FIRST TIME REACTING TO | Archie Meets George Jefferson For The First Time | All In The Family

[@pvdogs2]

The maid's name was Florence Johnston. She was played by Marla Gibb. The only Florence Henderson that I know was the actress who played the mom on The Brady Bunch 😊😊 The show with JJ was Good Times which was a spin off of Maude which was a spin off from All in the Family. Lenny Kravitz's mom was Roxie Roker who played Mrs Jefferson's best friend Helen.

[@mikebradshaw6484]

I can remember all of that too but i can't tell you what i ate for dinner last night.

[@edford1693]

And the guy playing Lionel (George's son) left 'The Jefferson's' because he was the main writer for 'Good Times'. He returned to 'The Jefferson's' after 'Good Times' was cancelled.

[@xzonia1]

@@mikebradshaw6484Same. Lol :)

[@daleb1279]

The Jeffersons lived next door to Archie and Edith initially until they moved on up to the eastside and their show was based in an expensive high rise with a mixed couple next door which included Lenny Kravitz's mother Roxie Roker. Florence was the Jefferson's maid. Good Times did actually spin off from All in the Family but in the rare double spin off. Edith's cousin Maude (played by Bea Arthur) visited and Maude became a hit spin off show, where Florida Evans, was Maude's maid and they eventually spun off Florida into her own show and yes, you are right, it was Good Times where Jimmy Walker always said dy-no-mite and Janet Jackson later appeared on that show too. Incidentally, Florida's neighbor Willona, was played by Ja'net Dubois, who was the foster mother to Janet Jackson's character, but the actress also sang the theme song for....the Jeffersons! Janet Jackson would also eventually appear on another Norman Lear sitcom, Diff'rent Strokes.

[@starrhelton4316]

The Jefferson’s moving to the East Side was a spin off from All in the Family. All in the Family was a light hearted/ serious show exploring all kinds of social issues. One of those topics was racism which the fictional Archie was just full of so they moved a Black family next door. The women became good friends and visited often. The men had the relationship that you would expect between a struggling white guy with racial prejudices and a pretty successful (more than Archie) Black man. Archie the character had his share of faults but he was more ignorant than mean. If that makes sense. Because of that there was something lovable about his character which showed racism as the very complicated matter that it can be. Also remember that this show was filmed in the sixties and early seventies (I think) so it was a lot closer to the Civil Rights Movement than we are now. Carroll was concerned about playing the character of Archie for so long because he was afraid of being labeled a racist, ignorant person like the character of Archie. It was a fictional show written and produced by people who wanted Americans to reflect on societal issues without scolding and lecturing people.

[@bwsinfonia13]

Florence Henderson was the mom on the Brady Bunch.

[@ConspiracySmurf]

oMG, i forgot about Maude and GT spin off and you know what , I recall Mike and Gloria moving to California or something and having a spinoff there, too! There is a whole Archie Universe out there!

[@arodin]

Man, sitcoms in those days were wild. It's like a Sitcom Extended Universe.

[@starrhelton4316]

@@arodin 😂😂😂😂

[@teddtarr]

"My Mammy" is a song made famous by the white singer, Al Jolson, who sang it in blackface, back in the early 1920's. Things were a bit different back then.

[@craigplatel813]

And he would get down on one knee at the end of his performance

[@rogerwolstenholme2710]

does anybody remember the " Amos and Andy Show " in the 50s

[@santosmadrigal3702]

I believe George and Archie are the same person . Just one is white and one is black . Archie's best friend is the Jefferson's son .

[@beaujac311]

teddtarr:. The name of the song was just "Mammy".

[@beaujac311]

@@santosmadrigal3702 They are not the same person. The George character is a response to all the racist white people he has ever come in contact with. Also Archie was the only one who did not realize that Lionel was making fun of him.

[@kengarner3625]

I just love the joy and excitement and humor you bring to your reactions. Yes, Norman Lear created some of the greatest television of all time….

[@marcussmith6805]

Florence is Marla Gibbs. You were right. She was the housekeeper on The Jeffersons. However, the neighbor on the show in the apartment building is Lenny Kravitz's mom. Her name was Helen.

