#jeffersons

[sarahtorribio-blog]

Random musing: A Shakespeare/"Jeffersons" mashup

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[stephensdesk]

Jeffersons — Tradition in the Breaking'

Agency: Droga5

[danepopfrippery]

From #thejeffersons #georgejefferson (played by #shermanhemsley who was gay irl ) gets a call from Eddie Stokes his army buddy who played pranks on each other is in town.

He goes to visit only to find Eddie is now Edi (played by cis actress #veronicaredd ). George thinks its a prank, but it isn't. First he guesses Edi is #gay which repulsed him (in real life Sherman was gay), then a #crossdresser. This is may be the earliest tv character to be explicitly played as #trans tho the term isn't used.

Despite his bout of transphobia the episode ends happily with George stating they are friends and using her new name

[ourladyofomega]

Park Lane Towers at 185 E. 85th Street, New York City; home of The Jeffersons.

[travsd]

The Long Reach of Eric Monte: A Writer Who Defined a Decade

It’s tempting to lay the tone of the entire 1970s at the feet of writer Eric Monte (Kenneth Williams, born Christmas Day, 1942). I was a child throughout that decade, and Monte’s creations (acknowledged and unacknowledged) dominated the television airwaves then. His characters were trendsetting. Yet few knew (or know) his name. Monte grew up in the Chicago projects, then dropped out of high…

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[historyaccordingtosnark]

#history #actress #roker #jeffersons #movinonup #tv

[revessie]

Loved The Jeffersons, #memories

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