List of Sanford episodes
This is a list of episodes for the television series Sanford.
Series overview
| Season | No. of episodes |
Premiered: | Ended: | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 | March 15, 1980 | May 31, 1980 | |
| 2 | 12 | January 9, 1981 | July 10, 1981 | |
Episodes
- Ep = Episode number within the season
- No. = Overall episode number
Season 1: 1980
| Ep | No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "The Meeting: Part 1" | Jim Drake | Ted Bergmann, Sy Rosen | March 15, 1980 |
| Fred continues coordinating his junk empire with a new partner, Cal Pettie, Lamont's friend and co-worker from the Alaskan Pipeline. And into Fred's Garden of Eden steps in Eve Lewis. | |||||
| 2 | 2 | "The Meeting: Part 2" | Jim Drake | Douglas Arango, Phil Doran, Sy Rosen | March 22, 1980 |
| Fred proposes to Eve, but feels very out of place in her sophisticated social circle, especially when wearing a borrowed magician's tuxedo. | |||||
| 3 | 3 | "The Meeting: Part 3" | Jim Drake | Douglas Arango, Phil Doran, Sy Rosen | March 22, 1980 |
| After faking a heart attack to get out of his engagement, Fred realizes that he still has feelings for Eve. | |||||
| 4 | 4 | "The Still of the Night" | Jim Drake | Ted Bergmann | March 29, 1980 |
| Fred schemes to make easy money from Cal's smooth bourbon after discovering Cal has built a still and is making lip-smacking good moonshine using his family's secret recipe. | |||||
| 5 | 5 | "Dinner at George's" | Sammy Davis Jr., Jim Drake | Larry Rhine, Mel Tolkin | April 5, 1980 |
| Big spender Fred insists on taking Eve to her favorite Beverly Hills bistro, but gets his ego bruised when Eve plots to pay the check behind his back. | |||||
| 6 | 6 | "Younger Than Springtime Am I" | Jim Drake | Michael Morris, Michael G. Moye | April 8, 1980 |
| Feeling old, Fred falls for a con man's quack cure and buys a fountain of youth pill called Methusatol. | |||||
| 7 | 7 | "Retrospective: Part 1" | Jim Drake | Douglas Arango, Phil Doran | April 15, 1980 |
| While hauling junk from Eve's home, Fred and Cal are arrested on suspicion of burglary. While sitting in jail, they reminisce about their first meeting and of Fred and Eve's engagement party. To be continued... | |||||
| 8 | 8 | "Retrospective: Part 2" | Jim Drake | Douglas Arango, Phil Doran | April 15, 1980 |
| Fred and Cal continue looking back and laughing at their past adventures while locked up in a Beverly Hills jail. | |||||
| 9 | 9 | "Perfect Husband" | Jim Drake | Patt Shea, Harriett Weiss | April 26, 1980 |
| Fred and Eve's engagement hits a bump in the road when Eve romanticizes her late husband as an angel and a saint, and flesh-and-blood Fred fears he can't compete. | |||||
| 10 | 10 | "The Ring" | Jim Drake | Judi Ann Mason | May 10, 1980 |
| After being terrorized in a jewelry store robbery, Fred discovers a $12,000 diamond ring fell into his cap. While deciding whether to return or to keep the ring, Officers Hoppy and Smitty appear at the door. | |||||
| 11 | 11 | "Cissy and the Nephew" | Jim Drake | Marc Sheffler, Winston Moss | May 17, 1980 |
| Aunt Esther's son Cliff comes to stay with Fred and falls fast for Eve's daughter Cissy. | |||||
| 12 | 12 | "Cal's Diet: Part 1" | Jim Drake | Ted Bergmann | May 24, 1980 |
| Cal is lonely and depressed about his weight, so Fred and Cliff put Cal on a diet and exercise regimen designed to build up his body and boost his sagging self-confidence. To be continued... | |||||
