| 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
An earthquake shakes up the Sanfords, and the threat of an even bigger quake sparks Fred to sell the house and seek shelter in Las Vegas.
Following a fight with Woodrow, Aunt Esther moves in with Fred and Lamont. Fred works overtime engineering a reconciliation so she'll return home.
Fred and Lamont are applying for a loan to finance their purchase of Julio's former property when a pair of robbers burst into the bank.
With the bank ready to foreclose, Fred and Lamont desperately seek to find tenants for the Sanford Arms.
The series spoofs itself when the characters in the new television show "Steinberg and Son" turn out to be Borscht Belt parallels to those in the life of Fred G. Sanford.
When Fred's white brother-in-law Rodney lands a job emceeing a local vaudeville revival, Fred, Lamont and Smiley Rogers help out by providing the song and dance.
When two competing politicians each seek to use Fred's junkyard for a campaign headquarters, Della Reese appeals to Fred to stand by her man.
After receiving a proposal from another man, Donna gives Fred one final chance to marry her.
Fred becomes a latter-day Henry Higgins when he undertakes the task of transforming ugly duckling Esther into a swan so she can win the Mrs. Watts Businessman's Contest and net Fred half the prize money.
Fred and Ah Chew team up and turn the Sanford home into a Japanese restaurant.
Jealous of Donna's athletic new boyfriend, Fred begins training so he can challenge him in the Senior Olympics.
Tightfisted Fred gets a ghostly wake-up call in this spoof of "A Christmas Carol."
Fred is wounded while witnessing a mob hit and is hospitalized under police protection until he can identify Mr. Big.
Fred plans to get rich quick by selling Whopper Chopper food processors, using Lamont's acting school tuition money to make his initial investment.
While babysitting an elephant, Fred holds a circus in the junkyard, allowing the cast to display their talents, especially Aunt Esther as the Bronze Goddess.
A very pregnant woman rents Lamont's room for the week he's away on a fishing trip.
Fred's lifestyle of too much TV and too little exercise has Lamont concerned for his father's health, so Fred undergoes hypnotism to break his addiction to television.
When Lamont falls in love with a mysterious woman, Fred and Esther play amateur sleuths to learn more about her.
When Fred's friend Elroy can't find a date, Fred's inspired to launch his latest get rich quick scheme: an escort service for seniors.
Lamont musters the courage to pop the question to Janet.
Starstruck Fred assumes the director's chair when the champ George Foreman comes to star in a play for Lamont's theater workshop.
Fred's friends have got his back, as he discovers when he suffers from a backache on the day he is to receive the Watts Businessman's award and his friends rush to his aid with all kinds of quack cures.
Fred regales young Roger with tall tales of his World war II exploits that draw more from the late movie than the history books.
Lamont brings Fred along on a camping trip to have some solitude and quality time together. Fred is no friend of nature and does nothing but complain...when the truck won't start they are stranded and begin to reminisce about old times.
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Redd Foxx | Fred G. Sanford |
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Demond Wilson | Lamont Sanford |
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LaWanda Page | Aunt Esther Anderson |
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Don Bexley | Bubba Bexley |
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Howard Platt | Officer 'Hoppy' Hopkins |
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Lynn Hamilton | Donna Harris |
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Nathaniel Taylor | Rollo Larson |
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Nancy Kulp | May Hopkins |
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Arnold Johnson | George F. 'Hutch' Hutton |
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Whitman Mayo | Grady Wilson |
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Fritzi Burr | Nurse |
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Raymond Allen | Uncle Woodrow 'Woody' Anderson |
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Pat Morita | Ah Chew |
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Carol Arthur | Ms. Barnes |
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Frank Nelson | Soldier |
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Marlene Clark | Janet Lawson |
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Al Stevenson | Inspector Logan |
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Roy Stuart | Reporter Don Martinson |
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Ta-Tanisha | Janet Lawrence |
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Timmie Rogers | Smiley Rogers |
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George Wiltshire | Elroy Pitt |
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Susan Newmark | Girl Scout |
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Tifni Carson | Girl Scout |
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Skip Cunningham | 2nd Doctor |
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Teri Hermosillo | Girl Scout |
| Nr Discs | 1 |
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| Layers | Single side, Single layer |
| Index | 5683 |
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| Added Date | Jul 17, 2019 21:08:49 |
| Modified Date | Sep 06, 2024 18:38:28 |