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![]() ![]() The epithets " nigger" and " honky" were used occasionally, especially during the earlier seasons. The Jeffersons eventually evolved into more of a traditional sitcom but did reference such issues as alcoholism, racism, suicide, gun control, being transgender, and adult illiteracy. The show was the creation of Norman Lear. ![]() The show was launched as the second spin-off of All in the Family, on which the Jeffersons had been the neighbors of Archie and Edith Bunker. The Jeffersons focuses on George and Louise Jefferson, an African-American couple who have been able to move from a working-class Queens neighborhood to a luxury apartment building on the East Side of Manhattan owing to the success of George's dry-cleaner chain. Supporting characters represent the demographics of the neighborhood, especially the Jeffersons, a black family, who live in the house next door in the early seasons. The house seen in the opening is at 89-70 Cooper Avenue near the junction of the Glendale, Forest Hills, and Rego Park sections of Queens. Occasional scenes take place in other locations, especially during later seasons, such as Kelsey's Bar, a neighborhood tavern where Archie spends a good deal of time and which he eventually purchases, and the Stivics' home after Mike and Gloria move to the house next door. – The show is set in the Astoria section of Queens, with the vast majority of scenes taking place in the Bunkers' home at 704 Hauser Street. For much of the series, the Stivics live in the Bunkers' home to save money, providing abundant opportunity for them to irritate each other. ![]() The two couples represent the real-life clash of values between the Greatest Generation and Baby Boomers. Gloria is married to college student Michael Stivic (Rob Reiner) – referred to as "Meathead" by Archie – whose values are likewise influenced and shaped by the counterculture of the 1960s. Archie's wife Edith (Jean Stapleton) is sweet and understanding, though somewhat naïve and uneducated her husband sometimes disparagingly calls her "dingbat." Their only child, daughter Gloria (Sally Struthers), is generally kind and good-natured like her mother, but displays traces of her father's stubbornness and temper unlike them, however, she is a feminist. Its patriarch is Archie Bunker (Carroll O'Connor), an outspoken, narrow-minded man. It aired on December 7, 2021.Īll in the Family is about a working-class white family living in Queens, New York. The second special was broadcast on December 18, 2019, and recreated another All in the Family episode and an episode of Good Times.Ī third special recreated The Facts of Life third-season episode " Kids Can Be Cruel" and Diff'rent Strokes ' first-season episode " Willis' Privacy". The first special was seen by 10.4 million viewers a repeat was seen by 2.49 million viewers. The first special recreated two episodes involving George Jefferson (played by Jamie Foxx), with All in the Family represented by "Henry's Farewell" (the character's on-screen debut) and " A Friend in Need" (the first episode of The Jeffersons). The specials are co-produced by Norman Lear's Act III Communications, Kimmel's Kimmelot, and Will Ferrell's Gary Sanchez Productions - in association with Sony Pictures Television Studios (owner of the rights to the original series) via the ownership of the Embassy Television library (the original producer of All in the Family and its spin-offs The Jeffersons and Good Times). Conceptualized and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, the specials feature all-star casting for live recreations of sitcom episodes that originally aired in the 1970s and 1980s. ![]() Live in Front of a Studio Audience is a series of live television specials that was first broadcast by ABC on May 22, 2019. ![]()
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