| One of numerous comedies created in the | | | | insult and offend just about every |
| 1970s by the talented Norman Lear (other | | | | person, group, race, ideology, etc. The |
| hits such as All In The Family, Maude, | | | | show was such a hit, it stayed in the |
| Good Times, and The Jeffersons come to | | | | Nielsen Top Ten for its entire run, |
| mind), Sanford And Son received 7 Emmy | | | | excluding its final season... |
| nominations and 6 Golden Globe | | | | The Sanford & Son (Season 6) DVD |
| nominations for its widely acclaimed | | | | features a number of hilarious episodes |
| humor. Based on the life of Los Angeles | | | | including the season premiere "The |
| junkyard owner Fred Sanford (Redd Foxx) | | | | Hawaiian Connection: Part 1" in which |
| and that of his son Lamont (Demond | | | | three jewel thieves conspire to smuggle |
| Wilson), the series was one of the first | | | | some stolen jewels from Hawaii to Los |
| with an entirely African-American cast. | | | | Angeles. |
| Through every episode, Fred manages to | | | | |