Fun Fact: Roxie Roker who played Helen Willis, the slender lady in turquoise blue dancing with George at the end, is the mother of Lenny Kravitz and Grandmother of Zoe Kravitz.
Whoever decided these were the funniest moments for George Jefferson clearly didn't watch the show. This was so tame. Please do more of The Jeffersons!
I thought the same thing while watching. They had some FANTASTIC shows...and the banter between George and Florence (maid) were the best television has EVER offered. Really great stuff!
The 70s had some of the funniest sitcoms ever. Norman Lear shows such as "All In the Family", "The Jeffersons", "Good Times", and "Maude" kept us very entertained. Another one I'll mention is "WKRP In Cincinnati" about a radio station. The funniest episode was called "The Turkey Drop". Hilarious!
WKRP is in my top five, love that show, Turkey Drop, was so funny, and the episode when they brought in the sheriff to test Venus and Johnny on the air on how fast they become impaired when drinking, Johnny didn't get drunk until he saw the pink pig mascot.... hysterical!
Fun fact, Zara Cully who plays George Jefferson’s mother, was born in 1892. She was in her 80’s while starring in the Jefferson’s (and would be 131 years old today in 2023).
And Zara would get upset that the script called for Mother Jefferson to be mean to Louise, and Isabel said to her, if you want to keep your job, you will be mean to me!
I grew up watching this show and not only was it on one of the three main channels, it was the number 1 show for five years. It was so popular that when Mike & Gloria had a baby, Joey, he was on the cover of the TV Guide. Doesn’t sound like much but then it was a big deal.
Best Jefferson's moment for me was when George teaches Tom Willis how to be 'black,' and Tom makes an appearance at George's cocktail party. It is an absolute riot. Here's the title of that segment here on YT, just search it: The Jeffersons - S6E14 - "Brother Tom"
I've really enjoyed your reactions to All in the Family, and this latest one, The Jeffersons, but you've only barely touched the tip of the iceberg on George Jefferson. Please do one or two more videos on him. 😊
Another brillant " All in The Family" spin off was "Maude"( Edith's Cousin) potrayed by Bea Arthur( later in the Golden girls)Brillant 💯 worth a reaction. Check TH-cam Compilation of "Maude on All in The Family" 1 The show " Good Times" was a spin off of Maude also worth a reaction!! The Show " Good Times" was a spin off of Maude also worth a reactiion.
even here in Italy the Jeffersons are very loved, even now I go looking for them, forty years have passed and I smile as if it were the first time I saw them.
All these shows bring back memories. I watched all reactions today and subscribed😂 I'm from El Paso TX, which is where Sherman Hensley passed. My aunt went to his funeral
I am 62 now but I met Marla Gibbs when I was about 14 years old at a function for kids at risk in Compton. She was very nice and I got her autograph. She was my first celebrity meeting.
I can't believe whoever put these "funniest" moments together cut out the funniest part of the scene at 9:22 where George slides into the room dancing to Lionel's music. As a Jeffersons fan from way back, these moments, while funny, are not the funniest from the show. The show was at its funniest when Mother Jefferson was on. My favorite episode is the one where George's old Navy buddy (played by Lou Gosset) hits on Louise.
I remember watching that one with Zara Cully and George’s old friend. The funniest scene ever though is when George buys a super expensive watch for Lionel, and Louise finds out. I thought I was gonna die laughing.
I thought the same thing - when I saw Lionel sitting on the couch I thought "Oh this is a good one" and then they didn't show that part. Odd they left that out!!
When George Jefferson‘s character originated on ”All in the Family”, he was the racist Black version of Archie Bunker. Of course once he got his own sitcom, the character changed and became more of a grouchy old man.
One of the best scenes when Allen Willis comes back from Paris and Goerge and Allen go off at each other towards the end making rhyming jabs because Allen is white with a mother whose black lmfao. th-cam.com/video/MT6t1aHKLrA/w-d-xo.html
That was NOT typical of the Jeffersons. As someone else said, George was the black Archie Bunker. He was quite racist and quite rude to everyone, thinking he was better than them. His funniest moments were probably with Florence, the live in maid. But George's favorite word for white people was "honky". He said it all the time.
