Sanford and Son - DVD

Sanford and Son - The Complete Series

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Total reviews: 4 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

SHAME on you SONY DVD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 5 out of 5 stars.
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The 5 stars are for the show, which is one of my favorites, but 0 stars for the packaging.Cheap, cheap, cheap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Really expect more from a Sony purchase, i expect the quality that shows like Bewitched get!This packaging is a new one on me, they are all stacked on a spindle, like how cd-rs and dvds are sold in bulk.Maybe they think people want to make their own covers, or lift up the whole stack to get to one at the bottom each time , but not me, they can keep it, my set arrived and was shipped back the same day!The double slimline cases( that they should have used, and like they use for other series) cost me as a consumer about .20 cents each, i imagine buying them in bulk makes them cheaper for a company like Sony, so if they are in such a need for money, charge a couple bucks extra and do it RIGHT.

buy this YOU BIG DUMMY! 5 out of 5 stars.
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Fred G Sanford is the funniest character I've ever seen on any television show. Sanford & Son has countless classic episodes, I could watch many over and over. Everyone in the supporting cast, Lamont, Aunt Ester, Grady, Julio, Skillet, Bubba, and all the rest are all great. Fred easily takes the cake here, but I often times find myself laughing at Smitty & Hoppy (the 2 cops) Hoppy's attempts to connect with the black people of Watts - always failed and always got a chuckle out out me. Fred's interactions with Lamont were typically great, and his battles with Aunt Ester - CLASSIC!
To have one Mega box set with all 6 seasons is epic, even if you can buy them all individually. There are a couple not so great episodes, especially some of the ones without Fred. But there are so many outstanding ones I can't be mad at this collection. And no matter how many times I see Fred break out into one of his fake "this is the big one! I'm comin to join ya Elizabeth!" I still smile. Redd Foxx was a legend and he played Fred G Sanford perfectly.

I especially love the episode where Fred accidentally gets 2 checks from Social Security, Lamont being the reasonable, honest one begs his father to call and report it. NOPE! In typical Fred fashion, him & Grady jet out to Vegas and proceed to blow both checks haha. He returns home and a man from the Social Security office shows up saying there's been a mistake. Fred hit's his que for a fake Heart Attack perfectly thinking he's been caught. But instead the man says they didn't send Fred a check at all and apologizes while giving him a 3rd check. All the while Lamont's eyes are rolling in the back of his head.

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

Sanford and Son - The First Season

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Total reviews: 73 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

LOVE IT! 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

We watch this DVD about every two months and the whole family loves it. Especially my 10 year old son. We both Seasons two, three and six and watch them all the time. We laugh just like it's the first time we've seen it each time.

Sanford and Son - The First Season 4 out of 5 stars.
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The first season of Sanford and Son is classic TV at its best. This set has fourteen episodes because it's a half-season set. Twelve of the episodes are adaptations of scripts from the British series Steptoe and Son. Redd Foxx is what makes this series work; he's funny, has impeccable timing in line delivery & is very opinionated. You can't help but love his character though it seems like he doesn't like anybody, including his own son.

DVD quality is great but there aren't any bonus features. Episodes must be played individually, there isn't a play all command. Enjoy!

excellent 5 out of 5 stars.
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IF YOU LIKED THE SHOW IN THE 70 S U LOVE THIS

A review from an English person 4 out of 5 stars.
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I purchased this out of curiosity. Having grown up with the original British version 'Steptoe and Son' I wanted to see what the American remake version was like as some of the episodes scripts from the first season were carried over. I enjoyed the season and the American actors make it their own. Fred Sanford AKA Red Foxx steals the show and it's hard not to like him.

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Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 09/20/2005 Run time: 364 minutes Rating: Nr

Sanford and Son - The Second Season

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My Name Is Fred G. Sanford And This Here Is U.G. Lee 5 out of 5 stars.
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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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The second season! Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 06/28/2005 Starring: Redd Foxx Run time: 528 minutes Rating: Nr

Sanford and Son - The Complete Fourth Season

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Episodes 5 out of 5 stars.
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1. The Surprise Party

