Sanford and Son

Sanford and Son: The Complete Series (Slim Packaging)

Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 10/28/2008

Sanford and Son - The First Season

Fred Sanford and his 34-year-old son live together many times lacking in harmony attempting to support themselves as junk dealers. They are surrounded by a cast of characters who help them keep their sense of humor.System Requirements:Starring: Redd Foxx Demond Wilson LaWanda Page Don Bexley Hal Williams Running Time: 364 Min. Copyright Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2005Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 043396094277 Manufacturer No: 09427

Sanford and Son - The Second Season

This three-disc boxed set compiles all 24 episodes from Sanford and Son's second season, which began on September 15, 1972. The sitcom quickly vaulted to the No. 2 spot on the network ratings--right behind creators Norman Lear and Bud Yorkin's previous effort, All in the Family. The second season brought no changes to the show's basic format--comedian Redd Foxx remained the focus as cantankerous junkman Fred Sanford, with Demond Wilson as his son and perennial foil, Lamont. What the second season did bring was several new characters and some of the series' funniest episodes. The second season supporting cast was filled out by some of Foxx's fellow comics, including Leroy and Skillet ("A Visit from Lena Horne") and LaWanda Page as Aunt Esther, who became a recurring character after "The Big Party." Also joining was Don Bexley as Bubba ("By the Numbers"), Nathaniel Taylor as Rollo ("Have Gun, Will Sell"), and Barney Miller's Gregory Sierra as neighbor Julio ("The Puerto Ricans Are Coming!").

But Sanford and Son's strength remained in Foxx's sharp-tongued and often improvised performance, which was ably abetted by the scripts (a number of plotlines were taken directly from Steptoe and Son, the U.K. series that inspired Sanford). Richard Pryor and Paul Mooney penned two of the collection's most laugh-filled half-hours, "The Dowry" and "Sanford and Son and Sister Make Three," but every episode has its share of hilarity thanks to Foxx and his costars. Though only English and Spanish subtitles are offered as extras, series fans should be pleased with the set, especially as a reference for Fred's best zingers ("I'm gonna stick your face in a bowl full of dough and make gorilla cookies!"). --Paul Gaita

Contains the second season of the TV series Sanford & Son.

Sanford and Son - The Third Season

The complete third season of the TV series Sanford & Son.

Though conflict erupted between comic Redd Foxx and the producers of Sanford and Son during its third season, viewers of this three-disc set, which compiles all 24 episodes of the 1973-74 season, are spared the backstage rancor and instead enjoy more hilarious episodes, fueled as always by Foxx's Emmy-nominated performance as cantankerous junkman Fred Sanford. Sanford and Son was a solid ratings hit as it entered its third season (ranked third among network shows) and Foxx had won a Golden Globe the previous year, but a contract dispute had driven a wedge between him and series producers Bud Yorkin and Norman Lear (who also ran the season's top-rated program, All in the Family). Negotiations would eventually break down, and Foxx would be absent from six episodes (Fred was said to be visiting relatives in St. Louis) and did not return to the show until season 4 was underway.

Foxx's departure allowed the spotlight to shine more brightly on co-star Demond Wilson (who would soon launch his own contract disputes, which prompted his leaving the series in 1976) as well as new cast member Whitman Mayo, who joined the show that season as Fred's pal Grady. While series aficionados are firmly divided over Grady, Mayo is quite funny, especially during the final six episodes (in particular "Will the Real Fred Sanford Please Stand Up?" and season closer "Hello Cousin Emma, Goodbye Cousin Emma"). Other standout episodes include "The Blind Mellow Jelly Collection" (in which Fred attempts to reclaim his donated record collection) and "Fred Sanford, Legal Eagle" (Fred defends Lamont in traffic court), which features Starsky and Hutch's Antonio Fargas. The third-season scripts, penned mostly by story editor Ilunga Adell (Moesha), remain sharp, as does the direction (the lion's share is handled by Peter Baldwin, though Bud Yorkin helms two episodes). Fans and first-timers alike will find plenty of laughs among the three discs, which unfortunately lack any extras. --Paul Gaita

Sanford and Son - The Complete Fourth Season

Return to TV's most famous junk shop for an outrageously funny fourth season of "Sanford and Son." Golden Globe ® Award winner Redd Foxx stars as Fred Sanford the junk dealer with a big mouth and every get-rich-quick scheme in the book. Caught up in his plans are his long-suffering son Lamont his best friend Grady and his arch-enemy and sister-in-law Esther. Returning from a trip to St. Louis Fred wastes no time in getting knee-deep in trouble; from accidentally growing "special herbs" in his backyard garden to trying to return a ring he thinks was stolen from Frank Sinatra to setting Lamont up with a computer date. The fourth season welcomes such guest stars as David Doyle ("Charlie's Angels") Ron Glass ("Barney Miller") Howard Hesseman ("WKRP in Cincinnati") and Scat Man Crothers. One of the 70's highest-rated shows this legendary sitcom is now yours to take home and enjoy over and over again in a collectible three-disc set.System Requirements:Starring: Redd Foxx Whitman Mayo LaWanda Page Demond Wilson Running Time: 601 Min. Copyright Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2005Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 043396028845 Manufacturer No: 02884

Sanford and Son's fourth season (1974-1975) was the highest rated of its five years on network TV (the program reached no. 2 on the Nielsen charts); the program and star Redd Foxx both received Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for the season, all 24 episodes of which are compiled on this three-disc set. Behind the scenes, however, the series was in turmoil due to Foxx's dissatisfaction with the tone and quality of the program, and he went missing from nine episodes, three of which kick off the first disc (Fred's absence is explained away as a trip to St. Louis).

