This is a list of episodes for the television series Sanford and Son (1972-1977).
Contents |
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | DVD release date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 | 1972.01.14 – 1972.04.14 | August 6, 2002 | |
| 2 | 24 | 1972.09.15 – 1973.03.16 | February 4, 2003 | |
| 3 | 24 | 1973.09.14 – 1974.03.29 | October 7, 2003 | |
| 4 | 25 | 1974.09.13 – 1975.04.25 | March 30, 2004 | |
| 5 | 24 | 1975.09.12 – 1976.03.19 | September 14, 2004 | |
| 6 | 24 | 1976.09.24 – 1977.03.25 | June 7, 2005 | |
| Series # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Crossed Swords" | Bud Yorkin | Aaron Ruben | January 14, 1972 | 101 |
| Lamont buys a porcelain figure for $15 from a silent movie star. After having it appraised, Lamont and Fred decide to sell it at an auction. They attend the auction pretending to be buyers to bid the price even higher. However, things go awry to Lamont's dismay. The first of 16 stories adapted from Steptoe and Son based on the same title by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. | |||||
| 2 | "Happy Birthday, Pop" | Bud Yorkin | Aaron Ruben | January 21, 1972 | 102 |
| During his birthday celebration, Fred is overwhelmed by a visit to a fancy bar, a movie theater to see Fiddler on the Roof, and dinner at a Chinese restaurant. Based on "Sixty-Five Today" by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. | |||||
| 3 | "Here Comes the Bride, There Goes the Bride" | Bud Yorkin | Aaron Ruben | January 28, 1972 | 103 |
| Lamont is excited about his upcoming wedding, but on the big day he quickly finds himself the only one who is. The bride dumps him at the altar, and his relatives beg to get back their wedding gifts. Based on "And Afterwards At..." by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. | |||||
| 4 | "The Copper Caper" | Bud Yorkin | Aaron Ruben | February 4, 1972 | 104 |
| Fred and Lamont buy a load of copper from a man who has been stealing it from people in the neighborhood. Based on "The Lead Man Cometh" by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. | |||||
| 5 | "A Matter of Life and Breath" | George Tyne | Aaron Ruben | February 11, 1972 | 105 |
| Concerned about his father's smoker's cough, Lamont brings Fred in for a free tuberculosis screening at the American Lung Association's Breathmobile. The test results take his breath away. Based on "T.B. or Not T.B." by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. | |||||
| 6 | "We Were Robbed" | Coby Ruskin | Aaron Ruben | February 18, 1972 | 106 |
| O, what a tangled web Fred weaves when he fakes a robbery to cover-up his careless destruction of Lamont's prized porcelain and glass collection. Based on "Robbery with Violence" by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. | |||||
| 7 | "A Pad for Lamont" | Bob LaHendro | Aaron Ruben | February 25, 1972 | 107 |
| Fed up with his father frustrating his love life, Lamont strikes out on his own and rents a swingin' bachelor pad. Based on "A Box in Town" by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. | |||||
| 8 | "The Great Sanford Siege" | Peter Baldwin | Aaron Ruben | March 3, 1972 | 108 |
| The Sanfords haven't been paying their bills and now find themselves trapped in their home in a standoff with a process server and a collection agency ready to repossess their unpaid furniture. Based on "The Siege of Steptoe Street" by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. | |||||
| 9 | "Coffins for Sale" | Charles S. Dubin | Aaron Ruben | March 10, 1972 | 109 |
| Lamont's keeping a pair of coffins in the living room spooks superstitious Fred. Based on "The Wooden Overcoats" by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. | |||||
| 10 | "The Barracuda" | Charles S. Dubin | Aaron Ruben | March 17, 1972 | 110 |
| Fred's in love and engaged to be married, but not if Lamont can help it. Based on "The Stepmother" by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. | |||||
| 11 | "TV or Not TV" | Peter Baldwin | Aaron Ruben | March 24, 1972 | 111 |
