Notice how different the living room looked in the beginning of the series? The wood chair with the plaid cushion that was Fred's favorite seat was in the back towards the stairs. Early in season 2 it was just to the viewer's right of the sofa where it stayed until the end.
Visit the Vintage Toledo TV website for an ad about the series premiere, and another ad for a "S&S" comedy album released by RCA (the then-parent of NBC) that summer.
Lamont was CONSIDERABLY more argumentative and disrespectful to Fred in the early episodes. Viewers hated this, so the writers softened Lamont up midway through the series.
@FutureNewsAnchor As the series went on, it was established to make Fred the more dominant of the two. And sometimes, he had to bail Lamont out of situations. Lamont could be naive at times (copper, poker, "antique" commode, the wedding).
I agree that Lamont was extremely disrespectful. However, I ALSO believe that there are some parents who don't WANT to be respected. If Lamont came home, & spoke nicely to Fred, called him "Sir", etc. Fred wouldn't appreciate it, and he'd keep pushing his son, unntil Lamont snapped at him, finally. This DID happen on this show B4.. I know whereof I speak; I've got a parent like this. They liked being "sassed". but I hated doing it. I decided to start being respectful, & THEY HATED IT! Strange?
Lemont got under my skin the whole while, he was even worst in this. How can you talk to your father that way, I would've knock his dumb ass on his tail. He can't do nothing without Fred, he can't cook clean are nothing. Fred was he man, lemont was just dumb he make me sick. Always starting something then laugh about it. Ughhhhhhh
@Lovegurl2003 I know this is old but thought I'd comment..Well I don't think it's THAT one-sided. Fred and Lamont were almost more like brothers than they were Father and Son, and when 2 strong willed people share space they are gonna butt heads. I think Fred and Lamont depended on EACHOTHER a lot, I know Fred cooks and cleans for Lamont, BUT Lamont goes out and make a living for Fred. So it's kinda 2-way partnership they have. Fred couldn't really survibe without Lamont either.
People, the reason Lamont talke to Fred like this is because he`s held him back. Lamont had to drop out of high school cause Fred had a ``heart-attack``. Who knew what Lamont couldve been, but beacuse of his dad hes stuck a junk dealer. Its frustration
why in hell does lamont talk to his father that way man i've been watching this show for years and i just cant understand why he talks to him like that man thats totally not cool
that show is funy as hell ive been watchin this show forever im 46 years old now the show fictional becaause i real life lamont would get his head knock in a bunch of times he halfway talked to my father like that shit my dad is 81 years old and i still give him the upmost respect
the first 3 seasons was the funniest, but the rest was down the shits the characters wasnt as funny as the early seasons, when redd foxx took time off of the show, and grady stepped in, thats when it went down to the shits, dont get me wrong grady's funny but still red foxx was the shit!!!!!
I think Cleavon Little was originally offered the role of Lamont. Cleavon Little and Demond Wilson guest starred in All in The Family before Sanford and Son was created.
Nothing wrong with being a junkman it's a honest living. besides Lamont is not smart enough to be anything else if he was he would have left a long time ago. plus he is not a smart as he thinks he is. he is like all people who think they are better then they really are. nothing wrong with improving your life but don't pretend your smarter then you think you are. all of lamont's idea's fail.
@405Cowboy ....Which is one of the reasons I now boycott TV Land. I have all six seasons on DVD, and thoroughly enjoy watching Sanford and Son on Antenna TV.
FYI...The earlier episodes of SAS lamont was very harsh and disrespectful .. I think they got a lot of viewer complaints on why he was like that. And if you see the later episodes where lamont is slimmer with shorter hair his charcter is kinder and gentler to his father ..
Does anyone know the name of the episode where everyone mistakenly thinks Fred is gonna die in a few months so they give him a party and set up a dream date with Lena Horne for him? Also is it uploaded, or can someone upload it? I havent seen it in a long time
I think this may be the only episode where you can see Redd's true hair color before they turned him into Sam Jackson with all those far out do's! Lol! He was barely in his 50's when the series began.
I dont think Lamont meant to be mean....I think he was just having a bad day.
Maybe sometimes Lamont wants to do more with his life and he resents his father for being lazy,while he does all the hard work. Lamont loves his father just in a bad mood and taking it out on Fred.
Probably saw all those rich movie stars and wanted more out of his life.
I agree with some of the comments. I consider Lamont more of a kill joy than anything. There were times when I wanted to kick him in his nuts until his mouth opened wide out of pain and proceed to shove a pile of horseshit down his throat.
