227 | Sandra Pretends To Be Mary | The Norman Lear Effect

After accidentally damaging a car, Mary (Marla Gibbs) convinces Sandra (Jackée Harry) to stand in for her to confront the owner (Ken Foree) about the broken tail light.
From Season 1, Episode 1 'Honesty' - Mary regrets her offer to pay for the damage to a car she dented.
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About 227: In a world gone "condo," apartment building 227 is much more than just a street address--it's a haven from the fast-paced life of Washington D.C. for its many tenants. Through the good times and the bad, through rent hikes and garbage strikes, the tenants of 227 are a close-knit, tough, not always harmonious family, and Mary Jenkins is the "thread" that keeps them together.
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[@antonrowell6627]

Sandra won an Emmy Award for this show. Well deserved. She was too much fun!

[@gdmoore]

Let's face it, 227 is iconic because of Sandra..

[@videox222ify]

the beautiful 5-time Emmy nominated star Marla Gibbs will celebrate her 90th birthday in exactly 2 weeks

[@prettyclassylady6218]

Delete this. Don't jinx it

[@donnapuckett4992]

I met Ken Foree several times at a horror conventions, nice guy.

[@jmiller297]

*"Kenan and Kel!"*

[@ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113]

What was he doing at "Horror Conventions." Do you frighten him? What Gibbs?

[@rachelr375]

That Sondra is a mess!

[@kathyguinto4585]

Jackee Harry may have been a hussy on 227,but wow was she ever cute.I wasn't a regular watcher of 227,but man she was so cute!,I always liked her.John M Guinto

[@DavidRichardson95]

Roger before Kel gave him high blood pressure every time he came to the Rockmores and caused a big ruckus lol.

[@shadymercury]

thats Ken Foree from the original Dawn of the dead

[@frankieclayton9303]

Great show 👏 👍

[@zutalors960]

This is one of their best episodes. We all know the show is Sandra, just like Karen Walker on Will And Grace.

[@mreynol1]

I disagree. Each character on Will and Grace held their own.

[@zutalors960]

@@mreynol1 Karen and Jack won't work without Will and Grace. Just like Sandra didn't work alone (failed spin-off).

[@mariahyohannes]

@DeVante Cooley Well that's exactly what the original comment stated

[@mariahyohannes]

@DeVante Cooley They literally said "Just Like Sandra didn't work alone failed spin off". You cant read B

[@minivegana6516]

I LOVEEEEEE❤MARLA GIBBS!!!!!!!!🙏❤

[@shadymercury]

so do I. Marla Gibbs is the reason why this show even exists. She bought the rights to the original play (which she starred in) and developed it into the sitcom

[@minivegana6516]

@@shadymercury Ohhh Wow!!!!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼If I could meet 3 people in person whom I REALLY love ot would be MARLA GIBBS, BETTY WHITE AND JERRY MATHERS!🙏❤👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@DavidRichardson95]

Watching the show in reruns, the early episodes were _everything_ and they still are. If they had kept the Sandra vs. Mary plotline and not made Sandra out to be an airhead the show's quality would've lasted. I _rarely_ (if ever) watch the last season. It just wasn't the same.

[@mreynol1]

Same. I don't enjoy the last season at all. They threw all of those random characters on there. And then tried to replace Sandra with that one girl. Sandra cannot be replaced.

[@DavidRichardson95]

@@mreynol1 The show really became a show about people living in an apartment building lol.

[@mreynol1]

@@DavidRichardson95 yep! When the beef between Mary and Sandra left, it wasn't interesting anymore. They should have never brought Countess Vaughn on their either. She didn't add value to the show.

[@DavidRichardson95]

@@mreynol1 She was similar to Cousin Oliver though but she was cool. She left cause somebody in the main cast shouldn't talk to kids in a manner you do to adults.

[@mreynol1]

@@DavidRichardson95 I always wondered who it was. I say either Mary or Rose...lol.

[@Kconstance]

What episode is it that Sandra tries to get Mary and lester to buy a old run down home!??????

[@deenathornton8904]

LOL.

[@kidnplay3978]

Dang ... that man was finnnneeee 😍

[@frienjie7148]

_that’s_ her idea of handsome?!?! sandra clark, i thought you had *much* better taste than that!! 😳😐😑😖😂

[@frienjie7148]

Hannah D lol… he must be 🤷🏾

[@Michelle-pn9xt]

No. She is trying avoid paying...

[@tktkdiamond]

One of the best episodes ever laughed my butt off the whole episode from start to finish specially when both her husband and the rich car big car accident guy were about to duke it out over Mary because here Sandra told him her husband left her and took everything even throws a another insult at Mary about her bad taste in clothes saying he took her dresses and in left her in this ratty old thing to until Mary drags Sandra into the kitchen trying to tell Sandra to stop lieing and tell her the truth

[@opiokapi4418]

🎉🎉❤❤

[@francesyoungperson1882]

OUR👍🏻👌😘 CHILDREN ARE BEING TRAINEDUP TO BE "HONEST" IT IS THE BEST POLICY 🀄🙏🙇‍♂️🙇‍♀️ 🎼🎵THE MOUTH OF THE L👑RD HAS SPOKEN IT⚘🎶" Amen (Joshuax24: 15), (Matt 28:18)🏆🀄🙏