| In need of a new color television, Fred is upset when Lamont decides to spend the money instead on a new car. Lamont has a change of heart, however, when Fred wanders away from home and is taken to the hospital - with an apparent case of amnesia. Based on "The Colour Problem" by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. | |||||
| 12 | "The Suitcase Case" | Peter Baldwin | James Fritzell, Everett Greenbaum |
March 31, 1972 | 112 |
| Lamont's daily haul of junk includes a tattered briefcase stuffed with stolen cash. Will Fred and Lamont decide whether to keep it or turn it over to the police before the crook it belongs to comes looking for it? | |||||
| 13 | "The Return of the Barracuda" | Peter Baldwin | Aaron Ruben | April 7, 1972 | 113 |
| Fred and Donna kiss and make up, sparking Lamont to hatch new plans for putting the kibosh on Cupid. | |||||
| 14 | "The Piano Movers" | Bruce Bilson | Aaron Ruben | April 14, 1972 | 114 |
| It's putting the match to the powder keg when rough and tumble Fred and Lamont are engaged to remove a piano from the lavish Beverly Hills apartment of a cultured antiques collector. Based on "The Piano" by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. | |||||
| Series # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | "By the Numbers" | Peter Baldwin | Terry Ryan | September 15, 1972 | 203 |
| Freeloading family and friends flock to fleece the golden sheep when Fred plays the numbers. | |||||
| 16 | "Whiplash" | Rick Edelstein | Allan Katz, Don Reo |
September 22, 1972 | 205 |
| Fred's fine following his fender bender with a Cadillac, but Bubba convinces him to claim whiplash and then lay claim to a gold mine in monetary damages. | |||||
| 17 | "The Dowry" | Jack Shea | Richard Pryor, Paul Mooney |
September 29, 1972 | 207 |
| Cousin Grady's overweight stepdaughter stands to receive a $10,000 dowry on her wedding day, which sets Fred to playing matchmaker with Lamont. | |||||
| 18 | "Jealousy" | Jack Shea | James Fritzell, Everett Greenbaum |
October 6, 1972 | 208 |
| When Donna said she would be bringing a patient to dinner, Fred didn't expect the spry and sophisticated Osgood Wilcox. | |||||
| 19 | "Tooth or Consequences" | Peter Baldwin | Ilunga Adell | October 13, 1972 | 209 |
| After all else fails, fraidy-cat Fred finally agrees to see a dentist for his toothache. | |||||
| 20 | "The Card Sharps" | Peter Baldwin | Aaron Ruben | October 27, 1972 | 204 |
| Lamont won't heed Fred's warnings that he's being played for a sucker by some canny card sharps. Based on "Full House" by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. | |||||
| 21 | "Have Gun, Will Sell" | Rick Edelstein | Ilunga Adell | November 3, 1972 | 206 |
| After Fred and Lamont scare away a burglar, they realize that he left his gun at their house. Lamont and Rollo then pressure Fred into going to a pawn shop to try and sell the gun. | |||||
| 22 | "The Puerto Ricans Are Coming!" | Peter Baldwin | Allan Katz, Don Reo |
November 10, 1972 | 211 |
| Fred's fighting mad to find that his new neighbor is a Puerto Rican man with a goat. | |||||
| 23 | "The Shootout" | Peter Baldwin | Allan Katz, Don Reo |
November 17, 1972 | 210 |
| Lamont brings home an antique Revolutionary War rifle and Fred finds out whether it can still fire after 200 years. | |||||
| 24 | "Blood Is Thicker Than Junk" | Peter Baldwin | Allan Katz, Don Reo |
November 24, 1972 | 202 |
| After a nasty spat Sanford and Son split up. Fred hires a new man to replace Lamont, who signs on to work with a competing junk dealer. | |||||
| 25 | "Sanford and Son and Sister Makes Three" | Rick Edelstein | Richard Pryor, Paul Mooney |
December 1, 1972 | 213 |
| A husband-seeking old flame of Fred's returns with a shocking revelation about her daughter, who has sparked a flaming passion in Lamont's heart. | |||||
| 26 | "A Guest in the Yard" | Jack Shea | Ilunga Adell | December 8, 1972 | 215 |
| Fred and Lamont discover that no good deed goes unpunished when the homeless man they help plays the Sanfords for suckers, resisting their every effort to throw him out. | |||||
