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The Lie Detector
This is a list of episodes of the American situation comedy ''The Jeffersons''. A total of 253 episodes aired on CBS over 11 seasons, from January 18, 1975, through July 2, 1985. Series overview Episodes Season 1 (1975) Season 2 (1975–76) Season 3 (1976–77) Season 4 (1977–78) Season 5 (1978–79) Season 6 (1979–80) Season 7 (1980–81) Season 8 (1981–82) Season 9 (1982–83) Season 10 (1983–84) Season 11 (1984–85) Notelist Sources * References {{DEFAULTSORT:Jeffersons Episodes Episodes may refer to: * Episode, a part of a dramatic work * ''Episodes'' (TV series), a British/American television sitcom which premiered in 2011 * ''Episodes'' (journal), a geological science journal * ''Episodes'' (ballet), a ballet by Ge ... Lists of American sitcom episodes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Jeffersons
''The Jeffersons'' is an American sitcom television series that was broadcast on CBS from January 18, 1975, to July 2, 1985, lasting 11 seasons and a total of 253 episodes. ''The Jeffersons'' is one of the longest-running sitcoms in history, the second-longest-running series with a primarily African American cast by episode count and the first to prominently feature a married interracial couple. Show The show focuses on George and Louise Jefferson, a prosperous African-American couple who have been able to move from Queens to Manhattan owing to the success of George's dry-cleaning chain, Jefferson Cleaners. The show was launched as the second (and longest running) spin-off of ''All in the Family'', on which the Jeffersons had been the neighbors of Archie and Edith Bunker. The show was the creation of Norman Lear. ''The Jeffersons'' eventually evolved into more of a traditional sitcom, but episodes occasionally focused on serious issues such as alcoholism, racism, suicide, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Isaacs (writer)
David Isaacs is an American screenwriter and producer. He has written episodes of ''M*A*S*H'', '' Cheers'', its spin-off ''Frasier'', and ''The Simpsons'' with Ken Levine. Isaacs became a consulting producer and writer for the AMC television drama ''Mad Men'' for the show's second season. He won the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Dramatic Series at the February 2009 ceremony for his work on the second season. He is currently a professor and Chair of the writing division at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, where he teaches comedy and screenwriting. References External links * David Isaacsat the UCLA Extension Writers' Program David Isaacsat the University of Southern California , mottoeng = "Let whoever earns the palm bear it" , religious_affiliation = Nonsectarian—historically Methodist , established = , accreditation = WSCUC , type = Private research university , academic_affiliations = , endowment = $8.1 ... * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bust (sculpture)
A bust is a sculpted or cast representation of the upper part of the human figure, depicting a person's head and neck, and a variable portion of the chest and shoulders. The piece is normally supported by a plinth. The bust is generally a portrait intended to record the appearance of an individual, but may sometimes represent a type. They may be of any medium used for sculpture, such as marble, bronze, terracotta, plaster, wax or wood. As a format that allows the most distinctive characteristics of an individual to be depicted with much less work, and therefore expense, and occupying far less space than a full-length statue, the bust has been since ancient times a popular style of life-size portrait sculpture. It can also be executed in weaker materials, such as terracotta. A sculpture that only includes the head, perhaps with the neck, is more strictly called a "head", but this distinction is not always observed. Display often involves an integral or separate display s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trans Woman
A trans woman or a transgender woman is a woman who was assigned male at birth. Trans women have a female gender identity, may experience gender dysphoria, and may Gender transitioning, transition; this process commonly includes Feminizing hormone therapy, hormone replacement therapy and sometimes sex reassignment surgery, which can bring relief and resolve feelings of gender dysphoria. Like cisgender women, trans women may have any sexual orientation. The term ''transgender woman'' is not always interchangeable with ''transsexual woman'', although the terms are often used interchangeably. ''Transgender'' is an umbrella term that includes different types of gender variant people (including transsexual people). Trans women face significant discrimination in many areas of life, including in employment and access to housing, and face physical and sexual violence and hate crimes, including from partners; in the United States, discrimination is particularly severe towards trans wom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Weiskopf
Kim Weiskopf (April 10, 1947 — April 22, 2009) was an American television writer and producer, whose credits included ''Three's Company'', '' Married... with Children'', '' One Day at a Time'', ''The Jeffersons'' and ''Good Times''. Kim was the son of fellow TV producer/writer/director Bob Weiskopf. Born in New York City, he had solo writer-producer credits on such shows as '' Rachel Gunn, R.N.'', ''Full House'', and '' Married... with Children''. They once had its own production company North Ave. Productions, based at 20th Century Fox Television. In 1984, he transferred, along with Baser moved to Columbia Pictures Television. Weiskopf's writing and producing career - much of it with longtime writing partner Michael S. Baser - spanned from 1972 with Rod Serling's radio show, '' The Zero Hour'' in the 1970s, to ''What's Happening Now'', and to ''Married... with Children'' in the 1980s and early/mid 1990s. Education He moved to Los Angeles with his family at the age of five ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marla Gibbs
Marla Gibbs (born Margaret Theresa Bradley; June 14, 1931) is an American actress, singer, comedian, writer and television producer, whose career spans six decades. Gibbs is known for her role as George Jefferson's maid, Florence Johnston, in the CBS sitcom, '' The Jeffersons'' (1975–1985), for which she received five nominations for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. Gibbs also starred in the show's spin-off '' Checking In'' (1981) and the NBC sitcom, ''227'' (1985–1990); Gibbs co-produced the latter series, played the lead role of Mary Jenkins, and sang the theme song. Gibbs has won seven NAACP Image Awards. In later years, Gibbs played supporting roles in films '' The Meteor Man'' (1993), '' Lost & Found'' (1999), '' The Visit'' (2000), '' The Brothers'' (2001), '' Madea's Witness Protection'' (2012), ''Grantham & Rose'' (2015), and ''Lemon'' (2017) and the Shondaland produced TV shows '' Station 19'' (2018) and ''Grey's Anatom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of The Jeffersons Supporting Characters
