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Episode list for
"Sanford and Son" (1972)

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Episode Count: 136
Season: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
Year: 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | unknown


Season 1


Season 1, Episode 1: Crossed Swords

Original Air Date: 14 January 1972
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.

Season 1, Episode 2: Happy Birthday, Pop

Original Air Date: 21 January 1972
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.

Season 1, Episode 3: Here Comes the Bride, There Goes the Bride

Original Air Date: 28 January 1972
Lamont is excited about his upcoming, 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.

Season 1, Episode 4: The Copper Caper

Original Air Date: 4 February 1972
Fred and Lamont buy a load of copper from a man who has been stealing it from people in the neighborhood.

Season 1, Episode 5: A Matter of Life and Breath

Original Air Date: 11 February 1972


Season 1, Episode 6: We Were Robbed

Original Air Date: 18 February 1972


Season 1, Episode 7: A Pad for Lamont

Original Air Date: 25 February 1972


Season 1, Episode 8: The Great Sanford Siege

Original Air Date: 3 March 1972


Season 1, Episode 9: Coffins for Sale

Original Air Date: 10 March 1972


Season 1, Episode 10: The Barracuda

Original Air Date: 17 March 1972

Next US airings:
Mon. July 289:30 AMTVLAND

Season 1, Episode 11: TV or Not TV

Original Air Date: 24 March 1972
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.
Next US airings:
Tue. July 299:30 AMTVLAND

Season 1, Episode 12: The Suitcase Case

Original Air Date: 31 March 1972

Next US airings:
Wed. July 309:30 AMTVLAND
Wed. July 309:00 PMTVLAND

Season 1, Episode 13: The Return of the Barracuda

Original Air Date: 7 April 1972


Season 1, Episode 14: The Piano Movers

Original Air Date: 14 April 1972

Next US airings:
Wed. July 3011:00 PMTVLAND
Thur. July 312:30 AMTVLAND


Season 2


Season 2, Episode 1: By the Numbers

Original Air Date: 15 September 1972

Next US airings:
Thur. July 314:00 AMTVLAND

Season 2, Episode 2: Whiplash

Original Air Date: 22 September 1972

Next US airings:
Fri. Aug. 19:30 AMTVLAND

Season 2, Episode 3: The Dowry

Original Air Date: 29 September 1972

Next US airings:
Tue. Aug. 59:30 AMTVLAND

Season 2, Episode 4: Jealousy

Original Air Date: 6 October 1972


Season 2, Episode 5: Tooth or Consequences

Original Air Date: 13 October 1972

Next US airings:
Wed. Aug. 69:00 PMTVLAND
Thur. Aug. 73:00 AMTVLAND

Season 2, Episode 6: The Card Sharps

Original Air Date: 27 October 1972

Next US airings:
Thur. July 314:30 AMTVLAND
Thur. July 319:30 AMTVLAND

Season 2, Episode 7: Have Gun, Will Sell

Original Air Date: 3 November 1972
After Fred and Lamont scare away a burglar, they realize that he left his gun at their house. Lamont and Rollo then pressure Fred into going to a pawn shop to try and sell the gun.
Next US airings:
Mon. Aug. 49:30 AMTVLAND

Season 2, Episode 8: The Puerto Ricans Are Coming!

