The Jeffersons
Laugh all the way to the Jeffersons' "dee-luxe apartment in the sky" with the hilarious fifth season of this groundbreaking series from legendary TV producer Norman Lear. The Jeffersons changed perceptions and smashed social stereotypes with outrageous comedy and sharp-witted satire. In the fifth season, George, Weezy, Florence, and the entire gang are funnier than ever with their wisecrackin' ways. George (Sherman Hemsley) is bitten by the dance bug and comes down with a case of disco fever. Louise (Isabel Sanford) gets an eyeful when her drawing class sketches a nude model. Florence (Marla Gibbs) receives a marriage proposal from a highly devout man. Things get uncomfortable when a broken heater forces Harry, Tom and Helen (Paul Benedict, Franklin Cover and Roxie Roker) to spend the evening cramped up with the Jeffersons - and the jokes keep on coming!Digitally remastered for the first time on DVD, this three-disc collector's set includes all 24 hilarious episodes from the fifth season. Don't burn your beans on the grill - dig into a tasty helping of comedy with The Jeffersons.
George hits the roof when he sees Louise's sketch of a nude male model she drew at Helen's art class.
Tom's father dies and leaves a warehouse to Allan, with the specific condition that he must not sell it to anyone on his father's side of the family. Meanwhile, the Help Center can't afford a rent increase, and George's laundry presser has raised his prices.
George invites Allan to stay in his apartment, not letting him know of his ulterior motive: getting the warehouse.
George asks an old Navy buddy, Cornelius X. Mayflower, to help expedite the approval process for some necessary licenses for the Help Center.
George dreams it's 1996 - his friends and his wife are commemorating the silver anniversary of his first store (and he now has twenty), but he's dead.
George hires Roy Crandall, a former ventriloquist, as his new stockbroker. When his old stockbroker tells him that Roy spent time in a mental hospital, he regrets this and tries to stop Florence from going out with the man.
George wants a celebrity to talk to the kids at the Harlem Boys Club. George wants Billy Dee Williams, who is in town making a movie. He calls him up, pretending to be author Alex Haley, and asks Ralph to find a lookalike in case he can't get the real thing. Florence is excited at first, but when Ralph returns with the name of a celebrity lookalike agency, she assumes that the man coming to the apartment is an impersonator.
George is up for a nomination as a member of the Board of Directors of his bank. When the Bank President's daughter takes an interest in Alan, he tries to keep them apart.
George's cousin Dusty needs a new kidney, and since his brother Bob has diabetes, George is the closest possible match.
Louise suffers amnesia following a bump to her head. George, Florence and their friends try to restore Weezie's memory by reenacting favorite and fun moments from her past.
Harry Bentley is stuck with an insufferable lady houseguest and when George Jefferson volunteers to get him unstuck, he winds up sticking Bentley with something worse.
George finds out a disturbing secret about his mother from his guardian during the Christmas holiday.
George and friends want to surprise Louise after her sister Maxine, whom she hasn't seen in years, visits from Paris. However, when Louise sees her sister, she gets furious.
When Louise finds out about a new clause in George's will, she almost gives him cause to use it.
George's problems in the bedroom send him on a panicked search for solutions, from some of the most unlikely sources.
Florence meets her new boyfriend, Buzz Thatcher at church, and brings him home to meet Louise and George. However, Buzz is a religious fanatic and a control freak, and when he asks Florence to marry him, Louise thinks Florence is putting herself in a dangerous situation.
Louise's charity work might win her a special award, if George's "donation" to a politician doesn't ruin her chances.
Tom is taking a business trip and Helen decides not to go, so his boss sends a young blond secretary with him. When Helen changes her mind, Tom winds up at the airport with both women and panics about Helen thinking he's cheating on her.
George gets caught between his morals and his money when his efforts to increase his take on a business deal turn him into an unlikely neighborhood hero.
The first casualty from George and Louise's vicious verbal battle could be the interviewer interested in their "perfect marriage."
Louise's plan to spend more time with George backfires when he catches "disco fever" and goes dancing every night.
Has Florence finally flipped?
There's foul play afoot when George tries to duck out of celebrating his wedding anniversary with Louise and she tries to duck out of town to attend a convention.
The heat goes out in the Bentley and Willis apartments, so Louise invites them over for a pajama party. Bentley proposes a parlor game wherein everyone shares what they like and dislike most about each other. Soon, tempers are flaring.
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Paul Benedict | Harry Bentley |
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Sherman Hemsley | George Jefferson |
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Berlinda Tolbert | Jenny Willis Jefferson |
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Franklin Cover | Tom Willis |
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Isabel Sanford | Louise Jefferson |
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Marla Gibbs | Florence Johnston |
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Roxie Roker | Helen Willis |
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Jay Hammer | Allan Willis |
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Ned Wertimer | Ralph Hart |
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Vernon Washington | Leroy |
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Billy Dee Williams | Billy Dee Williams |
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Danny Wells | Charley |
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Sam McMurray | Howard Benson |
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Larry McCormick | Buzz Thatcher |
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T.K. Carter | Richard |
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Sheryl Lee Ralph | Jeanie |
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Alma Beltran | Woman Picketer #2 |
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Robert Phalen | Jim Baker |
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Ted Ross | Mr. Mayflower |
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Davis Roberts | Man Picketer #3 |
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Arnold Johnson | Buddy |
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Eyde Byrde | Woman |
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Darlene Conley | Mother |
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Edward Grover | Phil Taylor |
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James A. Watson Jr. | Byron Jackson |
| Packaging | Custom Case |
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| Nr Discs | 3 |
| Screen Ratios | Production Year: 1979 |
| Audio Tracks | ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono |
| Distributor | Sony Pictures |
| Layers | Single side, Dual layer |
| Edition Release Date | Aug 15, 2006 |
| Regions | Region 1 |
| Purchased | For $ 29.95 |
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| Watched | |
| Index | 1175 |
| Added Date | Dec 12, 2012 01:15:25 |
| Modified Date | Nov 14, 2019 01:47:20 |