We can all stand a little John Amos and family at `704 Hauser

From: Washington Afro-American | Date: April 16, 1994| Author: | Copyright information

Janice F. Brown
Washington Afro-American
04-16-1994
We can all stand a little John Amos and family at '704 Hauser. Street'..

John Amos and his family in Archie Bunker's old house at 704 Hauser Street.

Frankly, we couldn't stand Archie Bunker, his frumpy wife or Meathead. In fact, this is one critic who didn't watch Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and wouldn't watch unless Sherman Hemsley or Lionel, the family next door were on...in the early days before they got their own show, "The Jeffersons."

Judging from reviews this week in "Variety" and the daily media... you are going to be given the ...

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