[@mattslupek7988]

Beat me to it.

[@Yowza78]

And Florence Henderson was on the Brady Bunch lol

[@Yowza78]

And Florence Henderson was on the Brady Bunch lol

[@Yowza78]

And Florence Henderson was on the Brady Bunch lol

[@Yowza78]

And Florence Henderson was on the Brady Bunch lol.

[@NarnianRailway]

Norman Lear created a 70s sit-com empire starting with "All In The Family." "The Jeffersons" (Sherman Hemsley, Isabel Sanford, and Marla Gibbs) was the second spinoff. The first spinoff was "Maude" (Bea Arthur), Edith's cousin. Maude's housekeeper was Florida Evans. Florida (Esther Rolle) and James Evans (John Amos) relocated to Chicago with their own spin-off "Good Times" featuring Kid Dy-no-Mite! Jimmie Walker. Several other spinoffs were made featuring "All In The Family" characters. Those were all great spin-offs along with several minor sit-com spinoffs.

[@colleenmonell1601]

I just want to say that I needed this video today. You made me laugh until I cried because I'm so old to know how close and yet wrong you were and it was adorable and I could totally see where you were coming from. Thank you!! 🙃

[@RCHeath]

Carrol O’Connor and Sherman Hemsley were absolutely priceless. Thank you for making video like this 45+ years ago.

[@98armstead]

Florence Henderson was Mrs. Brady. The maid was Florence, played by Marla Gibbs. The Jeffersons were neighbors of the Bunkers until George's dry-cleaning business was successful. the spinoff happened after they moved to Manhattan. Lenny Kravitz's mother played the mother-in-law of Lionel.

[@rudyeksh8217]

They were neighbors. Jefferson was a spinoff later on as was Archie bunker's place after Edith dies. As was Maude also spinoff from all in the family

[@GhostyTMRS]

As others have mentioned, The Jeffersons lived next door to the Bunkers before they “moved on up” into their own series. Mrs. Jefferson was friends with Edith and Lionel Jefferson was friends with Mike and Gloria, so they were over at the Bunker’s house a lot. The character of George was talked about but not seen until this episode because Norman Lear wanted Sherman Hemsley to play George but the actor was tied up in another show so Lear held the role for him, creating George’s brother as a temporary “head of the household” character until Hemsley was free.

[@stevedahlberg8680]

Came here to say this.

[@chadjohns6955]

I absolutely loved the Jeffersons as a young kid, George always had me rollin', you should check it out

[@chadjohns6955]

Mami was a song performed in the 1920's by Al Jolson. If you look at the cover of that record, he's in "black face", it was a throwback to an old minstrel show songs, which were quite racist

[@DanInBranson]

Marla Gibbs played Florence Johnston, the maid on the Jefferson's. Florence Henderson was Ms. Brady on the Brady Bunch

[@JamesLachowsky]

The housekeeper on The Jeffersons was Florence Johnston, played by Marla Gibbs. Marla is not the mother of Lenny Kravetz. Florence Henderson was the actress who played the mom on The Brady Bunch.

[@jamiemacdonald436]

For me the most important part of the character arc of Archie is his growth as a human being. As stubborn, bigoted, ignorant, and loudmouthed as he is, he truly changed and grew as a person throughout the series. There are so many great examples that I would love to reference, but I don't want to spoil your journey. I cannot wait to watch you experience those moments for the first time and get some of that feeling that I felt the first time I watched. ❤

[@sukie584]

So true. The first season in particular they were all caricatures. Subsequent seasons you see less of that in subtle ways & then in much greater ways.

[@joeydewey1640]

Louise Jesserson was Ediths friend & neighbor. George owns dry cleaning shops & they got rich enough to move out of Queens into a fancy place. Hence the song moving on up

[@joeydewey1640]

Sure! But how?

[@BobSmith-lb9nc]

Jefferson was saying that he wouldn't come in even if Archie sang "Mammy," which used to be sung on bended knee and in Black-face by Al Jolson in the 30s.

