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Sanford & Son is Classic American TV. Redd Foxx was one of a kind, I recommend this Series to anyone.
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The quotes from this 5-star series are endless. The title of this review is a lonely sample of the hilarious zingers that Fred (Redd Foxx) would make in reference to Aunt ("watch it sucker!") Esther.
Laughs abound in these wonderfully crafted episodes that covered all issues from family values to cultural difference and made great fun of every subject.
Sanford and Son was way ahead of its time for a 1972 debut. Creator Norman Lear (The Jeffersons, Good Times and more) had a great formula with All In The Family, and he applied it perfectly to Sanford and Son.
If you're unfamiliar with this sitcom, bottom line is that Fred runs a junkyard with his son, Lamont, and Fred's wife passed away leaving the two men to also run the household. But who could possibly not have at least seen a rerun of this classic show with its memorable theme tune?
This collection is as ageless as it is priceless. Some of the season 3 and season 4 episodes are without Redd Foxx due to contract issues, and that was a shame and absolutely effected the genius of the show. Thank goodness it was only a total of 8 or 9 episodes.
And, speaking of price, at the time of this writing it seems a bit cheaper if you buy all 6 DVD seasons separately instead of the 6-season box set that Amazon is offering.
Either way, hit the add to cart button. This is the big one! I'm comin', Elizabeth!
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Sanford and Son has always been a family favorite. As a teenager, I remember watching this series each week with great enthusiasm! If you enjoy great comedy, you will like this DVD.
The picture and sound quality is very good, and you are able to search by episode. Fred and Lamont clicked as a team from the very beginning. The first season is the best!
Add this to your DVD collection today!
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This is an excellent show, period. My favorite actress is the one who plays "Aunt Esther". This is a top quality comedy when Fred cracks on Esther most of the time, saying once that he'll make gorilla cookies out of her face.
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I was in the 7th grade when "Sanford and Son" debuted on TV, in early 1972. I've lived with the wit and antics of Fred Sanford, played by Redd Foxx, and his son Lamont - played by Demond Wilson - ever since. I keep coming back to these shows after periods of not watching them, so have collected the entire series over the past 3 years.
Redd Foxx was criticized as being narrow in his acting, range of roles, and crude in language and inuendo, but by the year 2005's standards his language is quite clean. And his acting is funny: Fred Sanford is vain, selfish, always out for an easy way to make a buck (honesty not always a pre-requisite), and always ready to tell off the people who rub him the wrong way. Fred Sanford has the traits all of us do, if we'd be honest and admit it. And the way Sanford talks to his son, his friends, his wife's family - is how we would like to deal with people in polite society, but don't, as it's not polite or politically correct.
Demond Wilson is excellent as Lamont Sanford, the frustrated 30s aged son who'd like to find himself and get out and do something different than working with his father. How they ever get anything done or make a profit is beyond me, but that's entertainment. And this IS entertaining. I hope today's young people in their teens and 20s, born after this series was made, will see these on TV or DVD, and enjoy the wit and humor of the Sanfords.
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