Movin' on UP - RIP Sherman Hemsley

[Moderator1]

so says TMZ and I've never known TMZ to get it wrong

http://www.tmz.com/2012/07/24/sherman-hemsley-dead-dies-the-jeffersons/

 

[Brian]

Hemsley had no wife and no kids.

Why, that's just kicking a man's coffin.

 

[Steak Snabler]

Hemsley had no wife and no kids.

Was that necessary, TMZ?

Was that worse than SHERMAN HEMSLEY DEAD?

 

[Brian]

Hemsley had no wife and no kids.

Was that necessary, TMZ?

Was that worse than SHERMAN HEMSLEY DEAD?

I guess they could've used an exclamation point. That would've been worse.

 

[poindexter]

Hemsley had no wife and no kids.

I guess he never did get a piece of the pie.

 

[rmanfredi]

Unfortunately for him, St. Peter is actually a gangly British guy with glasses.

 

[expendable]

Well, damn. Who does that leave from The Jeffersons cast? Marla Gibbs and the second Lionel?

 

[steveu]

Better get that deluxe apartment in the sky ready, Weezy! Your hubby's coming home!

 

[Huggy]

Unfortunately for him, St. Peter is actually a gangly British guy with glasses.

"I'm only as God made me, sir."

 

[Moderator1]

There's a high school coach in Richmond who looks JUST LIKE George Jefferson. Still coaching today. I mean, just like him. I used to love covering his games because every time he'd scrunch up his face and chew out a ref, half the stands would start yelling "WEEZY! WEEZY! WEEZY!"

 

[JackReacher]

Hemsley had no wife and no kids.

Why, that's just kicking a man's coffin.

Why? Most every obit mentions the spouse and kids/grandkids/whatever. This time, there were none, which I found interesting.

 

[Killick]

Pucker up, Carroll O'Conner, here comes George.

 

[poindexter]

Pucker up, Carroll O'Conner, here comes George.

If I remember my sitcoms from 30 plus years ago, that was Sammy Davis Jr.

 

[JC]

Pucker up, Carroll O'Conner, here comes George.

If I remember my sitcoms from 30 plus years ago, that was Sammy Davis Jr.

You remember correctly.

 

[KJIM]

I watched that show all the time.

"227" stunk, though.

 

[JC]

Any word on which Lionel will speak at the funeral?

 

[Brian]

Hemsley had no wife and no kids.

Why, that's just kicking a man's coffin.

Why? Most every obit mentions the spouse and kids/grandkids/whatever. This time, there were none, which I found interesting.

Just seemed strange to me.

We'd never write : "He had no hobbies. He was not a veteran. He had zero cats. His relatives suggest you not give money to his favorite charity-- which he didn't have."

 

[Evil Bastard (aka Chris_L)]

Sherm was awesome but we shouldn't forget that he was not the original George Jefferson.

Oh and the obligatory

http://www.abevigoda.com/

 

[Evil Bastard (aka Chris_L)]

Very weird Sherman Hemsley story

http://www.magnetmagazine.com/2009/03/05/george-jefferson-worlds-biggest-gong-fan/

 

[JosephC.Myers]

There's a high school coach in Richmond who looks JUST LIKE George Jefferson. Still coaching today. I mean, just like him. I used to love covering his games because every time he'd scrunch up his face and chew out a ref, half the stands would start yelling "WEEZY! WEEZY! WEEZY!"

A sad day, as I grew up watching that show. However, the image you described just made me laugh out loud. Very funny stuff.