[@128MrRon]

The first real episode of the Jeffersons starts here on All in the Family which shows them packing up to move uptown..😊

[@craigplatel813]

The housekeeper on the Jeffersons is named Florence Johnston. Florence Henderson played the mom on the brady bunch.

[@jaydMANifistation]

You got the song right. Good Times is the other show, with J.J. The Jefferson's was an offshoot of All in the Family. It starts when the Jefferson family cleaning business lets them move on up to the East side.

[@rocketman00000]

George Jefferson lived on the same street as the Bunkers while he (George) was building his dry cleaning business. When the business became really successful, he and his wife left Queens and moved into a luxury apartment in Manhattan.

[@jaycee330]

A DE-luxe apartment in the sky.

[@chrischar9428]

Proud. Were stiffling laughs. And face palms

[@Jmyth44]

Because when it comes down to it, he’s the black version of Archie, and the way they get along is by thinking that they don’t get along

[@Dread_Pirate62]

Roxie Roker was Lenny’s mother. Her character on the Jefferson’s was George’s neighbor.

[@candacemurphy8765]

And just to add to the interconnectedness of the shows, the theme song for The Jefferson’s, “Movin On Up”, was co-written by Ja’net Dubois. She played the next door neighbor, Willona, on Good Times. She became the foster mother of Janet Jackson’s character, Penny.

[@joecarcione6636]

Florence Henderson was the actress who played Mrs. Brady on the Brady Bunch

[@darrellwaller6205]

Caroll O'Conner is Archie Bunker. The Jeffersons (Deee-lux apartment in the sky) was a spin off and came a few years later, so yes, the Bunkers and Jeffersons were both homeowners who were neighbors. The DY-NO-MITE show was Good Times, which was totally unrelated to this show but If I recall was all created by the same guy. All politically motivated shows but reflex not only the sighs of ThOSE TIMES but in modern day now. George Jefferson saying " get down on your knees and sing "Mamey" was a reference to Al Jolson, an early, early Hollywood star that used blackface at the time (I want to say the 1920/1930's time period)

[@pvdogs2]

Good Times was a spin off of the show Maude which itself was a spin off of All in the Family.

[@jaycee330]

Well, sort of related by way of Maude. The matriarch of Good Times was the former maid to Maude, who is Edith's cousin.

[@bradsullivan2495]

Ja'net Dubois co-wrote and sang the theme song to "The Jeffersons" and appeared on "Good Times" as the Evans' next door neighbor Willona.

[@josephleowilliams]

And married to actor Mike Evans (Lionel).

[@vparkerrd96]

Roxy Roker was Lenny Kravitz’s mom and on the show. She played Helen Willis who was Lionel Jefferson’s mother in law.

[@bryanstoudenmire]

Hellen Willis was played by Lenny Kravitz mother she was the up stairs neighbor to the Jeffersons and All in the Family spinned off three shows Good Times, The Jeffersons and Maude they were all connected.

[@tristantknight]

the jeffersons did indeed live next to the bunkers for a while. at some point they did move out and into that apartment, which was shown in one of the all in the family episodes. the jeffersons was a spinoff of all in the family.

[@paulemery2634]

Hi Britt, first allow me to say that I enjoy your content, and I hope that you and your loved ones are doing well and are in great health. I believe the comment that George Jefferson said to Archie at the door was a reference to Al Jolson.

[@TedC5203]

"If you got down on your knees and sang Mammie". Mammie was a song sang by a performer in black face, Al Jolsen, back in the day.

[@TedC5203]

That's what George said from the other side of the door that you didn't hear right.

[@kennethmeeker6369]

Deluxe apartment in New York will cost more than a house in queens at that time maybe ? 🤷‍♂️

[@jaycee330]

Yes, and even more now.

[@jimcarberry8262]

Mammy was as song by a man named Al Joelson, he was a white man who performed in "black face". He was famous for singing that song. It was before my time and I was born in 1947.

[@THEREALDANNYD]

The Jeffersons were introduced to the show as neighbors across the street. George Jefferson was such an outstanding talent, Norman Lear (creator of All in the Family) created a spin-off show, The Jefferson’s. The bantering between Archie and George was fantastic. With the tv show, The Jefferson’s, they had moved out of Queens, where Archie lived, and into a nice, upper middle class apartment.