For once and for all. Redd Foxx's government name is John Elroy Sanford. He had a real-life brother named Fred Sanford who died at a young age. When John Elroy Sanford started doing stand up comedy, He changed his name to Redd Foxx, due to his red skin complection, and major league pitcher Jimmy Foxx, hence, the name Redd Foxx.
@xanderluv Demond Wilson was not meant to be a comedian. People mostly watched Sanford and Son because of Redd Foxx. Wilson was a decent supporting actor, but Richard Pryor would have helped Sanford and Son be number one. Eventually Pryor became the greatest comedian of all time.
@xanderluv Richard Pryor was nothing when the show started. He didn't gain popularity until 1975, this show premiered in 1972. Therefore Pryor could have made a better Lamont had Bud Yorkin wasn't a damned fool. Wilson was not a very great actor, that's why his acting career failed in the 1980s.
@AMEwrestling Not trying to start anything,lol,but isn't there a difference between a "comedic actor" and a "comedian"? I mean Redd was a comedian by trade before the series. But Demond was a comedic actor with small parts in All In The Family,etc.
The opening episode of this series. Lamont is tired of busting his behind while Fred sits on his behind watching TV and messing with the piano player. On a future episode, Fred tells Lamont that if he doesn't take the business, the State of California will get it. "They wouldn't want this place...they got enough pollution to deal with."
Lol,What The Hell Are You Talking about? Freds real name was NOT John Sanford. Its Redd Foxx. Damn, MOSt of you need 2 do a little research before u post ignorant comments.
I never liked lamonts character. He was a dick in the first episode. Lamont gets owned more later on in the series. The other seasons he wasnt as big of a dick. More of a squarehead with stupid ideas!!
I think Lamont forgets He IS THE CHILD and FRED is the parent.....not the other way around.
Who is Lamont to be telling his dad what to do or not to do...Fred can do what he wants he is the parent not Lamont.
I remember a episode A lady was part of some spiritual group Lamont wanted to be part off. She was shocked that Lamont was disprepectfull to his father and told him so.
the banter between Fred and Lamont is good..this parent/child thing...i don't know..it would be nice if more children could have that kind of freedom with their parents without being put in their place..i don't see it as disrespect, more like equality..besides, this is television: don't take it so seriously!!
hello i grew up when this show was still new on television please keep this show on here because it is a true testiment to tv in the 70's. It is the pilot show for the sanford & son tv show. I think Lamont Sanford is to rude his father if i had treated my dad that way i would have been waking up in intensive care. But this is a great tv show i love it i use to have this show VHS but they were stolen from me.
Laomont is a disrespectfull punk...I agree he is rude to his father. That's no way to treat your Father.. This show is great I agree but that character was rude.
Lamont aint rude he jus acting the only way he can........you try living with a nut like fred sanford and then youll see that there's no other way to be....
@Texa41 Lol! That's NOT grouchiness. You're right Fred is grouchy but you know he's just an old guy and part of his personality. Deep down inside he wouldn't hurt a fly. But Lamont(at least this early version) is straight up BITTER,RUDE and DISRESPECTFUL. That's one of the reasons I rarely watch this first episode. He's rude in other eps like Happy Birthday Pop but only after Fred gets on his nerves throughout the evening,lol!
Lamont uses the "old folks' home" as a threat. I wonder if that occurs to him later when he tries to convince Fred how nice it would be for him to live there.
Fred and Lamont may have fought a lot, but really they were eachother's bestfriend.
littlebit19801 2 weeks ago
Notice how different the living room looked in the beginning of the series? The wood chair with the plaid cushion that was Fred's favorite seat was in the back towards the stairs. Early in season 2 it was just to the viewer's right of the sofa where it stayed until the end.
Visit the Vintage Toledo TV website for an ad about the series premiere, and another ad for a "S&S" comedy album released by RCA (the then-parent of NBC) that summer.
Mcnzlea 1 month ago
Sanford and Son-Crossed Swords
Episode: 001 | Aired: January 14, 1972
Lamont discovers that the porcelain figure he has brought is worth a great deal of money and decides to auction off the piece.
jggm2011 1 month ago
January 14, 1972. It was 40 years ago today that Sanford and Son premiered on NBC.
mkl62 1 month ago
Happy 40th anniversary, Sanford and Son!
joejoewest 1 month ago
wow Lamont collected used whiskey bottles and they "funnelled what they found into existing liquor? Nice lol
ironmancwb 2 months ago
Lamont was CONSIDERABLY more argumentative and disrespectful to Fred in the early episodes. Viewers hated this, so the writers softened Lamont up midway through the series.
