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'''''227''''' (1985–90) was a sitcom on Creator/{{NBC}} starring Marla Gibbs as Mary Jenkins, resident of an apartment building in suburban Washington, DC. Also starring on the show were Hal Williams as her husband Lester, and Creator/ReginaKing as daughter Brenda. Other residents of the apartment were Mary's friends Rose (Alaina Reed Hall) and Pearl (Helen Martin), as well as Mary's nemesis Sandra (Jackée Harry).
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'''''227''''' (1985–90) was a sitcom on Creator/{{NBC}} starring Marla Gibbs as Mary Jenkins, resident of an apartment building in suburban Washington, DC. Also starring on the show were Hal Williams as her husband Lester, and Creator/ReginaKing as daughter Brenda. Other residents of the apartment were Mary's friends Rose (Alaina Reed Hall) (Creator/AlainaReedHall) and Pearl (Helen (Creator/Helen Martin), as well as Mary's nemesis Sandra (Jackée Harry).
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* GrandFinale: The series finale is Brenda's high school graduation.
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* ObstructiveBureaucrat: The Social Security Administration clerk in "Check Snub" who - thanks to an inaccurate computer entry - is convinced Pearl is dead.
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* ReallyGetsAround: Sandra, whose main goal (if not her only goal) in life involves finding and dating a man.
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** On the ''Series/FamilyFeud'' episode with Ray Combs, Sandra answers all the Fast Money questions with variations on "a man" and comes up with 0. When Lester's turn comes up, he answers [[LastSecondWordSwap "a home-cooked... cigarette"]] for a prisoner's last request and scores 199 points, and his team goes home with $995 instead of $5,000, and Ray reveals the number one answer was "a home-cooked meal", which Lester almost went with as the answer that would have given them the $5,000.
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** Sandra appears on ''Love Connection'' (of course) in Season 4's "A Date to Remember".
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** Sandra appears on ''Love Connection'' ''Series/LoveConnection'' (of course) in Season 4's "A Date to Remember".
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There *are* townhouses a few blocks away from the Washington Monument. Not cheap ones, though
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* EiffelTowerEffect: If the opening credits, combined with the building's address, are to be believed, there are townhouses two blocks away from the Washington Monument. Also, the address 227 Lexington Place, N.E., [[Main/FiveFiveFive if it existed]], would be miles away from that monument; Lexington Place N.E. is located between 6th and 7th Streets NE, with Stanton Park being the closest landmark.
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* EiffelTowerEffect: If the The opening credits, combined with credits imply that the building's address, are to be believed, there are townhouses apartment is two blocks away from the Washington Monument.Monument. There ''are'' homes near the National Mall, but even in the 80's they would have been way too expensive for the working-class main characters. Also, the address 227 Lexington Place, N.E., [[Main/FiveFiveFive if it existed]], would be miles away from that monument; the Mall; Lexington Place N.E. is located between 6th and 7th Streets NE, with Stanton Park being the closest landmark.
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* DoubleDoubleTitle: One episode is titled "Author, Author".
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How To Write An Example - Do Not Pothole the Trope Name
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* ABoyNamedSue: Toots, the deli owner (played by Red Buttons) in "The Audit".
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* GenderBlenderName: Toots, the deli owner (played by Red Buttons) in "The Audit".
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'''''227''''' (1985–90) was a sitcom on Creator/{{NBC}} starring Marla Gibbs as Mary Jenkins, resident of an apartment building in suburban Washington, DC. Also starring on the show were Hal Williams as her husband Lester, and Regina King as daughter Brenda. Other residents of the apartment were Mary's friends Rose (Alaina Reed Hall) and Pearl (Helen Martin), as well as Mary's nemesis Sandra (Jackée Harry).
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'''''227''''' (1985–90) was a sitcom on Creator/{{NBC}} starring Marla Gibbs as Mary Jenkins, resident of an apartment building in suburban Washington, DC. Also starring on the show were Hal Williams as her husband Lester, and Regina King Creator/ReginaKing as daughter Brenda. Other residents of the apartment were Mary's friends Rose (Alaina Reed Hall) and Pearl (Helen Martin), as well as Mary's nemesis Sandra (Jackée Harry).
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* DecemberDecemberRomance: Pearl meets a man at a singles bar and gets [[FourthDateMarriage engaged to him that very night]].
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* BreakoutCharacter: Sandra. She grew popularity with audiences and was going to star in the failed spin-off named after her actress.
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* EiffelTowerEffect: If the opening credits, combined with the building's address, are to be believed, there are townhouses two blocks away from the Washington Monument. Also, the address 227 Lexington Place, N.E., [[Main/FiveFiveFive if it existed]], would be miles away from that monument.
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* EiffelTowerEffect: If the opening credits, combined with the building's address, are to be believed, there are townhouses two blocks away from the Washington Monument. Also, the address 227 Lexington Place, N.E., [[Main/FiveFiveFive if it existed]], would be miles away from that monument.monument; Lexington Place N.E. is located between 6th and 7th Streets NE, with Stanton Park being the closest landmark.
