Sanford and Son
Steinberg and Son
Season 5, Episode 5 · Aired 1975-10-10
Synopsis
Fred and Lamont are appalled when they see a sitcom, Steinberg and Son which amazing seems to be modeled on the life of Fred and Lamont. Fred and Lamont decide to check it out themselves and go to a taping of an episode and are shocked to see the similarities. In fact, the only thing different from the sitcom and Fred and Lamont's lives are the names of the characters and the fact that the cast is white. Lamont and Fred hire a lawyer and prepare a million dollar lawsuit against the producers.
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