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CBS TO REVIVE 'JEFFERSON'S HUMOR WITH NEWLY ANNOUNCED SITCOM, 'THE COMPTONS'
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(NEW YORK CITY) CBS Executive
Charles Wrought announced
Tuesday the recent development
of a situation comedy in the
works at the network--a show
designed to be just as funny as
the 1980's smash hit "The
Jefferson's"--without the Jeffersons.
"Everything is there," he stated.
"We've got the deluxe apartment in
the sky, the successful cleaners
entrepreneurship, the English
neighbor--everything but George, Louise, Lionel and Jennifer
Jefferson."
The show, which will center
around the wily, argumentative
marriage of Chase and Constance Compton, is scheduled to hit the
airwaves in fall of 1998, and, it
is hoped, will capture the same
audience that loved the spectacular
humor and often serious themes
explored on 'The Jeffersons.'
"I happily anticipate my
portrayal of Michael Triumph," said
actor Stephen Damp. "I may not end up
being as popular as was Mr. Bentley..and that depresses me," he continued. "However, I am confident
that Mr. and Mrs. Compton shall have
greater success with the preparation
of foods, both in the kitchen and on
the grill, than they did back before they moved up here to the East Side."
"It took a lot of effort to
consider approaching this hill," he
added.
Actress Vanisha Bronze, who
portrays cranky maid Collette Sanderson
on the series, echoed Damps sentiments.
"I happily anticipate my portrayal
of Collette Sanderson. I may not end up
being as popular as was Florence..and
that depresses me. However, I am
confident that Mr. and Mrs. Compton
shall have greater success with the
preparation of foods, both in the
kitchen and on the grill, than they
did back before they moved up here to
the East Side."
"It took a lot of effort to
consider approaching this hill,"
she added.
Director Jeff Right described the
scenario encountered during the first
half of the pilot episode, which is in
the works.
"Mr. and Mrs. Compton will argue," he said.
"Mr. and Mrs. Compton will make
up," he added, referring to the last
part of the episode.
Also planned is a Comptons
episode in which Mr. Compton reflects
on the framing of the first dollar
bill earned at Compton's Cleaners.
"In the episode, I have a flashback to the time when I took it upon myself to
mount in a frame the first dollar bill
earned by Compton's Cleaners," said
Turk Camp, who portrays "Chase
Compton" on the series. "Then I return
to the present in time for the episode's conclusion," he continued.
Cleaning clothes, however, is only a marginal subject encountered on
the series. "It's really more about how
funny we can be in our deluxe
apartment in the sky," mused Leigh
Midd, portrayer of "Constance Compton,"
Mr. Compton's wife on the series.
"If you were to ask me right
now what I thought it is that we are
on the show, I would say, 'funny,' she
added.
Look for "Compton's" in Autumn.
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