Original Air Date: 10 November 1972


Season 2, Episode 9: The Shootout

Original Air Date: 17 November 1972

Next US airings:
Wed. Aug. 611:00 PMTVLAND
Thur. Aug. 73:30 AMTVLAND

Season 2, Episode 10: Blood Is Thicker Than Junk

Original Air Date: 24 November 1972

Next US airings:
Thur. July 313:30 AMTVLAND

Season 2, Episode 11: Sanford and Son and Sister Makes Three

Original Air Date: 1 December 1972

Next US airings:
Wed. Aug. 611:30 PMTVLAND
Thur. Aug. 74:00 AMTVLAND

Season 2, Episode 12: A Guest in the Yard

Original Air Date: 8 December 1972

Next US airings:
Thur. Aug. 72:00 AMTVLAND
Thur. Aug. 74:30 AMTVLAND

Season 2, Episode 13: Fred & Carol and Fred & Donna

Original Air Date: 15 December 1972


Season 2, Episode 14: The Light Housekeeper

Original Air Date: 22 December 1972

Next US airings:
Wed. July 3011:30 PMTVLAND
Thur. July 313:00 AMTVLAND

Season 2, Episode 15: The Big Party

Original Air Date: 5 January 1973

Next US airings:
Thur. Aug. 72:30 AMTVLAND
Thur. Aug. 75:00 AMTVLAND

Season 2, Episode 16: A Visit from Lena Horne

Original Air Date: 12 January 1973


Season 2, Episode 17: Lamont Goes African

Original Air Date: 19 January 1973

Next US airings:
Thur. Aug. 75:30 AMTVLAND
Thur. Aug. 79:30 AMTVLAND

Season 2, Episode 18: Watts Side Story

Original Air Date: 26 January 1973

Next US airings:
Fri. Aug. 89:30 AMTVLAND

Season 2, Episode 19: The Infernal Triangle

Original Air Date: 3 February 1973


Season 2, Episode 20: Pops 'n' Pals

Original Air Date: 9 February 1973


Season 2, Episode 21: Home Sweet Home for the Aged

Original Air Date: 16 February 1973


Season 2, Episode 22: Pot Luck

Original Air Date: 23 February 1973


Season 2, Episode 23: The Kid

Original Air Date: 9 March 1973


Season 2, Episode 24: Rated X

Original Air Date: 16 March 1973



Season 3


Season 3, Episode 1: Lamont as Othello

Original Air Date: 14 September 1973


Season 3, Episode 2: Libra Rising All Over Lamont

Original Air Date: 21 September 1973
As an astrologer tells Lamont that as a Libra he must avoid strife and arguing, hypochondriac Fred is home suffering from gas after eating eight-day-old collard greens.

Season 3, Episode 3: Fred, the Reluctant Fingerman

Original Air Date: 28 September 1973


Season 3, Episode 4: Presenting the Three Degrees

Original Air Date: 5 October 1973


Season 3, Episode 5: This Little TV Went to Market

Original Air Date: 12 October 1973


Season 3, Episode 6: Lamont, Is That You

Original Air Date: 19 October 1973
Fred fears Lamont and Rollo are homosexuals after Bubba reports seeing them go into the Gay Blade Bar.

Season 3, Episode 7: Fuentes, Fuentes, Sanford & Chico

Original Air Date: 26 October 1973


Season 3, Episode 8: Superflyer

Original Air Date: 2 November 1973


Season 3, Episode 9: Engagment/The Member of the Wedding

Original Air Date: 9 November 1973


Season 3, Episode 10: The Blind Mellow Jelly Collection

Original Air Date: 16 November 1973
Lamont becomes annoyed that Fred is constantly playing old blues records featuring a band named Blind Mellow Jelly. Then, he finds out the records are rare and could be worth several hundred dollars.

Season 3, Episode 11: A House Is Not a Pool Room

Original Air Date: 23 November 1973


Season 3, Episode 12: Grady, the Star Boarder

Original Air Date: 30 November 1973


Season 3, Episode 13: Wine, Women and Aunt Esther

Original Air Date: 14 December 1973


Season 3, Episode 14: Mama's Baby, Papa's Maybe

Original Air Date: 4 January 1974


Season 3, Episode 15: Fred Sanford, Legal Eagle

Original Air Date: 11 January 1974


Season 3, Episode 16: This Land Is Whose Land?

Original Air Date: 18 January 1974


Season 3, Episode 17: Fred's Cheating Heart

Original Air Date: 1 February 1974


Season 3, Episode 18: The Party Crasher

Original Air Date: 8 February 1974


Season 3, Episode 19: Lamont Goes Karate

Original Air Date: 15 February 1974


Season 3, Episode 20: Will the Real Fred Sanford Please Do Something?

