I don't think Thelma stole the show and Rolly, whilst cute, really wasn't on enough to steal the show. It was Sherman Hemsley's show and boy did he deliver! I did enjoy the show back in the day but watching it now, that Thelma character is just so toxic that I really can't enjoy it. We're supposed to buy that a good-looking, highly educated, African-American Reverend would be interested in a selfish, self-centered, uneducated, not very attractive woman who can't cook and whines if he puts church needs first?? Then she chases after him desperately the first half of the series and then he marries her for whatever reason, she disrespects him left and right. Clifton Davis was wasted on her. Fortunately, we can see Clifton and Rolly minus the toxic broad on "That's My Mama" and Sherman Hemsley on "The Jeffersons." Both shows are currently on Tubi.