FutureNewsAnchor 3 months ago
@FutureNewsAnchor As the series went on, it was established to make Fred the more dominant of the two. And sometimes, he had to bail Lamont out of situations. Lamont could be naive at times (copper, poker, "antique" commode, the wedding).
mkl62 1 month ago
@FutureNewsAnchor I think Fred got a lot meaner too lol
littlebit19801 2 weeks ago
I agree that Lamont was extremely disrespectful. However, I ALSO believe that there are some parents who don't WANT to be respected. If Lamont came home, & spoke nicely to Fred, called him "Sir", etc. Fred wouldn't appreciate it, and he'd keep pushing his son, unntil Lamont snapped at him, finally. This DID happen on this show B4.. I know whereof I speak; I've got a parent like this. They liked being "sassed". but I hated doing it. I decided to start being respectful, & THEY HATED IT! Strange?
1lricardo 3 months ago
LMAO!!! Fuckin' HILARIOUS!!! I LOVE THIS SHOW!!! LMAO!!! Jay - FB Account, JaySmithBeast84@yahoo.com....
J8426 4 months ago
Lemont got under my skin the whole while, he was even worst in this. How can you talk to your father that way, I would've knock his dumb ass on his tail. He can't do nothing without Fred, he can't cook clean are nothing. Fred was he man, lemont was just dumb he make me sick. Always starting something then laugh about it. Ughhhhhhh
Lovegurl2003 5 months ago
@Lovegurl2003 I know this is old but thought I'd comment..Well I don't think it's THAT one-sided. Fred and Lamont were almost more like brothers than they were Father and Son, and when 2 strong willed people share space they are gonna butt heads. I think Fred and Lamont depended on EACHOTHER a lot, I know Fred cooks and cleans for Lamont, BUT Lamont goes out and make a living for Fred. So it's kinda 2-way partnership they have. Fred couldn't really survibe without Lamont either.
littlebit19801 2 weeks ago
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People, the reason Lamont talke to Fred like this is because he`s held him back. Lamont had to drop out of high school cause Fred had a ``heart-attack``. Who knew what Lamont couldve been, but beacuse of his dad hes stuck a junk dealer. Its frustration
dflowers30 5 months ago
Wow, look how skinny Fred is here!
GroverKent 5 months ago
I would have slapped that box out of his hands if I was his father
MugenDB2 6 months ago
why in hell does lamont talk to his father that way man i've been watching this show for years and i just cant understand why he talks to him like that man thats totally not cool
cloadog 6 months ago
that show is funy as hell ive been watchin this show forever im 46 years old now the show fictional becaause i real life lamont would get his head knock in a bunch of times he halfway talked to my father like that shit my dad is 81 years old and i still give him the upmost respect
MrMattg65 7 months ago
aint nothing in the world uglier than a 90 year old white woman
incredibleincu 8 months ago
the first 3 seasons was the funniest, but the rest was down the shits the characters wasnt as funny as the early seasons, when redd foxx took time off of the show, and grady stepped in, thats when it went down to the shits, dont get me wrong grady's funny but still red foxx was the shit!!!!!
mikeb1655 8 months ago
Lamont needs more then five of these across his lips. Lamont needs to get his ass kicked.
2199 8 months ago
A load of old crap
stuart6677 8 months ago
Was this their first episode????
m0renaChoco89 9 months ago
@m0renaChoco89 yes it was...january 14, 1972
hotterthanpeppa 8 months ago
@m0renaChoco89
yes it is....january 14 1972
hotterthanpeppa 8 months ago
@m0renaChoco89 yes it is....january 14 1972
hotterthanpeppa 8 months ago
how would you like one across your lip!
torardnumber1 9 months ago
I think Cleavon Little was originally offered the role of Lamont. Cleavon Little and Demond Wilson guest starred in All in The Family before Sanford and Son was created.
rickstheone 11 months ago
Nothing wrong with being a junkman it's a honest living. besides Lamont is not smart enough to be anything else if he was he would have left a long time ago. plus he is not a smart as he thinks he is. he is like all people who think they are better then they really are. nothing wrong with improving your life but don't pretend your smarter then you think you are. all of lamont's idea's fail.
