Posted on 04/19/2019 9:49:20 AM PDT by conservative98
"All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" are coming back to TV, live and for one night only.
Woody Harrelson, Marisa Tomei, Jamie Foxx and Wanda Sykes will star in re-creations of episodes from the influential sitcoms born in the 1970s.
Norman Lear, who created "All in the Family" and its spinoff "The Jeffersons," and Jimmy Kimmel are hosting the ABC prime-time special airing next month, the network said Thursday.
Harrelson and Tomei will play Archie and Edith Bunker, with Foxx and Sykes as George and Louise Jefferson. Ellie Kemper, Justina Machado and Will Ferrell also will appear, ABC said, with more stars to be announced.
The original shows starred Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton as the blue-collar Bunkers, and Sherman Hemsley and Isabel Sanford as the upwardly mobile Jeffersons.
People say "these two shows were meant for the '70s and would not work today," Lear said in a statement. "We disagree with them and are here to prove, with two great casts depicting 'All in the Family' and 'The Jeffersons,' the timelessness of human nature."
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Wanda Sykes: Im out., me too
One bit of trivia I recall about the show was that Mickey Rooney was originally offered the role of Archie, but he thought that the show was unpatriotic in it’s viewpoint and thus turned the offer down. Harrison Ford was offered the role of Mike, but did not like the argumentative nature of the show and refused as well.
Entire cast is part of the Democrat Hate-Trump media mob. On second thought, I’ll take a pass on this.
yup- even marrisa- who i really liked in my cousin vinny- was disappointed to find out she was a rabid liberal
I think it’s funny that the biggest breakout star from A Different World(a black spinoff of The Cosby Show) was a white woman, Marisa Tomei.
‘white privilege’ ya know
I’d would have liked to have seen Hogan’s Heroes get a proper wrap.
“they could not make America like them...............”
Thereby proving it’s a challenge to like liberals. Even fake ones.
Ask Murphy Brown. She was rebooted and shortly thereafter booted out the door; not seen in many a moon. Candice Bergen
has not aged well. NOT that her looks have anything to do with her popularity (or lack thereof)
Out of curiosity I watched the first episode of the reboot, it was as bad I thought it would be. It just wasn’t the kind of show that could be brought back. And yes Candice has not aged well or any of the other cast members.
It was either Bob Crane or Werner Klemperer or even both who expressed that same regret.
And you all thought the big networks could no longer come up with “Must Miss TV”.
LaSalle
I would love to see Perfect Strangers come back. At the end of the series Balki and Larry became brand new fathers. It would be fun to see the cousins come back to interact with their now grown sons.
Archie was invariably correct, but didn’t have the chops to explain why. His knee jerk reactions were realistic.
All In The Family is already on weekly. It’s called Last be Man Standing.
I agree. That they're doing it live makes it interesting.
I can hear it now -—
Meathead -— “Our country is being ruined by Donald Trump! He needs to be removed by any means possible!”
Archie -— “You’re right! I’ll get my gun!”
I’m assuming Will Ferrell is Meathead.
Could be interesting.
Nailed it, Larry Lucido. LOL
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