Episode
The Jeffersons: They Don't Make Preachers Like Him Anymore
Overview
Florence is all excited since her and her church choir are going to Ohio for a competition. However, Florence loses her faith in God when the Reverend steals the money they needed to enter the competition.
Details
- Series
- The Jeffersons
- Season
- Season 11
- Episode
- Episode 7
- Air date
- 1984-12-16
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
They Don't Make Preachers Like Him Anymore is Episode 7 in Season 11 of The Jeffersons. It aired on 1984-12-16. The runtime is 25 min.
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Episode 6: The Gift
Louise is all excited that for once George has remembered her birthday after she sees him sneaking around with party favors. However, George, who overhears Helen and Louise, realizes that he has forgotten her birthday and scrambles to buy her a gift before it's to late.
Episode 8: Try a Little Tenderness
After catching vandals trying to break into his store, George and Louise stake it out and are surprised when two young kids break in. George wants to call the police but Louise bets George that if she can't turn them around, he won't have to give her $2,000 to save the Help Center's children's counseling program.
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Episode 3: Bobbles, Bangles and Booboos
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The Help Center is having a blood drive and Louise tries to get George to give some. However, a leery George pays Ralph to give blood in his name. But when, the blood saves the life of Mrs. Whittendale, her husband decides to pay George back for his good deed and of course Ralph wants in on the ""payback.""
Episode 13: Sayonara (2)
After hearing the news of the divorce, George and Louise get into a big fight with Tom and Helen and the fight continues all the way through Family Night at Jessica's school. The constant bickering leads Jessica to run out of the school and onto the streets of New York.