I was a kid when the Maude show was on TV, and I found the woman character horrible. She was mean, and she thought she knew everything. As an adult, I know that Hollywood was trying to show women were as powerful as men if they were mean, rude, and hated men. This was their idea of the opposite of submissive and progressive. It makes me sick to watch people in my town behave like this character in the parody, putting on social media a lineup of icon images to get people to like them from about 10 demographic and minority groups (black fist, rainbow flag, ILY handshape, etc.) Then they meet someone from a minority group that is oppressed and calls them out for something they said that is bigoted or ignorant and that same heroic savior begins destroying that person staring with pointing out their resume of how many other groups they have supported and good deeds done.

@david Poland you can mess up a great sketch. Just laugh!

@@davidthedeaf Maude was nuanced i think It was a commentary on what not to be yet people see it as you and act like her

@@ScoobyandShaggy5554 We started watching All in the Family and Maude in the last few months and enjoyed 'em both. But when I was a kid, I saw All in the Family and was just like "Who'd wanna watch that, with that kinda guy in it?" and stuff. I think people just did the same kinda thing with both shows, forgetting that the main character is criticized and critiqued in both of them in different ways.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣Ikr. I saw this skit way before I saw the actual show.

Oh yea! She's spot on! She looks and even SOUNDS like Bea Arthur! And Korman's voice doing Walter is pretty good too! That mix of New York metro and Jewish!

Jody Guilbeaux ~ I was thinking the same thing! I noticed it when she first walked through the door.

Yes...she...did! I love Carol Burnette

@@retroguy9494That's Bcuz Harvey Korman was both 😅( I went to school w/his son)

@@ROBYNMARKOW Did you really? Wow that must have been nice at the time! Thanks for the interesting bit of trivia! Actually, Bill Macy was both as well!

Actually I think it was because Walter in the tv series Maude was often shown walking around in boxer shorts.

Sure, but that's an excellent subtle reason of why he doesn't wear them. (Not often on Maude, because usually she is in them.)

ROFL! I totally missed that brilliant bit of nuance!

Great observation.

@@catherinejustcatherine1778 that sounds totally sexist!

❤🎉 And she is still with us even now 2024.

She was impersonating the character of Maude.

@@RaymondHng - Who was played by Bea Arthur. We're still saying the same thing here...

Hahaha 👖 lol 😭

Virtue signaling before there was a word for it..

hearing the name "New Jersey" (nee "Florida") was hysterical too!

@ShamrockParticle I didn't even make the connection! 🤣

Chicago's voters did the same thing with Lori Lightfoot and Brandon Johnson! We gotta fall to our knees and worship the Black politicians! Same with Obama. This is why I hate White liberals. Even back in the 70's when the Carol Burnett Show was going strong, even back then White liberals had a reputation for being a big bunch of ass kissing, brown nosing phonies who always pretended to champion the causes of other groups and other people, but never able to champion their own causes or protect their own communities. It's really sad. Yesterday's comedy has become today's nightmare.

How Isabel Sanford kept a straight face throughout this, God alone knows.

they probably loved it. Maude was as much of a send up as Archie Bunker, just on the other side of the coin. Her instincts may be right for the most part, but she's over the top in terms of white guilt and over compensating for it.

I always thought that about poor Phillip that we only see in passing.

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Yes, indeed. I actually watched the part of the original Maude episode of meeting the maid the other day. And it's great. Carol Burnett is a wonderful comedian.

I know on an episode of Maude bea name dropped the carol Burnett show

I'd bet Bea was not amused.

@@kallen868 how you know?

It would have been a bigger treat to see her portraying a character who is not a maid.

She wasn’t a maid on her own show, “The Jefferson’s”. Isabel Sanford (“Louise Jefferson”) was impersonating Esther Rolle who was the actress who played the Florida Evans the maid in the “All in the Family” episode and eventually in the spin-off “Good Times”. Confusing, huh?

Her name is NEW JERSEY!

@@sdlock83 In _Mad_ magazine, her name was Colorado.

@@Michelle-pn9xt Yield at the virtue signal; pedestrian named Michelle crossing.

+ David Lightfoot......... yes me too & "The Carol Burnett Show" aired from: 1967 -1978 did you know that? & i "NEVER" new what a "PARODY" is anyway do you?

yes i was around during that time ,i was very young and i know what a parody was but I back then we called TV impersonations.

Believe me, that "and then there's broad" line has stuck with me for years.

David Lightfoot I love her in 'Annie'.

that's the "ONLY" Annie I'll watch w/ Carol Burnett in it i don't like the other ones.

Played by Isabelle Sanford who will also be part of an "All in the Family" spinoff three years after this skit aired on "The Carol Burnett Show".

Yeah that was funny. The maid on the show is named Florida.

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In _Mad Magazine_ , her name was "Colorado".

@@playkma Who got a show too, Good Times.

+jackdev73 Yes :) always loved that woman

She kept a straight face through the majority of the skit, though there was one point where I thought she was gonna lose it. When Broad sat her down on the couch and she sat at her feet. Isabel had the briefest hint of a smile but reigned it in before it got to be a laugh.