Original Air Date: 22 February 1974


Season 3, Episode 21: Tyranny, Thy Name Is Grady

Original Air Date: 1 March 1974
With Fred away in St. Louis, Grady is put in charge of the house. He quickly makes his presence known by keeping Aunt Esther out and preventing Lamont from bringing girls home.

Season 3, Episode 22: Aunt Esther and Uncle Woodrow Pfftt...

Original Air Date: 8 March 1974


Season 3, Episode 23: The Way to Lamont's Heart

Original Air Date: 15 March 1974


Season 3, Episode 24: Hello Cousin Emma... Goodbye Cousin Emma

Original Air Date: 29 March 1974



Season 4


Season 4, Episode 1: The Surprise Party

Original Air Date: 13 September 1974


Season 4, Episode 2: Matchmaker, Matchmaker

Original Air Date: 20 September 1974


Season 4, Episode 3: Ol' Brown Eyes

Original Air Date: 27 September 1974


Season 4, Episode 4: Grady and His Lady

Original Air Date: 4 October 1974


Season 4, Episode 5: There'll Be Some Changes Made

Original Air Date: 11 October 1974


Season 4, Episode 6: Going Out of Business

Original Air Date: 18 October 1974


Season 4, Episode 7: Home Sweet Home

Original Air Date: 25 October 1974


Season 4, Episode 8: My Kingdom for a Horse

Original Air Date: 1 November 1974


Season 4, Episode 9: Sanford and Niece

Original Air Date: 8 November 1974


Season 4, Episode 10: Julio and Sister and Nephew

Original Air Date: 15 November 1974


Season 4, Episode 11: Fred's Treasure Garden

Original Air Date: 29 November 1974


Season 4, Episode 12: Tower Power

Original Air Date: 6 December 1974


Season 4, Episode 13: A Little Extra Security

Original Air Date: 13 December 1974


Season 4, Episode 14: The Merger

Original Air Date: 20 December 1974


Season 4, Episode 15: Once a Thief

Original Air Date: 27 December 1974


Season 4, Episode 16: The Stand In

Original Air Date: 17 January 1975


Season 4, Episode 17: Strange Bedfellows

Original Air Date: 24 January 1975


Season 4, Episode 18: The Masquerade Party

Original Air Date: 31 January 1975
In this spoof of "Let's Make a Deal," Fred, Grady and Bubba appear as contestants on "Wheel and Deal," hoping to win a new car as a birthday present for Lamont.
Next US airings:
Wed. Aug. 69:30 AMTVLAND
Wed. Aug. 69:30 PMTVLAND

Season 4, Episode 19: Golden Boy

Original Air Date: 7 February 1975


Season 4, Episode 20: My Brother-In-Law's Keeper

Original Air Date: 14 February 1975

Next US airings:
Wed. July 309:30 PMTVLAND
Thur. July 312:00 AMTVLAND

Season 4, Episode 21: The Headache

Original Air Date: 21 February 1975


Season 4, Episode 22: The Stung

Original Air Date: 28 February 1975


Season 4, Episode 23: The Older Woman

Original Air Date: 7 March 1975


Season 4, Episode 24: The Over Hill Gag

Original Air Date: 14 March 1975


Season 4, Episode 25: The Family Man

Original Air Date: 25 April 1975



Season 5


Season 5, Episode 1: Earthquake II

Original Air Date: 12 September 1975


Season 5, Episode 2: Divorce, Sanford Style

Original Air Date: 19 September 1975


Season 5, Episode 3: Bank on This

Original Air Date: 26 September 1975


Season 5, Episode 4: The Sanford Arms

Original Air Date: 3 October 1975
With the bank ready to foreclose, Fred and Lamont desperately seek to find tenants for the Sanford Arms.

Season 5, Episode 5: Steinberg and Son

Original Air Date: 10 October 1975


Season 5, Episode 6: Brother, Can You Spare an Act?