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* ABoyNamedSue: Toots, the deli owner (played by Red Buttons) in "The Audit".
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* NosyNeighbor: All of them, to varying degrees. Mary decides for herself to Sandra's plans to become a single mother when Sandra's reproductive plans are actually absolutely none of her business.
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* NosyNeighbor: All of them, to varying degrees. Mary decides for herself to interfere in Sandra's plans to become a single mother when Sandra's reproductive plans are actually absolutely none of her business.
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* ContrivedCoincidence: In "A Date to Remember", Sandra's date from ''Series/LoveConnection'' just happens to be the ex-husband of the banker Lester is trying to get a loan from - who [[TraumaButton flies into a rage when her ex is brought up]].
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** Sandra appears on ''Series/LoveConnection'' (of course) in Season 4.
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** Sandra appears on ''Series/LoveConnection'' ''Love Connection'' (of course) in Season 4.4's "A Date to Remember".
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* OneHeadTaller: Warren (Rose's boyfriend and eventual husband) towers over her (not to mention everyone else in the cast).
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** The new tenant in "Bull's Eye" is revealed to be a mystery writer who tests out his plots in real life to gauge people's reactions in order to maintain realism. One of the characters he tries out is a mysterious redhead in a trench coat.
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* YesVirginia: "The Night They Arrested Santa Claus" sees a crook dressed as Santa rob the main characters during their Christmas party. To help teach Alexandria the spirit of Christmas, the adults each get the idea to dress up like Santa--only to each get mistaken for the crook and arrested. Eventually, a guard with a white beard and twinkle in his eye brings in the real crook--calling him a disgrace to Santa, letting everyone else out of the cell, and quickly departing. Upon learning no such guard is on duty tonight, Lester wonders if the guy was actually Santa. He dismisses that as crazy, only for everyone to suddenly hear sleigh bells.
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* SexySecretary: Sandra. Unusually for this trope, she's actually very efficient.
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* SoBeautifulItsACurse: Sandra legitimately laments this after a jealous Mary shows up at Lester's construction office, where she's been hired as a secretary and interferes to the point where she gets fed up and quits despite the fact that she's actually very efficient. She tells Mary that it's not the first time something like this has happened and that she's sick of it--for all her flirtatious ways, she's never pursued a married man.
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* SoBeautifulItsACurse: Sandra legitimately laments this after a jealous Mary shows up at Lester's construction office, where she's been hired as a secretary and interferes to the point where she gets fed up and quits despite the fact that she's actually very efficient.doing a good job. She tells Mary that it's not the first time something like this has happened and that she's sick of it--for all her flirtatious ways, she's never pursued a married man.
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* VitriolicBestBuds: Sandra and Mary can't stand each other, but seem to hang out nearly as much as Mary does with her genuine friends Rose and Pearl.
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* NosyNeighbor: All of them, to varying degrees. Mary decides for herself to Sandra's plans to become a single mother when Sandra's reproductive plans are actually absolutely none of her business.
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* SoBeautifulItsACurse: Sandra legitimately laments this after a jealous Mary shows up at Lester's construction office, where she's been hired as a secretary and interferes to the point where she gets fed up and quits despite the fact that she's actually very efficient. She tells Mary that it's not the first time something like this has happened and that she's sick of it--for all her flirtatious ways, she's never pursued a married man.
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* CoolTeacher: Dylan, who doesn't give tests or homework. He gets fired after Mary complains to the principal.
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* MistakenForCheating [=/=] MistakenConfession: Lester shows up at Mary's hotel room in order to surprise her. He's shocked to find men's clothing in her closet (which she bought for ''him''). When she returns to the room, he holds up one of the shirts, asking her, "How could you do this to me?", assuming she's having an affair. Thinking he's complaining about the clothes and not understanding why he's upset, she blithely declares, "Honey, I do it all the time! Whenever I shop, whenever I travel! I thought you liked it!"
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* TheyCallMeMisterTibbs: Twisted and inverted. One episode saw Mary Jenkins get after her teen-aged daughter, Brenda, after she refers to a neighbor -- building floozy Sandra Clark (Jackee Harry) -- by her first name. Even though "Mrs. Clark" freely allowed her teen-aged neighbors to call her by her first name ("Call me Sandra!"), Mary's rules were otherwise.
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* RecklessGunUsage: Pee-wee Herman playing with the burglar's REAL gun as if it's a toy, in "Toyland".
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* TooIncompetentToOperateABlanket: In "The Wheel of Misfortune", Sandra thinks the instructions for preparing noodles (which is basically adding boiling water) are too complicated.
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* ConsolationPrize: Mary's and Sandra's prizes after losing on ''Series/WheelOfFortune'' are noodles and wood varnish.
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* LikeFatherLikeSon: The mother-daughter equivalent, in "Far from the Tree"; Sandra's mother tells her that she was just like Sandra when she was younger, but that she had to change when she married a minister.