Yes, Lionel was on All in the Family, he lived a couple houses down from Archie Bunker, and Yes, he plays the part of Son of George, so Yes, he was in other shows
After watching several of your reaction videos, I've decided to subscribe. I enjoy listening to you kids talking about the shows we old people loved so much. The Seventies left us with some of the best tv ever produced. Very few of today's shows can compare. I love to see young people enjoying themselves and showing understanding that these shows took place in such different times. Now, it seems that so many people only want to find ways to be offended. "All in the Family" could never be shown today. It's truly a pity because Archie Bunker, George Jefferson and other characters opened up dialogs that were so important. Thanks for all the great memories you're bringing up for all the young people of the Seventies who truly loved the comedies of the times. I would like to suggest that you watch and react to at least one silent movie. "Nosferatu" comes to mind.(I wasn't around yet, but thanks to the internet, I can enjoy what was considered entertainment to the really old people.) Those were made even BEFORE the Thirties❤
I'm glad I've made my kids acquainted with all the old shows from back in my days, it is not news to them at age of 30 and 36 as well as music of all genres
2:23 Of course, the animal cookies joke is a very slight re-working of the old joke from "Sanford And Son" about gorilla cookies. It might be a comedian/writer Paul Mooney or a Richard Pryor joke, who both worked for the Foxx show. Paul also wrote for Richard's stage act, "In Living Color", "SNL", "Chappelle's Show", "Good Times") I think I've seen the joke used a third place too.
The actress who played Louise Jefferson (Isabelle Sanford) was 21 years older than the actor who played George Jefferson (Sherman Hemsley). They look like a couple, but she could have been his mother. Sherman was only fifteen years older than the actor who played his son, Mike Evans.
Omg. I'm so glad I got the DVD of the 6th Season when George was supposed to help paint the Willises' spare room for their grandchild but Geo's laundry evening delivery person got called out of town unexpectedly. Geo had to make the deliveries himself and one of the stops was to a psychiatric hospital & the attendants thought he was a patient and due to his behavior put him in a straight jacket. Everyone comes to his rescue, but I won't say what Florence said when she saw him in the jacket. U must watch the epidode.😅
I got it. Episode 12 (disc 2) 'One Flew into the Cuckoo's Nest'.. P.S. if u wanna go awww, check out the Episode just before it, #11, 'Me & Mr. G.' You're right they just don't make shows like this anymore.
Well we're movin' on up (movin on up) To the east side (movin on up) To a deluxe apartment in the sky. Movin' on up (movin on up) To the east side (movin on up) We finally got a piece of the pie.
So, I watched all these shows and one thing you have to realize is that these shows are not per say racist, but about race. If you notice in All in the Family whenever Archie says something racist there is always a counter point of view. It is not just a show about a character saying a bunch of racist things for no reason. It was trying to show both sides of the race issue and yes being a comedy show they took it over the top. That is called ratings and money. Other shows of this time also had their own message done in the comedy style and always over the edge. Married with Children wasn't about race, but more about male chauvinism. That would be Al. But, in order to understand some of the jokes like what he says about Marcy, you would have to watch the shows all the way through. This was one of my favorites and the show lasted a very long time. And, if you think Al is bad, wait till you see his children. Tooo funny.
Hey guys; the Jefferson’s were a spin off from All in the family. Like family matters from perfect strangers, good times from Maude, Frazier from cheers, Better call Saul from breaking bad…(since I was dating myself with the others mentioned), and more
Sherman Hemsley lived in my hometown of El Paso Texas in his later years he lived with his Business Partner and another friend, When Sherman Passed away in 2012 he left everything to his Business Partner and then Man cane down from Philadelphia Claiming her was Shermans Brother and he wanted his Brothers estate and take his body back Philadelphia to be buried there so they went to court so Shermans body lied in a Freezer at a Local Funeral Home for Months until the Judge ruled in Favore of His Business Partner and Sherman had a Military Funeral because he served in the Air Force and was Buried at the Fort Bliss National Cemetery here in El Paso Texas
You guys are just learning to laugh if you're just discovering these old comedies. I can't remember the last time I watched a current comedy and laughed until I cried, but it happened all the time back then. And they use much more vulgar language on television today than they did back then. Back then, it was, "damn" , and "hell"; today, it's, "asshole", and "bitch".
