Episode 14
The Merger
Fri, Dec 20, 1974 30 mins
Fred is upset when Lamont decides to combine the Sanfords’ junkyard with neighbor Julio’s. Fred: Redd Foxx. Lamont: Demond Wilson. Julio: Gregory Sierra.
Episode 15
Once a Thief
Fri, Dec 27, 1974 30 mins
Grady is none too cooperative when Lamont’s ex-con friend stays at the house. Lamont: Demond Wilson. Grady: Whitman Mayo. Aunt Esther: LaWanda Page. Announcer: Don Rickles.
Episode 16
The Stand-ins
Fri, Jan 17, 1975 30 mins
Fred’s singing is showcased when he plays host to his old friend Bowlegs (Scatman Crothers). Billy Eckstine has a cameo as an auditioning singer. Fred: Redd Foxx.
Episode 17
Strange Bedfellows
Fri, Jan 24, 1975 30 mins
When Lamont calls a radio talk show to impress a date, he unexpectedly impresses the mayor’s office as well. Lamont: Demond Wilson. Fred: Redd Foxx. Grady: Whitman Mayo. Cambridge: Edmund Cambridge. Denise: Margaret Avery.
Episode 18
The Masquerade Party
Fri, Jan 31, 1975 30 mins
Fred wants to win a valuable birthday gift for Lamont by appearing in costume on a TV giveaway show. Fred: Redd Foxx. Lamont: Demond Wilson. Grady: Whitman Mayo. Harry Monte: John Barbour.
Episode 19
Golden Boy
Fri, Feb 7, 1975 30 mins
Fred impulsively invests $50 in a fighter. Fred: Redd Foxx. Yerby: Hank Rolike. Lamont: Demond Wilson. Junior: Barry Wright. Grady: Whitman Mayo.
Episode 20
My Brother-in-Law’s Keeper
Fri, Feb 14, 1975 30 mins
Fred is upset when he sees his new brother-in-law, a gambler who is very friendly and very white. Fred: Redd Foxx. Lamont: Demond Wilson. Rodney: Allan Drake.
Episode 21
The Headache
Fri, Feb 21, 1975 30 mins
Lamont winds up on a psychiatrist’s couch seeking a cure for his headache. Lamont: Demond Wilson. Fred: Redd Foxx. Grady: Whitman Mayo. Psychologist: Robert DoQui. Pediatrician: Darrell Zwerling.
Episode 22
Stung
Fri, Feb 28, 1975 30 mins
Fred sics a pro gambler on Lamont’s poker group after they exclude the old man from their weekly game. Fred: Redd Foxx. Al: Richard Ward. Lamont: Demond Wilson. Rollo: Nathaniel Taylor. Julio: Gregory Sierra. Arms: George Reynolds.
Episode 23
The Older Woman
Fri, Mar 7, 1975 30 mins
Fred thinks Lamont must be in love, since days have gone by without his uttering an angry word. Fred: Redd Foxx. Lamont: Demond Wilson. Grace: Kim Hamilton. Mabel: Kathryn Jackson. Grady: Whitman Mayo.
Episode 24
The Over-the-Hill Gag
Fri, Mar 14, 1975 30 mins
Lamont takes Fred down the doctor’s office for a checkup and Fred is socked with a large doctor bill. Realizing Fred’s financial position, the doctor gives Fred six months to pay his doctor bill. Lamont overhears the conversation and becomes convinced Fred only has six months to live. Thinking Fred is dying, he rallies friends and family to prepare a party and try to get Lena Horne to pay Fred another visit.
Episode 25
The Family Man
Fri, Apr 25, 1975 30 mins
Grady decides it’s time for a change and moves out of Watts and into fashionable Westwood to live with his daughter, Ellie, her husband Hal, and their two children, Laurie and Haywood. As a housewarming gift, Grady purchases an oil painting to hang over their fireplace. However, the painting he chooses proves to be quite distasteful.