Original Air Date: 17 October 1975


Season 5, Episode 7: Della, Della, Della

Original Air Date: 31 October 1975


Season 5, Episode 8: Donna Pops the Question

Original Air Date: 7 November 1975


Season 5, Episode 9: My Fair Esther

Original Air Date: 14 November 1975


Season 5, Episode 10: Sanford and Rising Son

Original Air Date: 21 November 1975


Season 5, Episode 11: The Olympics

Original Air Date: 5 December 1975


Season 5, Episode 12: Ebenezer Sanford

Original Air Date: 12 December 1975


Season 5, Episode 13: The Oddfather

Original Air Date: 2 January 1976


Season 5, Episode 14: Can You Chop This?

Original Air Date: 9 January 1976


Season 5, Episode 15: Greatest Show in Watts

Original Air Date: 16 January 1976


Season 5, Episode 16: Fred Has a Baby

Original Air Date: 23 January 1976


Season 5, Episode 17: The TV Addict

Original Air Date: 30 January 1976


Season 5, Episode 18: Lamont in Love

Original Air Date: 6 February 1976


Season 5, Episode 19: The Escorts

Original Air Date: 13 February 1976


Season 5, Episode 20: The Engagement Man Always Rings Twice

Original Air Date: 20 February 1976


Season 5, Episode 21: The Director

Original Air Date: 27 February 1976


Season 5, Episode 22: A Pain in the Neck

Original Air Date: 5 March 1976


Season 5, Episode 23: Sergeant Gork

Original Air Date: 12 March 1976


Season 5, Episode 24: Episode #5.24

Original Air Date: ????


Season 5, Episode 25: The Camping Trip

Original Air Date: 19 March 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.


Season 6


Season 6, Episode 1: The Hawaiian Connection: Part 1

Original Air Date: 24 September 1976


Season 6, Episode 2: The Hawaiian Connection: Part 2

Original Air Date: 1 October 1976


Season 6, Episode 3: California Crude

Original Air Date: 8 October 1976
While Fred and Lamont are digging a garden, oil is discovered underground at the junk yard. Fred sees millions but before any money can be paid it must first be tested.

Season 6, Episode 4: The Stakeout

Original Air Date: 15 October 1976
The police are looking for a fence named Alex Hacker who's been spotted coming in and out of The Sanford Arms. They use Fred and Lamont's home to stakeout the Arms. Meanwhile, Fred has a crush on a new lady tenant.

Season 6, Episode 5: I Dream of Choo Choo Rabinowitz

Original Air Date: 22 October 1976


Season 6, Episode 6: The Winning Ticket

Original Air Date: 5 November 1976


Season 6, Episode 7: Committee Man

Original Air Date: 12 November 1976


Season 6, Episode 8: Fred's Extra Cash

Original Air Date: 19 November 1976


Season 6, Episode 9: Carol

Original Air Date: 26 November 1976


Season 6, Episode 10: Aunt Esther Has a Baby

Original Air Date: 3 December 1976


Season 6, Episode 11: Here Today, Gone Today

Original Air Date: 7 December 1976


Season 6, Episode 12: Aunt Esther Meets Her Son

Original Air Date: 10 December 1976


Season 6, Episode 13: Sanford and Gong

Original Air Date: 17 December 1976


Season 6, Episode 14: Fred Meets Redd

Original Air Date: 14 January 1977


Season 6, Episode 15: Chinese Torture/The Defiant One

Original Air Date: 21 January 1977


Season 6, Episode 16: A Matter of Silence

Original Air Date: 28 January 1977


Season 6, Episode 17: When John Comes Marching Home

Original Air Date: 4 February 1977


Season 6, Episode 18: The Reverend Sanford

Original Air Date: 11 February 1977


Season 6, Episode 19: The Will

Original Air Date: 18 February 1977


Season 6, Episode 20: Fred the Activist

Original Air Date: 25 February 1977


Season 6, Episode 21: The Lucky Streak

Original Air Date: 4 March 1977


Season 6, Episode 22: Funny, You Don't Look It

Original Air Date: 11 March 1977


Season 6, Episode 23: Fred Sings the Blues

Original Air Date: 18 March 1977


Season 6, Episode 24: School Daze

Original Air Date: 25 March 1977



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