In 1971, independent producer Norman Lear introduced the most controversial sitcom in television's brief history. That show was the groundbreaking CBS program, All in the Family. One particular occasional character was Archie Bunker's...

The Jeffersons is an American sitcom that was broadcast on CBS from January 18, 1975 through June 25, 1985, lasting 11 seasons, and a total of 253 episodes. It is the longest running comedy (or series of any genre) with a predominantly African-American...

Jefferson on Jefferson. By Paul M. Zall. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, c. 2002. Pp. [xvi ], 160. $25.00, ISBN 0-8131-2235-X.) The author of Franklin on Franklin (Lexington, Ky., 2000) and Lincoln on Lincoln (Lexington, Ky., 1999) attempts to encapsulate the life of...

NBA FINALS NOTES For Jefferson, it's better late than never Forward finally shows up for Nets By MICHAEL HUNT mhunt@journalsentinel.com, Journal Sentinel Thursday, June 12, 2003 East Rutherford, N.J. -- After failing to make much of an impact for...

The three-disc set contains all 26 episodes of the fourth season. At the heart of each episode is George, the short-tempered dry cleaners owner who has a serious Napoleon complex. A two-part series opens the set, with George preparing for the grand opening of his...

Is this a flashback? One faction of the 1960s psychedelic band Jefferson Airplane is again suing founding member Paul Kantner, alleging that he's using the band's name without permission.Singer Grace Slick and Bill Thompson, former manager of the Jefferson Airplane and the Jefferson Starship, filed...

Despite some fascinating touches, the [situation of "The Jeffersons"] is somewhat shaky. The character of Mr. Jefferson, snobbish, and given to frequent temper tantrums, verges on the unattractive. Even Archie Bunker is an "appealing" bigot. And much of the humor is based on insult, what used to be called "playing the dozens," when content can become secondary to delivery. On "The Jeffersons," too much of the content is very secondary…. And then...

Bombastic, frenetic, boastful, ill-mannered, prejudiced and scheming, George Jefferson, his wife Louise, and a cast of other interesting characters have become a success in The Jeffersons…. (p. 112) Spun off from the front-running All In The Family, The Jeffersons appear to some as the flip side of the Archie Bunkers. Unlike Archie, however, who has never risen above his blue-collar status, George has, in the words of the show's theme music, moved on up to that big East Side apartment in the s...