| 27 | "Fred & Carol & Fred & Donna" | Rick Edelstein | Lloyd Garver, Ken Hecht |
December 15, 1972 | 214 |
| Two-timing Fred's in the soup when he accidentally double books his dining room table by inviting both his fiancée Donna and the attractive saleswoman Carol over for supper on the same evening. | |||||
| 28 | "The Light Housekeeper" | Peter Baldwin | Lee Kalcheim, Aaron Ruben |
December 22, 1972 | 201 |
| Lamont hires a housekeeper, but Fred isn't wild about her being white. | |||||
| 29 | "The Big Party" | Jack Shea | Odie Hawkins, Aaron Ruben |
January 5, 1973 | 216 |
| Behind on their bills, Fred and Lamont look to raise money by throwing a house party and charging admission. | |||||
| 30 | "A Visit from Lena Horne" | Jack Shea | Allan Katz, Don Reo |
January 12, 1973 | 212 |
| Fast-thinking Fred fools Lena Horne into visiting the Sanford home after he spins her a sob story about little lame Lamont who looks upon Lena as a second mother. | |||||
| 31 | "Lamont Goes African" | Jack Shea | Ilunga Adell | January 19, 1973 | 217 |
| Lamont looks to reinvent himself by adopting an African name and lifestyle. | |||||
| 32 | "Watts Side Story" | Jack Shea | Lloyd Garver, Ken Hecht |
January 26, 1973 | 218 |
| Lamont just met a girl named Maria, but she's Julio's Puerto Rican sister, and the possibility of an interracial romance ruffles the feathers of both Fred and Mrs. Fuentes. | |||||
| 33 | "The Infernal Triangle" | Sid McCoy | Aaron Ruben | February 2, 1973 | 220 |
| Fred announces his engagement to Judy, a woman young enough to have been his daughter-in-law, who is also Lamont's ex-girlfriend. Based on "Two's Company" by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson | |||||
| 34 | "Pops 'n' Pals" | Rick Edelstein | Allan Katz, Don Reo |
February 9, 1973 | 219 |
| Jealous of Lamont's friendship with Julio, Fred tries to be a buddy to his son. | |||||
| 35 | "Home Sweet Home for the Aged" | Peter Baldwin | Aaron Ruben | February 16, 1973 | 221 |
| Before setting off to sail the world aboard a tramp steamer, Lamont must convince Fred to move into a retirement home. Based on "Homes Fit for Heroes" by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. | |||||
| 36 | "Pot Luck" | Peter Baldwin | Aaron Ruben | February 23, 1973 | 222 |
| Lamont takes advantage of an ignorant seller and buys an antique commode for $20, greedily anticipating reselling it for a tremendous profit. Based on "The Three Feathers" by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. | |||||
| 37 | "The Kid" | Jack Shea | James Fritzell, Everett Greenbaum |
March 9, 1973 | 223 |
| A lonely latchkey kid stows away on Lamont's truck and spends a day with the Sanfords. | |||||
| 38 | "Rated X" | Peter Baldwin | Ilunga Adell | March 16, 1973 | 224 |
| Fred tags along to a movie casting call that Lamont and Rollo hope will make them respected black actors, not suspecting this film is blue. | |||||
| Series # | Title | Original air date | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | "Lamont as Othello" | September 14, 1973 | 302 |
| Fred is uneasy with Lamont's rehearsing Othello with a white actress in their home, so Marilyn invites Fred and Lamont to come to her home in Beverly Hills. | |||
| 40 | "Libra Rising All Over Lamont" | September 21, 1973 | 305 |
| As an astrologer tells Lamont that as a Libra he must avoid strife and arguing, hypochondriac Fred is home suffering from gas after eating eight-day-old collard greens. | |||
| 41 | "Fred, the Reluctant Fingerman" | September 28, 1973 | 306 |
| Fred, fearing retaliation after witnessing a robbery at Julio's, is unwilling to get involved by describing the burglars to the police. | |||
| 42 | "Presenting the Three Degrees" | October 5, 1973 | 304 |
| The Three Degrees, the Philadelphia-based singing trio, are the Sanfords' house-guests. The ladies perform "I Didn't Know" for Fred. | |||
| 43 | "This Little TV Went to Market" | October 12, 1973 | 303 |
| Grady claims the television Fred got for a steal from Guy's Groovy Grabbag was indeed stolen--from him. | |||
