Sanford and Son

Seasons

1972

USA

7.9

TV-G

The misadventures of a cantankerous junk dealer and his frustrated son.

Episode List

S1 • E1

Crossed Swords

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.

S1 • E2

Happy Birthday, Pop

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.

Here Comes the Bride, There Goes the Bride

S1 • E3

Here Comes the Bride, There Goes the Bride

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.

S1 • E4

The Copper Caper

Fred and Lamont buy a load of copper from a man who has been stealing it from people in the neighborhood.

S1 • E5

A Matter of Life and Breath

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.

S1 • E6

We Were Robbed

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.

S1 • E7

A Pad for Lamont

Fed up with his father frustrating his love life, Lamont strikes out on his own and rents a swingin' bachelor pad.

S1 • E8

The Great Sanford Siege

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.

S1 • E9

Coffins for Sale

Lamont's keeping a pair of coffins in the living room spooks superstitious Fred.

S1 • E10

The Barracuda

Fred's in love and engaged to be married, but not if Lamont can help it.

S1 • E11

TV or Not TV

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.

S1 • E12

The Suitcase Case

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?

S1 • E13

The Return of the Barracuda

Fred and Donna kiss and make up, sparking Lamont to hatch new plans for putting the kibosh on Cupid.

S1 • E14

The Piano Movers

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.