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Sanford and Son
Genre
Sitcom
Based on
Steptoe and Son by Ray Galton Alan Simpson
Developed by
Bud Yorkin Norman Lear (uncredited)
Starring
Redd Foxx Demond Wilson
Theme music composer
Quincy Jones
Opening theme
"The Streetbeater"
Composer
Quincy Jones
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English
No. of seasons
6
No. of episodes
136 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
Bud Yorkin Norman Lear (uncredited)
Producers
Aaron Ruben (1972–1974) Bernie Orenstein and Saul Turteltaub (1974–1977)
Production locations
NBC Studios Burbank, California
Camera setup
Multi-camera
Running time
22–24 minutes
Production company
Tandem Productions
Original release
Network
NBC
Release
January 14, 1972 (1972-01-14) – March 25, 1977 (1977-03-25)
Related
Sanford Arms Sanford
Steptoe and Son Grady
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Sanford and Son is an American sitcom television series that aired on NBC from January 14, 1972, to March 25, 1977. It was based on the British sitcom Steptoe and Son, which initially aired on BBC1 in the United Kingdom from 1962 to 1974.
Known for its racial humor, running gags, and catchphrases, the series was adapted by Norman Lear and considered NBC's response to CBS' All in the Family. Sanford and Son has been hailed as the precursor to many other black American sitcoms. It was a hit through its six-season run, finishing in the Nielsen top ten for five times.
The series follows Fred G. Sanford, known for his bigotry and cantankerousness, and Lamont Sanford, his long-suffering, conscientious, peacemaker son. Both characters are occasionally involved in get-rich-quick schemes to pay off their various debts.
The show also includes characters Aunt Esther, Grady Wilson, Bubba Bexley, and Rollo Lawson.
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an American actor and author. The year he turned the age of 26, he began playing the role of Lamont Sanford, the son of Fred Sanford (played by Redd Foxx)...
1997) was an American actor and comedian, best known for playing Bubba Bexley on the 1970s television sitcom SanfordandSon. Bexley was born in either...
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United States as SanfordandSon, in Sweden as Albert & Herbert, in the Netherlands as Stiefbeen en zoon, in Portugal as Camilo & Filho, and in South Africa...
the 1970s television sitcom SanfordandSon. Whitman Blount Mayo, Jr. was born in New York City. He was raised in Harlem and later Queens. At the age of...
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This is an episode list of the British sitcom Steptoe andSon. All episodes were originally shown on what is now known as BBC One, although the station...
(1971–1979), Maude (1972–1978), SanfordandSon (1972–1977), One Day at a Time (1975–1984), The Jeffersons (1975–1985), and Good Times (1974–1979). His shows...
as Police Officer Smith ("Smitty") on SanfordandSon (1972–1976), Harley Foster on The Waltons (1973-1980), and as the patriarch Lester Jenkins, the husband...
the hit sitcom SanfordandSon called Sanford Arms. SanfordandSon had ended in March 1977 when star Redd Foxx left the series. Sanford Arms was intended...
film Ganja & Hess and Janet Lawson, Lamont's girlfriend in the sitcom SanfordandSon from its fifth season in 1975 until the series conclusion in 1977....
series M*A*S*H, Ah Chew in SanfordandSon, Mike Woo in The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo, and The Emperor of China in Mulan (1998) and Mulan II (2004). He was...
Miller, Julio Fuentes, the Puerto Rican neighbor of Fred G. Sanford on SanfordandSon, and as Marruja in The Castaway Cowboy (1974). Gregory Joseph Sierra...
Louie the garbage man on Chico and the Man. During his appearance on SanfordandSon Crothers joined Redd Foxx for two musical numbers. One was a version...
Marshall Clement "Mark" Sanford Jr. (born May 28, 1960) is an American politician and author who served as the U.S. representative for South Carolina's...
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and television actor, singer and director, best known for his role as "Officer Hopkins" on the TV series SanfordandSon (1972–76). Platt wrote and performed...
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