| 44 | "Lamont is That You?" | October 19, 1973 | 301 |
| Fred fears Lamont and Rollo are homosexuals after Bubba reports seeing them go into the Gay Blade Bar. | |||
| 45 | "Fuentes, Fuentes, Sanford & Chico" | October 26, 1973 | 307 |
| Feeling betrayed when Lamont starts a sideline business with Julio, Fred moves out and into a downtown flophouse. | |||
| 46 | "Superflyer" | November 2, 1973 | 310 |
| Fred's Uncle Leotis dies and leaves him $1,500, but the catch to collecting it is Fred and Lamont must fly to St. Louis and oversee the funeral arrangements. But steady Freddy isn't sure he's ready to take his first flight in an airplane. | |||
| 47 | "The Members of the Wedding" | November 9, 1973 | 311 |
| Fred and Donna are to be married on Sunday, but Lamont plots to put them asunder before the Lord joins them together by inviting to the wedding his Aunt Esther and the rest of Fred's irascible in-laws. | |||
| 48 | "The Blind Mellow Jelly Collection" | November 16, 1973 | 309 |
| Lamont becomes annoyed that Fred is constantly playing old blues records featuring a band named Blind Mellow Jelly. Then, he finds out the records are rare and could be worth several hundred dollars. | |||
| 49 | "A House is Not a Poolroom" | November 23, 1973 | 308 |
| Lamont suffers buyer's remorse after the pool table he gave Fred for his birthday brings the boys over for billiards every day while Fred's work and girlfriend Donna go neglected. | |||
| 50 | "Grady, the Star Boarder" | November 30, 1973 | 312 |
| Fred seizes a financial opportunity when Grady gripes about his neighbors' fighting: invite Grady to come live in serenity for $60 a month with him and Lamont. | |||
| 51 | "Wine, Women & Aunt Esther" | December 14, 1973 | 314 |
| Depressed about death and growing old, Fred and his drinking buddies determine to think young and go for the gusto by throwing a wild party, inviting topless waitress Fast Fanny and four of her fast friends to spice it up. | |||
| 52 | "Mama's Baby, Papa's Maybe" | January 4, 1974 | 313 |
| Fred's feathers get ruffled when an old friend from St. Louis comes to town claiming to be Lamont's actual father. | |||
| 53 | "Fred Sanford, Legal Eagle" | January 11, 1974 | 315 |
| When Lamont gets a traffic ticket, Fred convinces him to fight it in court, where the poor man's Perry Mason steps up to defend his son against the system. | |||
| 54 | "This Land is Whose Land?" | January 18, 1974 | 316 |
| Fred, petty and prejudiced against his Puerto Rican neighbor, hires a surveyor to mark the legal property line to ensure Julio keeps his stuff off the Sanford side. | |||
| 55 | "Fred's Cheating Heart" | February 1, 1974 | 317 |
| After learning about the dangers and high risk of heart disease, Lamont plots to get his heart attack-prone father to the hospital for a cardio check-up. | |||
| 56 | "The Party Crasher" | February 8, 1974 | 318 |
| Lamont and Rollo don't want to invite fuddy-duddy Fred to their party with a pair of live-wire women from Detroit. | |||
| 57 | "Lamont Goes Karate" | February 15, 1974 | 320 |
| Lamont learns karate to defend himself against bully Jo Jo Jackson. | |||
| 58 | "Will the Real Fred Sanford Please Do Something" | February 22, 1974 | 321 |
| A woman Fred wooed over one too many boilermakers comes looking to take him up on his marriage proposal. Betty is bent on getting satisfaction and skeptical of Grady's insisting he's not Fred | |||
| 59 | "Tyranny, Thy Name Is Grady" | March 1, 1974 | 322 |
| With Fred away in St. Louis, Grady is put in charge of the house. He quickly makes his presence known by keeping Aunt Esther out and preventing Lamont from bringing girls home. | |||
| 60 | "Aunt Esther & Uncle Woodrow Pfft..." | March 8, 1974 | 323 |
| I'm not a cream puff! declares Uncle Woody after Grady gives him an empowering man-to-man talk and sends him home to reclaim his castle. But Aunt Esther doesn't appreciate Grady's making a man of her mouse and shows that hell hath no fury like the wife of a worm turned. | |||
| 61 | "The Way to Lamont's Heart" | March 15, 1974 | 324 |