[@ralphangioli4852]

Florence’s last name was Johnston. The Jeffersons was an All In The Family spinoff. George’s brother Henry was living in George’s house next to Archie as the Jeffersons were originally Archie’s neighbors. Henry got a place of his own and this was a farewell party. George at first was refusing to go to the party at first cause he doesn’t like white people in particular Archie. You should react to the All In The Family clip where it’s George and Louise’s son Lionel engagement party and what happens when they meet Lionel’s future in laws for the first time.

[@jealousjelly]

Norman Lear was the genius who created All In The Family (and The Jeffersons) and wrote much of the dialogue. Lear said his father (Lear's father) was fond of calling others "meathead" when he thought they had done something stupid. And that's how Archie came to call Mike "meathead" with regularity on the show.

[@BillGraper]

Some of the things about Archie you will love. He has a hard time showing it most of the time, but there were times when he showed a lot of love towards his wife & a child left in their care. In the end, he has a big heart. You just have to wait for it to come out.

[@timpwhit]

"Mammy" was a song by Al Jolsen, a popular white Jewish jazz singer in the 1920's, who performed it in blackface and with an exaggerated Southern black drawl on stage, and then later in the movie "The Jazz Singer.". Even in George and Archie's time, it was considered offensive, as I recall (I was in grade school in the 70's, but I seem to remember it was considered by many to be racist even then). Also, you're correct, the maid's name in The Jeffersons was indeed "Florence," but Florence Henderson was the actress who played the mom in The Brady Bunch.

[@craigplatel813]

The Jefferson's started out as the bunkers neighbors. Then for the spin off they moved.

[@kennethgay559]

All in the Family came 1st. The (4)Jefferson's moved in next door to the bunkers in the 5th season. After a few season, CBS wanted them to get their own show, so they decided to Spin them off. That's when the "Move on up, to the deluxe...." The Jeffersons had a maid named Florence, who George had an adversarial relationship with. Florence eventually got her own spin off called (5)"Checking In". Going back to the Jeffersons. The upstairs neighbors were an interracial couple Tom and Helen Willis and their Daughter Jenny. Hellen, played by Roxie Roker is the mother of Lenny Kravitz. The Jefferson's son dated Jenny which George did not like! Back to All in The Family. Edith had a cousin named Maude. Archie hated her! Edith loved her and Maude Loved Edith! Maude was a VERY LIBERAL outspoken Woman! and you meet her when she comes to take care of Edith after a surgery. The laughs between the head butting of Maude and Archie do not stop! So Maude Spun off in 1972. (2)Maude had a house keeper, Florida Evans, but she left to move to Chicago, because her husband James Evans got a job there. (New Spin Off) (3)Good Times. after Edith Passed away they Rebranded All in the Family to (6)Archie Bunkers Place. Gloria and Mike had moved to California and ended up getting a divorce. So they did another spin off called (7)"Gloria". Then years later they did a spin off called (8)704 Hauser St (The address The Bunkers lived at.) this with the premise of a Black family moved in with the same dynamic as the Bunkers had in the 70's!

[@RLucas3000]

I loved so many of these shows, but it was unforgivable that they had Mike and Gloria divorce. It’s the reason Gloria was not a hit. We just could not accept them divorcing. And they make Mike the villain instead of (smartly) making it no-fault. Even Archie Bunker’s Place was a mere shadow of All in the Family. When Gloria failed, she should have moved back home, that would have helped. And Checking In failed because they made Florence too nice. They gave her a spin off because she was sassy, then took that away. Very dumb. At least she was able to return after a year. That was a smart decision.

[@willow0828]

The Bunkers & Jeffersons were once neighbors. Before the Jeffersons moved on up & got their own show. The other show where Janet Jackson was in was called Good Times.

[@epbeagle4242]

The Jefferson's were Archie's neighbors before they moved on up. George owned several Dry cleaners.