2. Matchmaker, Matchmaker

3. Ol' Brown Eyes

4. Grady and his Lady

5. There'll be some charges made

6. Going Out of Business

7. Home Sweet Home

8. My Kingdom for a Horse (a.k.a.) First Night out

9. Sanford and Niece

10. Julio and Sister and Nephew

11. Freds Treasure Garden

12. Tower Power

13. A little Extra Security

14. The Merger

15. Once a thief

16. The Stand-In

17. Strange Bedfellows

18. The Masquerade Party

19. Golden Boy

20. My Brother-In-Law's Keeper

21. The Headache

22. The Stung

23. The Older Woman

24. The Over-the-Hill Gag

25. The Family Man

Sanford and Son at both its peak and demise (3.5 stars) 3 out of 5 stars.
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Sanford and Son: The Fourth Season showed the popular sitcom at both its peak and its inevitable demise. Redd Foxx was still holding out to a contract dispute as the show continued on without him. The writing, at least early on, was still top notch as the remaining cast did a remarkable job creating the laughs for their audience. Nowhere is this more evident than in the opening episode, "Fred's Treasure Garden." Despite Fred Sanford still visiting St. Louis in the storylines, the cast put on what is the best Sanford and Son episode ever. Although the rapport between all the characters here is stellar, Rollo (Nathaniel Taylor) and Officers Hoppy and Smitty (Howard T. Platt and Hal Williams) steal the show. Rollo, in particular, had more funny lines in this episode than he had in all of his previous episodes combined. I could watch this episode 1,000 times and never tire of it. A true classic. Another great episode from Disc 1 is "Matchmaker, Matchmaker" which saw Fred and Grady trying to hook Lamont up through a dating service only to be presented with an attractive albeit inebriated white woman who repeatedly says, "Hi! I'm Nora Simpson!" Other strong episodes from Disc 1 include "Grady and His Lady" and "Going out of Business."

However, it is on Disc 2 where Fred Sanford begins his role as the Ralph Kramden of the `70s, getting involved in one money-making scheme after another. Episodes such as "My Kingdom for a Horse" and "Tower Power", while still funny, show a noticeable drop of quality in the writing. The undeniable classic episode on this disc is "The Merger", which sees Fred and Lamont, along with their neighbor Julio, merging their junk businesses and attempting to create a TV commercial that is absolutely hysterical. Disc 3 continues the sitcom's inevitable decline with "The Masquerade Party", which sees Grady, Bubba, and Fred attempting to win prizes on a game show based on Monty Hall's "Let's Make A Deal", and "The Stand-Ins", the first of many Sanford and Son episodes that show off Fred and Lamont's performing talents. This once again brings up the question when I reviewed Season 5. If these guys are so talented, what are they doing working in a junkyard? There are a few funny episodes on this disc, most notably "Golden Boy" and "The Stung." And speaking of "The Stung", longtime fans of the show will notice a lack of consistency as Fred is said to be a lousy card player even though he was a slick hustler in the Season 2 episode, "The Card Sharps." All told, Sanford and Son: The Fourth Season is an interesting collection with a lot of great episodes as well as some weak episodes that ultimately led to the end of the series.

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Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 03/30/2004 Run time: 602 minutes Rating: Nr

Sanford and Son - The Third Season

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Total reviews: 38 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Sanford and Son at its peak 5 out of 5 stars.
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Sanford and Son: The Third Season saw the popular `70s sitcom running on all cylinders. The writing was its peak and the episodes were consistently funny the entire season. This was also the first season where the cast was becoming an ensemble as Bubba (Don Bexley), Aunt Esther (LaWanda Page) and especially Grady (Whitman Mayo) all played important roles. In fact, when Redd Foxx would sit out the last several episodes of the season to a contact dispute, it was Mayo, whose Grady character had become wildly popular, who would play the lead role opposite Lamont (Demond Wilson) in those episodes. Lamont's friends Rollo (Nathaniel Taylor) and Julio (Gregory Sierra) would also receive more exposure. Fred Sanford was hysterical as usual and even if his off-color and insensitive remarks would never appear in today's more politically correct society, they were still pretty funny. All of the episodes were very strong. Disc 1 is the least impressive of the collection but is still very good with the best episodes being "This Little TV Went to Market", "Fred, the Reluctant Fingerman", and "A House Is Not a Pool Room." Disc 2 is flawless as the "Blind Mellow Jelly Collection" (best Bubba episode), "Grady, the Star Boarder", "Mama's Baby, Papa's Maybe", and "Wine, Women, and Aunt Esther", were among the best episodes of the series. The aforementioned "A House Is Not a Pool Room" and "Wine, Women, and Aunt Esther" all feature great camaraderie between Fred and his friends Grady, Bubba, Skillet, and Leroy. Despite Redd Foxx's holdout in most of the Disc 3 episodes, they're all very good with the best being "The Party Crasher", "Lamont Goes Karate" (awesome Grady episode) and "Tyranny, Thy Name is Grady." In watching these episodes, you see Grady's character evolve from a nincompoop who would forget Lamont's name to an angrier but still easily fooled dude at the end. Also worth noting is that the episodes are featured in their entirety, not in the TV Land versions that are a few minutes shorter, and have a lot more racier comments with "Fred Sanford, Legal Eagle" being the best example. All told, Sanford and Season's Third Season is the popular sitcom at its peak and puts all of today's sitcoms to shame. Highly recommended.

