WasAnnon Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

Mjeteconer Just perfect...

Chirphymium It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

Jonah Abbott There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

dizexpat Do yourself a favor and skip the last two seasons of "Sanford and Son" in which the scripts look like they were written by ten-year-olds.But prior to that it was one of the greatest shows of the 70s. Redd Foxx steals the show and Demond Wilson plays the necessary but thankless role of straight man. There are fewer topical jokes than in "All in the Family" which means it ages better. Some Norman Lear shows play like Tonight Show monologues. Funny at one time but obscure to future audiences. "Sanford and Son" had an appeal that transcended race. It connected with everyone and was one of the highest rated shows of its time. It began with just two people but added more characters little by little. Bubba, Aunt Esther, Donna, Grady, Julio, Smitty and Hoppy. If Fred's fake heart attacks were the best running gag, Julio's pet goat Chico was probably the second best. But those last two seasons--Wow! Are they bad!

rreeyore Sanford and Son is the classic 70's sitcom. It has the schemes and antics of Fred G. Sanford, that's S-A-N-F-O-R-D period. And his open-minded, easy going son Lammont. The show features many other characters like Fred's best friends Grady and Bubba, and Fred's Bible toting, Halleluga saying sister-in-law Esther Anderson and her alcoholic husband Woodrow. Fred is the typical old-fashioned elderly senior citizen. Having moved from St. Louis to the low-down, bad neighborhood of Watts California(Watts is a neighborhood in Los Anglelos). His wife, Elizebeth, died when Lamont was young. So Fred had to take on the challenge of raising a son and running a junk business. It is now the 1970's and Fred is a catankery old curmudgeon and Lamont is now in his thirties and is the working force in the junk business, Sanford and Son. The house is often full of commotion. Either Fred and Lamont bickering or another person is bickering.The running theme on the show is Fred's feud with his late wife Elizibeth's family, non more prevalent than her sister Esther. Esther often visits the Sanford house. Fred has a strong disliking to her, often making fun of her appearance. Fred often compares her to fictional mounters like Godzilla or King Kong. In which Esther usually calls him a "fish-eyed fool." However Fred and Esther have put their differences aside to reach certain goals, most of which are Fred's schemes.Fred can usually can be spotted in his "TV watching chair", watching TV. He prefers his leisure time to be watching monster movies with his best friends Grady Wilson and Bubba Bexly, both of which are also elderly.So, all in all, this show is a very humorous. I love to watch reruns of this great show. They just can't make humor like this any more. And I doubt that they will stop showing reruns for a while.

jeremy3 Towards the end, one got a little tired of Redd Foxx's same lines, especially about Aunt Esther. However, this comedy was very good. First of all, it was after the Watts Riot. Lear wanted to have a positive portrayal of the inner city. Sanford and Son succeeded without being patronizing. Fred Sanford was a bit of a trickster, but he had a good heart. He may have been about making money and surviving, but eventually his conscience would get to him. Demond Wilson is the serious and responsible son. He is also keeping Sanford from getting out of control. There are very funny characters, like Shady Grady and Rollo. There is the white police officer who can't get anything street slang correct. He says "just gravy", instead of "Just groovy". Sanford still mourns the loss of his wife Elizabeth and argues with his Aunt Esther. He has every insult imaginable for her. The best episodes were the last ones. Sanford and Son are in Hawaii and end up in a "Hawaii Five-O" type situation. The show displays the many good sides to the inner city. It shows that an ordinary junk man does have a heart and a personality to him that can engage the audience.

scholara2 The quote is from the episode where Grady mistakingly gets more Social Security checks than he's entitled to.This was one of the series of episodes when Redd Foxx was absent, and I think this episode shows the genius of the show's writers. I especially like the patriotic and all-American justifications Grady made in the face of Lamont's objections to keep the checks.Another favorite of mine was when Lamont took karate lessons to defend himself from a much bigger guy, Jo Jo Jackson, whose girl he was dating.The scenes where Grady warns Jo Jo that Lamont is mentally unbalanced, and the subsequent "fight" scene between Lamont and Jo Jo are priceless.For some reason, I liked the episodes where Fred was absent even better, as I thought Grady was a gentler and kinder version of Fred. I love the goodhearted, dimwitted Grady.The ratings at the time would seem to bear it out, as the show ranked even higher when Foxx was absent.And Esther, boy, what can you say? The on screen antagonism between Fred and Esther have to surpass any other in any comedy series, including Fred and Ethel, in terms of sheer hilarity ("Watch it sucker!").It's hard to imagine that in real life LaWanda Page and Redd Foxx were close friends from childhood.Anyway, I like all the episodes. It brings back memories of when we first came to this country, and my parents and I would sit down and watch them. Even though we didn't know all the peculiarities and slang at the time, we'd still laugh. That's testimony to the show's power of transcendence.Rollo, Julio, Smitty and Hoppy, Bubba, etc, where all great as supporting cast.I still get nostalgia whenever I hear the opening music.In my opinion,"Sanford and Son" beat "All in the Family" hands down. The opening music was certainly waay better than the purposely horrible and ear piercing duet between Edith and Archie.And even though "All in the Family" may have dealt with more real life issues such as rape, "Sanford and Son" was funnier by a mile! And really that's why I watched these shows; not to be reminded of life's ugly side.Too bad Fred and Archie weren't neighbors. I always fantasized about what their exchanges might have been. If there was anyone who could've countered Archie in terms of bigotism, it was Fred. They were mirror reflections of one another, albeit the difference in color.That would've been a dream match!