The Sanford Arms aired from September until October 1977 on NBC.
In 1977 NBC's highly successful comedy Sanford and Son lost both of its stars-Redd Foxx to a variety series of his own on ABC and Demond Wilson because the producers would not meet his salary demands. With most of the supporting players still around, however, The Sanford Arms took its place. The new lead character was Phil Wheeler ( Theodore Wilson), a widower with two teenage children Angie and Nat ( Tina Andrews, John Earl). He had made a down payment on the entire Sanford property-house, junkyard and rooming house-and attempted to turn the latter into a successful residential hotel. With Fred and Lamont Sanford having moved to Arizona where the weather was better for Fred's health, Aunt Esther ( LaWanda Page) was left to watch over the property and collect the monthly mortgage payments. Also carried over from the Sanford and Son cast of characters were Esther's husband Woody ( Raymond Allen), Fred's friend Grady ( Whitman Mayo), who had married Dolly (Norma Miller), and Bubba ( Don Bexley), who worked at the Sanford Arms as both bellboy and maintenance man. Newcomers to the cast in addition to Phil Wheeler and his children was his girlfriend Jeannie (Bebe Drake -Hooks).
If anything proved more difficult than getting customers for the hotel, it was finding an audience for the series. The attempt to salvage the series without its two departed stars was a total failure and it lasted less than a month. The Sanford Arms ended up being ranked dead last among all TV shows for the 1977-1978 season.
Bud Yorkin, Bernie Orenstein and Saul Turteltaub were the executive producers of The Sanford Arms and Woody Kling was its producer.
This photo gallery contains pictures for sitcoms of the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s and today, as well as dramas, soaps, reality shows, cartoons, game shows, variety shows, talk shows and late night tv photo galleries.
Please note that all pictures uploaded between August 6-31, 2009 were lost in a database crash. While the photos are still on the server, the information (title, description, number of views, who uploaded them, etc.) attached to each photo was lost. In addition, any photo edits, moves or any other account changes from this period were lost. Our apologies to all members who are missing photos and for the downtime. We appreciate you taking the time to share them with us. Click here for archived files by category which are no longer in the database. We would appreciate it if the original uploaders could re-upload them when they have the opportunity. Thank you.
To upload photos, please choose the appropriate category and login with your existing
message board username and password. If you are new, you will need to
register before
uploading any photos. Only ".jpg" files will upload - ".jpeg", ".gif", ".png" or any other image
format will not work. You will need to convert them to ".jpg". Please upload only sitcom
and tv related photos.
To request any photos be removed, please use the "Report Photo" link that is the bottom of
every photo if you are registered and logged in. This is the quickest and easiest method. You can also
send an e-mail with the url of the photo(s). We will also gladly credit or
link to any site that is the original source of any photos.
If you have any questions, comments, requests for new categories, etc. - please contact us.
All images, logos, and other materials are copyright their respective owners. No rights
are given or implied.
Powered by: PhotoPost PHP Copyright 2004-2012 All Enthusiast, Inc.
