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Lamont (Demond Wilson) buys an old suitcase. When Fred (Redd Foxx) opens it, he finds a LOT of money in it!From Season 2 Episode 12, The Suitcase Case.
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- Sanford and Son
Fred fears wedding bells will break up his beautiful friendship after Grady announces he's engaged to Dolly, so Fred plots to puncture the romance.
Fred Sanford is a cantankerous 65-year-old, black, widowed junk dealer living in Los Angeles' Watts neighborhood. Helping him is his restless son, 34-year-old Lamont; Fred's beloved wife and Lamont's mother, Elizabeth, had died more than 20 years earlier.
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- 1972-01-14
- Comedy
- 30
Sanford and Son is an American sitcom television series that aired on NBC from January 14, 1972, to March 25, 1977. It was based on the British sitcom Steptoe and Son, which initially aired on BBC1 in the United Kingdom from 1962 to 1974.
Feb 11, 2022 · Foxx died in 1991 after experiencing a heart attack on the set of a CBS sitcom, The Royal Family. But Sanford and Son stands as a tribute to Foxx's talent and persistence — a pioneering show with a legendary character that paved the way for so many Black performers and characters to come.
- Eric Deggans
Dec 23, 2014 · Today, we’re beginning our coverage on the best episodes from one of the unashamedly funniest sitcoms of the decade, Sanford And Son (1972-1977, NBC). I’m thrilled to announce that every single episode of the series has been released on DVD.
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Who is Fred Sanford?
The Reverend Sanford: Directed by Russ Petranto. With Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, LaWanda Page, Don Bexley. To avoid paying taxes, Fred buys a mail-order clergy ordination and transforms his home into the Chapel on the Junkpile for the church of the Seventh-Day Junkists.