But even without Foxx, Sanford and Son still managed to generate plenty of laughs, thanks in no small part to its hard-working supporting cast; Whitman Mayo's Grady, in particular, gets plenty of chances to shine, especially in "Grady and His Lady" (disc 1) and "The Family Man" (disc 3, which served as the pilot for Mayo's own short-lived series). Pat Morita's Ah Chew makes his first appearance in "There'll Be Some Changes Made (on disc 1) and Gregory Sierra as Julio makes his last in "The Stung" (disc 3); guest stars include Billy Eckstine and Scatman Crothers. Sanford and Son's fourth season can be viewed as something of a swan song for the popular series; after a ratings dip and timeslot change in the fifth season, Foxx and Wilson would both depart the show by the sixth season, and the show was cancelled in 1977. --Paul Gaita

Sanford and Son: Fan Favorites

Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 09/29/2009

Sanford and Son - The Fifth Season

Laughs & more laughs with SANFORD AND SON: THE 5TH SEASON. Redd Foxx and Demond Wilson return for another twenty-four hysterical episodes of SANFORD AND SON the comic misadventures of a cantankerous 65-year-old junk dealer and his outrageous circle of family and friends. For the series' fifth sidesplitting season Fred takes no prisoners as he unleashes an uproarious array of jokes jibes and insults at such targets as LA earthquakes Japanese restaurants the Sanford Arms apartments Lamont's mysterious new girlfriend the Senior Olympics escort services the Watts Businessman-of-the-Year Award and the roman a clef sitcom "Steinberg and Son." Nominated for seven Emmy Awards® and six Golden Globes® during its six-year run SANDFORD AND SON was the highest rated half-hour series in NBC-TV history. And here are two-dozen enormously funny examples as to why - uncut uncensored and commercial free!System Requirements:Starring: Redd Foxx Demond Wilson Running Time: 622 Min. Copyright Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2005Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 043396070790 Manufacturer No: 07079

Guest stars and more guest stars seem to be the theme of Sanford and Son's very funny fifth season (1975-1976). The 25 episodes feature a parade of celebrities supporting stars Redd Foxx and Demond Wilson in guest and recurring roles, including John Larroquette and Robert Guillaume in Steinberg and Son, a TV sitcom based on Fred and Lamont's life; Marlene Clark as Lamont's girlfriend June; Nancy (The Beverly Hillbillies) as Officer Hoppy's overprotective mom; and George Foreman, Merv Griffin, Steve Lawrence, and Eydie Gorme as themselves. The other addition to the series comes with the introduction of the Sanford Arms, a apartment built on former neighbor Julio's place, and which comes complete with a host of eccentric guests (the hotel, along with Sanford stars LaWanda Page and Don Bexley, would be the focus of its own short-lived sitcom following Sanford and Son's cancellation in 1977).

Otherwise, it's business as usual at Fred and Lamont's junkyard, with the pair getting involved in bank robberies, earthquakes, and escort services, while still finding time to go camping (in the season finale, written by Garry Shandling). The sheer amount of laughs offered by season 5 was a strong reminder of why the show had remained so popular for four seasons; unfortunately, time slot changes and the disinterest of both leads would spell the show's demise only one season later. As with the other Sanford sets, the fifth season box contains no supplemental features. --Paul Gaita

Sanford & Son - The Complete Sixth Season

Redd Foxx and Demond Wilson return for their sixth--and last--hilarious season as "SANFORD AND SON." Join Fred a cantankerous but loveable sexagenarian and Lamont his loving but long-suffering son as they welcome guest stars B.B. KING CHUCK BARRIS ROSS MARTIN PAT PAULSEN and SHELDON LEONARD to their South Central neighborhood junkyard as one of TV's funniest sitcoms comes to an uproarious conclusion. This three-disc DVD collection features the legendary comedy series' final 24 sidesplitting episodes.System Requirements:Starring: Redd Foxx Demond Wilson Running Time: 616 Min. Copyright Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2005Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 043396094703 Manufacturer No: 09470

Sanford & Son - The Complete Sixth Season (Limited Edition Back to Back Giftset)

The life and times of a moody junk dealer Fred G. Sanford and his son Lamont.
Genre: Television
Rating: NR
Release Date: 7-JUN-2005
Media Type: DVD

Sanford and Son - Seasons 1-6 Pack (Amazon.com Exclusive)

One of television's all-time classic sitcoms, the Golden Globe-winning and Emmy-nominated "Sanford and Son" stars Redd Foxx as Fred Sanford, a cantankerous 65-year-old, black widowed junk dealer living in Los Angeles' Watts. Helping him is his restless son, 34-year-old Lamont (Demond Wilson). You're in for a heap of laughs with the complete six-DVD set. Included is a bonus "Sanford and Son" collectible scrapbook with a special foreword written by producer Norman Lear.