The Jeffersons were brought in as Archie Bunker's next door neighbors in Season 1 Episode 8 "Lionel Moves Into the Neighborhood" of All in the Family. Isabel Sanford, Mike Evans and Sherman Hemsley were cast immediately as Louise, Lionel and George Jefferson respectively. But while Evans and Sanford started making appearances right away; Hemsley was enjoined from making any appearances while he was still starring in Purlie on Broadway. So Mel Stewart was brought in as George's brother, Henry. Stewart was essentially a place holder for Hemsley in seasons 1-3. Once Hemsley finished his run in Purlie in Season 4, Stewart was transitioned off the show, and Hemsley was transitioned in, during the "Henry's Farewell" episode in Season 4 episode 3. There's a rumor though that the Henry Jefferson character was retconned off the show and out of the whole Norman Lear franchise at that point; and that isn't true. Isabel Sanford perpetuated the rumor in an Emmy TV Legends Interview when she said that the "Henry Jefferson character was taken off the show at that point and kind of never mentioned again". This is false though, as Henry Jefferson was mentioned in later Jeffersons episodes. One substantial example would be the Season 4 Episode 22 "Uncle George and Aunt Louise," which has Henry's bratty son Raymond, played by Gary Coleman, coming to stay with the Jeffersons for six weeks. George even gets on the phone and talks to Henry for a few minutes. So although Mel Stewart might have vanished from the series at that point Henry Jefferson did not.
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