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TVFactFan · 04-19-2006, 06:49 PM

It was said that Louise and George could have been shown with fuller richer and still black lives. It was said that the producers never released the characters from the claustrophobic world of their apartment building, from one-line put-downs and from soap opera endings.

August 2,-8 1983, TV guide

Ireneparalegal · 04-19-2006, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by TVResearcher

It was said that Louise and George could have been shown with fuller richer and still black lives. It was said that the producers never released the characters from the claustrophobic world of their apartment building, from one-line put-downs and from soap opera endings.

August 2,-8 1983, TV guide

They got their wish with the COSBY SHOW..............oh wait, that was a soap-opera too; they hardly went to work; they were home a lot...etc. etc. etc.

TVFactFan · 04-19-2006, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Ireneparalegal

They got their wish with the COSBY SHOW..............oh wait, that was a soap-opera too; they hardly went to work; they were home a lot...etc. etc. etc.

Even though the Jeffersons was my favorite show, I do kind of agree that it seemed like 85% of the eps were in the APT building-lol

retrochick9 · 04-20-2006, 12:09 PM

Maybe they didn't have the budget to do a lot of location shoots. It seems like most shows of that era were shot mostly in the characters' homes.

TVFactFan · 04-20-2006, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by retrochick9

Maybe they didn't have the budget to do a lot of location shoots. It seems like most shows of that era were shot mostly in the characters' homes.

I think what the author was getting at was the eps could have been a little deeper and not so much about the Jeffersons Financial Status

Brian Damage · 04-23-2006, 11:59 AM

Louise did a lot of work at the Help Center.

TVFactFan · 04-23-2006, 01:13 PM

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Louise did a lot of work at the Help Center.

It was said in the article also that Louise had lost her soul in the later seasons and became the little woman behind her man. The author also said in the 80's, Louise was no longer a woman of strength, had no interests of her own, and no network of friends

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04-20-2006, 12:09 PM	#4
retrochick9 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Apr 07, 2006 Location: On the couch, in my jammies, watching TV! Posts: 620	Maybe they didn't have the budget to do a lot of location shoots. It seems like most shows of that era were shot mostly in the characters' homes.