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Watch Aunt Esther and Fred's most memorable fights!00:00 From Season 5, Episode 9 "My Fair Esther"02:57 From Season 6, Episode 10 "Aunt Esther Has a Baby"07:...
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To celebrate 50 years of the iconic comedy, take a look back at the funniest moments of the man himself, Fred Sanford!0:00-4:26 From Season 2, Episode 5 - "T...
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We've selected the most outrageous moments of Fred in the series!00:00-04:45 From Season 4, Episode 24 "The Over-the-Hill Gag"04:45-09:23 From Season 4, Epis...
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Fred G. Sanford was the focal character on the sitcom Sanford and Son, played by actor and comedian Redd Foxx.
Fred G. Sanford was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on January 21, 1908 to unnamed parents. Fred often told tales describing his alleged service in World War I or World War II (depending on the situation and context), but as Lamont once pointed out, Fred was 11 when World War I took place, (as Fred once clamied he fought in the "War to End All Wars", as he boasted, "I fought in the "Battle of the Chateau Brigone"! I've got mustard gas wounds all over my body!") and although he was conscripted into the United States Army for World War II, his duty never went past Fort Dix, New Jersey. Fred has a sister name Frances and a brother named Jerome, and 5 more unnamed siblings, due to the fact of him mentioning he slept in the bed with 7 siblings as a kid.
Fred and his wife Elizabeth Winfield had a son Lamont, who was born on September 27, 1940, and in 1946, he, his wife, and their young son moved to Watts, a neighborhood in South Central Los Angeles. When Lamont was seven years old, Elizabeth died, leaving Fred to raise Lamont by himself. Lamont dropped out of high school to help Fred run the junk business, named Sanford and Son.
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When asked for his name, especially when talking via telephone, he usually responds, "Fred G. Sanford. S-A-N-F-O-R-D period.", which is also Fred's signature. Other times, he would respond with "Fred G. Sanford. The G stands for..." and then a word relating to the situation. Fred's actual middle name is not revealed. When asked to work, Fred would sometimes claim that arthritis (he pronounced it "arthur-itis") would not allow him to work, showing Lamont his deliberately gnarled fist. Fred and his sisters-in-law Ethel Winfield (Beah Richards) and Esther Anderson (LaWanda Page) despise each other; with the latter, being Esther, serving as his comic foils. Ethel appears thoughout the first season and part of the second; Esther first appears in the second season and was a recurring character throughout the remainder of the series. When Esther enters the Sanford house, Fred usually makes an exaggerated grimace; when she leaves, she usually shouts, "Oh Glory!" Fred often insults her appearance, likening her to wild animals and fictional monsters such as Godzilla, King Kong, or gorillas. She cringes, and tells him to "watch it, sucka." or, when angered, flays her purse wildly in his direction while issuing a barrage of insults of her own, usually including "fish-eyed fool", bean-eatin' bear hugger or "heathen."
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Fred at times displayed tiny streaks of racism and ignorance through wisecracks directed some of Lamont's friends such as Ah Chew (Pat Morita), who is Japanese-American, and his Puerto Rican neighbor Julio (played by Gregory Sierra),which usually offending those around him. Most frequently these insults and comments were directed towards Julio, and were usually about his accent, culture, or native language.
In an attempt to help his son fight a traffic ticket in court, Fred (Redd Foxx) tells the judge that he is Lamont's (Demond Wilson) counsel. From Season...
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Junk dealer Fred Sanford runs roughshod over his son and partner, Lamont, in a groundbreaking sitcom. Fred's moneymaking schemes routinely backfire, and he does just about anything to get out of working -- up to and including faking a heart attack. He's rude, sarcastic, outspoken, overtly prejudiced, and pretty darn nasty to his friends and family.
