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Sanford And Son: Season 5

Sanford And Son

Sanford And Son: Season 5

Columbia TriStar (1975)
US - TV-PG
TV Series | Comedy
USA | English | Color | 10:23

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


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1 Earthquake II 30 min | Sep 12, 1975

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.

2 Divorce, Sanford Style 30 min | Sep 19, 1975

Following a fight with Woodrow, Aunt Esther moves in with Fred and Lamont. Fred works overtime engineering a reconciliation so she'll return home.

3 Bank on This 30 min | Sep 26, 1975

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.

4 The Sanford Arms 30 min | Oct 03, 1975

With the bank ready to foreclose, Fred and Lamont desperately seek to find tenants for the Sanford Arms.

5 Steinberg and Son 30 min | Oct 10, 1975

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.

6 Brother, Can You Spare an Act? 30 min | Oct 17, 1975

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.

7 Della, Della, Della 30 min | Oct 31, 1975

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.

8 Donna Pops the Question 30 min | Nov 07, 1975

After receiving a proposal from another man, Donna gives Fred one final chance to marry her.

9 My Fair Esther 30 min | Nov 14, 1975

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.

10 Sanford and Rising Son 30 min | Nov 21, 1975

Fred and Ah Chew team up and turn the Sanford home into a Japanese restaurant.

11 The Olympics 30 min | Dec 05, 1975

Jealous of Donna's athletic new boyfriend, Fred begins training so he can challenge him in the Senior Olympics.

12 Ebenezer Sanford 30 min | Dec 12, 1975

Tightfisted Fred gets a ghostly wake-up call in this spoof of "A Christmas Carol."

13 The Oddfather 30 min | Jan 02, 1976

Fred is wounded while witnessing a mob hit and is hospitalized under police protection until he can identify Mr. Big.

14 Can You Chop This? 30 min | Jan 09, 1976

Fred plans to get rich quick by selling Whopper Chopper food processors, using Lamont's acting school tuition money to make his initial investment.

15 Greatest Show in Watts 30 min | Jan 16, 1976

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.

16 Fred Sanford Has a Baby 30 min | Jan 23, 1976

A very pregnant woman rents Lamont's room for the week he's away on a fishing trip.

17 The TV Addict 30 min | Jan 30, 1976

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.

18 Lamont in Love 30 min | Feb 06, 1976

When Lamont falls in love with a mysterious woman, Fred and Esther play amateur sleuths to learn more about her.

19 The Escorts 30 min | Feb 13, 1976

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.

20 The Engagement Man Always Rings Twice 30 min | Feb 20, 1976

Lamont musters the courage to pop the question to Janet.

21 The Director 30 min | Feb 27, 1976

Starstruck Fred assumes the director's chair when the champ George Foreman comes to star in a play for Lamont's theater workshop.

22 A Pain in the Neck 30 min | Mar 05, 1976

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.

23 Sergeant Gork 30 min | Mar 12, 1976

Fred regales young Roger with tall tales of his World war II exploits that draw more from the late movie than the history books.

24 The Camping Trip 30 min | Mar 19, 1976

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.

Cast View all

Redd Foxx Fred G. Sanford
Demond Wilson Lamont Sanford
LaWanda Page Aunt Esther Anderson
Don Bexley Bubba Bexley
Howard Platt Officer 'Hoppy' Hopkins
Lynn Hamilton Donna Harris
Nathaniel Taylor Rollo Larson
Nancy Kulp May Hopkins
Arnold Johnson George F. 'Hutch' Hutton
Whitman Mayo Grady Wilson
Fritzi Burr Nurse
Raymond Allen Uncle Woodrow 'Woody' Anderson
Pat Morita Ah Chew
Carol Arthur Ms. Barnes
Frank Nelson Soldier
Marlene Clark Janet Lawson
Al Stevenson Inspector Logan
Roy Stuart Reporter Don Martinson
Ta-Tanisha Janet Lawrence
Timmie Rogers Smiley Rogers
George Wiltshire Elroy Pitt
Susan Newmark Girl Scout
Tifni Carson Girl Scout
Skip Cunningham 2nd Doctor
Teri Hermosillo Girl Scout

Edition details

Nr Discs 1
Layers Single side, Single layer

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