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JEFFERSONS, THE: GEORGE AND THE PRESIDENT (TV)
Summary
One in this series of comedy programs -- a spin-off of "All in the Family" -- about George Jefferson, an opinionated successful black entrepreneur, his sensible wife Louise ("Weezie"), their adult son Lionel, and their assorted neighbors in a high-rise apartment building on Manhattan's Upper East Side. In this episode, competition from a nearby dry cleaners causes George to hire an advertising agency that decides to promote George's business by claiming he is a direct descendant of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemmings. Includes commercials.
Details
- NETWORK: CBS
- DATE: September 25, 1976 8:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:27:44
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T80:0608
- GENRE: Comedy
- SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy; African-American Collection - Comedy
- SERIES RUN: CBS - TV series, 1975-1985
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Don Nicholl … Producer, Created by
- Michael Ross … Producer, Created by
- Bernie West … Producer, Created by
- George Sunga … Associate Producer
- Jack Shea … Director
- Howard Albrecht … Writer
- Sol Weinstein … Writer
- Norman Lear … Developed by
- Isabel Sanford … Cast, Louise Jefferson ("Weezie")
- Sherman Hemsley … Cast, George Jefferson
- Roxie Roker … Cast, Helen Willis
- Franklin Cover … Cast, Tom Willis
- Zara Cully … Cast, Mother Jefferson
- Berlinda Tolbert … Cast, Jenny Willis
- Damon Evans … Cast, Lionel Jefferson
- Paul Benedict … Cast, Harry Bentley
- Marla Gibbs … Cast, Florence Johnston
- David Dukes … Cast, Cal Roberts
- Ned Wertimer … Cast, Ralph Hart