Sanford And Son: Season 4
Columbia TriStar (1974)
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IMDB   8.0
10 hr 2 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   NR
Redd Foxx Fred G. Sanford
Demond Wilson Lamont Sanford
LaWanda Page Aunt Esther Anderson
Don Bexley Bubba Bexley
Whitman Mayo Grady Wilson
Nathaniel Taylor Rollo Larson
Lynn Hamilton Donna Harris
Hal Williams Officer 'Smitty' Smith
Howard Platt Officer 'Hoppy' Hopkins
Gregory Sierra Julio Fuentes
Fritzi Burr Woman on the Plane
Raymond Allen Uncle Woodrow 'Woody' Anderson
Pat Morita Ah Chew
Director
Peter Baldwin
Alan Rafkin
Producer Bud Yorkin
Norman C. Hopps
Writer Saul Turteltaub
Bernie Orenstein
Musician Quincy Jones .

Sanford and Son first aired in January of 1972 on NBC as a mid-season replacement. The series was the second series created by the All in the Family creator, Norman Lear and it was based on the British sitcom, Steptoe and Son. Sanford and Son was the first sitcom that Lear created that had a cast composed mostly of African Americans. Lear would follow it up in 1974 with Good Times and The Jeffersons in 1975. Sanford and Son was also the only Lear sitcom that didn't air on CBS. Sanford and Son starred stand-up comedian, Redd Foxx as 65-year old junk collector, Fred Sanford. Fred ran his junk collection business from his home located in Los Angeles. His home was run-down but it was comfortable enough for him and his son, Lamont, with whom he lived with and who was a partner in the business. Lamont was dissatisfied with the business and would threaten to leave but Fred would fake a heart attack and yell "I'm coming, Elizabeth." Elizabeth had been Fred's wife who had preceded
Episodes
    Seen it: Yes   0 hr 30 mins    9/13/1974  1.  The Surprise Party
Fred returns from his extended trip to St. Louis and Lamont, Donna, Aunt Esther, Bubba, Rollo and Grady have planned a surprise party for his return. Fred no more than steps in the door and Aunt Esther and him are at each other's throats. However, the real problem comes when Fred does some eavesdropping on Lamont and Grady.
Director:  Norman Abbott  Writer:  Saul Turteltaub  / Bernie Orenstein 
Guest starring:  Fuddle Bagley
    Seen it: Yes   0 hr 30 mins    9/20/1974  2.  Matchmaker, Matchmaker
Lamont's Uncle George dies and in his will he gives Lamont $7,000 if he weds and has a child and names it after his uncle and he has a year to do all this. Lamont has decided not to get married any time soon but blinded by dollar signs, Fred sneaks down to a dating service to match Lamont up with an available woman. Lamont catches on to Fred's plan and makes up a plan of his own to intervene.
Director:  Bill Foster  Writer:  Jerry Ross 
Guest starring:  Beverly Sanders, Cathy Cooper, Gloria Delaney, John Hawker
    Seen it: Yes   0 hr 30 mins    9/27/1974  3.  Ol' Brown Eyes
It's the 35th anniversary of Sanford & Son Salvage and Lamont has two gifts planned to give Fred. The first is a new window with the specially printed title of their business and the other is an expensive ring that everyone has chipped in to buy. However, when Fred runs across it, he becomes convinced that it was stolen from Frank Sinatra, after Frank's hotel room was ransacked by the Tip-Toe Bandit.
Director:  Bill Foster  Writer:  Rick Mittleman 
Guest starring:  George O'Hanlon, Milt Kogan, Morris Buchanan, Dee Carroll
    Seen it: Yes   0 hr 30 mins    10/4/1974  4.  Grady and His Lady
Grady is bursting with news and breaks it to Fred and Lamont that he's engaged to a woman he met at J.C. Penny. However, Fred and Lamont are shocked to discover the "raging beauty" Grady raved about is not exactly a beauty queen. Fred soon finds Grady spending all his time with her and sets a plan into motion to break them up.
