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Summary: The *BEST* Show Ever!!
Review: I think that "The Jeffersons" is the *BEST* show ever made!! Sherman Hemsley (George Jefferson) and Marla Gibbs (Florence Johnston) is what made the show so wonderful in my opinion. All of the cast is fantastic but Sherman Hemsley and Marla Gibbs are the funniest. I can't wait till the DVD is released next month. I hope that all eleven seasons are released. George Jefferson is my idol. I am so excited about the Complete First season coming out on DVD. If you haven't seen "The Jeffersons" I suggest giving it a try.
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Summary: Just as Good Now As It Was Back Then!
Review: I was ten years old when The Jeffersons premeired on television and I watched this show with my family, it is a spin-off from All in the Family which is another good sitcom I watched. In All in The Family The Jeffersons were next door neighbors to The Bunkers and in this spinoff George Jefferson has expanded his chain of laundomat/dry cleaning stores and is pretty well off financially and he his wife Louise and son Lionel move into the city into a very nice 3 bedroom apartment and also living in the same building are Helen and Tom Willis (Helen is black and Tom is white) and their daughter Jenny who is Lionel's girlfriend. Other good characters include Mama Jefferson, George's mother who loves to criticise Louise and there is also wisecracking maid Florence and eccentric British neighbor Mr. Bentley. This classic sitcom is just as good as All in the Family and the top-notch cast includes Sherman Hemsley as George Jefferson, Isobel Sanford as Louise (Weezy) Jefferson, Mike Evans as Lionel Jefferson, Roxie Roker as Helen Willis, Marla Gibbs as Florence and Zara Cully as Mama Jefferson. I love The Jeffersons and I highly recommend this show!
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Summary: great DVD
Review: its great to see the episodes from the first season all over again. :-) The Jeffersons is a very funny show that i still enjoy watching :-)
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Summary: Finally!! The Jeffersons on DVD!!
Review: One of the best shows of it's time! It's a 2 disc set with 13 season one episodes. Bare in mind the pilot is not included. It seems that it's an All in the family episode, the 1st episode of the 6th season. Despite this, the rest of them are hilarious. Florence, the wise crackin' maid, is introduced for the first time and Mother Jefferson seems to be in every episode. Mother Jefferson is my personal favorite as she always has something negative to say about Louise, except for one of the very few occurences when she sides with her on one episode. Hopefully the rest of the seasons will follow. If you loved The Jefferson you'll love them on DVD. Get your copy and get " Movin' on Up"
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Summary: A Very Good Sitcom from the 70s!
Review: The Jeffersons is a very good show, it is a spin-off from All in the Family which is another good sitcom. In All in The Family The Jeffersons were next door neighbors to The Bunkers and in this spinoff George Jefferson has expanded his chain of laundomat/dry cleaning stores and is pretty well off financially and he his wife Louise and son Lionel move into the city into a very nice 3 bedroom apartment and also living in the same building are Helen and Tom Willis (Helen is black and Tom is white) and their daughter Jenny who is Lionel's girlfriend. Other good characters include Mama Jefferson, George's mother who loves to criticise Louise and there is also wisecracking maid Florence and eccentric British neighbor Mr. Bentley. This classic sitcom is just as good as All in the Family and the top-notch cast includes Sherman Hemsley as George Jefferson, Isobel Sanford as Louise (Weezy) Jefferson, Mike Evans as Lionel Jefferson, Roxie Roker as Helen Willis, Marla Gibbs as Florence and Zara Cully as Mama Jefferson and there is also the actress who played Jenny but I can't remember what her name is. I love The Jeffersons and I highly recommend this First Season DVD set!
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Summary: A Very *FUNNY* Show!!
Review: The Jeffersons is one of the funniest shows ever made. I bought the Complete First Season from Amazon.com a few weeks ago, and I just love it. I hope that the other ten seasons are released on DVD. If you havne't seen the Jeffersons yet, then I suggest watching it.
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Summary: STILL MOVIN' ON UP!
Review: The Jeffersons is still one of the best comedies around.I would highly recommend it.The transfer is good.The question now is when are they releasing the rest of the episodes? Now that season one is out we want season 2, 3 and so on real soooon!
I would buy them all.
Mr.J and friends are great and are still movin' on up!!
