The Jeffersons Cast On The Donny & Marie Osmond Talk Show

5/19/2000. Includes Sherman Hemsley, Isabel Sanford, Marla Gibbs, Ned Wertimer & Franklin Cover.

[@cathleanjohnson675]

Misty eyes watching this mini reunion, RIP to all the cast members who have passed on, "The Jeffersons" will continue to live on through the magic of TV and future generations will know about this great show.

[@CBB1981]

It's so Sad, I believe Jenny and the 2nd Lionel are the only ones still with us and Marla Gibbs actually in her 90's.

[@jmjfanss]

​@carolinewoodward1016and the rest as well.

[@leonoranicolaysen2784]

Isabel Sanford was just the epitome of "keeping it classy." She was truly an example of grace.

[@UrbanMusic2000]

Can't believe he could still move like that! He also seems so upbeat and full of life.

[@ladennayoung2939]

Yes. He was 21 years younger than her.

[@Michelina22]

Love that scene with Helen and George dancing !! 😂😂😂

[@VioletJoy]

Sherman sure came across like a down-to-earth, fun loving man. I grew up watching The Jeffersons and loved it!

[@mrsTraveller64]

Donny and Marie allowed their guests to talk, to really tell their story, wich we can't say about most other talkshow-hosts. These two were excellent hosts❤️

[@jeanstanislawczyk1387]

I was just thinking the same thing; not talking over the guests, and respecting them!

[@cher_sh]

I'm 61 and I grew up watching their show, the Jeffersons.

[@waynejohnson1304]

Rest in peace too all of the cast. They will never be forgotten.

[@whitneyfan9019]

Wow Marla Gibbs was 70 here. And she still looks the same today.

[@TheMotownjunkie]

Isabel Sanford was in her 80s

[@chrisedwards3214]

Marla Gibbs is 91 now

[@mstwelvedeadlycyns]

Marla Gibbs -Florence the maid is the only surviving member from the show!

[@kendallrivers1119]

And Jenny and the second Lionel and Granddaughter Jessica.

[@jimmyferris]

That’s true let’s not kill them off ahead of time

[@gregdayton786]

Sadly most of them have passed on! Except for Florence and Jennie!

[@leonoranicolaysen2784]

Berlinda Tolbert is alive.

[@KimberlySaddler]

Jenny is still alive

[@PhilKeys]

I just started watching the Jeffersons . RIP to all of them that left. Beautiful people .

[@SueProv]

Really. It's a joy that Donny and Marie reunited so many older tv shows to their fans. Thanks for posting these, Dave.

[@bessieschaedel3890]

Wear. Is where is Helen at on the live production show there we are all talking about Tom and Helen and all all the guys that are on the stage there where's Helen at she's not there

[@bessieschaedel3890]

She sounds little little different

[@bessieschaedel3890]

I need get hight chare for George lol 🤣

[@davidval7188]

He can still dance.

[@DA90027]

I can't believe this was 23 years ago

[@citygent4634]

This show kept u grounded growing up. Gave you great laughs and heartfelt moments.

[@opsgrunt]

I just bought the dvd set (2024). Watching the reruns put a smile on my face.

[@CAcutie1978]

I have never been so entertained in my life! I watch the Jeffersons almost daily and I am always crying laughing. Thank you all so much!

[@craftingwithcharm7665]

Sherman & his dancing- the best!!! What a great show the Jeffersons was! Thank God Donny & Marie did this interview & and thank you for posting this!

[@alexanderh7502]

He always somehow reminded me of Mr Spaceley from The Jetsons

[@KevinDrop-in7iy]

@alexanderh7502 Absolutely! The black Mr. Spacely.

[@bettycogswell9851]

This was amazing. Sherman still got it. It's sad they're all gone now except for Marla Gibbs who was always my fav.🤣😂🥰

[@kendallrivers1119]

Don't forget Berlinda Tolbert and Damon Evans as well.

[@simonasabatelli7938]

they were my childhood... I'm almost crying...

[@jennifer_m.8613]

Sherman Hensley doesn't look like he aged at all!

[@phoch2331]

Amazing! "The Jeffersons" is my favorite, FAVORITE show of all time!!! I watch this show nightly. The entire cast was so talented, magical, and hilarious.