Astraldragon1 1 year ago
in the morrrrrrrring.....
supreme199999 1 year ago
Does anybody know the name of the song at the beginning?
kingoliver45 1 year ago
@kingoliver45 Carolina in the morning
kingoliver45 1 year ago
fred needed to beat Lamont's ass
hitsville4ever 1 year ago 7
@hitsville4ever , I agree 100%. he needs to learn respect.
Astraldragon1 1 year ago
after this episode, the piano is gone from the Sanford house without any explanation.
TV Land has always edited parts out in syndication. The part where Fred is cleaning the Piano is taken out from the TV Land episodes.
405Cowboy 1 year ago
@405Cowboy ....Which is one of the reasons I now boycott TV Land. I have all six seasons on DVD, and thoroughly enjoy watching Sanford and Son on Antenna TV.
Juliaflo 11 months ago
FYI...The earlier episodes of SAS lamont was very harsh and disrespectful .. I think they got a lot of viewer complaints on why he was like that. And if you see the later episodes where lamont is slimmer with shorter hair his charcter is kinder and gentler to his father ..
Reignunlimited 1 year ago
Does anyone know the name of the episode where everyone mistakenly thinks Fred is gonna die in a few months so they give him a party and set up a dream date with Lena Horne for him? Also is it uploaded, or can someone upload it? I havent seen it in a long time
GenaWindstarr 1 year ago
I think this may be the only episode where you can see Redd's true hair color before they turned him into Sam Jackson with all those far out do's! Lol! He was barely in his 50's when the series began.
panamaniak 1 year ago
I agree Lamont was disrespectful and needs to be knocked off that high horse of his if he had a father like mine he wouldn't be speaking that way.
TheUnderdogzX 1 year ago 2
I dont think Lamont meant to be mean....I think he was just having a bad day.
Maybe sometimes Lamont wants to do more with his life and he resents his father for being lazy,while he does all the hard work. Lamont loves his father just in a bad mood and taking it out on Fred.
Probably saw all those rich movie stars and wanted more out of his life.
just my 2 cents
cutecherryangel13 1 year ago
what the hell was lamont doing with those bottles
xanderluv 1 year ago
I agree with some of the comments. I consider Lamont more of a kill joy than anything. There were times when I wanted to kick him in his nuts until his mouth opened wide out of pain and proceed to shove a pile of horseshit down his throat.
Goukimessatsu2 1 year ago
@Goukimessatsu2 very mature
xanderluv 1 year ago
@xanderluv I can type whatever I like, if you have an issue thats your problem.
Goukimessatsu2 1 year ago
classic
merikishtar 1 year ago
@bigrene2
It is the first episode. I've been lovin the show for 28 years. Just noticed it tonight. Thanks for pointin it out.
MississippiRed1 1 year ago
For once and for all. Redd Foxx's government name is John Elroy Sanford. He had a real-life brother named Fred Sanford who died at a young age. When John Elroy Sanford started doing stand up comedy, He changed his name to Redd Foxx, due to his red skin complection, and major league pitcher Jimmy Foxx, hence, the name Redd Foxx.
MississippiRed1 1 year ago 2
"I wore my shoes until they said kuh-suh" Classic stuff!
pesmith8768 1 year ago
i never like lamont..he was always disrespectful to his father...and any elder at that
dabible 1 year ago
They should have gotten Richard Pryor to be Lamont Sanford instead of Demond Wilson. Pryor would have been funnier.
AMEwrestling 1 year ago
@AMEwrestling HELL NO!!!! Demond Wilson was the perfect fit!
xanderluv 1 year ago
@xanderluv Demond Wilson was not meant to be a comedian. People mostly watched Sanford and Son because of Redd Foxx. Wilson was a decent supporting actor, but Richard Pryor would have helped Sanford and Son be number one. Eventually Pryor became the greatest comedian of all time.
AMEwrestling 1 year ago
@AMEwrestling Sanford and Son was number one man! Allstar cast never work...
xanderluv 1 year ago
@xanderluv Richard Pryor was nothing when the show started. He didn't gain popularity until 1975, this show premiered in 1972. Therefore Pryor could have made a better Lamont had Bud Yorkin wasn't a damned fool. Wilson was not a very great actor, that's why his acting career failed in the 1980s.
