Sanford and Son
The Over-the-Hill Gag
Season 4, Episode 24 · Aired 1975-03-14
Synopsis
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.
In the series
This episode is part of Sanford and Son (1972–1977) on NBC.
Junkyard king Fred Sanford and the big one that never quite takes him.
Key cast
- Redd Foxx as Fred G. Sanford
- Demond Wilson as Lamont Sanford
- LaWanda Page as Aunt Esther
- Whitman Mayo as Grady Wilson
- Don Bexley as Bubba Bexley