[@adamvoyda3855]

I’m Really Enjoyed These Old Tv Shows On Donny. and Marie

[@upthedown1]

Loved these two! And just adored her.

[@jjoyce46]

What a great cast and a great show!! I loved it!!

[@Channel-cm7yc]

All beyond exceptional people!

[@horizontoday7874]

Idk why I will always see them as real life husband and wife ❤️

[@leonoranicolaysen2784]

The "Good Life" episode with Florence and Gladys Knight was so beautiful. Two of my favorite women onscreen together.❤❤❤

[@r.a.contrerasma8578]

Our childhood right there. What a cast. What a show!

[@kimarajamison6951]

OMG This was an amazing look back on an awesome groundbreaking show. Thanks for posting this high-quality throwback Dave. Have a deluxe apartment Thursday and stay dancing...📺💜💟👴🏾👩🏾‍🦳👩🏾👦🏼🧓🏻⬆️🗽🍰🥧

[@respecthewoman]

how cool is that, Ned ended up being the willis's in real life. haha I can watch Sherman dance all day.

[@MegaAli213]

I grew up on this show, and other's within its genre. It was great growing up in the 70s.

[@otisroseboro5613]

Rip to all those who were on the tv series the Jeffersons

[@knightrcer]

These guys really made me laugh I'm still in the middle of another marathon on Amazon prime video. Did you watch the live in front of a studio audience the jeffersons clip? There's a surprise appearance of one of the few remaining cast members reprising their same role 40 years later. Made me cry watching it.

[@otisroseboro5613]

@@knightrcer yes I did everyone did an amazing job loved it

[@knightrcer]

@@otisroseboro5613 i loved it too. When Florence Johnston knocked on that door and it opened. When she stepped in and said miss Jefferson and everyone clapped I almost cried. She introduced herself as Florence Johnson instead of Johnston. Not sure how they made that mistake. Wondered if I was watching the jeffersons or the Johnsons. If you do a side by side comparison of the pilot episode of the series and the live in front of a studio audience, she walked and moved the exact same way side by side lining up. It's like she was in both at the same time 40 years apart.

[@kendallrivers1119]

​@knightrcer imo Marla Gibbs appearance was the best part of that whole thing! Nobody else nailed it like she did. You really can't outdo Sherman, Isabel, Mike Evans, Roxie, Franklin etc.

[@BNHAalltheway]

Thanks for posting this brings back memories that was a great show

[@esiritoneh2]

Watching from Port Harcourt, Nigeria. 😂

[@leonoranicolaysen2784]

I'm so glad the show is watched around the world! Thanks.

[@carolcarney1022]

George could still get down...😂😂😂 And they say he was very shy, and you can tell when he talks... But when he gets into character, it's on...😂😂😂 Loved this show... Most are gone now...😢😢😮😢😢

[@nsj1979]

Sherman Helmsley gettin' down with his bad self! 😎😎😎

[@docdee770]

When comedy was comedy.😄

[@michaelhogg324]

I have to say that I LOVED watching the Jeffersons on Sundays after the NFL on CBS as it was well written and I wish that I could find the DVD Box Set!

[@Doggitobella]

It’s on Amazon I just bought it!

[@michaelhogg324]

@@Doggitobella Thanks

[@NathanielIReiff]

Fun fact: Sherman is 21 years younger than Isabel

[@betterthanemril988]

It definitely shows here lol

[@darcyflewellen4496]

@@betterthanemril988 Lol....I wondered if I was the only one that noticed that...

[@faithful31us]

Didn't show in the show tho

[@leonoranicolaysen2784]

She was beautiful and the chemistry was REAL. So age didn't really matter.

[@nothingfancy4024]

Yep shes old enough to be his mom.

[@williamjamesayers7719]

Happy Days, Jefferson's, Good Times, and All in the Family had the four BEST couples in tv history.

[@ifallthehippies]

Marla Gibbs is now 92!!! This show and All in the Family are the single greatest shows of all time. ALL-TIME!!!!!!

[@GregWatson-wb8yd]

CBS didnt even give it final episode!