[@stevedahlberg8680]

J.J. saying Dyn-O-Mite! was from the incredibly popular family television show Welcome Back Kotter, if I recall correctly. And also if I remember right, John Sebastian of the Lovin Spoonful did the incredibly popular theme song to that. We even learned a version of it in jazz band in junior high. That's also the show where John Travolta first really got noticed, and it led pretty quickly to him being in some major movies. They all played the role of students in Mr Kotter's classroom.

[@Lovegun-w4s]

JJ was on "Good Times" not welcome back Kotter. John Travolta was on Welcome back Kotter!!!!

[@mattslupek7988]

If you already haven’t, check out the one where everyone meets Lionel’s fiancée, Jenny and her parents. Get ready for a line that’ll really shock you. Love me some AITF.

[@StevePaur-hf4vy]

The phrase George Jefferson uses when talking to Archie thru the door is "I wouldn't come in there even if you got down on your knees and sang Mammy.". As you know Mammy is a vulgar and racist term to refer to black mothers that stems from the slave days. The reference about getting in his knees refers to the 1927 film The Jazz Singer. In the movie a white guy gets on his knees, while in black face, and sings a song called Mammy. It was the first movie to have sound and audio. Many cartoons. TV shows and movies have used spoofs of the scene or references to the scene since 1927.

[@AngryOtterReacts]

Close, Florence Henderson is the Mom from the Brady Bunch, you are thinking Marla Gibbs who played the house keeper named Florence. Lenny Kravitz's Mom was Roxy Roker, who played the neighbor Helen who was married to the white guy Tom.

[@battlegirldeb]

Lionel Jefferson has been on the show since the first episode as a friend to Mike (Meathead) and Gloria as well as guy who ran errands in the Neiborhood. In the last episodes of the first season Lionel's parents George and Louise moved next door. Norman Lear wanted Sherman Hemsley to play the part as George, but at the time he was still in the musical Purlie they wrote in a brother for George named Herny played by Mel Steward, so Louise has a scene partner on the show to act with. This was the last show for Herny and the first one for George.

[@nightshift3635]

the archie bunker show spawned the jeffersons who moved on up , plus good times (dynomite) and maude

[@DyenamicFilms]

This is the episode where we finally get to see George Jefferson in person for the first time and the last episode Henry Jefferson was in. Norman Lear wanted Sherman Hemsley as George, but Sherman Hemsley was under a contract somewhere else so he created "Henry Jefferson" to "stand in" for George until Sherman was finally available. The first episode with Henry, Henry pretended to be George.

[@joeydewey1640]

! You're close! Lenny Kravitz's mom was Roxy Roker who played the neighbor lady married to a white guy (the first tv interracial marriage btw). Jeffersons were a spinoff of All In The Family. Maude was also a spinoff of that. Good Times was a spinoff of Maude. So Good Times & Jeffersons were like cousin tv shows.

[@marcussmith6805]

The Jeffersons was also a spin-off of All in the Family.

[@georgemiller244]

Florence Henderson was the mother on the Brady bunch lol😂😂😂😂😅😅😅😅

[@draxisstormshadow3244]

i believe Archy Carroll O'Connor also played in a crime show "In the heat of the night"

[@kimking6036]

Mike(meathead) and Gloria live with Archie and Edith while Mike goes to college. It was agreed on before they got married. You did great remembering The Jefferson's. So proud of you!

[@SadPuppySoup]

Congrats on 200k I miss the days when comedy was funny to all and everyone wasn't getting butt hurt and wanting everyone's lives destroyed because of a joke. The Jefferson's brought so much more comedy to this show at least for me.