The television series ''The Jeffersons'' featured several supporting characters. An incomplete list of these characters appears below. Willis family Helen Willis Helen Willis (née Douglas) (portrayed by Roxie Roker, except for her first appearance in ''All in the Family'', when she was portrayed by Kim Hamilton) is Louise's best friend and George's nemesis. She has been married to Tom Willis, a white man, for 34 years. George, opposed to miscegenation, calls Helen and Tom "zebras" or "chocolate and vanilla". Helen often strikes back by calling George "shorty". In the fourth season, Helen works with Louise as volunteers at the Help Center, a social services facility, which opened in 1977. Helen and Tom have two children: Jennifer "Jenny" Willis (Berlinda Tolbert) and Allan Willis (Jay Hammer and Andrew Rubin). The character's marriage status also paralleled Roxie Roker's real life interracial marriage between 1962 and 1985 to white Sy Kravitz. Kerry Washington portrayed Helen in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hal Williams
Halroy Candis Williams (born December 14, 1938) is an American actor, best known for his recurring roles as Police Officer Smith ("Smitty") on ''Sanford and Son'' (1972–1976), Harley Foster on ''The Waltons'' (1973-1980), and as the patriarch Lester Jenkins, the husband of Marla Gibbs's character, on the NBC sitcom ''227'' which originally aired from 1985 until 1990. His film credits include '' Private Benjamin'' (1980), '' Guess Who'' (2005), and ''Flight'' (2012). Biography Born Halroy Candis Williams on December 14, 1938), Williams was raised in Columbus, Ohio. In the early 1960s, Williams began acting in community theater in Ohio. Williams worked as a postal worker and corrections officer before moving to Hollywood to pursue an acting career in 1968. Williams began pursuing his acting career full-time in 1970. Since then, Willams has appeared in movies such as Paul Schrader's '' Hardcore'', Howard Zieff's '' Private Benjamin'' (he also portrayed the role of Sgt L.C. "Ted" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Levant
Brian Michael Levant (born August 6, 1952) is an American filmmaker. Early life and career Born in Highland Park, Illinois, Levant started his career in 1976 as a writer for the TV series ''Happy Days''. He also wrote for, among other TV shows, ''The Jeffersons,'' ''Mork & Mindy'' and '' Still the Beaver.'' He is best known for directing the films ''Beethoven'', ''The Flintstones'' and its 2000 prequel ''The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas'', '' Jingle All the Way'', ''Snow Dogs'' and '' Are We There Yet?''. Though his work is generally disliked by film critics, Levant has responded to the criticism with, "I'm making movies for the audience that I was when I was sitting at home watching ''Garfield Goose'' and ''The Three Stooges'' on WGN...To read those reviews is an act of self-flagellation, but reviews be damned when you're at Blockbuster, and you're seeing family after family grab one of your movies off the shelf on a Friday night. I can't tell you how many times I've seen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Booker Bradshaw
Booker T. Bradshaw (May 21, 1940– April 1, 2003), born in Richmond, Virginia, was an American record producer, film and TV actor, and Motown executive. Early life Bradshaw worked for his father, Booker T. Bradshaw Sr., president of Virginia Mutual Life Insurance Company; a former member of the Richmond School Board and a trustee of Virginia Union and Virginia State. Bradshaw, disillusioned and working at his father's life insurance company, went on to study at Harvard to earn a degree in English. There he honed his acting skills, and met folk singer/musician Joan Baez. In 1961, while a junior at Harvard, he applied his singing talents on ''The Original Amateur Hour'' television show with Ted Mack as a singer of folk songs, becoming a three-time winner, and participated in the national finals at Madison Square Garden. He graduated from Harvard in 1962 and had learned to speak three languages. Bradshaw then went on to play at Carnegie Hall, and in the early sixties he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seaman Jacobs
Seaman Block Jacobs (February 25, 1912 – April 8, 2008) was an American screenwriter. He wrote episodes for several TV shows, such as '' The Addams Family'', ''The Lucy Show'', ''I Dream of Jeannie'', ''F-Troop'', ''The Andy Griffith Show'', ''Here's Lucy'' and '' Diff'rent Strokes''. He was nominated for an Emmy Award in 1978 for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Special for ''The George Burns One-Man Show'' in 1977. He co-wrote for ''I Love Lucy'' and '' The Love Boat'' with Freddie Fox (screenwriter). On April 8, 2008, Jacobs died of cardiac arrest Cardiac arrest is when the heart suddenly and unexpectedly stops beating. It is a medical emergency that, without immediate medical intervention, will result in sudden cardiac death within minutes. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and possib ... at the age of 96. Selected filmography References External links * Comedy Writer Seaman Jacobs passes away at 96* American male screenwriters Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Burditt (writer)
George Henry Burditt (July 29, 1923 – June 25, 2013) was an American television writer and producer who wrote sketches for television variety shows and other programs such as ''Three's Company'', for which he was also an executive producer in its last few seasons. Burditt was Emmy-nominated in writing categories alongside writing crew, including his writing partner Paul Wayne, for twice each ''The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour'' and ''Van Dyke and Company''. Early life George Henry Burditt was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on July 29, 1923, to John and Dorothy Burditt. He had one brother. Burditt served in the United States Marine Corps in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. After the war, he worked for American Greetings, a greetings cards manufacturer, in Cleveland, Ohio. He married Joyce Rebeta-Burditt in the city on May 11, 1957, who later became also a writer. Prior to their marriage, they both worked under the same manufacturer: Joyce was an employee writing verses for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
