| 1. | Sanford And Son: Season 1 | 1972 |
| 2. | Sanford And Son: Season 2 | 1972 |
| 3. | Sanford And Son: Season 3 | 1973 |
| 4. | Sanford And Son: Season 4 | 1974 |
| 5. | Sanford And Son: Season 5 | 1975 |
| 6. | Sanford And Son: Season 6 | 1976 |
Sanford And Son
Sanford and Son first aired in January of 1972 on NBC as a mid-season replacement. The series was the second series created by the All in the Family creator, Norman Lear and it was based on the British sitcom, Steptoe and Son. Sanford and Son was the first sitcom that Lear created that had a cast composed mostly of African Americans. Lear would follow it up in 1974 with Good Times and The Jeffersons in 1975. Sanford and Son was also the only Lear sitcom that didn't air on CBS. Sanford and Son starred stand-up comedian, Redd Foxx as 65-year old junk collector, Fred Sanford. Fred ran his junk collection business from his home located in Los Angeles. His home was run-down but it was comfortable enough for him and his son, Lamont, with whom he lived with and who was a partner in the business. Lamont was dissatisfied with the business and would threaten to leave but Fred would fake a heart attack and yell "I'm coming, Elizabeth." Elizabeth had been Fred's wife who had preceded
Lamont buys a porcelain figure for $15 from a silent movie star. After having it appraised, Lamont and Fred decide to sell it at an auction. They attend the auction pretending to be buyers to bid the price even higher. However, things go awry to Lamont's dismay.
During his birthday celebration, Fred is overwhelmed by a visit to a fancy bar, a movie theater to see Fiddler on the Roof, and dinner at a Chinese restaurant.
Lamont is excited about his upcoming wedding, but on the big day he quickly finds himself the only one who is. The bride dumps him at the altar, and his relatives beg to get back their wedding gifts.
Fred and Lamont buy a load of copper from a man who has been stealing it from people in the neighborhood.
Concerned about his father's smoker's cough, Lamont brings Fred in for a free tuberculosis screening at the American Lung Association's Breathmobile. The test results take his breath away.
O, what a tangled web Fred weaves when he fakes a robbery to cover-up his careless destruction of Lamont's prized porcelain and glass collection.
Fed up with his father frustrating his love life, Lamont strikes out on his own and rents a swingin' bachelor pad.
The Sanfords haven't been paying their bills and now find themselves trapped in their home in a standoff with a process server and a collection agency ready to repossess their unpaid furniture.
Lamont's keeping a pair of coffins in the living room spooks superstitious Fred.
Fred's in love and engaged to be married, but not if Lamont can help it.
In need of a new color television, Fred is upset when Lamont decides to spend the money instead on a new car. Lamont has a change of heart, however, when Fred wanders away from home and is taken to the hospital - with an apparent case of amnesia.
Lamont's daily haul of junk includes a tattered briefcase stuffed with stolen cash. Will Fred and Lamont decide whether to keep it or turn it over to the police before the crook it belongs to comes looking for it?
Fred and Donna kiss and make up, sparking Lamont to hatch new plans for putting the kibosh on Cupid.
It's putting the match to the powder keg when rough and tumble Fred and Lamont are engaged to remove a piano from the lavish Beverly Hills apartment of a cultured antiques collector.
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Redd Foxx | Fred G. Sanford |
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Demond Wilson | Lamont Sanford |
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Hal Williams | Officer 'Smitty' Smith |
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Noam Pitlik | Officer 'Swanny' Swanhauser |
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Slappy White | Melvin |
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Lynn Hamilton | Landlady |
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Dick Van Patten | Hamlin |
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Leon Alton | Man at Auction |
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Murray Pollack | Man at Auction |
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Rick Hurst | Police Officer |
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Lillian Randolph | Aunt Hazel |
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Leonard Stone | Otto |
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Paulene Myers | Mrs. Simpson |
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Gilchrist Stuart | Auction Bidder |
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Judyann Elder | Darlene Edwards |
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Robert Mandan | Auctioneer |
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Clancy Cooper | Kelly |
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Patrick Campbell | Process Server |
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William Lanteau | Clerk |
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Gabriel Dell | Gunman |
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Harold Fong | Waiter |
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Sig Frohlich | Man at Auction |
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Jenny Sullivan | Lady Interviewer |
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Peter Bonerz | Doctor |
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Jack Manning | Man in Restaurant |
| Nr Discs | 1 |
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| Layers | Single side, Single layer |
| Index | 5679 |
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| Added Date | Jul 17, 2019 21:08:43 |
| Modified Date | Sep 06, 2024 18:38:28 |