“’The Jeffersons’ made its debut in January 1975; in the opening episode, George, the owner of a successful cleaning business; his wife, whom he called Weezy (played by Isabel Sanford, who was 20 years Mr. Hemsley’s senior); and their son, Lionel (Mike Evans), leave Queens and, in the words of the show’s memorable theme song, are ‘movin’ on up’ to Manhattan’s fashionable Upper East Side — to ‘a deluxe apartment in the sky.’”
— Thanks for the explication, New York Times! Anyway, yes, let us celebrate the life of Sherman Hemsley, actor, sictom icon and prog-rock aficionado.
