LOL

Well this song set the tone for the comedy as you see James and Florida riding in back of a station wagon being taken from New York to Southside Chicago by their Cousin Wilbert

"We amovin on down to the southside, to a Ran down apartment in the sky

We amovin on down to the southside, we never got a piece of the pie.

It was hard to keep food in the kitchen because of the numerous bills

If we had did more tryin, maybe we might have got up that hill

Now we are down in Low Leagues,

Because we didn't do our best

As long we live, it's you and me baby and ain't nothing wrong with that

we amovin on down to the southside, to a ran down apt in the sky

we movin on down to the southside, we never got a piece of the PIE


Then I think James and Florida gets out the Station Wagon and say bye to the cousin and you see both walk in the project building looking depressed and the Opening Credits ends with a camera shot of the 17th Floor Apt

Sung by Roxie Roker in January of 1974





:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

:lol:

:lol:


Only difference is James is not strutting because he has lost his job:lol:

Bump

LOL at TVFactFan, very clever, except I would’ve replaced in the sky with in the Chi.

LOL at TVFactFan, very clever, except I would’ve replaced in the sky with in the Chi.

I forgot all about this indirect reference to the Jeffersons LOL

I forgot all about this indirect reference to the Jeffersons LOL
Okay, I watched the pilot again and actually it was just James who was depressed while Florida was all cheery and happy, trying to cheer James on into the apartment. Also, I caught Florida’s reference to Maude at the beginning of the episode when the family entered the apartment:

“James, look at it! We even have our own telephone. It’s so nice and pleasant and homey. Better than the dump I lived in when I was working for Maude Findlay in Tuckahoe when I was married to Henry. Oh, how I love bein’ poor…and a bigamist.” LOL.

BTW: Damn, Roxie Roker killed those low notes.

“We never got a piece of the pi-hi-ha-oww-ie-IE”

The wheeze was great and everything.