This was a program about the relationship of a father and son who ran a junkyard..yes a junkyard
Here is sanford and son in front of that old beater truck they drove around
An autographed picture of the two
Here they are in front of the junkyard. I often wondered if these characters were actually based on people in Watts california who ran flea markets and junkyards
Aunt Esther took alot of verbal abuse from the Cranky old Redd Foxx character
The interactions between these two kept the show going the last three seasons and was the highlight of the series
Fred was around a bunch of ghetto characters
this is a weird picture I found on the net. Someone went through a lot of trouble to make this
Fred suffered from heart disease on the show
Fred Sanford was old and acted old and sick like most old farts
Fred and lamont doing what they do best collect shit
fred showing lamont some of south centrals known and popular gangs signs
The Sanfords junk business was in one of the worst neighborhoods in California. Their business was the only one able to leave products outside because most of what they had was virtually worthless and they never had money. lamont was so poor and had a bad worthless role model for a father. it may be the main reason why lamont was never able to settle down on the program.
Here are some of the cast members enjoying grady's cooking
The G stood for alot of things on the show
Fred is a 65-year-old junk dealer with an alleged heart condition. He served in World War II as a paratrooper and got a bayonet wound in his stomach. Lamont is 34-years-old and a reluctant partner in the business of Sanford & Son Salvage. One day, he hopes to make more of himself. But, until that day, Lamont stays with his dad and suffers his grumpiness and curmudgeonly ways. Every time Lamont threatens to leave, Fred clasps one hand across his heart, starts to stagger and shouts skyward to his deceased wife "I’m coming to join you, Elizabeth, this is the big one." Fred’s highest compliment is to call someone a "Big Dummy!" The Sanford's collect and deliver their junk and other questionable antiques in a red 1962 Ford pickup and a 1947 Mercury M-47 truck.
After a hard days work, Fred reaches for the soothing refreshment of a bottle of Ripple. Over the years, Fred's love affair with Ripple has inspired him to create such concoctions as Mintchipple (Mint julep + Ripple); Cripple (Cream + Ripple); Champipple (Champagne + Ripple); Beaujolipple (Beaujolais + Ripple); and Manischipple (Manischewitz + Ripple).
Fred’s relatives included Aunt Ethel [Lamont’s favorite] and Elizabeth’s Bible-thumping sister, Aunt Esther Anderson who calls Fred an "Old Fish-eyed Fool." Fred reciprocates and calls her "Ugly" and variations on that theme]. Once, he cried “You are so ugly that if you pressed your face in some dough...you'd have gorilla cookies.” Aunt Esther ran the Sanford Arms, a run-down rooming house next to the junkyard. Fred’s friends included Melvin, Bubba Hoover, Grady Wilson and Nurse Donna Harris, a romantic interest and possible new wife for Fred. Lamont’s friend included his best friend Rollo Larson, Julio Fuentes, an Hispanic neighbor and Janet Lawson, a divorcee [later Lamont’s fiancée] with a young son, Roger.
When Lamont left Los Angeles and got a job on the Alaska Pipeline, Fred took on two new partners: Rollo Larson & Cal Pettie. But when Lamont returned from Alaska, he and Fred moved to Arizona after selling their house, junkyard and rooming house to a white man named Phil Wheeler. An ever watchful Aunt Esther stayed behind and collected monthly payments on their mortgage while Fred’s buddies Grady and Bubba took jobs as bellboy and maintenance men at the Sanford Arms.
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Fred is a 65-year-old junk dealer with an alleged heart condition. He served in World War II as a paratrooper and got a bayonet wound in his stomach. Lamont is 34-years-old and a reluctant partner in the business of Sanford & Son Salvage. One day, he hopes to make more of himself. But, until that day, Lamont stays with his dad and suffers his grumpiness and curmudgeonly ways. Every time Lamont threatens to leave, Fred clasps one hand across his heart, starts to stagger and shouts skyward to his deceased wife "I’m coming to join you, Elizabeth, this is the big one." Fred’s highest compliment is to call someone a "Big Dummy!" The Sanford's collect and deliver their junk and other questionable antiques in a red 1962 Ford pickup and a 1947 Mercury M-47 truck.
After a hard days work, Fred reaches for the soothing refreshment of a bottle of Ripple. Over the years, Fred's love affair with Ripple has inspired him to create such concoctions as Mintchipple (Mint julep + Ripple); Cripple (Cream + Ripple); Champipple (Champagne + Ripple); Beaujolipple (Beaujolais + Ripple); and Manischipple (Manischewitz + Ripple).
Fred’s relatives included Aunt Ethel [Lamont’s favorite] and Elizabeth’s Bible-thumping sister, Aunt Esther Anderson who calls Fred an "Old Fish-eyed Fool." Fred reciprocates and calls her "Ugly" and variations on that theme]. Once, he cried “You are so ugly that if you pressed your face in some dough...you'd have gorilla cookies.” Aunt Esther ran the Sanford Arms, a run-down rooming house next to the junkyard. Fred’s friends included Melvin, Bubba Hoover, Grady Wilson and Nurse Donna Harris, a romantic interest and possible new wife for Fred. Lamont’s friend included his best friend Rollo Larson, Julio Fuentes, an Hispanic neighbor and Janet Lawson, a divorcee [later Lamont’s fiancée] with a young son, Roger.
When Lamont left Los Angeles and got a job on the Alaska Pipeline, Fred took on two new partners: Rollo Larson & Cal Pettie. But when Lamont returned from Alaska, he and Fred moved to Arizona after selling their house, junkyard and rooming house to a white man named Phil Wheeler. An ever watchful Aunt Esther stayed behind and collected monthly payments on their mortgage while Fred’s buddies Grady and Bubba took jobs as bellboy and maintenance men at the Sanford Armserican TV series Sanford and Son/NBC/1972-77