[@StevePaur-hf4vy]

It's funny you mentioned JJ and the show Good Times. The actor who plays Lionel Jefferson is named Mike Evans and he co-created Good Times along with Norman Lear who created All in the Family. All in the family holds the record for spin-offs. There is All in the Family and the spin offs are Maude, The Jeffersons, Good Times, Gloria and Archie Bunkers Place. All in the Family was rebranded and retitled Archie Bunker's Place after three of the four main characters had left the show. Archie buys the neighborhood bar and the show revolves around him, his black housekeeper and his Jewish niece as well as his buddies and customer's in the bar. Gloria was about Archie's daughter living in upstate New York and working as a veterinary assistant. It only lasted a few episodes. Good Times was about a black family living in the ghetto of Chicago and struggling to make it. Maude was about a very liberal version of Archie Bunker. She was introduced in two episodes of All in the Family. The Jefferson's was about a black family who finally makes it and move to a swanky area of Manhattan. It was the first show to feature a black family in a positive light whereas before they were always featured as living in a ghetto or one parent, usually the father, was missing.

[@dougrogers835]

Archie and George didn't dish out compliments very often, or moments that tugged at your hear strings, but Archie did just enough that made you love him. You gotta do a reaction on all of Archies sad emotional moments if you can find a compilation. That is what made this show great. It showed even Archie could be sensitive and have feelings.

[@jaycee330]

What made Archie lovable is that his bigotry came from ignorance and upbringing, not from hatred.

[@tonydelapa1911]

Fun fact about the Jeffersons show: the woman in the mixed marriage neighbor family is Lenny Kravit’s mother. She died some time ago. I😊n an interview with Lenny he said whenever he misses her he watches old Jeffersons shows. ❤️

[@ricksexton8888]

The Jefferson's was a spin off of this show. Side note, the show with JJ walker was "Good Times"

[@miltonslocum8957]

Enjoyed the confused reaction Britt!😅 Your confusion with the shows Good Times, All in The Family and The Jeffersons is because they had the same producer, Norman Lear. He also produced other shows like Maude, Sanford and Son, and One Day at a Time. His shows were known to introduce political and social themes in a sitcom format. He actually produced over a 100 shows. He recently passed last month.

[@edroth1527]

Rip, he was both funny and able to be controversial because of it. Many things he tackled you would be canceled if you did today, but many needed to be introduced to the masses.

[@miltonslocum8957]

@@edroth1527 Truth... Totally agree!

[@richardroberts828]

Up? Ja'net DuBois "Movin' On Up" by Ja'net DuBois was the theme to The Jeffersons for 11 seasons, from 1975-85. The song did not chart but has remained a favorite for decades

[@rodlepine233]

the other show you was mentioning with JJ is Good Times

[@deniseduncan7363]

Hey!!!! Congratulations on the 200K subs!❤

[@MrKeychange]

I'm only halfway through so far, but you're cracking me up. 😂 I really enjoy your personality and how you can go deep, but also have fun. Sooooo.. Florence Henderson is the actress who played the mom on the Brady Bunch. Florence Johnson is the name of the maid on The Jeffersons. Lenny Kravitz mom played Lionel's mother in law. They both traded jabs with George. Good Times had Janet Jackson and both shows were All In The Family spinoffs. "Movin' on Up" was written and sung by the woman who played Jackson's mom on Good Times. :) It's all one Universe. 😂

[@marlakay]

Marla Gibbs was hilarious! She was always my favorite 😊

[@marcatkinson4149]

The Jeffersons was a spin off of All In The Family. They were Archie's neighbor before they moved into the apartment bldg.

[@wildwestmt67]

The Jeffersons was a spinoff show from All In The Family. So that movin on up was when The Jeffersons came into money so that they could move out of the neighborhood.

[@TheMinster1960]

Good Times was the series with Jimmie Walker and his "dyn-o-mite" exclamation. There were T-shirts with his face and that exclamation back in the mid 70s. As far as The Jeffersons goes, when they were on All In The Family George Jefferson's dry-cleaning business was still getting off of the ground. So they were working middle class. Eventually, the business grew and the Jeffersons moved away from Astoria to that deluxe apartment in Manhattan. Hence, the spin off TV show.

[@Pauba1946]

Florence Henderson was “Brady Bunch”!

[@81ydnar84]

Nice reaction. Love all in the family. the best episode ever is when they all get sick and Maude comes over to take of them. One laugh after another.

[@littleogeechee223]

LOL! Marla Gibbs played the Jeffersons’ maid, Florence Johnston. Lenny’s mom was the lovely Roxie Roker who portrayed Louise’s best friend, Helen Willis. She and Tom Willis were a mixed-race couple and the parents and Lionel’s wife, Jenny.