| Lamont's looking for a little lovin', but new girlfriend Judy is looking to settle down. When Lamont tells Judy he can't get married because his godfather Grady would disapprove, Judy sets to winning Grady's approval with a smile and a smoked pork butt, which sets Grady jumping to conclusions. | |||
| 62 | "Hello Cousin Emma, Goodbye Cousin Emma" | March 29, 1974 | 325 |
| Grady's cousin Emma blows in from the Windy City and promises to make the living easy for the two men, but Lamont has his doubts, especially after being bumped from his bedroom and having to share a bed with Grady. | |||
| Series # | Title | Original air date | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|
| 63 | "The Surprise Party" | September 13, 1974 | 409 |
| Fred returns from St. Louis to a welcome home surprise party. Lamont must exercise diplomacy and peacekeeping after he bruises the feelings of both Fred and Grady. | |||
| 64 | "Matchmaker, Matchmaker" | September 20, 1974 | 407 |
| Lamont stands to inherit $7,000 if within a year he marries and has a son named after his late uncle George. Fred sees dollar signs, so he and Grady set to making marriage bells ring by turning to a computer dating service. | |||
| 65 | "Ol' Brown Eyes" | September 27, 1974 | 406 |
| Fred is celebrating 35 years in the junk business and snoops and finds his intended gift: a signet ring with his initials on it that Rollo got for a good price. Then Fred learns that among the items recently stolen from Frank Sinatra's hotel room was an initialed signet ring. | |||
| 66 | "Grady and His Lady" | October 4, 1974 | 408 |
| Fred fears wedding bells will break up his beautiful friendship after Grady announces he's engaged to Dolly, so Fred plots to puncture the romance. | |||
| 67 | "There'll Be Some Changes Made" | October 11, 1974 | 404 |
| Lamont moves out after a fight with Fred, but Fred lures his son back by agreeing to allow Lamont's eccentric encounter group to hold its meeting in their home. This episode introduces the recurring character Ah Chew. | |||
| 68 | "Going Out of Business" | October 18, 1974 | 405 |
| To get a better tax break and increase their income, Lamont gets a job as a clerk at a haberdashery and Fred considers closing down Sanford & Son. | |||
| 69 | "Home Sweet Home" | October 25, 1974 | 411 |
| A Japanese real estate firm wants to buy and tear down all the properties on the Sanfords' block in order to build a brewery. | |||
| 70 | "My Kingdom For a Horse" | November 1, 1974 | 410 |
| Fred buys a retired thoroughbred racehorse, betting on a big profit after selling him as a breeding stud. | |||
| 71 | "Sanford and Niece" | November 8, 1974 | 412 |
| Fred's tender side is stirred when his niece Elizabeth comes to visit and bears a striking resemblance to his late wife. | |||
| 72 | "Julio and Sister and Nephew" | November 15, 1974 | 414 |
| Allergic to Chico the goat, Julio's sister and young nephew stay with the Sanfords. Controversy arises when young Roberto is placed down a grade in school because of his poor English skills. | |||
| 73 | "Fred's Treasure Garden" | November 29, 1974 | 401 |
| Among the vegetables growing in Grady's garden is "wild parsley," only Lamont and Rollo recognize it by a different name: marijuana! | |||
| 74 | "Tower Power" | December 6, 1974 | 416 |
| A visit to a gallery of abstract art inspires Fred to create his magnum opus: a towering heap of junk. | |||
| 75 | "A Little Extra Security" | December 13, 1974 | 403 |
| Grady receives an extra Social Security check by mistake and wastes no time celebrating his windfall, but the wind falls from his sails when he learns Mr. Hastings from the Social Security office is on his way over to the house. | |||
| 76 | "The Merger" | December 20, 1974 | 415 |
| The Sanfords and Julio agree to merge their competing junkyards and bank on business booming after they broadcast a television commercial. | |||
| 77 | "Once a Thief" | December 27, 1974 | 402 |
| Grady gets uptight when Lamont brings his ex-convict friend Herman home to stay until he can find a job. | |||
