The pilot might work if the white man and the black husband are both women and Chinese. Changstien. Pepe Changstien. She is a cook. She can pantomime. And read. She or he is a mailman. You can ask him or her where the Chinese restaurant is. That’s an episode right there!
How about this. He runs a circus. No, he’s a butler. And he’s black. He works for the governor. His name is Benson. But he’s native American. But he’s black. And he runs a circus. And he’s sentenced to be a butler. Have we seen this before?