True Colors Lester X (Season 2, Episode 1)
TV-PG
TV Episode | Comedy

True Colors

Lester X (Season 2, Episode 1)

TV-PG

TV Episode | Comedy

Nobody in the family knows what to do with Lester after he reads "The Autobiography of Malcolm X"--then adopts the views therein, renaming himself "Abdul X". Ultimately, Malcolm's philosophies fail to apply to Lester's everyday life.

Director

Rob Schiller

Writers

Michael J. Weithorn (created by) | Linda M. Yearwood (written by)

Editor

John Doutt

Casting Director

Chemin Sylvia Bernard

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Edit Released

Updated Aug 22, 1991

Release date

Aug 22, 1991 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

2 wins

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8 cast members

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Brigid Brannagh Katie Davis (as Brigid Conley Walsh) Katie Davis (as Brigid Conley Walsh) See fewer	Army Wives (2007)
Adam Jeffries Lester Freeman Lester Freeman See fewer	Thea (1993)
Nancy Walker Sara Bower Sara Bower See fewer	Rhoda (1974)
Kevin C. White Haseem (as Kevin White) Haseem (as Kevin White) See fewer	Striptease (1996)
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