Director:  Stan Lathan  Writer:  Gene Farmer 
Guest starring:  Norma Miller
    Seen it: Yes   0 hr 30 mins    10/11/1974  5.  There'll Be Some Changes Made
Fred's friends Julio and Ah Chew are getting on Fred's nerves and Lamont takes on the challenge of trying to change Fred's bigotry towards minorities. When Lamont fails, he decides to move out and in with Julio, something that unnerves Fred who doesn't seem to get use to the arrangement.
Director:  Norman Abbott  Writer:  Jerry Ross  / Earl Pomerantz 
Guest starring:  Rai Tasco, Sarah Frankboner, Noel De Souza, Eduardo Ricard, Jayne Kennedy
    Seen it: Yes   0 hr 30 mins    10/18/1974  6.  Going Out of Business
The tax season has come and after an accountant goes through the books he finds that Fred and Lamont will end up owing the government. The accountant explains the situation and Lamont decides to go out and gets a job at a clothing store, so more money is coming into the household. Fred fears this may be the end of Sanford & Son Salvage.
Director:  Norman Abbott  Writer:  Saul Turteltaub  / Bernie Orenstein 
Guest starring:  Philip BrunsBasil HoffmanHelene Winston
    Seen it: Yes   0 hr 30 mins    10/25/1974  7.  Home Sweet Home
A Japanese land development company wants to buy out the neighborhood with plans to build a brewery in the area. Fred, holding out gets bitten by greed. Fred's greed is disguised as a "heartwarming" sentimentality and he's using it to squeeze as much money as he can get out of the developer.
Director:  Norman Abbott  Writer:  Ted Bergman 
Guest starring:  Helen Funai, Yuki Shimoda, Bob Okazaki, Nathan Jung
    Seen it: Yes   0 hr 30 mins    11/1/1974  8.  My Kingdom For a Horse (a.k.a.) First Night Out
Fred makes a deal and buys a horse with a great racing history. Fred tries to get the animal to breed so that he can have a lot of money making champions hoofing and stomping around the place. However, there is just one problem Fred must overcome, the horse he bought is a gelding, which has Lamont saying "I told you so" to yet another one of Fred's moneymaking schemes.
Director:  Bill Foster  Writer:  Arnie Rosen 
Guest starring:  Ned Wertimer,  Philip Bruns
    Seen it: Yes   0 hr 30 mins    11/8/1974  9.  Sanford and Niece
Fred has a romantic night planned with Donna but Aunt Esther drops in at the last moment with some news, her neice, Elizabeth is in town and she wants Fred to have her stay with him. Fred is against the idea at first but when he takes one look at her he agrees, she is the spitting image of his late-wife, Elizabeth. However, there is another problem, Elizabeth is planning to move into an apartment in town and she will have two roommates, one female and the other male.
Director:  Norman Abbott  Writer:  Saul Turteltaub  / Bernie Orenstein 
Guest starring:  Tina Andrews,  Berlinda Tolbert, Ray Vitte, Robin James
    Seen it: Yes   0 hr 30 mins    11/15/1974  10.  Julio and Sister and Nephew
Julio's sister and nephew, Carlotta and Roberta, are coming for a visit and Julio has a problem, they are allergic to his pet goat, Chico. Thus, Julio asks Fred and Lamont if it would be okay for them to stay with them. Against the idea at first, Fred quickly softens to them and becomes involved with a problem that Roberto is dealing with at school.
Director:  Alan Rafkin  Writer:  Saul Turteltaub  / Bernie Orenstein 
Guest starring:  Miriam ColonCorinne Conley, Manuel Carrasco, Graham Brown
    Seen it: Yes   0 hr 30 mins    11/29/1974  11.  Fred's Treasure Garden
With Fred in St. Louis, Grady has been put in charge of taking care of his garden. Grady quickly notices a strange plant growing and assumes that it's wild parsley. However, Rollo is convinced it's marijuana and Lamont decides to turn it into the police. However, when Smitty and Hoppy arrive, the plants are gone but Grady has made dinner for everyone, a nice big salad for everyone.