Roxie Roker was married in real life to a jewish man whose last name was Kravitz, hence their son Lenny Kravitz. When she was cast in the role, she was questioned if she could believeablely play the wife of a white man. She enjoyed telling them that she was in real life so it shouldn't be much of a problem!
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Fun Fact: Roxie Roker who played Helen Willis, the slender lady in turquoise blue dancing with George at the end, is the mother of Lenny Kravitz and Grandmother of Zoe Kravitz.
@starbrand3726 You beat me to it, I was going to comment the same thing!
Yes, and she also sings the theme song of the show~
@@louannejohannesson3495 OMG, I completely forgot about that. Thanks. 👍
@@louannejohannesson3495Ja'net Dubois (who played Willona on Good Times) sings the theme song to The Jeffersons.
Also Ja’Net DuBois and Jeff Barry co-wrote The Jeffersons theme song
George Jefferson was the black Archie Bunker. "The Jeffersons" was a spin off series from the creator of "All In The Family"..His name is Norman Lear.
True but they're not showing George in that light. Double standard.
Whoever decided these were the funniest moments for George Jefferson clearly didn't watch the show. This was so tame. Please do more of The Jeffersons!
Exactly right, these are in no way the funniest moments
I thought the same thing while watching. They had some FANTASTIC shows...and the banter between George and Florence (maid) were the best television has EVER offered. Really great stuff!
Agree. Some of the funniest were the exchanges between George and Florence.
Yeah, the funniest moments could be extremely ruthless.😂
I agree!
All the kids in the neighborhood used to call my father George Jefferson, he had the same hairline, same temper and he owned two laundromats.
😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉
😄😄😄That's cool!!!
Lol!!
Lol, yo dad should have sued them for using his likeness and image.
😂😂
It's so sweet to see younger people enjoying these classic tv shows.
The 70s had some of the funniest sitcoms ever. Norman Lear shows such as "All In the Family", "The Jeffersons", "Good Times", and "Maude" kept us very entertained. Another one I'll mention is "WKRP In Cincinnati" about a radio station. The funniest episode was called "The Turkey Drop". Hilarious!
I remember that one! And WKRP..great show!
WKRP is in my top five, love that show, Turkey Drop, was so funny, and the episode when they brought in the sheriff to test Venus and Johnny on the air on how fast they become impaired when drinking, Johnny didn't get drunk until he saw the pink pig mascot.... hysterical!
The Turkey Drop! Omg! Talk about a classic and funny piece of writing!😂
"Sanford and Son", "Barney Miller"...the list of great shows from the 70s is very long.
Oh, the humanity!
George and his 'Honky' neighbor dialogs are hilarious! 😂😂
Also walking on his British neighbor's back
Show more with George and Archie together. They were both a piece of work. 😂
George Jefferson is epic. One of the all time TV greats.
Fun fact, Zara Cully who plays George Jefferson’s mother, was born in 1892. She was in her 80’s while starring in the Jefferson’s (and would be 131 years old today in 2023).
She was one of the best. She stole almost every scene she was in, and her confrontations with Weezy were classic.
@@markastoforoff7838 Agree! And I always thought she was so cute and looked like she could be George’s mom, their faces resemble quite a bit.
And Zara would get upset that the script called for Mother Jefferson to be mean to Louise, and Isabel said to her, if you want to keep your job, you will be mean to me!
This made America great
Y'all need to check out Good Times and Welcome Back Kotter - my two fav shows from the 70's ❤
These weren’t even close to the funniest moments on the show. This show was hysterical!!! I still watch it every night on antenna tv.😁
I grew up watching this show and not only was it on one of the three main channels, it was the number 1 show for five years. It was so popular that when Mike & Gloria had a baby, Joey, he was on the cover of the TV Guide. Doesn’t sound like much but then it was a big deal.
The Jeffersons have the greatest theme song of all time.
🎶 ... we finally got a piece of the pie! 🎶
They moved on up to the east side ..
We laughed and laughed and laughed and laughed and that's what's missing in The world today.
Best Jefferson's moment for me was when George teaches Tom Willis how to be 'black,' and Tom makes an appearance at George's cocktail party. It is an absolute riot. Here's the title of that segment here on YT, just search it: The Jeffersons - S6E14 - "Brother Tom"
And Helen was like “What are you doing???” Great episode!
