227
A Letter to the President
Season 1, Episode 8 · Aired 1985-11-09
Synopsis
When Mary writes a letter to the President about the pothole that is on her street that no one has seemed to fill in three months, the secret service starts snooping around 227 and gets the residents nervous. Then they find out that the President was actually praising her for her consideration of her neighborhood. He makes plans to come to the street and refill the pothole with Lester. When the Jenkins' catch the city filling in the pothole, they stop them and tell them that the President and Lester will be doing that later. The President cancels his appearance because of an emergency meeting but calls and commends Mary and also flies over the street in his helicopter. Guest starLeslie Nielsenas Bob Gamble.
In the series
This episode is part of 227 (1985–1990) on NBC.
Apartment-building porch sitcom with Marla Gibbs free of Florence's uniform.
Key cast
- Marla Gibbs as Mary Jenkins
- Hal Williams as Lester Jenkins
- Jackée Harry as Sandra Clark
- Alaina Reed Hall as Rose Lee Holloway
- Regina King as Brenda Jenkins