This will be released in March the 27th


In the meantime, I'm wondering if any of you guys still dig this show?

I have the complete first season. I'll defintely be gettin this

You know I like this show. This season has the real Lionel.

i used to watch it all the time as a kid. loved it.

and it has the single greatest theme song to a tv show in all of history. one time i was at a party, and was smoking out with some friends, and had it stuck in my head. being high, i started singing it, and damned if people didn't start doing the clap and a guy joined in on the "fish don't fry" part and doing the back up.


i should get the dvds.

RipHer2Shreds said:

I never get tired of it, its like an addiction I swear, some of the 90's so-called big sitcoms seem more dated to me than this show.

I like the fact that all of them were obscure prior to that show.

Florence(Marla) was a housewife.

George(Sherman) was a postman.

Helen(Roxie) was a part of the Negro ensemble company.

And the MOST shocking(to me) was Weezy AKA Ms.Isabel Sanford(My FAVE character).

She was a chorus line/dancer who was one of the girls who danced around in old short videos of Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Big Joe Turner.

Remember them? The shimmy sham honeys, who would've thought of it? of course, not to mention she has a long history of broadway.
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damn it, now i have the song stuck in my head.

that and weezy's voice

Harlepolis said:

And she's still the only black actress to win an Emmy for a leading role in a comedy. She was not expecting to win, so she was smackin' on some cheese when she got up to the podium.

cborgman said:

She was the epitome of BASS god rest her soul. She was a fine lady.

Harlepolis said:

she was my favorite thing about the show.

LOVE that voice.

RipHer2Shreds said:

I missed her Lifetime's Intimate Portrait when it aired ,,,,I'm still over this.

And them youtube bastids ain't helping none, Jack

This is my favorite sitcom of ALL TIME!

RipHer2Shreds said:

Wasn't Isabel like ten years older than Sherman or something like that?

sextonseven said:

20 years older than him.
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Yeah, I dig this show. I still watch reruns of it on TV Land all the time.

The show alwyas reminds me of winter for some reason. Maybe because of that picture they put up of the bare trees during the ending credits.

And does anyone remember the episode where they threw George in the clink because they thought he was out looting and he asked the one dude why he was out stealing and the dude's reply I don't remember word for word. But the way it was delivered was the classic white ideal of what a brotha from the street talks like. You can just see the director telling the guy to "put a little bit more jive in it". The dude is almost doing a Marvin Gaye strut while he's talking about how hard it is to feed his family. It's atrocious, wonderful and funny all at the same time.

Pizzat said:

Well, its Norman Leer's vision.

But I think the Jeffersons is more loose than Good Times, which seemed SO pretentious & calculated @ some points.

Ooh,I'm getting behind I still haven't gotten Season Five.I have seasons 1-4 though.This is one of my all-time favorite shows.The early episodes are the best.In the 80s,the show lost something although it was still very funny.

psychodelicide said:

Not so long ago,TV Land had a weekend marathon of "The Jeffersons".It was great.

SoulAlive said:

Think I might have watched part of it.

psychodelicide said:

I watched most of that marathon It was interesting seeing the 80s episodes,since they're not available on DVD yet.

SoulAlive said:

I'm sure eventually the 80's episodes will be out on DVD.

The 80's were great, remember the Gladys Knight episode?

Harlepolis said:

I remember that episode Gladys and Florence were at a health spa and Florence had no idea who she was chatting with,lol.

psychodelicide said:

I think Season Six,in fact,is the beginning of the 80s

SoulAlive said:

Ohhh yeah, now I remember it.

SoulAlive said:

SoulAlive said:

Yep thats when the Jeffersons became grandparents.

Harlepolis said:

I remember that! George was so happy the baby was black.

Harlepolis said:

It's one of my favorite shows ever. It was so hilarious and I just loved George and the rest of the characters so much

cborgman said:

You know who performed the theme song? WILONA from "Good Times" !