Sanford and Son: The Complete Series (Slim Packaging) |  | Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Don Bexley, Whitman Mayo, Nathaniel Taylor
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Rating:  55 reviews
Sales Rank: 4,328
Format: Box set, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 99
Discs: 17
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Running Time: 3331 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.7
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.5 x 1.4
MPN: COLD26435D
UPC: 043396264359
EAN: 0043396264359
ASIN: B001DSNEME
Theatrical Release Date: 1972
Release Date: October 28, 2008
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 The Ultimate Big One November 30, 2008
DEAN M. Dent (SAN LEANDRO, CALIFORNIA USA)
52 out of 54 found this review helpful
Even after over 35 years,Sanford & Son is still the funniest show ever.Based on the british sitcom,Steptoe and Son(featuring Wilford Brambell best known to Americans as Paul McCartney's grandfather in A Hard Days Night),a show about a cantankerous junk dealer and his long suffering son who was his business partner.Television producer Norman Lear who had a hit with All In The Family(Based on another British sitcom Til Death Us Do Part),bought the American rights to Steptoe then changed the format and lead characters to African American featuring bawdy comedian Redd Foxx as Fred Sanford and Demond Wilson as the son, Lamont.
Although the first season lacks such memorable characters such as Grady and Aunt Esther(who would make their debut in the following seasons),the chemestry between Foxx and Wilson is undeniable magic.The funniest episodes of the season(many were based on Steptoe episodes were We Were Robbed,Here Comes The Bride,There Goes The Bride and A Matter Of Life or Breathe (the scene with Fred entering the set with a surgical mask is priceless).
After the hilarious first season,the second season of Sanford and Son raised the bar considerably,and set the tone for the rest of the show.This season marks the apperence of the classic supporting cast,including Bubba(Don Bexley),Rollo Lawson(Nathanial Taylor),Julio Fuentes(Gregory Sierra)Officer Hopkins a/k/a "Hoppy(Howard Platt),and of course Fred Sanford's greatest nemesis,Aunt Esther(LaWanda Page).Unfortunately it would mark the end of Melvin(Slappy White),Officer Swanhauser a/k/a "Swanny"(Noam Pitlik),and Aunt Ethel(Beah Richards).
Classic Episodes includes By The Numbers,The Card Sharps,The Dowery/Sanford & Son & Daughter(both written by Richard Pryor and Paul Mooney),Blood is Thicker Than Junk,and of course Rated X.
Sanford & Son's third season not only debuted Grady Wilson(Whitman Mayo) but boasted many classic episodes including The Chameleon(Blind Mellow Jelly),Lamont, Is That You?(The Gay Blade),Introducing The Three Degrees,This Little TV Went to Market(Guy's Groovy Grabbag),Fred Sanford, Legal Eagle,and many others.Although brilliant, The Third season of S&S was marred by the abscence of Redd Foxx who walked out due to contract disputes.The show carried on for six episodes with Fred Sanford in St. Louis for a funeral as Grady (Whitman Mayo) looked after the place and took care of Fred's over 30 son/business partner Lamont (????).
In the beginning of the fourth,Fred was back(although some "Grady" episodes were aired later on),and for the first half of the season the show was back on track with classic episodes, The Surprise Party(Fred's hilarious return home), There'll Be Some Changes Made (Lamont's sensitivity group), The Stand-ins (featuring Scatman Crothers and Billy Eckstine) and The Masquerade Party (Fred's entrance in the gorilla suit is priceless).But by the latter half of the season, the show started to run out of fuel as the plots became more ludicrous, and the show became a former shell of itself.The fact that Foxx's new contract may have given him a huge ego as he had more creative control of the show (as well as Demond Wilson's own contract disputes and substance abuse problem).
By the time the fifth season of Sanford and Son came around,it was obvious that the show was on it's last leg. Despites some funny episodes (Earthquake II,Steinberg and Son,My Fair Esther, Sanford and Rising Son, The TV Addict and The Director featuring George Foreman) we get a ton of stinkers (Sergeant Gork, The Oddfather, Can You Chop This?, Greatest Show in Watts and A Pain in the Neck). The supporting cast becoming more prominant, as season five also introduces Janet,Lamont's new fiancee, Hutch and May Hopkins (Hoppy's Mother) , two resident of the new Sanford Arms. Even with the new recurring charaters,it's obvious Sanford and Son was getting tired.