| 78 | "The Stand-Ins" | January 17, 1975 | 420 |
| The Sanfords welcome Fred's buddies Bow Legs and Al, who are bringing their song, dance and comedy act to an LA nightclub. When Al hurts his back, Fred and Lamont step up and step out in this revue episode highlighted by Billy Eckstine singing "Jelly Jelly." | |||
| 79 | "Strange Bedfellows" | January 24, 1975 | 413 |
| Praise for Lamont's impassioned call into a radio political program sparks him to run for the state assembly. Will it be Mr. Sanford goes to Sacramento? | |||
| 80 | "The Masquerade Party" | January 31, 1975 | 418 |
| In this spoof of "Let's Make a Deal," Fred, Grady and Bubba appear as contestants on "Wheel and Deal," hoping to win a new car as a birthday present for Lamont. | |||
| 81 | "Golden Boy" | February 7, 1975 | 419 |
| Fred hopes to get rich quick by becoming co-owner of a boxer dubbed Junior Joe Louis. It then becomes Fred and Grady's job to get Junior into fighting shape before Friday's bout. | |||
| 82 | "My Brother-in-Law's Keeper" | February 14, 1975 | 417 |
| Fred is bothered and bewildered by his baby sister's marriage to a white man. | |||
| 83 | "The Headache" | February 21, 1975 | 421 |
| Lamont's headache drives him to the psychologist's couch, where it is suggested the pain in Lamont's head is caused by the pain in the neck he lives with. | |||
| 84 | "The Stung" | February 28, 1975 | 423 |
| Tired of Lamont telling him he's a loser at cards, Fred and his professional gambler friend play a prank on Lamont and his poker pals. But will Fred be left holding the dead man's hand? | |||
| 85 | "The Older Woman" | March 7, 1975 | 422 |
| Fred and Grady don disguises to discover the cougar who has her claws in Lamont's heart. | |||
| 86 | "The Over-the-Hill Gag" | March 14, 1975 | 501 |
| Lamont misunderstands the doctor and believes Fred has only six months to live and lavishes love and kindness upon him. Fred's content to ride the gravy train, though it may land him in the soup. | |||
| 87 | "The Family Man" | April 25, 1975 | 424 |
| The story of Grady and his eyebrow-raising gift to his daughter and son-in-law just before their cocktail party for stuffy university professors. | |||
| Series # | Title | Original air date | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|
| 88 | "Earthquake II" | September 12, 1975 | 509 |
| An earthquake shakes up the Sanfords, and the threat of an even bigger quake sparks Fred to sell the house and seek shelter in Las Vegas. | |||
| 89 | "Divorce, Sanford Style" | September 19, 1975 | 505 |
| Following a fight with Woodrow, Aunt Esther moves in with Fred and Lamont. Fred works overtime engineering a reconciliation so she'll return home. | |||
| 90 | "Bank on This" | September 26, 1975 | 506 |
| Fred and Lamont are applying for a loan to finance their purchase of Julio's former property when a pair of robbers burst into the bank. | |||
| 91 | "The Sanford Arms" | October 3, 1975 | 508 |
| With the bank ready to foreclose, Fred and Lamont desperately seek to find tenants for the Sanford Arms. | |||
| 92 | "Steinberg and Son" | October 10, 1975 | 511 |
| The series spoofs itself when the characters in the new television show "Steinberg and Son" turn out to be Borscht Belt parallels to those in the life of Fred G. Sanford. | |||
| 93 | "Brother, Can You Spare an Act?" | October 17, 1975 | 510 |
| When Fred's white brother-in-law Rodney lands a job emceeing a local vaudeville revival, Fred, Lamont and Smiley Rogers help out by providing the song and dance. | |||
| 94 | "Della, Della, Della" | October 31, 1975 | 514 |
| When two competing politicians each seek to use Fred's junkyard for a campaign headquarters, Della Reese appeals to Fred to stand by her man. | |||
| 95 | "Donna Pops the Question" | November 7, 1975 | 503 |
| After receiving a proposal from another man, Donna gives Fred one final chance to marry her. | |||
| 96 | "My Fair Esther" | November 14, 1975 | 512 |
| Fred becomes a latter-day Henry Higgins when he undertakes the task of transforming ugly duckling Esther into a swan so she can win the Mrs. Watts Businessman's Contest and net Fred half the prize money. | |||
