maude: now you can either come to the table and eat, or you can lie there and feed off your own fat. jim colucci: the story goes that by the time that episode had aired, fred silverman, who was in charge of cbs at the time, had called norman lear and said, get that woman her own show. and then there s maude. and then there s maude! that uncompromisin , enterprisin , anything but tranquilizin , right on maude! adrienne barbeau: it was not your all-american family. carol: you re getting senile in your old age. maude: thank you darling. i only hope i live long enough to become a burden to you. adrienne barbeau: maude is an independent strong woman who speaks her mind. she was married to her fourth husband, walter, played by bill macy. here, have some cold knackwurst. eric mccormick: i loved their combative relationship. i still to this day if somebody pisses me off i ll say, god ll get you for that walter.
and then there s maude. and then there s maude! that uncompromisin , enterprisin , anything but tranquilizin , right on maude! adrienne barbeau: it was not your all-american family. carol: you re getting senile in your old age. maude: thank you darling. i only hope i live long enough to become a burden to you. adrienne barbeau: maude is an independent strong woman who speaks her mind. she was married to her fourth husband, walter, played by bill macy. maude: i don t have time to fix you your breakfast! here, have some cold knackwurst. eric mccormick: i loved their combative relationship. i still to this day if somebody pisses me off i ll say, god ll get you for that walter. maude: god ll get you for that walter. k mez: maude was really the first time that we saw such a fiercely independent woman who wasn t afraid to speak her mind at the center of a family sitcom. norman lear: maude had a maid florida who
florida: you worked all night and all day and all they paid you was $6? james: they paid me a lot more, but after they got finished taking out the federal withholding, the state withholding, the unemployment compensation. you know something baby, if i had worked for them a few more hours, i d end up owing them $10. jimmie walker: he was doing anything he could to work and make money to pay the rent and put food on the table. aramide tinubu: then, in the mid 70 s, things begin to shift with the jefferson s well, we re moving on up, moving on up, to the east side, moving on up. tracy morgan: the jeffersons was groundbreaking. successful black man. you never really saw that. eric mccormick: it was an explosive thing for norman lear to say: wake up. now this. diane: both of you live here? george: some place, ain t it? diane: yeah, i didn t know the jeffersons had a couple.
eric mccormick: (sings) you are my wife. sheryl: (sings) goodbye city life. green acres we are there eric mccormick: it s just absurd and ridiculous. eddie: look at that floor, that s solid oak. sheryl: green acres was about a man and a woman living on fifth avenue. and he decides he s going to be a farmer. lisa: hey, oliver! oliver: yeah? lisa: there is someone here to see you from the state dept. oliver: i ll be right down. [smash] lisa: darling, mr. kimball would have waited, you should have used the ladder. bill carter: green acres. is the kind of show america loves. and cbs thinks, well, we can do more of these rural characters. [train whislte] vicki: yeah, the rural comedies, petticoat junction. vicki: i mean, some really, really silly, funny stuff. horse: hee hawww!!
you know something baby, if i had worked for them a few more hours, i d end up owing them $10. jimmie walker: he was doing anything he could to work and make money to pay the rent and put food on the table. aramide tinubu: then, in the mid 70 s, things begin to shift with the jefferson s well, we re moving on up, moving on up, to the east side, moving on up. tracy morgan: the jeffersons was groundbreaking. successful black man. you never really saw that. eric mccormick: it was an explosive thing for norman lear to say: wake up. now this. diane: both of you live here? george: some place, ain t it? diane: yeah, i didn t know the jeffersons had a couple. george: couple a what? diane: a maid and a butler. you two. marsha: we re talking people who are living above their station. george: hold it, diane. we are the jeffersons.