I Jefferson

Sitcom che segue una coppia afro-americana di successo, George e Louise "Weezy" Jefferson mentre "salgono" dalla classe operaia del Queens a un lussuoso appartamento a Manhattan. Spin-off di All in the Family.
Creato da: Norman Lear | Michael Ross |
Genere: Commedia | Famiglia |

Numero di stagioni: 11
Numero di episodi: 248
Data prima messa in onda: 1975-01-18
Data ultima messa in onda: 1985-07-02

Approfondimenti

Damon Evans left the series to return to musical theatre. He admitted in interviews that he did not [...] D
I Jefferson: Once a Friend (1977) was the first sitcom episode ever to feature a transgender charact [...] D
Louise had an unnamed brother that was mentioned on Arcibaldo (1971), but was never mentioned on thi [...] D
The longest running sitcom to feature a predominantly African-American cast. FACT CHECK : Actually t [...] D
Ja'net Dubois, who was part of Norman Lear's cast for Good Times, playing Wilona Woods on that show, [...] D
It was intended for Mike Evans to return full time for the series twelfth season under the premise o [...] D
For all her sass, Florence still calls her bosses Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson. D
Before Hal Williams would work with Marla Gibbs on 227 (1985), as her TV husband, he guest-starred i [...] D
Paul Benedict appeared in "The Goodbye Girl" with Richard Dreyfus and Marcia Mason while he was appe [...] D
Sherman Hemsley is only eleven years older than Mike Evans. Hemsley is also twenty-one years younger [...] D
When Zara Cully died during the 1977-1978 season, it was decided to write Mother Jefferson off the s [...] D
The Jefferson's apartment has 4 bathrooms and 3 bedrooms. Only two of the bedrooms were shown throug [...] D
The theme song, "Movin' On Up" was licensed for a long running Walt Disney World Annual Pass adverti [...] D
Early on, Mr. Bentley would occasionally lay stomach-down on the floor of the Jeffersons' apartment [...] D
The second-longest-running show created by Norman Lear. D
Lionel was the first Jefferson shown on tv. Lionel (Mike Evans) appears in the very first episode of [...] D
Mentioned in the lyrics of the song "TV Party" by Black Flag. D
The Jeffersons were brought in as Archie Bunker's next door neighbors in Season 1 Episode 8 "Lionel [...] D
Paul Benedict left the series after the eighth season to pursue other acting opportunities. Bentley [...] D
Mike Evans helped Norman Lear develop and spin-off "Good Times" from Maude. The "Michael Evans" char [...] D
From 1999 to 2002, reruns of the Jeffersons aired regularly on Nick At Nite. Nick At Nite first offi [...] D
On the first episode "A Friend in Need" (1974), CBS executives tried to get the interracial kiss bet [...] D
Louise (Isabel Sanford) made one last appearance on Arcibaldo (1971), in season nine, episode twenty [...] D
Marla Gibbs was given her own spin-off, Checking In (1981), where Florence went to work as an execut [...] D
The only Oscar winner associated with this production is Louis Gossett Junior; who won in 1982 for " [...] D
Isabel Sanford and Sherman Hemsley both appeared in Amore al primo morso (1979). D
With the death of Sherman Hemsley, on July 24, 2012, Marla Gibbs and Berlinda Tolbert are the only t [...] D
Ja'net DuBois sang the show's famous opening theme song "Movin' On Up" and its closing credits as we [...] D
Sally Struthers spoke out recently about Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's 'All in t [...] D
The show finished the 1984-85 TV season ranked 52nd out of 77 TV shows The last airing on CBS was Ju [...] D
Marla Gibbs was Norman Lear's first choice, for the role of Florence Johnston, because her agent wro [...] D
George Jefferson was a U.S. Navy veteran who had served in the U.S. 7th Fleet. D
When the show first started, George constantly referred to Tom as a honky. After a few seasons, Sher [...] D
Ralph the Doorman can be seen in the opening credits throughout the series. As he was only a semi re [...] D
Norman Lear co-produced another Marla Gibbs sitcom, 227 (1985), which ran for five years. Marla's 22 [...] D
Sherman Hemsley, Franklin Cover, Roxie Roker and Ned Wertimer made guest appearances on 227 (1985) w [...] D
The Jeffersons returned to television on two episodes of Willy, il principe di Bel Air (1990): seaso [...] D
Florence is probably an afterthought or a copy of Florida, the famous sassy maid on Lear's other big [...] D
After Mike Evans left the show following completion of the first season, Norman Lear had trouble re- [...] D
Before Marla Gibbs was being a casted for the series, she had never been a fan of the show's parent [...] D
Isabel Sanford did not want to do a spin-off. She told producers that she was happy with her recurri [...] D
According to Jimmie Walker, Mike Evans confronted Norman Lear at a Tandem Christmas party, giving hi [...] D
The Jefferson's neighbor, Harry Bentley, worked as a Russian translator at the United Nations. D
Mike Evans and Damon Evans alternated playing Lionel on this show. Damon Evans came out of the close [...] D
According to his maid, this was one of Elvis Presley's favorite television shows. D
Tom and Helen Willis were television's first white and black interracial couple. D
