Trivia and Quotes
Quotes
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George Jefferson: She`s what you call, a domestic.
Louise Jefferson: You make it sound like a disease!
George Jefferson: If I paid you to think, you could cash your check at the penny arcade.
Florence Johnston: Where do you think I cash it now?
Louise Jefferson: Lionel, you`d better go to your room. I don`t want you to get hit by your father.
Lionel Jefferson: Why would Dad hit me?
Louise Jefferson: Because I`m not sure just where I`m going to throw him!
Florence Johnston: How come we overcame and nobody told me?
[George Jefferson and Tom and Helen Willis are locked in the Jefferson`s bathroom and can`t get out]
Florence Johnston: [outside bathroom door, to Helen] You and Mr. Jefferson are in the bathroom together?
[pause]
Florence Johnston: Don`t worry; Mr. Willis will never hear it from me!
Mother Jefferson: I don`t have to stay here and be insulted!
Louise Jefferson: That`s right Mother Jefferson, YOU CAN GO ANYWHERE & BE INSULTED!
George Jefferson: This here is the living area, where we does our living, and this is the dining area, where we does our dining, and this is the kitchen area...
Louise Jefferson: Where we does our kitchening.
Hugo Mojelewski: Hi! Remember me?
Trivia
Spin off from "All In the Family" (1971).
The picture on the Jeffersons` desk by the telephone changes in every episode. It alternates between shots of Louise, George, Lionel, and Mother Jefferson.
George Jefferson was a navy veteran who had served in the U.S. 7th Fleet.
The Jeffersons returned to television in 1995 to appear on an episode of "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" (1990), and again in 2001 for a series of Denny`s Restaurant commercials.
The building in the opening sequence is located at 185 E 85th Street in Manhattan.
Though it is rarely mentioned on the show, the name of the building the Jeffersons live in is called "Colby East".
The Jeffersons live on the 12th floor of the Colby East.
The Jeffersons` neighbor, Harry Bently, worked as a translator at the United Nations.
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# Louise had an older sister named Maxine, who ran away from home several years earlier after she got pregnant. She eventually moved to France where she worked as a singer.
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# When Zara Cully died during the 1977-1978 season it was decided to write Mother Jefferson off the series by having her die as well. The character `George Jefferson` was ranked #44 in TV Guide`s list of the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time" (20 June 2004 issue).
Ja`net DuBois sang the shows famous opening theme song "Movin` On Up" and it`s closing credits as well.
CBS never gave "The Jeffersons" a proper series finale. The cast, bitter that they never got a chance to say goodbye, reunited years later for a stage play based on the sitcom. Sherman Hemsley said he found out the show was canceled by reading it in the paper.
When the show first started George constantly referred to Tom as a honky. After a few seasons Sherman Hemsley asked the writers to stop having George call him that, as he felt that the characters were friends and he felt George would not use a racist term on a friend. When the writers refused to stop Hemsley simply mumbled the the word every time he said it, forcing re-shoots. Eventually the writers stopped using the word.
When Mike Evans left the show for a second time, his absence was explained by having Lionel and Jenny separate and eventually divorce.
Sherman Hemsley is only 11 years older then Mike Evans. Hemsley is also 21 years younger then Isabel Sanford.
Isabel Sanford did not want to do a spin-off. She told producers that she was happy with her recurring role on _"All in the Family" (i971)_. When they told her that they were writing Louise Jefferson off of All in the Family, and moving the character to the Jeffersons with or without her, she decided to stay in the role.
Mike Evans left the role of Lionel Jefferson to work as a writer/producer on Good Times. When that show ended, he came back to the Jeffersons again.
During their 11 seasons, the Jeffersons were placed into 15 different time-slots.
Several CBS executives tried to get the interracial kiss between Tom and Helen Willis edited out, but executive producer Fred Silverman successfully lobbied to keep it in.
`Sherman Helmsley` found out about the show`s cancellation by reading it in the newspaper. Isabel Sanford found out from a relative that called her, who had read it in a trade publication.
Marla Gibbs was given her own Florence spin-off, where she went to work at a hotel. As a precaution in case the show failed, she still made appearances on the Jeffersons. When the spin-off failed, Florence went back to George and Louise.
Florence was originally intended to be a recurring cast member, but the character became so popular with fans, that the producers made Marla Gibbs a series regular.
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Sherman Hemsley
(as George Jefferson)
with Isabel Sanford
(as Louise Jefferson)
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