The 13 shows to get to know me meme going around (it's hard to come up with that many!)
1. #ILoveLucy
2. #StarTrek: #DS9
3. #WandaVision (#MCU)
4. #DickvanDyke Show
5. Star Trek: #TNG
6. #Loki (MCU)
7. #theBeverlyHillbillies
8. #Newhart
9. #IDreamOfJeannie
10. #GreenAcres
11. The #BobNewhart Show.
12. #SanfordAndSon
13. The #AndyGriffith Show

Marjorie Taylor Greene enjoys the dubious distinction of having exposed more junk to Congress than can be seen in six seasons’ episodes of vintage television’s Sanford And Son.
#MarjorieTaylorGreene #HunterBiden #SanfordAndSon #junk

I don't feel qualified to say whether this is #Jazz or not, but this composition is PURE JOY to me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5DnqW3F57E

#GenX #ChildhoodMemories #SanfordAndSon

48 years ago today:
Sanford and Son
S4E25: The Family Man
Grady decides it's time for a change and moves out of Watts and into fashionable Westwood to live with his daughter, Ellie, her husband Hal, and their two children, Laurie and Haywood. As a housewarming gift, Grady purchases an oil painting to hang over their fireplace. However, the painting he cho...
Airdate: 1975-04-25
https://themoviedb.org/tv/2586/season/4/episode/25
#SanfordandSon #HowardHesseman #JoeMorton #NBC #TV

51 years ago today:
Sanford and Son
S1E14: The Piano Movers
A wealthy man wants to get rid of a grand piano and Lamont gets a great deal on it. However, the big problem turns out to be moving it out of the man's apartment.
Airdate: 1972-04-14
https://themoviedb.org/tv/2586/season/1/episode/14
#SanfordandSon #DemondWilson #NBC #TV

51 years ago today:
Sanford and Son
S1E12: The Suitcase Case
While collecting junk, Lamont runs across an old suitcase and decides it could be worth something. However, once he gets it home, Fred makes a shocking discovery when he opens the case to discover that it is stuffed with money. Lamont wants to turn the money in and Fred wants to keep it and locks ...
Airdate: 1972-03-31
https://themoviedb.org/tv/2586/season/1/episode/12
#SanfordandSon #NBC #Television

Today in 1989, GENERATIONS debuted on NBC.

The groundbreaking soap opera was the first w/ a largely African-American cast.

#LynnHamilton (#SanfordAndSon, #TheWaltons) led a cast that included future Emmy winner #KristoffStJohn.

#SoapOpera Classic Soaps #ClassicTV #1980sTV #1980s #Soaps #Generations

51 years ago today:
Sanford and Son
S1E11: TV or Not TV
Fred wants a new color television set and Lamont wants a new car. The problem is that they cannot afford both of them, so Lamont buys the car. However, after Fred discovers Lamont's purchase, he comes up with a scheme that involves him pretending to have amnesia until Lamont will buy him a color te...
Airdate: 1972-03-24
https://themoviedb.org/tv/2586/season/1/episode/11
#SanfordandSon #NBC #Television

51 years ago today:
Sanford and Son
S1E10: The Barracuda
Fred proposes marriage to Donna Harris, a widow whom Fred is in love with. Lamont can't understand why a practical nurse in her 40's would be interested in a 65-year old junk dealer, and does his best to oppose their impending nuptials.
Airdate: 1972-03-17
https://themoviedb.org/tv/2586/season/1/episode/10
#SanfordandSon #NBC #tvseries

47 years ago today:
Sanford and Son
S5E22: A Pain in the Neck
Fred is being honored with the Watts Businessman-of-the-Year Award and he's all hyped up about accepting it. However, an unexpected turn of events lands Fred with a serious back problem and takes up means to try to get rid of it, including, acupuncture, meditation and a corset.
Airdate: 1976-03-05
https://themoviedb.org/tv/2586/season/5/episode/22
#SanfordandSon #NBC #ClassicTV #TV #Television #tvseries #tvshows

46 years ago today:
Sanford and Son
S6E22: The Lucky Streak
In order to keep The Sanford Arms, Fred and Lamont must raise $4,000 in a week. They begin to scramble and Fred turns to gambling. First he puts together a card game and plays against a hustler and then he makes a little trip to the horse track and bets on the horses. Finally, a trip to a casino ...
Airdate: 1977-03-04
https://themoviedb.org/tv/2586/season/6/episode/22
#SanfordandSon #NBC #ClassicTV #TV #Television #tvseries

51 years ago today, Sanford and Son aired the first season episode, "The Great Sanford Siege."

