Just As I Thought

How the other half works

I’m sort of embarrassed to admit it, but I am enjoying a silly show on TV Land, “Back to the Grind.” The premise of this “reality” show is what happens when actors perform the actual jobs they portrayed on the small screen — right now, I’m watching Marla Gibbs be a real, live housekeeper. She approaches it much as her character Florence approached it on “The Jeffersons”, with a certain lack of enthusiasm and a bountiful amount of disdain for dirty people.
Next up: Sherman Hemsley finds himself in a real dry cleaners…

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