By the time Sanford and Son returned for it's sixth season in 1976,not only has issue oriented sitcoms(All In The Family,Good Times) lost their foothold in the Nielsons and replaced by more family friendly shows (Happy Days,Laverne & Shirley,What's Happening!),but the show's quality had erode to the point that it's audience had tuned elsewhere. After four high rated seasons,S&S sucumb to poor writing, gratuitous guest stars(like celebraties would visit a junkyard), and cheap ratings catching gimmicks (the Hawaii episode and the Redd foxx lookalike contest).
At the end of the 6th season,the two stars quit,and the next season the show was retooled as The Sanford Arms featuring Teddy Wilson along with the supporting cast.The show only lasted few episodes before it was officially cancelled.In 1980,Sanford premiered sans Demond Wilson.Lacking the chemestry of the previous show,it was cancelled after a year a half later.
The first four seasons were undeniably the best.The show was plagued later by ego trips,salary disputes,and Foxx's walkout.Even after Foxx's return,weak writing and bufoonery lost veiwers.Even with it's erratic history,S&S first four seasons was the greatest African-American television comedy,if not overall
SHAME on you SONY DVD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! October 27, 2008
T. Parker (Indaenhyle,USA)
38 out of 48 found this review helpful
The 5 stars are for the show, which is one of my favorites, but 0 stars for the packaging.Cheap, cheap, cheap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Really expect more from a Sony purchase, i expect the quality that shows like Bewitched get!This packaging is a new one on me, they are all stacked on a spindle, like how cd-rs and dvds are sold in bulk.Maybe they think people want to make their own covers, or lift up the whole stack to get to one at the bottom each time , but not me, they can keep it, my set arrived and was shipped back the same day!The double slimline cases( that they should have used, and like they use for other series) cost me as a consumer about .20 cents each, i imagine buying them in bulk makes them cheaper for a company like Sony, so if they are in such a need for money, charge a couple bucks extra and do it RIGHT.
Sanford And Son Complete Series Review October 3, 2009
Marvelous Mark (GA, USA)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Sanford and Son is a great show. It's insanely funny, and this complete series set offers plenty of laughs.
The dvd's are packaged in a spindle kinda like blank cd-r's are packaged. This was fine by me since there are so many dvd's.
perfect set January 16, 2010
Nicholas F. Dandrea (bellmore ny 11710, new york United States)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
i bought each season seperate and i also bought the complete series. i think the packaging on the complete series is better because each season has such a tight fit it could crack the center hole pulling them out. on the complete series even though they are stacked on top of eachother they will not scratch unless you slide them. and on a spindle they do not slide.just simply with your right hand pull up a bunch of discs gentle and grab the one you want to see with your left hand.and then put the discs back.when we buy blank discs they come on a spindle and they never never get scratched. trust me this packaging is better then the seperate seasons. thank you
buy this YOU BIG DUMMY! September 5, 2008
J. Williams (Riverside, CA)
8 out of 12 found this review helpful
Fred G Sanford is the funniest character I've ever seen on any television show. Sanford & Son has countless classic episodes, I could watch many over and over. Everyone in the supporting cast, Lamont, Aunt Ester, Grady, Julio, Skillet, Bubba, and all the rest are all great. Fred easily takes the cake here, but I often times find myself laughing at Smitty & Hoppy (the 2 cops) Hoppy's attempts to connect with the black people of Watts - always failed and always got a chuckle out out me. Fred's interactions with Lamont were typically great, and his battles with Aunt Ester - CLASSIC!
To have one Mega box set with all 6 seasons is epic, even if you can buy them all individually. There are a couple not so great episodes, especially some of the ones without Fred. But there are so many outstanding ones I can't be mad at this collection. And no matter how many times I see Fred break out into one of his fake "this is the big one! I'm comin to join ya Elizabeth!" I still smile. Redd Foxx was a legend and he played Fred G Sanford perfectly.
I especially love the episode where Fred accidentally gets 2 checks from Social Security, Lamont being the reasonable, honest one begs his father to call and report it. NOPE! In typical Fred fashion, him & Grady jet out to Vegas and proceed to blow both checks haha. He returns home and a man from the Social Security office shows up saying there's been a mistake. Fred hit's his que for a fake Heart Attack perfectly thinking he's been caught. But instead the man says they didn't send Fred a check at all and apologizes while giving him a 3rd check. All the while Lamont's eyes are rolling in the back of his head.
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