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Release Date:
14 January 1972 (USA)
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Plot:
The misadventures of a cantankerous junk dealer and his frustrated son. full summary
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Awards:
Won Golden Globe.
Another 1 win
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12 nominations
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(8 articles)
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This show is a classic, dummy
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(Series Cast Summary - 2 of 104) | Demond Wilson | ... | Lamont Sanford (135 episodes, 1972-1977) |
 | Redd Foxx | ... | Fred G. Sanford / ... (134 episodes, 1972-1977) |
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30 min (135 episodes)
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The actual title of the theme song is "The Streetbeater," written by Quincy Jones.
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Quotes:
Fred Sanford:
I brought you somethin' too, Esther.
Aunt Esther: Why, that's nothing but a clear piece of plastic.
Fred Sanford: No, it ain't. Put it up to your face. That's your Hallowe'en mask.
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Aunt Esther: Why, that's nothing but a clear piece of plastic.
Fred Sanford: No, it ain't. Put it up to your face. That's your Hallowe'en mask.
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Spoofed in "The Charmings: The Charmings Get Robbed (#2.11)" (1988)
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If I Didn't Care
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I guess that "Sanford and Son" must have been the first show that portrayed black ghetto life. No matter, it's hilarious. Dad Fred essentially spends every episode lounging around his house, calling his son Lamont "dummy" and threatening to bust people's lips. Lamont remains eternally embarrassed about Fred's antics, especially whenever Fred comments on how ugly he considers the sister-in-law, Aunt Esther, to be. And it's always great when the two cops (one white and the other black) come to the house, and the white cop acts like a dork, forcing the black cop to have to identify it.
Anyway, it was part of the new wave of really funny shows in the early 1970's that portrayed stuff that TV shows previously were uncomfortable portraying ("All in the Family" of course led the way). It would have been neat if Fred Sanford and Archie Bunker could have ever met. That would have made for some crazy dialogue. Four stars.