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Summary: THE MOST SUCCESSFUL SPINOFF IN TELEVISION HISTORY
Review: The most successful spinoff in televison history is finally here on DVD ... The Jeffersons. As most of you know, this show is a spinoff of another revolutionary television series, All in the Family which ran 11 seasons from 1975 - 1985.This show, another from the Norman Lear vehicle, had some firsts on television ... a rich affluent black family, a racially mixed couple to name a few. Isabel Sanford (a star on Broadway, now 85 years old) heads this lovely cast. Sherman Hemsley stars as the jive talking George Jeffersons, Mike Evans is the ever funny Lionel (who was only around for the first four seasons), Franklin Cover is Tom Willis (Helen's white husband) and of course, Roxie Roker (Lenny Kravitz' mom who is Helen Willis, Tom's wife, the most outrageous in this show) and last but not least, Zera Cully who is Momma Jefferson (George's mommy, only around for the first four seasons who died in 1978) who hates Louise with a passion. This DVD is the complete First Season with thirteen episodes in all but take note - the "pilot" episode does not appear as it was a episode of "All in the Family" entitled, "the Jeffersons are moving on up", as a sixth season series opener. This was the "pilot" episode which Roxie Roker had a big afro, a treat for those who liked her and her son Lenny. Otherwise, these thirteen episodes contained here are quite entertaining in its own right. Episodes like .... "A Friend in Need", where George & Louise adapt to their posh digs by hiring a part time maid, which introduced us to Marla Gibbs, the no-nonsense Jeffersons' maid, Florence. "Louise Feels Useless", as she has trouble adjusting to the good life but she takes a job at the rival cleaning store. "George's Family Tree" has George thinking he is the king reflecting on a gift given to him by the Willis' which has him digging into his ancestry but Louise has a lesson for George. "Lionel, The Playboy", has Lionel taking full advantage of the good life by partying it all the time but Momma Jeffersons lays down the law on Lionel to get him back on track. "Mr. Piano Man", has George heading up a protest meeting by the tenants at his home but boasts his classy image by buying a grand piano to impress the building owners', which backfires. "George's Skeleton", has someone from George's past suddenly re-emerge only to blackmail George of money. Lionel and Louise come to George's rescue. "Lionel Cries Uncle" has Louise' Uncle Ward visit with the men of the family see him as an "Uncle Tom", but Ward gives Lionel a few lessons in life he is not to forget. "Mother Jeffersons Boyfriend" has Momma Jefferson with a new man in her life. On her birthday, they propose and want to move to Florida. Louise couldn't be more happier but George tries to break the lovbirds up. "Meet the Press" has George bragging about how he got to the top but it is the Willis' who are hogging all the attention that gets George steaming mad. "Rich Mans' Disease" has George hiding his mysterious ulcer, amoungst other things from Louise as he is feeling down in the dumps. "Former Neighbours" has George inviting a big client to a big extravagent dinner at his home but when the former old lower class neighbours pay a visit, Geroge tries to hide his poor past from the big client. "Like Father, Like Son" has Lionel behaving much like his father, but George gets involved in a local election, which the "race card" is played with comic effect. "Jenny's Low" has Jenny being jealous of her returning globe-trotting brother because he is able to "pass" for white while she can't. This DVD is very nicely packaged and includes a Series Guide Booklet and of course, the very famous lyrics to the shows' theme song, Movin' On Up, which is sung by Ja'Net DuBois who was in Good Times. The Complete First Season as a whole is quite good. The series opens nicely, disappointments were few (especially the "Former Neighbours" episode which I thought would have been the Bunkers of All in the Family) but ends with a downer with the "Jenny's Low" episode. Despite that though, there are no extra feautures on this DVD but just having the show on DVD is "Extra" enough with the "Feautures" being presented in thirteen segments on your televison screen. Get Your Copy Today !!!
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Summary: Just can't wait for the second season
Review: This dvd is great value for money and even greater fun. I used to watch the Jeffersons long time ago and still they shine. I just can't wait for the second season!
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Summary: Classic TV - How do I begin describing
Review: was ecstatic upon hearing that classic "The Jeffersons" episodes would be obtainable on DVD technology, as Nick At Nite reshuffled it's programming so that the the show runs at 2 or 3 in the morning. Such a shameful fate for a series that was so good. "The Jeffersons" was a classic show that lasted a full decade, and not without merit. The humor, acting and storylines were outstanding throughout, and so was the Gospel-influenced opening theme. If you're unaware it was a Spinoff of another hit Sitcom of the 70's "All in the Family". The Jefferson family were the nearby neighbors of Archie Bunker, they since "Move Up" to a Luxury apartment in New York City. It's a trip watching each episode of the first season in it's full glory, with no commercials, just brief pauses where you'd normally have seen 'em. If you're only familiar with the later part of the series, you owe it to yourself to check out the first season, if for nothing else just a primer. George Jefferson is a smart talking know-it-all. And a succesful Entrrepraer as well, owning a chain of Laundromats. some critics have pointed that his character is a bit stubborn, but to get as far as he did you would have to be. The only slight quibble I have is that the Jeffersons maid Florence, played by the underrated Marla Gibbs, has less of a presence in these episodes, Her nice voice and sassy, witty persona rolled up smoothly alongside George Jefferson's temper. George Jefferson's wife Louise (of course, whom he affectionately calls "Weezy") is played by Isabel Sanford, who won an Emmy for that role, and deservedly so. The slight tension between George and Weezy is executed to perfection comedically. Their bickering never fails to entertain. George Jefferson's mother is also brilliant, played by Zara Cully, whom upon researching I just learned was born in my home state of Massachusetts. she had quite a role in this early era before she passed away from cancer in 1978. Her and Weezy are always at each other's throats, partly because she couldn't be more proud of her son George. Living in the adjacent apartment complex is Mr. Bentley, played by Paul Benedict, employed by the United Nations, his character has a literal sense of humor and brings an added punch to the cast. In addition there's the Willises, the jeffersons upstairs neighbors Tom and Helen, played by Franklin Cover and Roxie Roker (Lenny Kravitz mom) respectively. It's my understanding that this pair was among the first Black/White couples on TV. They are constantly at verbal War with George Jefferson, who doesn't think so kindly of their marriage, but all the feuding is extremely humorous. The only real complaint I have is the Tom Willis' character can be a bit lame and corny, personally I find it hard to believe that Helen fell for him. Their daughter, Jenny, is the boyfriend of Lionel Jefferson, George and Weezy's son. Lionel, portrayed by Mike Evans, is a young playboy in College. There's some inner turmoil of Weezy wanting Lionel to avoid taking after his father's take-no-prisoners antics. "The Jeffersons first season" comes packaged as a 2 Disk Set, with episodes 1-8 being on the First Disk, and episodes 9-13 are on the Second Disk. There aren't many DVD "Extra goodies' To speak of besides subtitles in English and Espanol. Although it would be nitpicking to criticize that fact, as getting this Legendary Series and being able to watch it whenever you please is a Gift enough in itself. Theres been an impressive 3 decades of African-American sitcoms, and the 70's, with shows like "Sanford And Son" and "The Jeffersons" still stand as the best era - Bar None. If you're unfamiliar with it, pick up the Jeffersons first season, ahora.
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