One of the most popular spin-off like everyone else in the family, the center of African-American Jeffersons Archie Bunkers neighbors and new lives when they “move up” in Manhattan in New York and far from the bunker that working-class Queens.

George Jefferson (Sherman Hemsley) can be considered “Black Archie, because he has the same hatred for whites and Archie is for anyone who is not white. Fortunately, it was slow, but a stubborn wife Louise (Isabel Sanford), to make appropriate.

Americans meet all Jeffersons in the first season of the families in which children of students Lionel (Mike Evans) is a frequent visitor to the household bunkers, followed soon after Louise. George, who will not step foot at Archie’s, finally, that during the 1973-74 season. George and Louise move from the suburbs to start small laundry operations, it was quite successful for the Jeffersons to buy a house in Archie’s white bag in Queens. As businesses become more successful (with more stores in the New York area), the Jeffersons said so long to “Bunkerville” (as he called George) and moved to a more expensive condo complex causes East Side of Manhattan. (The event was the gospel-tinged theme song, “Moving On Up” by Jeff Barry and Dubois Ja’net, has become one of the classic themes in the history of the United States and shows the original culture TV icons.)

When the Jeffersons premiere January 18, 1975 in mid-season replacement on CBS, meet new families Englisman eccentric Harry Bentley (Paul Benedict), who returned out and George is often necessary to stand on his back to relieve pain. Willis Jeffersons more life is family-and-white businessman Tom (Franklin Cover) and Helen Black (husband Roxie Roker); couple had a daughter, Jenny (Berlinda Tolbert). Great attention to George, her son Lionel began dating Jenny, the two finally married on Christmas Day 1976 show. In Willis’ provided fodder for racial putdowns George, called the zebra pair of couples “and” Mr. and Mrs. Day Night “. Jeffersons In the first series of the United States to describe the mixed doubles of love.

If you do not want to waste bluffing Louise, George Jeffersons’ maid, Florence Johnston (Marla Gibbs), who put George down at every opportunity, George will counter by calling Florence “lazy” and the poor housewife.

Other characters include a doorman Ralph (Ned Wertimer), who will do anything to get a big tip and strong from George George and his mother “(Zara Cully), known as the” Mother Jefferson, who was George could marry better and do not hesitate to let us Louise. (Cully died in 1978; characters are not replaced.)

All this gave CBS comedy broadly affected by the Norman Lear plant, after all the family Saturday night, a five Jeffersons instant hit and remains among the top 20 shows for most of the plan. But popularity comes with criticism from critics and leaders in the African-American community. Although he was praised for successful shows on a black family at the time of increase in the number of blacks have made progress in the business world, they blame George buffoonish characters and separated more than show a mixture of Willis. In the event moved in 1980, the show’s humor about race and there was little discussion about the former Louise George and lives in low income-generating projects.