Jimmie Walker (Darryl) and Isabel Sanford (Nanna) both previously starred on two different Norman Lear sitcoms. Jimmie starred on Good Times (1974), Isabel starred on The Jeffersons (1975). The Jeffersons was a spinoff of All In The Family, and Good Times was a spinoff of Maude, which was also a spinoff of All In The Family. Isabel Sanford also made a nod to the Jeffersons, saying the Marion was as sassy as the maid on The Jeffersons. Although their characters didn't interact with each other, Debbie Allen (Jackie) appeared on Good Times as JJ's drug addicted fiancee Diana Buchanan in the the two part episode "JJ's Fiancee Parts 1&2 ".