[@dennismclaurin1487]

They looked stunned in a subtle way when Ralph the doorman told them he was married to a black woman.

[@tammymtampa]

My favorite episode: George Jefferson Museum !! :) :) :)

[@knightrcer]

The hot dog vendor is still behind that curtain asking if he can go home after the lights are off.

[@sandrabrown5416]

There was a dance made up in the 80's called the George Jefferson ❤

[@noragharbaoui5340]

I still watch the Jeffersons every night on Antenna tv♥️

[@kendallrivers1119]

Sherman & Isabel and Carroll & Jean were true icons in their foles and as tv couples. They don't make em like that anymore. R.I.P to everyone in The Jeffersons and All In The Family.

[@Stephen1234-co8cj]

Absolutely love The Jeffersons

[@apoliticallevi]

THey shouldve played the theme song when they walked out

[@otisroseboro5613]

Love this interview

[@mohmoudfarah1897]

Aside from the screaming at the beginning, this was an amazing clip; thank you for sharing it with us!

[@gregdayton786]

This is one of the best black comedys ever!

[@pcallas66]

Thank you for sharing this.

[@bostonteaparty3926]

Only one alive - 91 yo Marla Gibbs - all the others are gone. She is the only living core member of 'The Jeffersons' cast

[@kendallrivers1119]

Uh are you forgetting Jenny and the second Lionel?

[@pigramgregory2]

​Jenny & the second Lionel and Jessica the grandchild and Marcus the 1 guy that worked in The Jefferson's Dry Cleaning Store

[@stephanierosado8135]

Love Sherman he make me laught can't believe he pass away the love the Jefferson that my show

[@user-dg2oe9fc3h]

Yeah me to i also grew up watching The Jeffersons with my dad that show was so very funny my favorite moment is when George and Florence go at it now that is hilarious to me😂

[@draydayj1]

Get it GEORGE!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@user-qk6qs8ns7r]

I grew up in the 80s and I used to watch The Jeffersons with my mom and dad and I still watch it now and then lately I've been watching it today I have a couple episodes downloaded on my tablet so I can just watch it anytime I want to they'll make shows like this anymore

[@timothywelch4387]

Great clip. Shame the dates were wrong on the old pics they showed

[@DavesOsmondVideos.]

Neither show was even on the air in 1974.

[@peterlewis6324]

Comedy acting royalty ❤❤

[@davidval7188]

Isabella Sanford is hilarious

[@cocopalmer9585]

Loved the❤❤❤❤ Jefferson

[@destineetyson7756]

I love the Jefferson ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❣️❤️❣️❤️❣️❤️❣️❤️❣️💋❣️💋❣️💋❣️❤️❣️❤️❣️❤️

[@thetalkingarchive4795]

That episode where George paid Ralph and Florence to pretend to be Tom and Helen was hilarious. Not only did The Jeffersons not receive a final episode to wrap things up. The same happened with Archie Bunker's Place.

[@ghanasoul]

Ms. Sanford keeps it real! Ha. I love her honesty.

[@mscottlawrence2037]

I heard George was actually really shy

[@JoeBuck207]

Gay man blackmailed that left him penniless.

[@I-AM-BELIEVER]

@@JoeBuck207 Sounds like you’re projecting. It’s ok. Come out the closet

[@betterthanemril988]

I’m pissed off for the cast because you don’t have a long running show go on for 11 seasons and not give them a finale episode. I mean the last episode was so crazy inconclusive it’s like, damn where’s season 12? 😂

[@otisroseboro5613]

Classic

[@samirahassan2079]

never stopped posting viedos

[@rodneystephens8859]

I just love them to hell I love all of them

[@darcyflewellen4496]

I loved this show and all of the cast members. This is the first time I've listened to them as a group in this kind of setting. Isabel seems to want a lot of attention...lol. I saw it in some other videos where she and Sherman were being interviewed. When Sherman said that Roxy was probably the most sane of them all, did you hear Isabel say, "Well, I wouldn't say that..." and Sherman backtracked and said, "Well, outside of Ms. Sanford." and then he bowed to her....lol

[@cameashaflowers1527]

Do you think she was difficult?

