racking humor made the show that much better. The best friends of the Jeffersons were the Willises, an interracial couple (Network and Cable). The Jeffersons had in its show what no other show had. Many other shows had a few episodes with interracial relationships, yet, The Jeffersons had a interracial couple as supporting actors on the show. There were funny episodes, light episodes, and ones that almost made you cry. The Jeffersons wasn't just a comedy. It was a show that taught America, and especially blacks, that if the tried, they could achieve anything. The Jeffersons were in the top 20 for seven years (20 Most). Now that the eighties were entering, there was a new stereotype of blacks. They were no longer the croons, but now, people were viewing blacks as lower-class, yet still happy people (Adjusting 2). There was a new image blacks had to confront and defeat. In the late 70s to the early 80s, there was a famous icon and saying that came form one Pint-sized little boy. The boy was from an interracial show named Difrent Strokes. 8-year-old Arnold with his famous, Whatchu talkin about Willis, and his 12-year-old brother Willis were two black kids from Harlem who found themselves suddenly in the lap of luxury. Their dying mother, a housekeeper for wealthy Philip Drummond, had taken from her employer the promise that he would look after her Alba 4 boys when she passed away. It didn't matter that there were endless double takes when the rich, white Philip Drummond, president of the huge corporation Trans Allied, Inc. introduced the two spunky black kids as his "sons.". Also in the household was Kimberly, his 13-year-old daughter and the new, scatterbrained housekeeper, Mrs. Garret. There was always plenty of love around. Everybody learned little lessons about what was right and wrong in each episode. The show also tackled serious issues such as child abuse and the dangers of hitch-hiking (Network and Cable). There was a huge controve...