[@jhas727]

I am 50 now and when I was just a little kid of 4 or 5 I had a 3 piece suit and did the George Jefferson walk. As I thought he was the coolest dude ever. Picture that. A pasty white red headed boy. I still think George is a bad ass. And when I wear a suit now at some point I will still do the walk. All hale George.

[@timbell1129]

Many shows started with All in the family: The Jeffersons (their neighbors here) Maude (she was Edith’s cousin) Good Times came from Maude ( Florida was Maude’s housekeeper) There were 4 other short-lived series as well.

[@gazoontight]

You need to watch the episode when George meets the family of Lionel's fiancée. That's a very memorable episode.

[@rodlepine233]

Jim Bowman, Archie's neighbor sold his house to the Jeffersons without telling Archie he was selling to a black family there were only five spin-offs from All in the Family (Maude, The Jeffersons, Archie Bunker's Place, Gloria & 704 Hauser) Good times was a spin off of Maude and the Jeffersons had 1 spin off called Checking In

[@charliemac64]

The Jeffersons, during the All in the Family years, were the Bunkers' neighbors in Queens. George owned laundry/dry cleaning businesses. The Jeffersons picks up their story after they "made it" and "moved on up to the East Side." Lionel, George's son, made a few appearances in the first season or two of the Jeffersons, but was eventually written out of the script as he moved on in his fictional life (getting married, etc.).

[@cindybailey9905]

Check out Edith Bunker, Archies wife, Jean Stapleton in You've Got Mail and other movies. She uses a completely different voice here. Carroll O'Connor is a tremendous actor. You would like Lionel Jefferson who is good friends with Meathead since the Jeffersons moved in down the street. Later as a spin off show which often happened back in the 60s and 70s the Jeffersons moved on up to the East Side to a DEEELUX apt. in the sky and had their own show.

[@elizabethfranco1284]

JJ was Good Times that was a spin off of Maude which was also a spinoff of All in the Family she was Edith’s cousin played by Bea Arthur who later starred in The Golden Girls. The Jeffersons was also spun off from All in the Family

[@jaybartlett4090]

You should know of Carroll OConners other famous role as Cheif Gillespie on In the Heat of the Night.

[@teresamcclendon9029]

Good times, with JJ, and Janet Jackson

[@MrKeychange]

George and Louise were the Bunker's neighbors and eventually moved to an penthouse in Manhattan, w/ a maid etc. This show was SO good at making you laugh and and cry within the span of a few minutes. The writing is epic.

[@mrcurtis73]

You should check out the all in the family episode “pay the twenty dollars.” It’s hilarious. It involves the Jeffersons and a counterfeit $20 bill. 😂

[@johnhays8202]

Florence Johnston is the name of the maid on the Jeffersons. Florence Henderson is the name of the actress who played the character Carol Brady on the Brady Bunch!😅

[@G-MAN1958]

You are sooo close! The Bunkers and the Jeffersons were indeed neighbors. "The Jeffersons" was a spin-off from "All In The Family" after season 4. You are slightly off on the Florance character. Florance was the maid, but she was not related to Lenny Kravitz. Roxie Rocker, who is Lenny Kravitzs' mother in real life, played the character Helen Willis who lived next to the Jeffersons at "the deluxe apartment in the sky"😊☮

[@jimcarberry8262]

The Jefferson's was a spinoff of All in the Family

[@deantodd8103]