| 13 | 13 | "Cal's Diet: Part 2" | Jim Drake | Ted Bergmann | May 24, 1980 |
| Cal's confidence restored, Fred takes him to a swinging singles bar where Cal meets lovely Katie, meter maid. | |||||
| 14 | 14 | "The Benefit" | Jim Drake | John Donley, Kurt Taylor | May 31, 1980 |
| Sammy Davis Jr. agrees to perform at Eve's charity benefit for the Children of Watts, but when Sammy doesn't show, Cliff, Cissy, Al and Fred take to the stage and showcase their talents. | |||||
Season 2: 1981
| Ep | No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 | "Here Comes the Bride: Part 1" | Jim Drake | Phil Doran, Sy Rosen | January 9, 1981 |
| Aunt Esther returns and moves in with Fred to watch over Cliff. Cal discovers that due to an error on Fred's marriage license, Fred was actually long ago legally wed to Esther. To be continued... | |||||
| 2 | 16 | "Here Comes the Bride: Part 2" | Jim Drake | Phil Doran, Sy Rosen, Bob Schiller, Bob Weiskopf | January 9, 1981 |
| Fred, Esther and Cal drive to Fremont, Missouri seeking a divorce, but must first plead their case before the county's irascible old judge, who is resistant to tearing asunder what God joined together. | |||||
| 3 | 17 | "Fred Has the Big One" | Jim Drake | Douglas Arango, Phil Doran | January 16, 1981 |
| After years of crying wolf, Fred suffers an actual heart attack. | |||||
| 4 | 18 | "Cal the Coward" | Jim Drake | J. Stanford Parker | January 23, 1981 |
| When a pair of crooks threaten Fred and Cal at gunpoint, Cal can only cower in the closet. Fred cooks up a caper to give Cal the chance to prove his courage and regain his self-respect. | |||||
| 5 | 19 | "Love Is Blind" | Jim Drake | Chip Keyes, Doug Keyes, Warren S. Murray | January 30, 1981 |
| Fred invites Cliff and his new girlfriend Charlene to dinner, but Cliff neglects to tell Fred that Charlene is blind. | |||||
| 6 | 20 | "Cal's Mom" | Jim Drake | Ken Hecht, Bob Schiller, Bob Weiskopf | May 29, 1981 |
| Cal's mother comes to visit and among her baggage is bigotry against blacks. A special episode addressing racial prejudice. | |||||
| 7 | 21 | "Gaslight" | Jim Drake | Chip Keyes, Doug Keyes | June 5, 1981 |
| Suffering from a virus and delirious, Fred misunderstands an overheard conversation and now fears Cal is plotting to kill him. | |||||
| 8 | 22 | "Freeway" | Jim Drake | Ted Bergmann | June 12, 1981 |
| The city is debating whether to run a freeway through Watts or the wealthy Corban Hills neighborhood. Fred, Cal and Cliff organize their neighbors and lead the charge to save their homes. | |||||
| 9 | 23 | "Jury Duty" | Jim Drake | Ted Bergmann | June 19, 1981 |
| In this spoof of "12 Angry Men," Fred is the lone juror unwilling to cast a guilty verdict in a murder trial. | |||||
| 10 | 24 | "Cal's Illegal Alien" | Jim Drake | Neil Lebowitz, Michael Morris | June 26, 1981 |
| Cal just met a girl named Maria, but she's an illegal alien hiding in the Sanford home during a rash of immigration raids in the area. | |||||
| 11 | 25 | "Private Lives" | Jim Drake | Douglas Arango, Phil Doran, Jim Gagan | July 3, 1981 |
| Fred and Eve have a lover's quarrel, with each vowing to bring a better date to the art gallery opening. Grady fixes up Fred with a bubble-headed bimbo named Bunny. | |||||
| 12 | 26 | "To Keep a Thief" | Jim Drake | Bill Box, Dick Westerschulte | July 10, 1981 |
| The 14-year-old boy who burglarized the Sanford home is ordered to work off the amount he stole. Fred and Cal hope to scare him straight. | |||||
Sources
- Sanford at the Internet Movie Database