[Nea Wood]

I seem to recall an episode of AITF where one of Archie’s friends sold his house to a black family. When Archie complained, the friend said something like, “Well, it’ll be all right, you have to get with the times, embrace diversity” or whatever, and Archie said, “Yeah, easy for you to say as you move out of this neighborhood and into a 100% white one!” Sometimes Lear did poke at liberals and expose their hypocricy.

[Borges]

The scene in question is at 11:25...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gF1ua0vHT0M

[Verginius Rufus]

Archie was supposed to be a conservative but he was ahead of the times in calling his wife by her maiden name.

Dingbat.

[Tanniker Smith]

Are you sure it was to another black family? I don't remember that exact line, but there was an episode where a Hispanic couple was buying a house and both Archie and Jefferson (not George, his brother) were flipping out. They wound up not buying the house and even Jefferson was relieved when the new owners were white.

Another piece of trivia: Lear wanted Sherman Hemsley for the part of George Jefferson, but he wasn't available, so he created a placeholder character, his brother, Henry, who disappeared after George showed up.