Sanford and Son (1972)

series

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Country: USA
Genres: Comedy
Release: 1972-01-14
Director: N/A
Writers: Norman Lear
Language: English
Stars: Redd Foxx , Redd Foxx , Redd Foxx , Demond Wilson , Demond Wilson , Demond Wilson , LaWanda Page , Don Bexley , Whitman Mayo , Nathaniel Taylor , Lynn Hamilton , Lynn Hamilton , Hal Williams , Howard Platt , Gregory Sierra
Runtime: 30 min
Awards: Nominated for 7 Primetime Emmys. 4 wins & 12 nominations total
AKA: Sanford and Son (South Africa) , Sanford e hijo (Spain) , Sanford and Son (Australia) , Sanford e hijo (Venezuela) , Санфорд и сын , Sanford and Son , Sanford and Son (Italy) , Sanford and Son (Germany) , Sanford and Son (Philippines) , Sanford and Son (Canada) , Sanford and Son (Canada) , Sanford and Son (Netherlands the) , Sanford and Son (United States of America) , サンフォード・アンド・サン (Japan)
Plot: One of television's all-time classic sitcoms, the Norman Lear-produced "Sanford and Son" debuted just three days after the one-year anniversary of Lear's fabulously successful, "All in the Family." 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. Fred's schemes and bigotry especially toward Julio, a Puerto Rican who was Lamont's friend, whites and other minorities often frustrated Lamont. Fred also showed overt disdain for his sister-in-law, Aunt Esther (the feeling was mutual). Many times, Lamont threatened to leave for meaningful work, but Fred faked a heart attack each time ("Oh, this time its real, I'm a-comin' 'Lizabeth!") as a sympathy ploy to get his son to stay. By 1977, Fred and Lamont had sold their business (stars Foxx and Wilson wanted to leave the series); it became the Sanford Arms, a rooming house. The show continued as the short-lived "Sanford Arms" (without Foxx or Wilson); it was revived in 1980 on CBS as "Sanford" (starring Foxx and without Wilson).
IMDB:tt0068128