Sanford and Son

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American television sitcom sitcom television series

Sanford and Son is a classic 1970s American sitcom about a cantankerous junk dealer and his long-suffering son, renowned for its sharp humor and cultural impact.

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Label Occurrences
Sanford and Son canonical 51
Sanford and Son universe 6
Sanford and Son franchise 4

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American television sitcom ⓘ
sitcom ⓘ
television series ⓘ
audioFormat mono ⓘ
basedOn Steptoe and Son ⓘ
basedOnWorkCountryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
basedOnWorkGenre British sitcom ⓘ
cameraSetup multi-camera ⓘ
characterActor Bubba Bexley – Don Bexley ⓘ
Esther Anderson – LaWanda Page ⓘ
Redd Foxx ⓘ
surface form: Fred G. Sanford – Redd Foxx

Grady Wilson – Whitman Mayo ⓘ
Lamont Sanford – Demond Wilson ⓘ
Rollo Lawson – Nathaniel Taylor ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator Bud Yorkin ⓘ
Norman Lear ⓘ
distributor Sony Pictures Entertainment ⓘ
surface form: Sony Pictures Television
endYear 1977 ⓘ
executiveProducer Norman Lear ⓘ
firstAired 1972-01-14 ⓘ
genre sitcom ⓘ
lastAired 1977-03-25 ⓘ
leadCharacterOccupation junk dealer ⓘ
mainCharacter Aunt Esther Anderson ⓘ
Bubba Bexley ⓘ
Fred G. Sanford ⓘ
Grady Wilson ⓘ
Lamont Sanford ⓘ
Rollo Lawson ⓘ
notableFor cultural impact in 1970s American television ⓘ
portrayal of African American family life on network television ⓘ
sharp humor ⓘ
numberOfEpisodes 136 ⓘ
numberOfSeasons 6 ⓘ
openingTheme The Streetbeater ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originallyAiredOnDayOfWeek Friday ⓘ
originalNetwork NBC ⓘ
pictureFormat color ⓘ
portrayedBy Demond Wilson ⓘ
Redd Foxx ⓘ
producer Bud Yorkin ⓘ
productionCompany Tandem Productions ⓘ
runtimePerEpisode approximately 22 minutes ⓘ
settingLocation Los Angeles ⓘ
Watts, Los Angeles ⓘ
startYear 1972 ⓘ
themeMusicComposer Quincy Jones ⓘ

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Norman Lear → notableWork → Sanford and Son ⓘ
Lear → notableWork → Sanford and Son ⓘ
subject surface form: Norman Lear
Redd Foxx → notableWork → Sanford and Son ⓘ
Redd Foxx → televisionSeries → Sanford and Son ⓘ
TV Land Award → notableRecipient → Sanford and Son ⓘ
Aaron Ruben → notableWork → Sanford and Son ⓘ
Tandem Productions → notableWork → Sanford and Son ⓘ
Embassy Television → produced → Sanford and Son ⓘ
T.A.T. Communications Company → notableWork → Sanford and Son ⓘ
Bud Yorkin Productions → notableWork → Sanford and Son ⓘ
Stan Lathan → notableWork → Sanford and Son ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sanford and Son (director on episodes)
Bud Yorkin → notableWork → Sanford and Son ⓘ
Bud Yorkin → produced → Sanford and Son ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sanford and Son (TV series)
Rollo Lawson → appearsIn → Sanford and Son ⓘ
Rollo Lawson → isRecurringCharacterIn → Sanford and Son ⓘ
Rollo Lawson → partOf → Sanford and Son ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sanford and Son universe
Rollo Lawson → firstAppearanceInSeries → Sanford and Son ⓘ
Rollo Lawson → franchise → Sanford and Son ⓘ
Steptoe and Son → inspired → Sanford and Son ⓘ
Lamont Sanford → appearsIn → Sanford and Son ⓘ
Lamont Sanford → business → Sanford and Son ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sanford and Son Salvage
Lamont Sanford → appearsInSeason → Sanford and Son ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sanford and Son season 1
Lamont Sanford → appearsInSeason → Sanford and Son ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sanford and Son season 2
Lamont Sanford → appearsInSeason → Sanford and Son ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sanford and Son season 3
Lamont Sanford → appearsInSeason → Sanford and Son ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sanford and Son season 4
Lamont Sanford → appearsInSeason → Sanford and Son ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sanford and Son season 5
Lamont Sanford → appearsInSeason → Sanford and Son ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sanford and Son season 6
Lamont Sanford → partOf → Sanford and Son ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sanford and Son franchise
Lamont Sanford → fictionalUniverse → Sanford and Son ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sanford and Son universe
Aunt Esther Anderson → appearsIn → Sanford and Son ⓘ
Aunt Esther Anderson → firstAppearanceInSeries → Sanford and Son ⓘ
Aunt Esther Anderson → fictionalUniverse → Sanford and Son ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sanford and Son universe
Aunt Esther Anderson → createdFor → Sanford and Son ⓘ
Bubba Bexley → appearsIn → Sanford and Son ⓘ
Bubba Bexley → partOfFictionalUniverse → Sanford and Son ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sanford and Son universe
Bubba Bexley → basedOnWork → Sanford and Son ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sanford and Son (TV series)
Lamont Sanford – Demond Wilson → appearsIn → Sanford and Son ⓘ
subject surface form: Lamont Sanford
Lamont Sanford – Demond Wilson → primarySetting → Sanford and Son ⓘ
subject surface form: Lamont Sanford
this entity surface form: Sanford and Son Salvage
Lamont Sanford – Demond Wilson → partOf → Sanford and Son ⓘ
subject surface form: Lamont Sanford
this entity surface form: Sanford and Son franchise
Lamont Sanford – Demond Wilson → notableWork → Sanford and Son ⓘ
subject surface form: Demond Wilson
Esther Anderson – LaWanda Page → appearsIn → Sanford and Son ⓘ
subject surface form: Esther Anderson
Esther Anderson – LaWanda Page → notableWork → Sanford and Son ⓘ
subject surface form: Esther Anderson
Esther Anderson – LaWanda Page → fictionalUniverse → Sanford and Son ⓘ
subject surface form: Esther Anderson
this entity surface form: Sanford and Son universe
Esther Anderson – LaWanda Page → debutWork → Sanford and Son ⓘ
subject surface form: Esther Anderson
Esther Anderson – LaWanda Page → notableWork → Sanford and Son ⓘ
subject surface form: LaWanda Page
Esther Anderson – LaWanda Page → performedIn → Sanford and Son ⓘ
subject surface form: LaWanda Page
Grady Wilson – Whitman Mayo → appearsIn → Sanford and Son ⓘ
subject surface form: Grady Wilson
Grady Wilson – Whitman Mayo → partOf → Sanford and Son ⓘ
subject surface form: Grady Wilson
this entity surface form: Sanford and Son franchise
Grady Wilson – Whitman Mayo → firstAppearanceIn → Sanford and Son ⓘ
subject surface form: Grady Wilson
Grady Wilson – Whitman Mayo → notableWork → Sanford and Son ⓘ
subject surface form: Whitman Mayo