Director:  Herbert Kenwith  Writer:  Ilunga Adell 
    Seen it: Yes   0 hr 30 mins    12/6/1974  12.  Tower Power
After Lamont's friend Sandra takes Fred and Lamont to an art museum, Fred finds out that he can make art out of the junk in his pile. Thus, Fred begins the creation that will convey his legacy for eternity. However, the final result is far from an artistic masterpiece and Lamont has to decide how to break the news to his proud father.
Director:  Bill Foster  Writer:  Calvin Kelly 
Guest starring:  Janee Michelle, Diane Hill, Lester Fletcher
    Seen it: Yes   0 hr 30 mins    12/13/1974  13.  A Little Extra Security
Grady is getting too many Social Security checks in the mail and he is contemplating on whether or not he should be honest about reporting them or not. He finally decides the latter and keeps them, gambling them away in Las Vegas. Aunt Esther hits the ceiling when she learns of the situation and just then a phone call from the Social Security office comes into the Sanford residence.
Director:  Herbert Kenwith  Writer:  Saul Turteltaub  / Bernie Orenstein 
Guest starring:  Stymie Beard, Fred D. Scott, John Hawker
    Seen it: Yes   0 hr 30 mins    12/20/1974  14.  The Merger
Julio has gotten tired of the junk business and that's when Lamont comes up with an idea, Sanford & Son Salvage should merge with Julio's business. Julio goes for the idea but Fred is against it, but they merge anyway to form Sanford & Fuentes Salvage. However, everyone soon realizes the consequences attached to such a decision.
Director:  Bill Foster  Writer:  Jerry Ross 
Guest starring:  Danny Wells, Dick Whittington
    Seen it: Yes   0 hr 30 mins    12/27/1974  15.  Once a Thief
Lamont's friend Herman has just gotten out of prison and doesn't have a place to stay. So Lamont invites him to stay at the Sanford residence. However, when Grady learns that he's an ex-con, he nails down everything in the house. Meanwhile, Lamont finds Herman a job at Esther's hardware store and doesn't tell her that he has served time.
Director:  Herbert Kenwith  Writer:  Winston Moss 
Guest starring:  Ron GlassDon Rickles
    Seen it: Yes   0 hr 30 mins    1/17/1975  16.  The Stand-Ins
Lamont comes home one evening and discovers Fred preparing a gourmet dinner and learns it's to celebrate the arrival of an old friend of Fred's, Bowlegs, a musician, who's visiting. Bowlegs' act is to be put on at a nightclub but when his partner strains his back, Fred and Lamont must fill in to fulfill the nightclub's requirements.
Director:  Bill Foster  Writer:  Saul Turteltaub  / Bernie Orenstein 
Guest starring:  Scatman Crothers, Joe Silver, Al Williams, Bernie Orenstein, Billy Eckstine
    Seen it: Yes   0 hr 30 mins    1/24/1975  17.  Strange Bedfellows
Lamont's politically involved girlfriend stresses involvement in the community's problems. This leads Lamont to phone into a radio talk show to express his views. Positive reaction leads to Lamont deciding to run for state assembly. But Fred soon finds out that this means that Lamont may move to Sacramento and leave the junk business.
Director:  Norman Abbott  Writer:  Ted Bergman 
Guest starring:  Ed Cambridge, Daxson Thomas,  Margaret Avery, Richard Balin, Brunetta Barnett
    Seen it: Yes   0 hr 30 mins    1/31/1975  18.  The Masquerade Party
The cast appears on Wheel and Deal, hosted by Harry Monty.
Director:  Norman Abbott  Writer:  Ted Bergman 
Guest starring:  John Barbour,  June Christopher, Dap Sugar Willie, Johnny Jacobs, Maida Severn
    Seen it: Yes   0 hr 30 mins    2/7/1975  19.  Golden Boy
Fred's friend, Yerby is the manager of a champion boxer, Junior Joe Louis. Fred goes in and buys half ownership. Fred then begins training the boxer for an upcoming fight but soon runs into trouble. For Junior is pulled from the fight because of to Fred's stubbornness.