Mother Jefferson's favorite drink was always a Bloody Mary (although she would also imbibe on whatev [...] D
Sherman Hemsley and Isabel Sanford were the only two people to appear on all 253 episodes. D
Mike Evans left the role of Lionel Jefferson after the first season to join the writing staff of Goo [...] D
The picture on the Jeffersons' desk by the telephone changed in every episode. It alternated between [...] D
Paul Benedict (Bentley) and Irwin Keyes (Hugo) suffered from acromegaly, a condition in which the an [...] D
CBS never gave this show a proper series finale. The cast, bitter that they never got a chance to sa [...] D
One of the first things George did when they moved into the apartment was run around flushing all th [...] D
During their eleven seasons, this show was placed into fifteen different time slots. D
Spoofed in Mad Magazine as "The Jazzyslums". D
This show is the longest running spin-off of Arcibaldo (1971), outlasting its parent show, which ran [...] D
During season four of All in the Family (1971), Norman Lear had been considering spinning off the Je [...] D
Louise had an older sister named Maxine, who ran away from home several years earlier after she got [...] D
As of June 14, 2021, on her 90th birthday, Marla Gibbs is the first regular cast member to reach suc [...] D
Mike Evans and Belinda Tolbert were born one day apart from each other: Evans on November 3, 1949 an [...] D
There were two Jenny's and three Lionel's. Lynne Moody played Jenny Willis in the All in the Family [...] D
Sherman Hemsley stated in an interview before he knew was going to appear in All in the Family that [...] D
The Jeffersons live on the 12th floor of the Colby East. D
The series finale of Willy, il principe di Bel Air (1990) was a Jeffersons/Fresh Prince/Diff'rent St [...] D
Billy Dee Williams made appearances on both The Jeffersons and 227, Marla Gibbs' other big sitcom. D
Marla Gibbs has worked as a reservations agent for United Airlines while struggling as an actress. W [...] D
It was Elvis Presley's favorite sitcom. D
The building in the opening sequence is located at 185 E. 85th Street in Manhattan. D
Roxie Roker is Lenny Kravitz's mother. She would often bring him to the set of this show. D
Marla Gibbs said the Jeffersons went on location to Hawaii for three weeks to shoot the four Hawaiia [...] D
When The Jeffersons were first introduced on Arcibaldo (1971), the family included George's brother [...] D
Isabel Sanford was the first black actress to win the Outstanding Lead Actress in a comedy Emmy awar [...] D
Though both of their characters feuded, on-camera, both Sherman Hemsley and Marla Gibbs got along gr [...] D
Marla Gibbs had appeared in almost a lot of episodes of the series, giving her 207 of the 253 episod [...] D
Launched the acting careers of Marla Gibbs and Berlinda Tolbert. D
Zara Cully missed most of the third season because she was ill with pneumonia and a collapsed lung. [...] D
George's two major competitors in the dry- cleaning business were Cunnigham Cleaners, and Blue Sky C [...] D
Mike Evans left the show after the first season to work on Good Times (1974), which he co-created. W [...] D
Sherman Hemsley found out about the show's cancellation by reading it in the newspaper. Isabel Sanfo [...] D
Florence was originally intended to be a recurring cast member, but the character became so popular [...] D
Though it was rarely mentioned on the show, the name of the building, in which the Jeffersons lived [...] D
George's primary business rival and archenemy was Cunningham Cleaners. D
With the death of Zara Cully, producers decided to replace her by promoting Marla Gibbs to full time [...] D
Mike Evans and Damon Evans were not related. D
In terms of number of seasons (eleven) and episodes (two hundred fifty-three), this is the longest a [...] D
The character "George Jefferson" was ranked number forty-four in TV Guide's list of the "50 Greatest [...] D
In a recent interview Norman Lear said that The Jeffersons did the same thing The Cosby Show did: pr [...] D
Franklin Cover (Tom Willis) was starring as one of the villainous, sociopathic members of The Men's [...] D
Franklin Cover who co-starred with Marla Gibbs on the Jeffersons, made a guest appearance on 227, he [...] D
Like her character Helen, Roxie Roker was married to a white (Jewish) man (Sy Kravitz) in real life. [...] D
Unlike Norman Lear's other sitcoms, topical, political, and edgy content was gradually phased out as [...] D

Connessioni

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Stagioni

NTitoloSoggettoData della prima messa in ondaNumero di episodi
0SpecialiSpeciali1D
1Stagione 1197513D
2Stagione 2197524D
3Stagione 3197624D
4Stagione 4197723D
5Stagione 5197824D
6Stagione 6197924D
7Stagione 7198018D
8Stagione 8198125D
9Stagione 9198227D
10Stagione 10198322D
11Stagione 11198424D

Cast

Franklin Cover
Franklin Cover
(Thomas "Tom" Willis)
Isabel Sanford
Isabel Sanford
(Louise Jefferson)
Marla Gibbs
Marla Gibbs
(Florence Johnston)
Paul Benedict
Paul Benedict
(Harry Bentley)
Roxie Roker
Roxie Roker
(Helen Woodroow Willis)
Sherman Hemsley
Sherman Hemsley
(George Jefferson)