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** Kevin Peter Hall appeared as Gordon in the Season 4 episode "The Prince" before playing Warren in Season 5.
** Before playing Julian Barlow, Paul Winfield played Deacon Fisk in Season 3's "The Sing-Off".

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** Kevin Peter Hall Creator/KevinPeterHall appeared as Gordon in the Season 4 episode "The Prince" before playing Warren in Season 5.
** Before playing Julian Barlow, Paul Winfield Creator/PaulWinfield played Deacon Fisk in Season 3's "The Sing-Off".
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* SpecialEffectFailure: In the episode "Low Noon", a fantasy Mary has about life in the Wild Wild West, her character shoots someone who falls against the wall--which visibly buckles and even moves due to the impact.
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* DuelingWorks: ''227'' premiered a year after ''Series/TheCosbyShow'', another Creator/{{NBC}} show about a urban black family, and the same year as ''Charlie & Co.'', a Creator/{{CBS}} sitcom about a black family in Chicago. The latter show only lasted one season, while ''227'' lasted five.

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* DuelingWorks: ''227'' premiered a year after ''Series/TheCosbyShow'', another Creator/{{NBC}} show about a an urban black family, and the same year as ''Charlie & Co.'', a Creator/{{CBS}} sitcom about a an black family in Chicago. The latter show only lasted one season, while ''227'' lasted five.
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* DuelingWorks: ''227'' premiered a year after ''Series/TheCosbyShow'', another Creator/{{NBC}} show about a suburban black family, and the same year as ''Charlie & Co.'', a Creator/{{CBS}} sitcom about a black family in Chicago. The latter show only lasted one season, while ''227'' lasted five.

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* DuelingWorks: ''227'' premiered a year after ''Series/TheCosbyShow'', another Creator/{{NBC}} show about a suburban urban black family, and the same year as ''Charlie & Co.'', a Creator/{{CBS}} sitcom about a black family in Chicago. The latter show only lasted one season, while ''227'' lasted five.
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* ReleaseDateChange: The show was originally sscheduled to premiere in 1986, so it wouldn't interfere with Marla Gibbs' role on ''Series/TheJeffersons''. Then, when that show got cancelled suddenly, Gibbs was open to do the show, and it premiered a year ahead of schedule.

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* ReleaseDateChange: The show was originally sscheduled scheduled to premiere in 1986, so it wouldn't interfere with Marla Gibbs' role on ''Series/TheJeffersons''. Then, when that show got cancelled suddenly, Gibbs was open to do the show, and it premiered a year ahead of schedule.
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* ActorAllusion:
** John Houseman plays Sandra's lawyer in "See You in Court". He famously played a law professor in ''Film/ThePaperChase''.
** In "The Big Deal", guest star Sherman Hemsley sees Marla Gibbs' character Mary cleaning her apartment, assumes she's a maid, and tries to get her to work for him. On their previous series together ''Series/TheJeffersons'', Gibbs played Hemsley's maid.
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* ReleaseDateChange: The show was originally sscheduled to premiere in 1986, so it wouldn't interfere with Marla Gibbs' role on ''Series/TheJeffersons''. Then, when that show got cancelled suddenly, Gibbs was open to do the show, and it premiered a year ahead of schedule.

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* YouLookFamiliar: Kevin Peter Hall appeared as Gordon in the Season 4 episode "The Prince" before playing Warren in Season 5.

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Kevin Peter Hall appeared as Gordon in the Season 4 episode "The Prince" before playing Warren in Season 5.
** Before playing Julian Barlow, Paul Winfield played Deacon Fisk in Season 3's "The Sing-Off".
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* HeAlsoDid:
** Marla Gibbs (Mary Jenkins) is also best known for playing Florence Johnston on ''Series/TheJeffersons''.
** Alaina Reed Hall (Rose Lee Holloway) is also best known for playing Olivia Robinson on ''Series/SesameStreet''.
** Paul Winfield (Julian C. Barlow) is also best known for playing the Magic Mirror on ''Series/TheCharmings''.
** Kevin Peter Hall had a recurring role as Warren Merriwether. Hall is best known for playing Dr. Elvin "El" Lincoln on ''Series/MisfitsOfScience''.
** John Boni wrote five episodes. Boni is best known for co-creating ''Series/WhenThingsWereRotten''.
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* HeAlsoDid:
** Marla Gibbs (Mary Jenkins) is also best known for playing Florence Johnston on ''Series/TheJeffersons''.
** Alaina Reed Hall (Rose Lee Holloway) is also best known for playing Olivia Robinson on ''Series/SesameStreet''.
** Paul Winfield (Julian C. Barlow) is also best known for playing the Magic Mirror on ''Series/TheCharmings''.
** Kevin Peter Hall had a recurring role as Warren Merriwether. Hall is best known for playing Dr. Elvin "El" Lincoln on ''Series/MisfitsOfScience''.
** John Boni wrote five episodes. Boni is best known for co-creating ''Series/WhenThingsWereRotten''.
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* OutOfOrder: The pilot episode was the sixth episode aired, so that later episodes could be aired first and explain the characters better.

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* OutOfOrder: The pilot episode was the sixth episode aired, so that later episodes could be aired first and explain the characters better. This becomes confusing when the episodes are aired in production order, since the story from the pilot continues in the seventh episode.

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* ActorAllusion: In "The Big Deal", guest star Sherman Hemsley sees Marla Gibbs' character Mary cleaning her apartment, assumes she's a maid, and tries to get her to work for him. On their previous series together ''Series/TheJeffersons'', Gibbs played Hemsley's maid.

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* ActorAllusion: ActorAllusion:
** John Houseman plays Sandra's lawyer in "See You in Court". He famously played a law professor in ''Film/ThePaperChase''.
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In "The Big Deal", guest star Sherman Hemsley sees Marla Gibbs' character Mary cleaning her apartment, assumes she's a maid, and tries to get her to work for him. On their previous series together ''Series/TheJeffersons'', Gibbs played Hemsley's maid.

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* TheDanza: Reynaldo Rey played Ray the mailman.



* RealLifeRelative: Rose and boyfriend-turned-husband Warren were played by Alaina Reed Hall and her husband Kevin Peter Hall, who met when he played an earlier character on the show.

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* OutOfOrder: The pilot episode was the sixth episode aired, so that later episodes could be aired first and explain the characters better.
* RealLifeRelative: Rose and boyfriend-turned-husband Warren were played by Alaina Reed Hall and her husband Kevin Peter Hall, who Hall. In a case of RomanceOnTheSet, the two met when he played an earlier character on the show.

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* RealLifeRelative: Rose and boyfriend-turned-husband Warren were played by Alaina Reed Hall and her husband Kevin Peter Hall, who met when he played an earlier character on the show.




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* YouLookFamiliar: Kevin Peter Hall appeared as Gordon in the Season 4 episode "The Prince" before playing Warren in Season 5.
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* ActorAllusion: In "The Big Deal", guest star Sherman Hemsley sees Marla Gibbs' character Mary cleaning her apartment, assumes she's a maid, and tries to get her to work for him. On their previous series together ''Series/TheJeffersons'', Gibbs played Hemsley's maid.
* DuelingWorks: ''227'' premiered a year after ''Series/TheCosbyShow'', another Creator/{{NBC}} show about a suburban black family, and the same year as ''Charlie & Co.'', a Creator/{{CBS}} sitcom about a black family in Chicago. The latter show only lasted one season, while ''227'' lasted five.
* StarMakingRole: Jackée Harry as Sandra

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