Rest In Peace Sherman Hemsley

[glencro]

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20614528,00.html

My favorite episode of The Jeffersons
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAQF4F_SrE8

[glencro]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swhu4ZlZWq8&feature=relmfu

[jillfoster]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpPF59sCojE

[Jerry Oz]

My two favorite episodes:
1. After Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot, Lionel grabs a gun to take to the streets and join the riots, but George held him and wouldn't let him go.
2. George attends a white supremacist rally in the banquet hall of their apartment building and has an argument with the leader. When the leader suffers a heart attack, George is the only one present who knows CPR and saves him when the man's son begs him. On the way to the ambulance, the racist finds out that George saved him, so he turns to his son and tells him "you should have let me die."

[marv2]

One of my favorites from TV back in the day. Rest in peace Sherman and thanks man.

[soulster]

My two favorite episodes:
1. After Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot, Lionel grabs a gun to take to the streets and join the riots, but George held him and wouldn't let him go.


That was a flashback-type of episode. The show didn't even premiere for at least five or six years after that really happened.


Did you know that Sherman Hemsley was a big progressive rock fan and used to drop acid?

[Jerry Oz]

That was a flashback-type of episode. The show didn't even premiere for at least five or six years after that really happened.


Did you know that Sherman Hemsley was a big progressive rock fan and used to drop acid?

Give me a little credit, partner. I knew it was a flashback episode but I appreciated it for being better than most of the other episodes; show spinned off of "All In The Family" which didn't premiere until the '70s. And although I didn't know he dropped acid, that explains a few things.

[Ngroove]

Gosh, he's one of THE few who's in virtually EVERYWHERE; George Jefferson on Jeffersons, Deacon Ernest Frye on Amen, Captain Savage on Family Matters, Judge Robinson on Fresh Prince, even as the grandfather on Sister, Sister, enchantingly Cinderella-like escorting Tia to the big party...

To command, by his later shows, such an applause, everytime he appeared, you just knew he had to be a somebody.

One of my favorite moments, was when he "Bust A Move"d on Amen...to be even by 1990 be an established veteran actor, playing a Church Deacon, and to rap and bust some mad moves, my book, is quite some versatility...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9jT9QeNbMY

Thank you for being on my television, even as I was growing up in the eighties-nineties, you will be dearly missed.

[soulster]

Give me a little credit, partner. I knew it was a flashback episode but I appreciated it for being better than most of the other episodes; show spinned off of "All In The Family" which didn't premiere until the '70s. And although I didn't know he dropped acid, that explains a few things.

Oh, I know you know. It's so hard to convey expression and vocal stress in printed word.

Him being an acid freak surprised the hell out of me too! But, I think it's cool that he dug Yes. I love the band myself, especially their first few albums. Why is this significant? Somehow, it just doesn't fit the image most people have of Black people, especially older Black people, that they listen to progressive rock and do acid, or that they never had children or never married. How many Black guys on this forum besides me really love hard rock, metal, alternative, and progressive music?

[juicefree20]

This is sad news & I still watch "The Jeffersons" every day on TVLand. When George Jefferson showed up on the scene, there was nothing quite like him. Very rarely was a black man shown being so in-your-face with caucasians, nor as quick to respond with an insult. Well...just so long as the persons name wasn't Mr. Whittingdale :)

I met Sherman a few years back at a 70's Dance Music show & I took a few pictures of him & one with him & unlike his screen persona, he was pretty reserved & very nice backstage. He had been announced as one of the hosts & Sherman thought that he was going to be a host. Unfortunately, the organizers pretty much decided that his "hosting" duties was pretty much being announced, then giving the crowd a bit of the "George Jefferson" walk & maybe a few dance steps. Though it was obvious that he was disappointed & expected to participate more than that, he remained professional & didn't grumble about it.

Once again, it feels as though yet another piece of my childhood has been stripped away & I guess that at this rate, there's precious little of that childhood left. My condolences to his family & friends.

Sherman Hemsley - R.I.P. & thanks for the laughs & sometimes, the introspection.

[mrclemma]

I once bought some albums off a man in his mid-nineties, a church deacon. 99% of what he had was Black Gospel. He also had albums from Buddy Holly[[with & without The Crickets--both 1st pressings), Fats Domino, Prince &.....BLACK SABBATH. I asked him why he had it and he smiled & said "I was curious."
Oh, I know you know. It's so hard to convey expression and vocal stress in printed word.

Him being an acid freak surprised the hell out of me too! But, I think it's cool that he dug Yes. I love the band myself, especially their first few albums. Why is this significant? Somehow, it just doesn't fit the image most people have of Black people, especially older Black people, that they listen to progressive rock and do acid, or that they never had children or never married. How many Black guys on this forum besides me really love hard rock, metal, alternative, and progressive music?

[soulster]

I once bought some albums off a man in his mid-nineties, a church deacon. 99% of what he had was Black Gospel. He also had albums from Buddy Holly[[with & without The Crickets--both 1st pressings), Fats Domino, Prince &.....BLACK SABBATH. I asked him why he had it and he smiled & said "I was curious."

There is nothing wrong with liking a variety of music. Music is just that: music, no matter what type it is or who makes it. Music is there for any and all to enjoy.

I have a few Black Sabbath albums. Admittedly, I didn't buy them. They were given to me by a friend who decided that he didn't want to listen to hard rock anymore. So, now I got 'em. It's been more than a decade since I got them, and I still haven't gotten around to listening to all of the albums yet, But I did destroy the Ted Nugent albums recently. I had fun doing it too!