AMEwrestling 1 year ago
@AMEwrestling Not trying to start anything,lol,but isn't there a difference between a "comedic actor" and a "comedian"? I mean Redd was a comedian by trade before the series. But Demond was a comedic actor with small parts in All In The Family,etc.
panamaniak 1 year ago
Now you've done it!! You really got me upset! This is a bad one! ooooh!!
mprice555 1 year ago
GET THE FUNNEL
JamesPriceJohnson 1 year ago
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Lamont be dogging pops
mrbaseketball24 1 year ago
lamont be dogging pops
mrbaseketball24 1 year ago
Hey, where did the bottle of Burbon go. lol. When they went outside they left it sitting on the table and when they came back in it was gone.
jimraptor83 1 year ago
This is not a patch on Steptoe and Son. The original and BEST!
puppi3000 1 year ago
ain't nothin on earth uglier than a 90 yr old white woman
egdums1 1 year ago 6
That truck is the most! Would love to have one.
trublu71 1 year ago
"white women" don't mess around with them boy
creptanight 1 year ago
Lamont talked to his father any kind of way.
meLLemeL83 1 year ago
@xxashyy I see that :( Richard Pryor is hilarious but this was mean and pushy. Sorry I know this was a year ago but I'm glad someone else noticed!
berryblitz07 1 year ago
@bigrene2: Maybe it was just an open room?
smjjohnson 1 year ago
Was he really playing the piano?
smjjohnson 1 year ago
@smjjohnson no he wasnt playing the piano, it was a player piano. and im guessing thats why the people were laughing.
JamesPriceJohnson 1 year ago
holy shit
This is just like steptoe and son
the script is almost the same.
depture 1 year ago
I swear to god, I'm 50 percent Archie Bunker and 50 percent Fred Sanford.
LeftyAintright 2 years ago
This was the 1st episode ever.
smjjohnson 2 years ago 6
"I reads all about this stuff." ...Pretty uncharacteristic of Lamonte to talk that way. Of course, this was the very first episode.
tech2rescue 2 years ago
Lamont has an extremely weird way of communicating with his FATHER. There seems to be a huge role reversal.
amolapaz1 2 years ago
@amolapaz1 If you have been living with your father as an adult as long as lamonte had, and you've had a father like fred, you'd understand ;)
Piksson 2 years ago 4
My favorite SHOW EVER!! Soo,this eposode is the one that started it all,is that correct?
Wayneman117 2 years ago 3
Yes. This was the pilot - and absolutely one of the best!
smitchix 2 years ago
Yeah,I have always loved this show.I remember to this day watching it as a small kid w/ my father...."youuu bigg dummie!"..LOL
Wayneman117 2 years ago 2
I second that.
Juliaflo 2 years ago
memories are forever
creptanight 2 years ago
The opening episode of this series. Lamont is tired of busting his behind while Fred sits on his behind watching TV and messing with the piano player. On a future episode, Fred tells Lamont that if he doesn't take the business, the State of California will get it. "They wouldn't want this place...they got enough pollution to deal with."
mkl62 2 years ago 2
uh oh now you've don't you got me upset
bayisdaman13 2 years ago
Lamont needs to respect his father, shame on him lazy son of a bitch, he would be out of a job with fred dying!!!
bayisdaman13 2 years ago
does anyone know who made the piano roll in the beggining. i know its called carolina in the morning. who performed it?
JamesPriceJohnson 2 years ago
One of the best theme songs ever along with Cheers, Lizzie Mcguire, and Silver Spoons!!!
lizziefan84 2 years ago
This is one of the best sitcoms of all time - now we have crap like the Office and new adventures of old christine
lizziefan84 2 years ago 2
Office isn't too bad but the Old Christine is worthless to me because that chick was on Seinfeld and I hate anything to do with that show
bluto1992 2 years ago
you know this is british as well the origional is step toe and son started in 1960's.
worldofcomedy 2 years ago
Lol,What The Hell Are You Talking about? Freds real name was NOT John Sanford. Its Redd Foxx. Damn, MOSt of you need 2 do a little research before u post ignorant comments.
WETNWILD85 2 years ago
You're the one who needs to do the research. Redd Foxx was his stage name. His real name WAS John Sanford....
DiceEsque 2 years ago 3
OK BITCH. (:
WETNWILD85 2 years ago
Yep, your right. He got the name redd earlier when he was working in the 1940s
and got the name foxx when he told dirty jokes and his clothes style. In the show, he picked ''Fred Sanford'' as a tribute to his brother, who died.