Yes and the fact that her name was New Jersey! Florida (Good Times) was the original maid (Domestic Engineer).

Isabelle Sanford from The Jefferson's another spinoff from All in the Family

Loved her in The Jeffersons, she was fantastic! I have it on DVD, it's such a treat to watch it anytime I want!

That was awesome!

Yes! I remember when this was new - there was another parody of "Broad" that Carol did, where they spoofed the entire opening theme song and montage with HILARIOUS results! Would love to see that again...

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The carol Burnett show was awesome 11 yr run love watching the reruns on Pluto tv 😃👍

These days comedians are afraid to offend anybody. If they do, that's it! Their career is over! But back then if a comedian didn't offend somebody, then the comedian wasn't doing his or her job! These days people are so sensitive. Always looking for an excuse to punch or sue another person. Crazy times. Bad, bad times. I hope we survive this, but sometimes I wonder.

You never said it so beautifully or accurately.

Best character intro ever! Lmao!

Jakegothicsnake ms new Jersey

Gotta love it

It ain't easy being weezy..

Louise Jefferson as Florida Evans as New Jersey.

2021

2024

James Tyler this was pre-Weezie

@@itstheburnz No, she was Weezy on All in the Family before Maude premiered.

Both “The Jeffersons” and “Maude” were spin-offs of “All in the Family.”

oh, I get it now - new jersey. florida.

@@inkyguy I love how all those timeless classics existed within the same universe and interconnected. Decades later, even the Fresh Prince of Bel Air became a part of that very same universe. The elderly Jefferson couple appear in group marriage counseling, needless to say it was not a quiet situation. 😁😂😭 Then later, they buy the Banks' home in the end.

Eric Hatcher yeah and you gotta love the fact that "Weezie Jefferson" is playing the "Florida Evans" role.lol

+1talldaddy I loved Isabel Sanford. Lil' trivia: when Norman Lear spun off The Jeffersons from All In The Family, Isabel actually didn't want to star in the show. She wanted to stay next door to the Bunkers. She got over that years later as The Jeffersons became it's own big hit across the country. Everybody loved Weezie! ☺️

everybody did love and it's really funny that she didn't like the idea of Sherman Hemsley as George because she thought he was to small.

You can tell how many edits have been made in this sketch. But still, it's fun to see.

So is that why Golden Girls is remembered in its place?

Rubbish.

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My sense was the cleaning lady got called to the stage to act, then was "just the cleaning lady" once the show was over. I couldn't find the story online, so that's nothing more than a guess.

mike856ms Bea Arthur is one of my favorites, even if she's a Liberal. We knew she was, but, she didn't make it a point to express her views. Nor did Carroll O'Connor, for that matter. When Bea Arthur appeared as Maude on "All in the Family," they had a great chemistry.

travis7310 ABSOLUTELY.

Walter wasn't a conservative they met at the democratic national convention, he just wasn't as liberal as Maude (who was literally a parody inning of itself)

Walter was probably center left with Maude being progressive

Their doctor neighbor Arthur(Conrad Bain) was the conservative on the show and Maude’s frequent sparring partner.

This isn't poking at the feminist movement. It's poking at the white Americans who try so hard not to be offensive that they end up being offensive. That was the primary criticism of the hit series 'Maude.'

@@LegionIvory but, isn’t that nearly the same thing? I mean, these days EVERYBODY’S virtue signaling, not just white people.

yeah even though Maude meant well she always over did it ttrying to help.

@@1talldaddy There was one episode where Maude wanted a black person to attend a party and Florida could not attend as a guest (I forgot what exactly happened). She was complaining about where to get another black person at the last minute. Walter said "see, Maude, you should always have a back-up black." Even as a kid I knew it was funny without even getting the full depth of why.

Jeez, thanks for pointing that out. Just when I was trying to feel young again!

Carol also did a parody of Louise Lasser in " Mary Hartman,Mary Hartman. Tim Conway was the flasher 😅

I was just out of high school. Honestly, Mary Hartman show moved so fast, it was tough to keep up with everything going on. I was just out of high school. Conway passed on in 2019. I stopped trying to keep up with all who left us.

Yes in season 1 ep.3 called Maude Meets Florida

Yes, and it was hilarious!

Yup...Boring lame PC Television Sitcoms,Reality shows...

some hooman Isabel Sanford was a talented TV/show business personality, who also played Louise "Weezie" Jefferson, on tbe TV show "The Jeffersons", And tbve maid on the Sydney Poitier movie "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner".

She was also a contestant on Dick Clark's game show the 10,000 Pyramid.

@@TheObservationlounge She was in the movie "Lady Sings the Blues" as the first madame.

So, long story short, as attested to by all our comments, she is indeed quie good! 😀😀😀😀

Final thought. She was so good that the creators of Toy Story named the toy penguin after her:)

Between her and Mad Magazine they had every major movie and TV show covered.

I think it was just a little too late but could you imagine what she could have done with "An Unmarried Woman" and "Kramer vs. Kramer"?