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Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 12/20/2005 Run time: 595 minutes Rating: Nr

Sanford and Son - The Fifth Season

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Total reviews: 17 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Episodes 5 out of 5 stars.
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1. Earthquake II

2. Divorce,Sanford Style

3. Bank on this

4. The Sanford Arms

5. Steinburg and Son

6. Brother, can you spare a act?

7. Della,Della,Della

8. Donna Pop's the question

9. My Fair Esther

10. Sanford and Rising Son

11. The Olympics

12. Ebenezer Sanford

13. The Odd Father

14. Can you chop this?

15. Greatest show in Watts

16. Fred Sanford has a baby

17. The TV Addict

18. Lamont in Love

19. The Escorts

20. The Engagment man always rings twice

21. The director

22. A pain in the neck

23. Sergeant Gork

24. Camping Trip

great collection 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 4 people found this review helpful.

My husband and I enjoyed this set alot. It`s AAAAAAA+!!! We are avid Sanford and Son fans!! And would recommend this set to anyone, who loves to laugh as much as my husband and I do.

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Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 12/20/2005 Run time: 623 minutes Rating: Nr

Sanford & Son - The Complete Sixth Season

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Total reviews: 8 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Hawaii-50 and Fred G.Sanford! 5 out of 5 stars.
6 of 8 people found this review helpful.

Redd Foxx- So many took from him, and he gave us much more. He gave us laughter. Laughter is the greatest gift of all, and he had the gift to give, and still keeps giving after all these years after his death in 1991. The most memorable episode in season 6 is the "Hawaii 2-pt episode". I always looked forward to this one on tv-land. When ever I hear the "Hawaii 50" theme, I dont think of "Hawaii 50", I think of Fred G.Sanford in his Hawaiian flower covered shirt and straw hat. I have been waiting for this DVD release patiently, and look forward to June 7th.

Season 6 is awesome! 5 out of 5 stars.
5 of 8 people found this review helpful.

I just wanted to say that season 6 is without a doubt a great end to this series. I think redd Foxx is hilarious and all the other characters are funny as well. I am sad to see this series come to an end but at least on DVD they can be watched over and over again. I recommend this to all the die hard Sanford & Son fans out there. R.I.P Redd Foxx

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Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 12/20/2005 Run time: 616 minutes Rating: Nr

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

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Pretty Good! 3 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

This is a really good season. I gave it 3 stars because I didn't like the way it ended.

Sanford & Son -6th season 4 out of 5 stars.
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I bought this for my husband. He is a big fan of the show. He has the complete collection now. No problems with shipping. Was in time for Christmas 2006.

Editorial Review:

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. Includes special collector's scrapbook.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: 043396113381 Manufacturer No: 11338

Sanford and Son - The First Season [UMD for PSP]

