Sanford and Son

Nathan F · Post by **Nathan F** » 2003-09-28 04:59pm

Anybody ever watch the reruns of this show? Sitting here watching it now. I had forgotten how fricking hilarious that show was...

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-09-28 05:03pm

I've its generally good with some very funny episiods, the heart attacks make me burst out laughing.

Darth Garden Gnome · Post by **Darth Garden Gnome** » 2003-09-28 05:07pm

I catch it occaisionally. It's much funnier than some of the sitcoms that are on FOX, ABC, NBC, etc. nowadays.

Stravo · Post by **Stravo** » 2003-09-28 05:12pm

Sheer brilliance and captured some of the racial elements that I remebered when I was a kid growing up in the 70's. Some of it is a little dated, but the jokes are still hilarious. Red Foxx was a brilliant comedian.

Keevan_Colton · Post by **Keevan_Colton** » 2003-09-28 05:43pm

That was the US knock off of Steptoe and Son wasnt it?

otter · Post by **otter** » 2003-09-29 12:39am

One of the local channels where I'm at has reruns of Sanford and Son and All in the Family on late nights.

As a kid I didn't get the humor when I was growing up watching them, but as an adult I find them to be some of the funniest shows on these days

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2003-09-29 12:40am

I never did like S&S. I watched it everyday for a week after I tore my knee all to hell. I was high on painkillers and it still wasn't funny.

InnerBrat · Post by **InnerBrat** » 2003-09-29 05:33am

Keevan_Colton wrote:That was the US knock off of Steptoe and Son wasnt it?

I'm assuming yes, because I thought it was Steptoe and Son for all of 10 seconds just now.

Nathan F · Post by **Nathan F** » 2003-09-29 01:51pm

Chardok wrote:I never did like S&S. I watched it everyday for a week after I tore my knee all to hell. I was high on painkillers and it still wasn't funny.

You ol' heathen you...

(If you've seen the show, you'll get it)

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2003-09-29 02:42pm

InnerBrat wrote:
Keevan_Colton wrote:That was the US knock off of Steptoe and Son wasnt it?
I'm assuming yes, because I thought it was Steptoe and Son for all of 10 seconds just now.

Was this "steptoe and son" about a black man and his son who owned a garbage dump?

InnerBrat · Post by **InnerBrat** » 2003-09-30 04:23am

Col. Crackpot wrote:
InnerBrat wrote:
Keevan_Colton wrote:That was the US knock off of Steptoe and Son wasnt it?
I'm assuming yes, because I thought it was Steptoe and Son for all of 10 seconds just now.
Was this "steptoe and son" about a black man and his son who owned a garbage dump?

Nope. it was about a white man and his son who owned a garbage dump.

KhyronTheBackstabber · Post by **KhyronTheBackstabber** » 2003-09-30 05:05am

I checked it out, and Steptoe and Son was where they got the idea for Sandford and Son. Still, Sandford and Son was funny as hell. I think Nick at Night, or TV Land still shows the reruns.

Jason von Evil · Post by **Jason von Evil** » 2003-09-30 06:07am

You know what's ironic? But Red Foxx died on stage of a tv show he was doing of a heart attack. From what I read at Snopes, it took a while for people to realize that he wasn't faking.