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