@@lennypearl "No Helen, not 'what is it?' '" What it is! What it *IS*!
@@swissarmytenor😂😂😂
This was my favorite show !!! Florence the maid and George were my two favorites! Them two were hilarious.
Another good one from the era was Chico and the Man. RIP Frederick Prinze.
Flip Wilson as Geraldine Jones was phenomenally hysterical! G Jefferson and Archie Bunker were great!
The best part of George Jefferson is that he had to always be the baddest tallest person in the room. Even though he wasn’t and that was comedy gold.
I've really enjoyed your reactions to All in the Family, and this latest one, The Jeffersons, but you've only barely touched the tip of the iceberg on George Jefferson. Please do one or two more videos on him. 😊
Another brillant " All in The Family" spin off was "Maude"( Edith's Cousin) potrayed by Bea Arthur( later in the Golden girls)Brillant 💯 worth a reaction. Check TH-cam Compilation of "Maude on All in The Family" 1
The show " Good Times" was a spin off of Maude also worth a reaction!!
The Show " Good Times" was a spin off of Maude also worth a reactiion.
Omg...these shows make me miss my childhood. I remember watching all these shows with my parents.
You are right. These shows are great history lessons.
Only cast member alive is the second Lionel. Marla Gibbs,iirc just passed.Major talents,legendary television!
even here in Italy the Jeffersons are very loved, even now I go looking for them, forty years have passed and I smile as if it were the first time I saw them.
This is what I watched as a middle schooler. I love watching you guys do these. Shout out to my Cuban brother, mi génte!
All these shows bring back memories. I watched all reactions today and subscribed😂
I'm from El Paso TX, which is where Sherman Hensley passed. My aunt went to his funeral
I am 62 now but I met Marla Gibbs when I was about 14 years old at a function for kids at risk in Compton. She was very nice and I got her autograph. She was my first celebrity meeting.
Some more popular shows in the 70s
- Good Times
- Chico and the Man
- What’s Happening
Loooove George Jefferson!! Iconic character!!
Not the best compilation of George Jefferson but I'm glad you guys are taking an interest in this classic show!!!
DT is husband material 😍😍😍
Lionel Jefferson!! What a character!
Loved him on All In the Family. He always got the best of Archie.😄
Lionel played his father the same way he played Archie Bunker....lol
George Jefferson was Martin Payne before Martin Payne was Martin Payne.👍🏽😁👍🏽
George and Archie Bunker showed how ridiculous racism really is
I can't believe whoever put these "funniest" moments together cut out the funniest part of the scene at 9:22 where George slides into the room dancing to Lionel's music. As a Jeffersons fan from way back, these moments, while funny, are not the funniest from the show. The show was at its funniest when Mother Jefferson was on. My favorite episode is the one where George's old Navy buddy (played by Lou Gosset) hits on Louise.
I remember watching that one with Zara Cully and George’s old friend. The funniest scene ever though is when George buys a super expensive watch for Lionel, and Louise finds out. I thought I was gonna die laughing.
I thought the same thing - when I saw Lionel sitting on the couch I thought "Oh this is a good one" and then they didn't show that part. Odd they left that out!!
When George Jefferson‘s character originated on ”All in the Family”, he was the racist Black version of Archie Bunker. Of course once he got his own sitcom, the character changed and became more of a grouchy old man.
You guys know the woman in blue dress was Lenny Kravitz' mom?
In case you don't know the women who played Mrs. Willis is Lenny Kravitz's mother
One of the best scenes when Allen Willis comes back from Paris and Goerge and Allen go off at each other towards the end making rhyming jabs because Allen is white with a mother whose black lmfao. th-cam.com/video/MT6t1aHKLrA/w-d-xo.html
That was NOT typical of the Jeffersons. As someone else said, George was the black Archie Bunker. He was quite racist and quite rude to everyone, thinking he was better than them. His funniest moments were probably with Florence, the live in maid. But George's favorite word for white people was "honky". He said it all the time.
I'm already laughing and you guys haven't even started yet! 😂😂
Yes, Lionel was on All in the Family, he lived a couple houses down from Archie Bunker, and Yes, he plays the part of Son of George, so Yes, he was in other shows
Didn't know if yalls were aware Roxie Roker, who played Helen Willis, was Lenny Kravitz mother
Omg serious !!!!