OldSchoolKid1994 2 years ago
True - The name "Fred Sanford" is a tribute to Redd Foxx's brother. Redd's real name is John Elroy Sanford.
VaMan117 2 years ago 2
Lamont was the straight man between the two,he played his part the way he
was instructed by the writer's. As the show evolved they made his charter
less bitter. His real name is Grady Demond Wilson Fred's real name was
John Sanford.
biggman633 2 years ago
Episode 1.
jewgirl43 2 years ago
pop you know moms been dead for23 years lol
chloeluck 2 years ago
@ 6:39 ----Its funny to see the roles switched cuz you kno Fred wudnt be having none of that usually lol
SoSupaStarry 2 years ago
I never liked lamonts character. He was a dick in the first episode. Lamont gets owned more later on in the series. The other seasons he wasnt as big of a dick. More of a squarehead with stupid ideas!!
exv092 3 years ago 6
I think Lamont forgets He IS THE CHILD and FRED is the parent.....not the other way around.
Who is Lamont to be telling his dad what to do or not to do...Fred can do what he wants he is the parent not Lamont.
I remember a episode A lady was part of some spiritual group Lamont wanted to be part off. She was shocked that Lamont was disprepectfull to his father and told him so.
Astraldragon1 2 years ago
Lamont goes african...That's the episode..
Krkrkillr 2 years ago
the banter between Fred and Lamont is good..this parent/child thing...i don't know..it would be nice if more children could have that kind of freedom with their parents without being put in their place..i don't see it as disrespect, more like equality..besides, this is television: don't take it so seriously!!
disabled1955 2 years ago
Lamont deserves one across his lips. He's showing more than disrespect. He's bordering on elder abuse.
DiAnno13 3 years ago 7
Shame on you Lamont!
Mrsiepel 3 years ago 4
that is why I value this episode. the roles certainly changed over time to better fit the talents of each actor.
volstar88 3 years ago 5
the name of the song fred sanford is singing is "carolina in the morning"
wildwolf1970 3 years ago 4
does anone know what that piano roll is called?
JamesPriceJohnson 3 years ago 3
Man Lamont was a disrespectful punk!!
my4kidsandwife 3 years ago 18
@my4kidsandwife: You'd be frustrated too if you had a dad like that. :)
smjjohnson 1 year ago
@smjjohnson I would be frustrated...but i wouldnt disrespect my father
my4kidsandwife 1 year ago
@my4kidsandwife Yeah...I really dont like him at times. Often.
cuttock 8 months ago
hello i grew up when this show was still new on television please keep this show on here because it is a true testiment to tv in the 70's. It is the pilot show for the sanford & son tv show. I think Lamont Sanford is to rude his father if i had treated my dad that way i would have been waking up in intensive care. But this is a great tv show i love it i use to have this show VHS but they were stolen from me.
wildwolf1970 3 years ago 5
Laomont is a disrespectfull punk...I agree he is rude to his father. That's no way to treat your Father.. This show is great I agree but that character was rude.
the show is now on DVD.
Astraldragon1 2 years ago
Lamont aint rude he jus acting the only way he can........you try living with a nut like fred sanford and then youll see that there's no other way to be....
comrad1986 2 years ago 4
wat was the song on the player pinao called?
JamesPriceJohnson 3 years ago 5
I would have woop his tale!!!
my4kidsandwife 3 years ago 6
I think he is a little rough on his father.
midsouthexpress 3 years ago 6
where have you been with the videos?
Holiday i suppose
RealDefentertainment 3 years ago
I don't like this Lamont.. he's too grouchy. Grouchiness suits Fred better.
Texa41 3 years ago 6
@Texa41 Lol! That's NOT grouchiness. You're right Fred is grouchy but you know he's just an old guy and part of his personality. Deep down inside he wouldn't hurt a fly. But Lamont(at least this early version) is straight up BITTER,RUDE and DISRESPECTFUL. That's one of the reasons I rarely watch this first episode. He's rude in other eps like Happy Birthday Pop but only after Fred gets on his nerves throughout the evening,lol!
panamaniak 9 months ago
Lamont uses the "old folks' home" as a threat. I wonder if that occurs to him later when he tries to convince Fred how nice it would be for him to live there.
DiAnno13 3 years ago
That piano was made by Steinberg and Son.
DiAnno13 3 years ago
First ever ep of the show!
signalsoldier 3 years ago 2
Is this the pilot?
acidnine 3 years ago 4
yes it is!
casawalsh 3 years ago 6