He and i really had a chemistry together. - one of the unique things about the jeffersons is that it featured the first primetime interracial couple, the willises. - george, if we have a problem, why can t we just talk it through like tom and helen? they don t fight. - they don t fight cause they scared to fight. - what s that supposed to mean? - you know damn well what it means. if you two ever really started going at one another, inside of five minutes, he d be calling you - don t say it! - nigga. - he said it! - coming out of the 1960s loving case, which made interracial marriages legal in the united states, you had this representation of what america could look like, of what america could be. (audience laughs and applauds) - i beg your pardon. i ll come back later. - the jeffersons was really groundbreaking. - everything you do, do it cool. that s it. - [marla] the jeffersons had something for every segment of society. - yeah. - government is not the solution to our problem. government is the problem.
However, he and i would come up with things sometimes and they would keep it. - florence, your cooking tastes like dog food. (audience laughs) - that s cause i m cooking for a chihuahua. (audience laughs) (upbeat music) he and i really had a chemistry together. - one of the unique things about the jeffersons is that it featured the first primetime interracial couple, the willises. - george, if we have a problem, why can t we just talk it through like tom and helen? they don t fight. - they don t fight cause they scared to fight. - what s that supposed to mean? - you know damn well what it means. if you two ever really started going at one another, inside of five minutes, he d be calling you - don t say it! - nigga. - he said it! - coming out of the 1960s loving case, which made interracial marriages legal in the united states, you had this representation of what america could look like, of what america could be. (audience laughs and applauds) - i beg your pardon. i ll come back later. - the jeffersons was really groundbreaking. - everything you do, do it cool. that s it.
Is that it featured the first primetime interracial couple, the willises. - george, if we have a problem, why can t we just talk it through like tom and helen? they don t fight. - they don t fight cause they scared to fight. - what s that supposed to mean? - you know damn well what it means. if you two ever really started going at one another, inside of five minutes, he d be calling you - don t say it! - nigga. - he said it! - coming out of the 1960s loving case, which made interracial marriages legal in the united states, you had this representation of what america could look like, of what america could be. (audience laughs and applauds) - i beg your pardon. i ll come back later. - the jeffersons was really groundbreaking. - everything you do, do it cool. that s it. - [marla] the jeffersons had something for every segment of society. - yeah. - government is not the solution to our problem. government is the problem. - america was changing. you re in the middle of reaganomics and trickle down economies. - the social policies of that era
(audience laughs and applauds) - marla gibbs is everything to me. she was a breakout star. - you live in this apartment, right? - uh huh. - and you got an apartment in this building, too? - yes, that s right. - well, how come we overcame and nobody told me? (audience laughs) - the fights i had with george on the show was mostly prewritten. however, he and i would come up with things sometimes and they would keep it. - florence, your cooking tastes like dog food. (audience laughs) - that s cause i m cooking for a chihuahua. (audience laughs) (upbeat music) he and i really had a chemistry together. - one of the unique things about the jeffersons is that it featured the first primetime interracial couple, the willises. - george, if we have a problem, why can t we just talk it through like tom and helen? they don t fight. - they don t fight cause they scared to fight. - what s that supposed to mean? - you know damn well what it means. if you two ever really started going at one another, inside of five minutes, he d be calling you - don t say it! - nigga. - he said it! - coming out of the 1960s loving case,
With things sometimes and they would keep it. - florence, your cooking tastes like dog food. (audience laughs) - that s cause i m cooking for a chihuahua. (audience laughs) (upbeat music) he and i really had a chemistry together. - one of the unique things about the jeffersons is that it featured the first primetime interracial couple, the willises. - george, if we have a problem, why can t we just talk it through like tom and helen? they don t fight. - they don t fight cause they scared to fight. - what s that supposed to mean? - you know damn well what it means. if you two ever really started going at one another, inside of five minutes, he d be calling you - don t say it! - nigga. - he said it! - coming out of the 1960s loving case, which made interracial marriages legal in the united states, you had this representation of what america could look like, of what america could be. (audience laughs and applauds) - i beg your pardon. i ll come back later. - the jeffersons was really groundbreaking. - everything you do, do it cool. that s it. - [marla] the jeffersons had something for every segment of society.