If you are going to stick the 70s sitcom thing, Check out “Chico and the Man”
After watching several of your reaction videos, I've decided to subscribe. I enjoy listening to you kids talking about the shows we old people loved so much. The Seventies left us with some of the best tv ever produced. Very few of today's shows can compare. I love to see young people enjoying themselves and showing understanding that these shows took place in such different times. Now, it seems that so many people only want to find ways to be offended. "All in the Family" could never be shown today. It's truly a pity because Archie Bunker, George Jefferson and other characters opened up dialogs that were so important. Thanks for all the great memories you're bringing up for all the young people of the Seventies who truly loved the comedies of the times. I would like to suggest that you watch and react to at least one silent movie. "Nosferatu" comes to mind.(I wasn't around yet, but thanks to the internet, I can enjoy what was considered entertainment to the really old people.) Those were made even BEFORE the Thirties❤
Steven A. Smith sometimes strikes me as a modern day equivalent to George Jefferson. 😅
I LOVED WILLIS. I WISHED THERE WERE MORE EPISODES WITH HIM AND HIS WIFE IN THEM. ❤
I'm glad I've made my kids acquainted with all the old shows from back in my days, it is not news to them at age of 30 and 36 as well as music of all genres
2:23 Of course, the animal cookies joke is a very slight re-working of the old joke from "Sanford And Son" about gorilla cookies. It might be a comedian/writer Paul Mooney or a Richard Pryor joke, who both worked for the Foxx show. Paul also wrote for Richard's stage act, "In Living Color", "SNL", "Chappelle's Show", "Good Times") I think I've seen the joke used a third place too.
Love this show! Grew up watching it.
Fun fact: The woman who play Wynona on Good Times. Did the theme song for the Jeffersons. Ja'Na Dubois.
There was also a spin-off from the Jefferson's. Florence the maid ended up with her own show as well.
The actress who played Louise Jefferson (Isabelle Sanford) was 21 years older than the actor who played George Jefferson (Sherman Hemsley). They look like a couple, but she could have been his mother. Sherman was only fifteen years older than the actor who played his son, Mike Evans.
Fred Sanford gotta be next
3 days ago.
George is an original
No one comes close to duplicate Mr.J. Don't disrespect him by comparing him to Pesci.
Totally different.
I love listening you guys talk about this old TV that grew up with me. George Jefferson is the greatest! A back Archie Bunker
George Jefferson was a rich, Black, Archie Bunker, who could dance like James Brown.🤎
The name of George Jefferson's son was Lionel.....
That dance of his is called the Philly Slop 😁
A burnt cash register? That's called modern art!
You guys ought to react to Amos and Andy. I know it's back there. The contrast with the 50s and 70s.
DT Parker, I didn't know you were over here too. I'm looking forward to seeing you guy's reaction to these shows. So different from now.
Omg. I'm so glad I got the DVD of the 6th Season when George was supposed to help paint the Willises' spare room for their grandchild but Geo's laundry evening delivery person got called out of town unexpectedly. Geo had to make the deliveries himself and one of the stops was to a psychiatric hospital & the attendants thought he was a patient and due to his behavior put him in a straight jacket. Everyone comes to his rescue, but I won't say what Florence said when she saw him in the jacket. U must watch the epidode.😅
I got it. Episode 12 (disc 2) 'One Flew into the Cuckoo's Nest'.. P.S. if u wanna go awww, check out the Episode just before it, #11, 'Me & Mr. G.' You're right they just don't make shows like this anymore.
I saw you do All in the Family. It was great 😂
Well we're movin' on up (movin on up)
To the east side (movin on up)
To a deluxe apartment in the sky.
Movin' on up (movin on up)
To the east side (movin on up)
We finally got a piece of the pie.
All these clips were a little safe and mundane. None of them even touched on race or George’s “bigotry”. There are funnier clips than these.
I thought the same thing. George was a bad as Archie Bunker at times.
You should make another Jeffersons video. That was not as he was. He was a black Archie Bunker. Would love to see your reaction to those clips.
