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Sanford and Son
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Divorce, Sanford Style

  • Episode aired Sep 19, 1975
  • TV-PG
  • 30m
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7.1/10
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LaWanda Page and Demond Wilson in Sanford and Son (1972)
Comedy

Following a fight with Woodrow, Aunt Esther moves in with Fred and Lamont. Fred works overtime engineering a reconciliation so she'll return home.Following a fight with Woodrow, Aunt Esther moves in with Fred and Lamont. Fred works overtime engineering a reconciliation so she'll return home.Following a fight with Woodrow, Aunt Esther moves in with Fred and Lamont. Fred works overtime engineering a reconciliation so she'll return home.

  • Director
    • Alan Rafkin
  • Writers
    • Ted Bergman
    • Ray Galton
    • Alan Simpson
  • Stars
    • Redd Foxx
    • Demond Wilson
    • LaWanda Page
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.1/10
    131
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Alan Rafkin
    • Writers
      • Ted Bergman
      • Ray Galton
      • Alan Simpson
    • Stars
      • Redd Foxx
      • Demond Wilson
      • LaWanda Page
    • 1User review
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    Redd Foxx
    Redd Foxx
    • Fred G. Sanford
    Demond Wilson
    Demond Wilson
    • Lamont Sanford
    LaWanda Page
    LaWanda Page
    • Aunt Esther Anderson
    Howard Platt
    Howard Platt
    • Officer 'Hoppy' Hopkins
    Raymond Allen
    Raymond Allen
    • Uncle Woodrow 'Woody' Anderson
    Hannah Dean
    Hannah Dean
    • Jackie
    • Director
      • Alan Rafkin
    • Writers
      • Ted Bergman
      • Ray Galton
      • Alan Simpson
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    6kevinolzak

    Uncle Woody regains his senses

    "Divorce, Sanford Style" finds Aunt Esther in need of a shot of booze after a falling out with Uncle Woody (Raymond Allen, second of nine), about his penchant for looking at other women. Fred literally accepts the phrase 'till death do us part': "you know what I think of that? Kill her!" Fred encourages him to keep looking but regrets it after Esther moves into Lamont's room: "I can see my tombstone - Fred Sanford lies here, died from an overdose of ugly!" Morning coffee with her is enough to crinkle his newspaper! Officer Hoppy concludes that the divorce may take six months, so Fred resorts to underhanded tactics: "I'm getting' these two lovebirds together so I can get that buzzard out of my house!"

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    • Trivia
      Fred tells Lamont to "call up Forest Lawn", while having one of his 'heart attacks'. Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Los Angeles is a cemetery which contains the graves of many Hollywood stars and other famous people.
    • Goofs
      When Fred brings the spaghetti from the kitchen, he keeps his arms dangling down at his sides until he gets to the table. You can see the prop spaghetti stuck to the plate.
    • Quotes

      Fred G. Sanford: When Esther was a little girl, a guy drove up beside her and offered her some suckers to get UNDER his car.

    • Connections
      References The Sound of Music (1965)

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    • Release date
      • September 19, 1975 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Stage 4, Stage 1, Stage 1, NBC Studios - 3000 W. Alameda Avenue, Burbank, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Tandem Productions
      • Tandem Productions
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    • Runtime
      • 30m
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1
      • 4:3

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