Jimmy Walker played James Evans, Jr. or simply J.J. on Good Times, which was another series produced by Norman Lear. J.J.'s catchphrase was "dyn-o-mite." And yes, a very young Janet Jackson was in the cast in later seasons The Jeffersons moved in next door to the Bunkers a few seasons into All In The Family. While the rest of the family members quickly became good friends, Archie Bunker and George Jefferson avoided each other until this very scene. Despite their vitriolic words here and later in the series, though, it kind of felt like Archie and George had a grudging affection for one another. They even worked together on a local political campaign, much to the chagrin of Archie's son-in-law "Meathead." The Jeffersons eventually moved "on up" to "deluxe apartment," which became the very popular spin-off show The Jeffersons. The All In The Family episode when they moved out is very touching, especially when Edith Bunker and Louise Jefferson say goodbye.(I'm getting a little misty eyed just thinking about it). As an aside, George and Louise's son Lionel frequently visited the Bunker house to spend time with Mike and Gloria, and he and Archie developed an unlikely , but heartwarming friendship. This was one of the factors in Archie's character development, as his thinking about race gradually changed. (Spoiler Alert: By the time All In The Family had become Archie Bunker's Place, Archie was very tolerant and even defended the honor of his Hispanic housekeeper). Edit: In this scene as well as the Sammy Davis Jr guest appearance that you also reacted to, Archie is the target of what is called a backhanded compliment. That is an insult carefully worded to sound like a compliment on a casual listen. In keeping with his portrayal as kind of uneducated, Archie completely missed the insult in both cases and thought the "compliment" was sincere.

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It's so funny thinking of someone that remembers Good Times because Janet Jackson had a bit part, before anyone actually knew who she was.... It's not like they said "Hey, that's Janet Jackson sister of the Jackson 5" because way before Thriller, right? Although Mike did come out with the much better album called "Off The Wall" back then.

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Meat-head is a full time college student. Mrs. Willis was played by Roxie Roker on the Jeffersons tv series. Her husband was played by Franklin Cover. They were the upstairs neighbors Lionel Jefferson dated the Willis’ daughter Jenny which upset George.

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The Jeffersons were a spinoff of all in the family

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The best way is to watch the episodes from the beginning. Florence Henderson was the mother from The Brady Bunch.They are neighbors at this time. That other show with JJ was Good Times.

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George Jefferson (Sherman Hemsley) had a sitcom called Amen in 1986 he was older and played a deacon

[@JoseRodriguez-uf2pt]

The other show with JJ Evans played by Jimmy Walker was Good Times, another great show from this time period

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Rob Reiner (Mike Stivic) was the director of “The Princess Bride”, “This is Spinal Tap” and “A Few Good Men” to name a few and people still refer to him as “Meat-head”.

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Mr. Jefferson was in the movie called, "Ghost Fever."

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"mammy" was a song by al jolson in the 1920's that he sung in blackface....

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8:16 "The Jeffersons" was spun off from "All in the Family". At this point, they were neighbors (Mike and Gloria would eventually buy the Jeffersons house when they moved to the de-luxe apartment in Manhattan.)

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So some of the context you are missing is this: Lionel was a character from episode 1, he was a friend of Mike and Gloria and Archie was in fact tolerant of Lionel. Archie genuinely likes Lionel. The Bunkers' white neighbors sold their house to Lionel's family when they moved out of Queens early in the series. (I think you might have watched a clip of Archie and Edith discussing this, but I might be mistaken, I'm watching a lot of AitF reactions lately). Lionel Jefferson's family consisted of his mother, his father, and his uncle, Henry. Norman Lear desperately wanted Sherman Hemsley to portray George Jefferson but Hemsley was committed to plays for a few years. So Lear created the Henry character. In Henry's first appearance, Lionel and Louise initially try to pass Henry off as George, because they were embarrassed that George is bigoted against white people and wouldn't step foot in the Bunkers' house. Henry appears throughout the first 3 or so years of All in the Family as the main Jefferson patriarch, with George only mentioned or being heard offscreen. Hemsley finally became available around the same time the actor playing Henry was leaving the show. So this clip you are watching is the transition between Henry to George as Archie's antagonist. I believe this is the only episode in which Henry and George appear at the same time, as the actor playing Henry did not return for The Jeffersons (in fact, the actor that played Lionel would only play Lionel for one year of The Jeffersons himself. He would join Lear's writing team and create Good Times, and another actor would play Lionel for most of The Jeffersons). So that's the main context: George lived next door to Archie for three years before ever meeting him, primarily because Norman Lear's first choice wasn't available and he stuck to his guns. And we're glad he did. Hemsley was perfection.