227 - Season 1 - Eps 7: The Sidewalk Sale
The tenants have a sidewalk sale to pay for the repairs needed to fix up 227. Lester asks Mary not to sell his aunt's old, ugly lamp, but she does anyway, for $5. When Lester finds out, he is upset, but for more reasons than one. The lamp is where he hid the profits of the sale. The tenants get upset with Mary and outcast her. Luckily for her, the wife of the gentleman who bought the lamp comes by her apartment to give it back to Mary, because she did not like the lamp either. They buy it back from the couple for $50 and got the money back to save 227.
About 227

Title: 227
First Air Date: 1985-09-14
Last Air Date: 1990-05-06
Status: Ended
Rating: 6.8/10 (from 39 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 5
Total Episodes: 116
Network: NBC
Genres: Comedy, Family
Production Companies: Columbia Pictures Television, Embassy Television, Embassy Communications, ELP Communications
Synopsis
A housewife sits on the stoop of her apartment building in a black neighborhood of Washington, D.C., and discusses all manner of things with her neighbors.
Cast

Marla Gibbs
Mary Jenkins

Hal Williams
Lester Jenkins

Alaina Reed Hall
Rose Lee Holloway

Jackée Harry
Sandra Clark

Regina King
Brenda Jenkins

Helen Martin
Pearl Shay

Curtis Baldwin
Calvin Dobbs

Barry Sobel
Dylan McMillan

Countess Vaughn
Alexandria DeWitt

Paul Winfield
Julian C. Barlow