#SanfordAndSon #TV #1970s
#Nostalgia #GenXGold
#ReddFoxx #DemondWilson
#WhitmanMayo #LaWandaPage

3 March 1972 S1E8
The Great Sanford Siege

Fred does not feel like paying his bills and he throws them in the trash claiming that they never arrived.

50 years ago today:
Sanford and Son
S2E21: Home Sweet Home for the Aged
Lamont breaks the news to Fred that he plans to join the crew of a tramp steamer and sail around the world. A shocked Fred gets another shock, Lamont plans on putting him in a retirement home.
Airdate: 1973-02-16
https://themoviedb.org/tv/2586/season/2/episode/21
#SanfordandSon #NBC #ClassicTV #TV #Television #tvseries #tvshows

49 years ago today:
Sanford and Son
S3E19: Lamont Goes Karate
Grady has been left in charge while Fred is visiting family in St. Louis and has promised to look after Lamont who comes home with a bloody nose, courtesy of Jo-Jo Jackson, after a fight over a woman. After taking a couple of karate lessons, Lamont goes back to the bar to confront Jo-Jo. However, a...
Airdate: 1974-02-15
https://themoviedb.org/tv/2586/season/3/episode/19
#SanfordandSon #NBC #ClassicTV #TV #Television #tvseries

47 years ago today:
Sanford and Son
S5E19: The Escorts
In another get rich quick scheme, Fred decides to go down to an escort service with a friend of his and try to apply as escorts. Flatly rejected, Fred decides to open his own escort service complete with false advertising which results in Fred having to escort three ladies in one night.
Airdate: 1976-02-13
https://themoviedb.org/tv/2586/season/5/episode/19
#SanfordandSon #NBC #ClassicTV #TV #Television #tvseries #tvshows

47 years ago today:
Sanford and Son
S5E19: The Escorts
In another get rich quick scheme, Fred decides to go down to an escort service with a friend of his and try to apply as escorts. Flatly rejected, Fred decides to open his own escort service complete with false advertising which results in Fred having to escort three ladies in one night.
Airdate: 1976-02-13
https://themoviedb.org/tv/2586/season/5/episode/19
#SanfordandSon #NBC #ClassicTV #TV #Television #tvseries #tvshows

47 years ago today:
Sanford and Son
S5E18: Lamont in Love
Lamont has been seeing Janet for quite awhile and Lamont thinks he's in love. But he doesn't know too much about her and hasn't wanted to push her into telling him. Thus, Fred decides to find out exactly what she's hiding and he goes undercover with Aunt Esther to dig up the dirt.
Airdate: 1976-02-06
https://themoviedb.org/tv/2586/season/5/episode/18
#SanfordandSon #NBC #ClassicTV #TV #Television #tvseries #tvshows

47 years ago today:
Sanford and Son
S5E17: The TV Addict
Fred has been watching way too much television and Lamont suggests that he go out and get some exercise. Fred scoffs and refuses which leads to an argument which results in the television breaking. Lamont refuses to get it fixed until Fred agrees to start exercising. Lamont later brings in a doct...
Airdate: 1976-01-30
https://themoviedb.org/tv/2586/season/5/episode/17
#SanfordandSon #NBC #ClassicTV #TV #Television #tvseries #tvshows

Wife and I reminiscing last night, some bittersweet memories brought up. This one, though, we both smiled. If the mention of “Sanford & Son” immediately starts this song in your head, it’s probably time for your back pain medicine (oh, and maybe we should be friends).
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Vs0XDJ9ph5s
#SanfordAndSon #QuincyJones

"I'm not one of those actors who's unhappy with his work. I like seeing myself on screen!”

#GregorySierra (1937–2021) would have been 86 today.

#BornOnThisDay #ClassicTV #BarneyMiller #SanfordAndSon #Soap #MurderSheWrote #1970s #1970sTV #Nostalgia