Director:  Norman Abbott  Writer:  George Yanok  / Bob Garland 
Guest starring:  David Doyle, Hank Rolike, Barry Wright
    Seen it: Yes   0 hr 30 mins    2/14/1975  20.  My Brother-in-Law's Keeper
Fred cleans the house from top to bottom and Lamont is stunned. Then he learns the reason: Fred's baby sister, Frances is visiting to announce her engagement. Fred is excited, but he soon finds her fiance, Rodney is white.
Director:  Norman Abbott  Writer:  Ted Bergman 
Guest starring:  Allan Drake,  Mary Alice, Ancel Cook
    Seen it: Yes   0 hr 30 mins    2/21/1975  21.  The Headache
Lamont has had a chronic headache for three days and isn't sure what's causing it. A doctor suggests that Lamont consult a psychiatrist since the cause may be stress. Once at the psychiatrist's office, the doctor determines that Fred is the cause of Lamont's headaches.
Director:  Bill Foster  Writer:  Arnie Rosen 
Guest starring:  Robert DoQui,  Darrell Zwerling, Frances E. Nealy, Joni Rhodes, Bernie Orenstein
    Seen it: Yes   0 hr 30 mins    2/28/1975  22.  The Stung
Lamont has Julio, Rollo and another buddy over for a poker game and Fred has had it with their gambling. Meanwhile, an old friend of Fred's, Al Banks, a professional gambler, stops by for a visit and this gives Fred an idea on how to teach Lamont and his friends a lesson. However, the lesson goes awry and Al runs out with the cash.
Director:  Alan Rafkin  Writer:  George Yanok  / Bob Garland 
Guest starring:  Richard Ward, George Reynolds
    Seen it: Yes   0 hr 30 mins    3/7/1975  23.  The Older Woman
Lamont has been in a daze around the house, singing songs and incredibly cheerful to everyone he talks to. Grady and Fred deduce that the boy must be in love. Fred learns that Lamont is on the verge of proposing marriage to one particular girl who works at a dress shop. So he goes down to meet her and is in for a shock, since the girl turns out to be a woman at least ten years older than Lamont.
Director:  Alan Rafkin  Writer:  Ted Bergman 
Guest starring:  Kim Hamilton, Brenda Sutton, Kathryn Jackson,  Lillian Randolph
    Seen it: Yes   0 hr 30 mins    3/14/1975  24.  The Over-the-Hill Gag
Lamont takes Fred down the doctor's office for a checkup and Fred is socked with a large doctor bill. Realizing Fred's financial position, the doctor gives Fred six months to pay his doctor bill. Lamont overhears the conversation and becomes convinced Fred only has six months to live. Thinking Fred is dying, he rallies friends and family to prepare a party and try to get Lena Horne to pay Fred another visit.
Director:  Stan Lathan  Writer:  Matt Robinson (I) 
Guest starring:  Keene Curtis, Odessa Cleveland, Dick Bass, Carol Jean Owens
    Seen it: Yes   0 hr 30 mins    4/25/1975  25.  The Family Man
Grady decides it's time for a change and moves out of Watts and into fashionable Westwood to live with his daughter, Ellie, her husband Hal, and their two children, Laurie and Haywood. As a housewarming gift, Grady purchases an oil painting to hang over their fireplace. However, the painting he chooses proves to be quite distasteful.
Director:  Bud Yorkin  Writer:  Saul Turteltaub  / Bernie Orenstein 
Guest starring:  Joe Morton, Carol Cole, Rosanne Katon, Haywood Nelson, Rod Colbin,  Howard Hesseman, Dennis Kort, Michael Talbot, John Kirby, Julie Payne
Edition Details
Series Sanford And Son
Distributor Sony Pictures
Release Date 3/30/2004
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Fullscreen (4:3)
Subtitles English
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Mono [English]
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 3