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A Trip to the Past that's Worth Taking!
There are two types of people who remember 'The Jeffersons.' The first group fondly remember it as one of the 1970s' funniest sitcoms, pairing Sherman Helmsley and Isabelle Sanford as the hilarious and believable George and Louise Jefferson. The second group write the series off as a dumbed-down slapstick retread of 'All in the Family.' I belong to the first group, and watching the 13 episodes included here, I couldn't help but laugh until my sides hurt. Unlike most 1970s sitcom stars, when Helmsley and Sanford played it broadly they did so in a way that was equal parts Lucy and Desi as well as Laurel and Hardy. Their chemistry was fantastic, and the laughs are honestly won. <
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>At the heart of all the episodes, of course, is George Jefferson. Like many self-made men, George has a serious inferiority complex, which reveals itself in his frequent racist and sexist comments. At heart, George is threatened by the increasingly liberal world of the 1970s and he directs much of his anger at his interracial neighbors the Willises (except when he thinks he can manipulate them). Physically, he is short, scrawny, and balding and is aware that despite his business successes, he is still largely a small fish in the very large pond that is the Big Apple. All of this remains a subtext, but one of the reasons why I enjoy 'The Jeffersons' so much is that George isn't too different from several self-made successes I know in my personal life. It's this attention to motivation that saves the series from becoming the one-note parody its detractors claim it to be. These early episodes are among the best the series ever produced. <
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>'The Jeffersons' box set has a flaw common to other boxed sets, however. There is a complete lack of extras! Isabelle Sanford, Paul Benedict, and Roxie Roker are three series regulars who have now passed on, and Sherman Helmlsey and Marla Gibbs are rapidly aging. Recording and including their insights on the series would be a valuable service not only to their fans but to posterity as well. Docking the box set for this, however, seems mean spirited as the price is definitely right!

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Topnotch!
The Jeffersons is a spin-off of All in the Family and in my opinion it's just as good as All in the Family! The Jeffersons were originally characters in All in the Family and were neighbors of The Bunkers and owned the local laundomat dry cleaners store and the characters were so popular it was decided to give them their own show and in this show George Jefferson has become wealthy and has added more stores to his holdings and George, Louise and Lionel move into the city into a nice apartment and in the same building lives Lionel's girlfriend Jenny Willis and her mother Helen who is black and her father Tom who is white. There is also housekeeper Florence who is a constant annoyance to George because she really doesn't do all that much cleaning and she is always making fun of him and making remarks about how short he is , etc and another constant annoyance to him is Mr. Bentley, a strange British man who lives in the apartment next door who is always telling stories about himself that sound so far fetched and then there is George's mother who comes to visit a lot and is a constant annoyance to Louise because she is always putting Louise down. This is a good show and I recommend this boxset!

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i love the 70's
Great show ! It was the first to show afro americans as rich, first to show multi cultural couple and family. This show is so funny. everyone should own this hilarious dvd.