Loved this show when I was a kid ☮️
So, I watched all these shows and one thing you have to realize is that these shows are not per say racist, but about race. If you notice in All in the Family whenever Archie says something racist there is always a counter point of view. It is not just a show about a character saying a bunch of racist things for no reason. It was trying to show both sides of the race issue and yes being a comedy show they took it over the top. That is called ratings and money. Other shows of this time also had their own message done in the comedy style and always over the edge. Married with Children wasn't about race, but more about male chauvinism. That would be Al. But, in order to understand some of the jokes like what he says about Marcy, you would have to watch the shows all the way through. This was one of my favorites and the show lasted a very long time. And, if you think Al is bad, wait till you see his children. Tooo funny.
I loved these 70’s shows. Check out “Good Times”
Benson and Soap are 2 70s shows that I really liked. Will you do a reacttion video fo them.
Hey guys; the Jefferson’s were a spin off from All in the family. Like family matters from perfect strangers, good times from Maude, Frazier from cheers, Better call Saul from breaking bad…(since I was dating myself with the others mentioned), and more
Sherman Hemsley lived in my hometown of El Paso Texas in his later years he lived with his Business Partner and another friend, When Sherman Passed away in 2012 he left everything to his Business Partner and then Man cane down from Philadelphia Claiming her was Shermans Brother and he wanted his Brothers estate and take his body back Philadelphia to be buried there so they went to court so Shermans body lied in a Freezer at a Local Funeral Home for Months until the Judge ruled in Favore of His Business Partner and Sherman had a Military Funeral because he served in the Air Force and was Buried at the Fort Bliss National Cemetery here in El Paso Texas
You guys are just learning to laugh if you're just discovering these old comedies. I can't remember the last time I watched a current comedy and laughed until I cried, but it happened all the time back then. And they use much more vulgar language on television today than they did back then. Back then, it was, "damn" , and "hell"; today, it's, "asshole", and "bitch".
Omg, it's so interesting that I can sing the bass part, being a singer/actor in HS of the intro song and ya'll have never seen an episode.😊
The Jeffersons started off in all in the family when they moved this was the spinoff of them moving
THE MAID, AND HER DAUGHTER IN REAL LIFE, CAME TO CAL STATE LONG BEACH TO SPEAK THE ON ALCOHOLISM. GREAT LADIES❤❤❤❤
Y'all need some Good Times reactions. Dynamite lunchboxes, folders, and posters were the number one sellers from that show.
Roxie Roker was married in real life to a jewish man whose last name was Kravitz, hence their son Lenny Kravitz. When she was cast in the role, she was questioned if she could believeablely play the wife of a white man. She enjoyed telling them that she was in real life so it shouldn't be much of a problem!
I miss these shows!!
2:47 that's a younger Howard Hessman AKA Johnny Fever from WKRP, in a suit, no less!!😀
Yeah I used to love watching Lenny Kravitz mom Roxie Roker playing mrs. Willis on the Jeffersons
I don't know if you know but who George Jefferson is dancing with in that clip her name is Helen in the movie that's Lenny Kravitz mother
In Living Color did a skit called Weezies. U gotta see it.
They didn’t show the great stuff from season one & his interactions with Tom .
What a show called Good Times !
The Jeffersons appeared two times on tv series ( as Louise and George) Fresh Prince of Bel Air in 1994 and 1996.
Little trivia .Mrs Willis on the Jeffersons is Lenny Kravitz mother in real life
The beginning of season 1, the funniest!!!!
George and Lionel were Archie Bunkers neighbors before they moved
Tupac Shakur did the classic George Jefferson walk when his case was dismissed
14:07 "we're stuck in the 70's, we're allowed to be racist" 🤣🤣🤣🤣
There is a more recent show , The Neighborhood, that has interesting bits in it .
The lady in the blue evening gown dancing with George is Lenny Kravitz mom.
George is the black Archie bunker!
I've always said Steven A Smith is playing George Jefferson's character.
Hahaha I can totally see that! Especially in his vocal inflections! - Joe
😂😂😂
Rick, that was spot on; I agree wholeheartedly!
The actress playing Willis' wife is Lenny Kravitz's mom
He actually said he didnt want to keep calling Tom a honkey cause in real life they were great friends. He didnt feel comfortable calling him that.