| 97 | "Sanford and Rising Son" | November 21, 1975 | 516 |
| Fred and Ah Chew team up and turn the Sanford home into a Japanese restaurant. | |||
| 98 | "The Olympics" | December 5, 1975 | 504 |
| Jealous of Donna's athletic new boyfriend, Fred begins training so he can challenge him in the Senior Olympics. | |||
| 99 | "Ebenezer Sanford" | December 12, 1975 | 518 |
| Tightfisted Fred gets a ghostly wake-up call in this spoof of "A Christmas Carol." | |||
| 100 | "The Oddfather" | January 2, 1976 | 502 |
| Fred is wounded while witnessing a mob hit and is hospitalized under police protection until he can identify Mr. Big. | |||
| 101 | "Can You Chop This?" | January 9, 1976 | 515 |
| Fred plans to get rich quick by selling Whopper Chopper food processors, using Lamont's acting school tuition money to make his initial investment. | |||
| 102 | "Greatest Show in Watts" | January 16, 1976 | 513 |
| While babysitting an elephant, Fred holds a circus in the junkyard, allowing the cast to display their talents, especially Aunt Esther as the Bronze Goddess. | |||
| 103 | "Fred Sanford Has a Baby" | January 23, 1976 | 517 |
| A very pregnant woman rents Lamont's room for the week he's away on a fishing trip. | |||
| 104 | "The TV Addict" | January 30, 1976 | 507 |
| Fred's lifestyle of too much TV and too little exercise has Lamont concerned for his father's health, so Fred undergoes hypnotism to break his addiction to television. | |||
| 105 | "Lamont in Love" | February 6, 1976 | 519 |
| When Lamont falls in love with a mysterious woman, Fred and Esther play amateur sleuths to learn more about her. | |||
| 106 | "The Escorts" | February 13, 1976 | 520 |
| When Fred's friend Elroy can't find a date, Fred's inspired to launch his latest get rich quick scheme: an escort service for seniors. | |||
| 107 | "The Engagement Man Always Rings Twice" | February 20, 1976 | 521 |
| Lamont musters the courage to pop the question to Janet. | |||
| 108 | "The Director" | February 27, 1976 | 524 |
| Starstruck Fred assumes the director's chair when the champ George Foreman comes to star in a play for Lamont's theater workshop. | |||
| 109 | "A Pain in the Neck" | March 5, 1976 | 522 |
| Fred's friends have got his back, as he discovers when he suffers from a backache on the day he is to receive the Watts Businessman's award and his friends rush to his aid with all kinds of quack cures. | |||
| 110 | "Sergeant Gork" | March 12, 1976 | 525 |
| Fred regales young Roger with tall tales of his World War II exploits that draw more from the late movie than the history books. | |||
| 111 | "Camping Trip" | March 19, 1976 | 523 |
| Lamont brings Fred along on a camping trip to have some solitude and quality time together. Fred is no friend of nature and does nothing but complain...when the truck won't start they are stranded and begin to reminisce about old times. | |||
| Series # | Title | Original air date | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|
| 112-113 | "The Hawaiian Connection (1)" | September 24, 1976 | 604 |
| Luring Fred and Lamont to Hawaii, a trio of jewel thieves plot to make Fred their mule for smuggling stolen diamonds to California. | |||
| 114 | "The Hawaiian Connection (2)" | October 1, 1976 | 605 |
| Fred and Lamont visit Hawaii tourist attractions while running for their lives from the jewel thieves. | |||
| 115 | "California Crude" | October 8, 1976 | 607 |
| While Fred and Lamont are digging a garden, oil is discovered underground at the junk yard. Fred sees millions but before any money can be paid it must first be tested. | |||
| 116 | "The Stakeout" | October 15, 1976 | 606 |
| The police are looking for a fence named Alex Hacker who's been spotted coming in and out of The Sanford Arms. They use Fred and Lamont's home to stakeout the Arms. Meanwhile, Fred has a crush on a new lady tenant. | |||
| 117 | "I Dream of Choo Choo Rabinowitz" | October 22, 1976 | 602 |