[@yinkadavies8403]

Wwwwwwwwoooooowwwwwww 2022 I hear about us im jumping!

[@verityweekly]

Amazing that 2000 was 24 years ago!

[@JerryJonesstepdown.]

Am 52 years young.. Florence you can push me around all you want

[@wardarcade7452]

3:05- Isabel Sanford (1917-2004) confirmed to Marie Osmond that she was writing an autobiography- yet, as far as I know, it never got published! I wonder if she was able to finish it before her death or did her survivors decide not to allow it to be published? Sad that no sign of it has ever emerged. BTW, Eddie Albert (1906-2005) [Oliver Douglas on 'Green Acres'] and Katherine MacGregor(1925-2018)[Harriet Oleson 'Little House on the Prairie'] also claimed to be writing autobiographies in their twilight years yet those also never got completed/published. Too bad. Marla Gibbs (born 1931) is the only survivor of those cast members. I hope SHE gets an autobiography written/published!

[@TriceO]

I actually reached out to her manager Brad Lemack a few years after her death. He said that it was up to her family if the book would be released. So not sure how much of the book was completed before hand. But that was what he said at the time. Now fast forward to last year, her son Sanford said that he is working on a book about his mother. He said it should be done soon. So maybe this year.

[@wardarcade7452]

@@TriceO WHOA! That's amazing! Maybe we'll see something like the bio by Jack Benny's daughter which included selections of his own incomplete autobio! Thanks so MUCH for responding to this and in telling me this news! Even an account from her son alone would be interesting in that she evidently decided when her marriage was over to go after her dream of being a Hollywood actress and took her teen kids with her by bus from NYC to LA and he'd have an interesting perspective about what it might have meant to him and his sibs leave their home to see if their mother's dream would pan out against the odds! Thanks again for this!

[@TriceO]

@@wardarcade7452 yes, I look forward to reading. He will definitely show us a side of her that we didn't know.

[@henriettacollins2048]

Yes, I read that her son was writing a book about her. This was last year when he made the announcement. Hopefully, it will be available by the end of this year. I can’t wait to read it.

[@livendapast6347]

And now this video is 23 years ago 😳

[@nchengeeyong8864]

This makes you feel your own mortality.O how I wish some people could live forever? I would gladly vote for this bunch.These where fun times 😑

[@sunflowerpwr.8821]

I loved me some weezie and her personality and style.

[@joydavis8583]

what's up my name is Ms Joy I just subscribed to your channel I am your new Subscriber I love 💞 The Jeffersons it is my Favorite TV 📺 show

[@ScoobyDooDoo415]

Wow! Ms. Marla getting it at 70! Now she’s 92-93. Woooow

[@pheobepheonaandpheinaslife123]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@user-hz3rt6sk7e]

When you watched u have laugh great show

[@leejganderson7827]

Love the cast but an amazing story that Ralph character got recognized in Africa. At a airport near Nigeria.. but people know you by your voice and of course even when you get older you look still can remain the same to some degree..f people really study you I have noticed movie stars in AK celebrities and lot of times I don't even mean to bother them.. it just bluntly comes out like don't I know you from somewhere?!? next thing you know they say "N0.. I just look like them.. I'm told that a lot and you know they are the "Real deal.. I know a lot of big-time celebrities have done that and I think it's kind of embarrassing you give them the time of your day and they brush you away like your A nobody.. like you're bothering them. That's pathetic😮 it's people like Us that make them into who they are so I understand they want privacy and All.. but sometimes they should give people the chance to express their gratitude for being a celebrity and be appreciated of that .. anyways Rest in peace for the cast members that have passed And to Marla Gibbs hope she can keep on moving on up!.. You deserve it❤ Ok 4-25-20 23 P

[@andygossard4293]

He was such a a perfect foil for Archie. They should have stayed in Queens.

[@ngml320]

😀

[@thequeen521]

💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘

[@stacystoltz8722]

👋 ❤😊😊😊🎉🎉

[@ajboss924]

1:43 1:51 1:59 5:22 12:57

[@michelle198443]

🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷

[@rcaive0875]

I Love Lucy actually had the first interracial marriage, but yeah, whatever.

[@fabianjoy12875]

Isabela has no neck