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

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The ultimate BIG ONE on DVD 5 out of 5 stars.
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Even after nearly 35 years,Sanford & Son is still the funniest show ever.Based on the british sitcom,Steptoe and Son(featuring Wilford Brambell best known to Americans as Paul McCartney's grandfather in A Hard Days Night),a show about a cantankerous junk dealer and his long suffering son who was his business partner.Television producer Norman Lear who had a hit with All In The Family(Based on another British sitcom Til Death Us Do Part),bought the American rights to Steptoe then changed the format and lead characters to African American featuring bawdy comedian Redd Foxx as Fred Sanford and Demond Wilson as the son, Lamont.
Although the first season lacks such memorable characters such as Grady and Aunt Esther(who would make their debut in the following seasons),the chemestry between Foxx and Wilson is undeniable magic.The funniest episodes of the season(many were based on Steptoe episodes were We Were Robbed,Here Comes The Bride,There Goes The Bride and A Matter Of Life or Breathe (the scene with Fred entering the set with a surgical mask is priceless).
After the hilarious first season,the second season of Sanford and Son raised the bar considerably,and set the tone for the rest of the show.This season marks the apperence of the classic supporting cast,including Bubba(Don Bexley),Rollo Lawson(Nathanial Taylor),Julio Fuentes(Gregory Sierra)Officer Hopkins a/k/a "Hoppy(Howard Platt),and of course Fred Sanford's greatest nemesis,Aunt Esther(LaWanda Page).Unfortunately it would mark the end of Melvin(Slappy White),Officer Swanhauser a/k/a "Swanny"(Noam Pitlik),and Aunt Ethel(Beah Richards).
Classic Episodes includes By The Numbers,The Card Sharps,The Dowery/Sanford & Son & Daughter(both written by Richard Pryor and Paul Mooney),Blood is Thicker Than Junk,and of course Rated X.
Sanford & Son's third season not only debuted Grady Wilson(Whitman Mayo) but boasted many classic episodes including The Chameleon(Blind Mellow Jelly),Lamont, Is That You?(The Gay Blade),Introducing The Three Degrees,This Little TV Went to Market(Guy's Groovy Grabbag),Fred Sanford, Legal Eagle,and many others.Although brilliant, The Third season of S&S was marred by the abscence of Redd Foxx who walked out due to contract disputes.The show carried on for six episodes with Fred Sanford in St. Louis for a funeral as Grady (Whitman Mayo) looked after the place and took care of Fred's over 30 son/business partner Lamont (????).
In the beginning of the fourth,Fred was back(although some "Grady" episodes were aired later on),and for the first half of the season the show was back on track with classic episodes, The Surprise Party(Fred's hilarious return home), There'll Be Some Changes Made (Lamont's sensitivity group), The Stand-ins (featuring Scatman Crothers and Billy Eckstine) and The Masquerade Party (Fred's entrance in the gorilla suit is priceless).But by the latter half of the season, the show started to run out of fuel as the plots became more ludicrous, and the show became a former shell of itself.The fact that Foxx's new contract may have given him a huge ego as he had more creative control of the show (as well as Demond Wilson's own contract disputes and substance abuse problem).
By the time the fifth season of Sanford and Son came around,it was obvious that the show was on it's last leg. Despites some funny episodes (Earthquake II,Steinberg and Son,My Fair Esther, Sanford and Rising Son, The TV Addict and The Director featuring George Foreman) we get a ton of stinkers (Sergeant Gork, The Oddfather, Can You Chop This?, Greatest Show in Watts and A Pain in the Neck). The supporting cast becoming more prominant, as season five also introduces Janet,Lamont's new fiancee, Hutch and May Hopkins (Hoppy's Mother) , two resident of the new Sanford Arms. Even with the new recurring charaters,it's obvious Sanford and Son was getting tired.
By the time Sanford and Son returned for it's sixth season in 1976,not only has issue oriented sitcoms(All In The Family,Good Times) lost their foothold in the Nielsons and replaced by more family friendly shows (Happy Days,Laverne & Shirley,What's Happening!),but the show's quality had erode to the point that it's audience had tuned elsewhere. After four high rated seasons,S&S sucumb to poor writing, gratuitous guest stars(like celebraties would visit a junkyard), and cheap ratings catching gimmicks (the Hawaii episode and the Redd foxx lookalike contest).
At the end of the 6th season,the two stars quit,and the next season the show was retooled as The Sanford Arms featuring Teddy Wilson along with the supporting cast.The show only lasted few episodes before it was officially cancelled.In 1980,Sanford premiered sans Demond Wilson.Lacking the chemestry of the previous show,it was cancelled after a year a half later.
The first four seasons were undeniably the best.The show was plagued later by ego trips,salary disputes,and Foxx's walkout.Even after Foxx's return,weak writing and bufoonery lost veiwers.Even with it's erratic history,S&S first four seasons was the greatest African-American television comedy,if not overall

Editorial Review:

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.