| Fred is determined to break Choo Choo Rabinowitz's official world record for the longest amount of time staying awake. | |||
| 118 | "The Winning Ticket" | November 5, 1976 | 603 |
| A couple of con men sucker Fred into running a rigged lucky number contest for which the crooks secretly hold the winning ticket. | |||
| 119 | "Committee Man" | November 12, 1976 | 608 |
| Soon after Fred is appointed to serve on a mayor's committee he is sought out by a slumlord offering a bribe for political favors. | |||
| 120 | "Fred's Extra Job" | November 19, 1976 | 601 |
| Fred works nights as a bus boy in a fancy restaurant so he can begin paying back the $6,000 bank loan he took out in order to give Lamont an impressive wedding gift. | |||
| 121 | "Carol" | November 26, 1976 | 613 |
| Fred's old friend Carol shows up after 40 years, stirring up memories and sparking a flashback to the Summer of 1936 when Fred was a pool hustler in Cleveland. | |||
| 122 | "Aunt Esther Has a Baby" | December 3, 1976 | 609 |
| Esther and Woody plan to be parents for the first time, but for it to happen Esther is going to need Fred's help. | |||
| 123 | "Here Today, Gone Today" | December 7, 1976 | 614 |
| Misunderstandings abound and compound when Fred's friends try to honor his fortieth year in business with a secret surprise. | |||
| 124 | "Aunt Esther Meets Her Son" | December 10, 1976 | 610 |
| Esther and Woody welcome their son Daniel, but quickly discover they must practice the forgiveness that Esther preaches. | |||
| 125 | "Sanford and Gong" | December 17, 1976 | 611 |
| Fred, Lamont, Donna and Bubba attend a taping of "The Gong Show" and are inspired to audition as contestants, bringing their musical act onto the show. | |||
| 126 | "Fred Meets Redd" | January 14, 1977 | 612 |
| The fourth wall falls when Fred enters NBC's Redd Foxx look-alike contest and eagerly anticipates meeting his idol face to face. | |||
| 127 | "Chinese Torture" | January 21, 1977 | 615 |
| Rehearsing his magic act, Grady snaps a pair of trick shackles onto Fred and Esther, only to discover the instructions for removing them are printed in Chinese. | |||
| 128 | "A Matter of Silence" | January 28, 1977 | 616 |
| Lamont fears Fred is going deaf, and Fred is content to play along and milk sympathy from Lamont and Donna. | |||
| 129 | "When John Comes Marching Home" | February 4, 1977 | 617 |
| Lamont's engagement to Janet is jeopardized by the unexpected return of her ex-husband John. | |||
| 130 | "The Reverend Sanford" | February 11, 1977 | 618 |
| To avoid paying taxes, Fred buys a mail-order clergy ordination and transforms his home into the Chapel on the Junkpile for the church of the Seventh-Day Junkists. | |||
| 131 | "The Will" | February 18, 1977 | 619 |
| Fred suffers amnesia after being bludgeoned with Esther's silver-plated Bible. Having looked death in the face, Fred wants to get his affairs in order and so prepares his last will and testament and summons his friends for its reading. | |||
| 132 | "Fred the Activist" | February 25, 1977 | 620 |
| Angered by the age discrimination policy of a local stereo dealer, Fred rallies a troop of Gray Foxes and leads the charge to change the policy. | |||
| 133 | "The Lucky Streak" | March 4, 1977 | 621 |
| Fred and Lamont need to raise $4,000 by Friday or lose the Sanford Arms. Fred plans to parlay his $500 savings into the needed amount by playing poker, betting on horses and letting it ride in Las Vegas. | |||
| 134 | "Funny, You Don't Look It" | March 11, 1977 | 622 |
| Inspired by Alex Haley's "Roots," Fred orders a family crest and genealogical scroll that states he's African royalty and a descendant of the Jewish Ethiopian Falashas. | |||
| 135 | "Fred Sings the Blues" | March 18, 1977 | 623 |
| Fred invites B.B. King to dinner at Sanford home and may give the famous singer another reason to sing the blues. B.B. King Guest stars. | |||
| 136 | "School Daze" | March 25, 1977 | 624 |
| For a month Fred and Bubba have been sneaking out at night, concerning family and friends and leading Donna to fear that Fred has fallen for another woman. | |||