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- 1. Crossed Swords Jan 14, 1972
- Lamont discovers that the porcelain figure he has bought is worth a great deal of money.
- 2. Happy Birthday, Pop Jan 21, 1972
- Lamont takes Fred out for a night on the town for his 65th birthday.
- 3. Here Comes the Bride, There Goes the Bride Jan 28, 1972
- Much to Fred's delight, Lamont's bride-to-be decides not to marry him.
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.
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Sanford and Son: Created by Norman Lear. With Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, LaWanda Page, Don Bexley. The misadventures of a cantankerous junk dealer and his frustrated son.
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- 1972-01-14
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- CLEAVON LITTLE WAS THE ONE WHO SUGGESTED REDD FOXX AS THE LEAD. Cleavon Little (Blazing Saddles) was approached to work on the project, but had to say no because of prior commitments.
- DEMOND WILSON DIDN'T THINK THE SHOW WOULD LAST VERY LONG WHEN HE SIGNED UP. Demond Wilson caught the attention of executive producer Bud Yorkin during a guest appearance on All in the Family in 1971, where he played a burglar who broke into Archie Bunker's house.
- CBS PASSED ON THE SHOW, AND REGRETTED IT FOR YEARS. Wilson and Foxx first met each other in Las Vegas, where Foxx was doing stand-up. Four days after their first reading together, they performed in front of the All in the Family cast, where a visiting NBC vice president witnessed the future and ordered a pilot.
- QUINCY JONES COMPOSED THE THEME SONG. Quincy Jones was skeptical of Sanford and Son, because he had worked with Foxx decades earlier in shows, and recalled not one word out of the comedian's mouth being appropriate for NBC.
Lamont stands to inherit $7,000 if within a year he marries and has a son named after his late uncle George. Fred sees dollar signs, so he and Grady set to making marriage bells ring by turning to a computer dating service.
- Crossed Swords.
- Happy Birthday, Pop.
- Here Comes the Bride, There Goes the Bride.
- The Copper Caper.
Jan 14, 2022 · When Sanford and Son premiered on NBC on Jan. 14, 1972, few shows on U.S. television had ever featured Black characters.
Airing from 1972 to 1977, Sanford and Son was the American version of a British program called Steptoe & Son, which featured the exploits of a Cockney father-and-son junkman team.