That's too funny. I work with an African-American woman who is always talking about CPT. Then I saw it on these "Maude" discs. I didn't know it was such a widespread phrase.
No, they had simply filmed about five episodes before they created the credits and went to air. If I'm not mistaken, Esther Rolle's first episode was filmed first, even though it aired third. They wanted to lead with a "family" oriented episode (Carol seeing a shrink), instead of a more...