldi; later, lyrics for it were written by Carel Werber. It won a Grammy Award for Best Original Jazz Composition in 1963. It was included on the album "Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus," which the Vince Guaraldi Trio released on