People Magazine that it was a "SITCOM REVIVAL"


That's what I been saying all along. Quote from the 1980 People Magazine

"Sanford could make Freddie's Silverman's gamble on a Sitcom Revival look good on March 15th.

People Magazine that it was a "SITCOM REVIVAL"


That's what I been saying all along. Quote from the 1980 People Magazine

"Sanford could make Freddie's Silverman's gamble on a Sitcom Revival look good on March 15th.
so there is such a term as sitcom revival...what a trip.

so there is such a term as sitcom revival...what a trip.


Yep-lol

Is this another spinoff debate

Is this another spinoff debate


Yeah a much smaller one since it was just me and Brian-lol

Yeah a much smaller one since it was just me and Brian-lol
That's how the first one started, isn't it? :lol:

That's how the first one started, isn't it? :lol:
Exactly!

That's how the first one started, isn't it? :lol:


No I think it was someone else but I have to check

Don't forget the Hauser street debate as well regarding AITF...:lol:

No I think it was someone else but I have to check
Not sure who started it, but we all know who ended it. :p ;)

Don't forget the Hauser street debate as well regarding AITF...:lol:
I know that Norman Lear discusses Hauser Street during his video interview.

Well I'm not getting into this one since I've only seen a handful of Sanford episodes. But I will say that Sanford is a Spin Off :lol:

Not sure who started it, but we all know who ended it. :p ;)


You are so wromg-lol

You are so wromg-lol
I thought you had finally reached the point of acceptance. If not, I'll see you over at the Good Times board. :lol:

I don't even know what Sanford is. Who was in it? What was it about?

I don't even know what Sanford is. Who was in it? What was it about?


A Big fat white guy name Cal goes to the Junk yard to work and helps Fred with the business.

Sanford was a pretty good show. I would have liked to see it last longer.

A Big fat white guy name Cal goes to the Junk yard to work and helps Fred with the business.
No Lamont? How about Grady, Esther and the rest of the gang?

No Lamont? How about Grady, Esther and the rest of the gang?

Lamont was never on it. It was said that he was working on The Alaska Pipeline.


Some of them made guest appearances. I remember their was an episode where Fred and Esther were married because of a goof on Fred's marriage license. :lol:

No Lamont? How about Grady, Esther and the rest of the gang?


Aunt Esther was in it and Rollo, I don't remember if Grady was in it or if he made a appearance.

I don't even know what Sanford is. Who was in it? What was it about?


In 1980, the Original Series(Sanford and Son) was revived with some new changes. Fred was still living in the same house but with a new Junk Partner(Fat White guy) and you no longer saw Grady, Bubba, or Esther. Just Rollo and those cops Hoppy Smitty. Fred also had a rich girlfriend in the Revival series

Lamont was never on it. It was said that he was working on The Alaska Pipeline.


Some of them made guest appearances. I remember their was an episode where Fred and Esther were married because of a goof on Fred's marriage license. :lol:
Yeah, Lamont got the job that James turned down...DAMN DAMN DAMN!!!!!

Aunt Esther was in it and Rollo, I don't remember if Grady was in it or if he made a appearance.


Grady made one apperance.

Yeah, Lamont got the job that James turned down...DAMN DAMN DAMN!!!!!
:lol:

Grady made two guest appearances on "Sanford". He was in the episodes "Freeway" and "Private Lives".

Yeah, Lamont got the job that James turned down...DAMN DAMN DAMN!!!!!


oh yeah! :rofl:

People Magazine that it was a "SITCOM REVIVAL"


That's what I been saying all along. Quote from the 1980 People Magazine

"Sanford could make Freddie's Silverman's gamble on a Sitcom Revival look good on March 15th.

All man, ya'll bringing that spinoff debate over here, too? Well, at least it will give the board some life. LOL

Sorry Solomon, Sanford was a spinoff.

Sorry Solomon, Sanford was a spinoff.


You know what, I change my mind, Sanford was a revival, so I'll call it that. At least I'll be man enough to admit my mistake.

You know what, I change my mind, Sanford was a revival, so I'll call it that. At least I'll be man enough to admit my mistake.


Thank you, LOL

I think someone needs to fire up that Norman Lear interview tape. :lol:

I think someone needs to fire up that Norman Lear interview tape. :lol:


Lear has nothing with this at all

not a spin off.

not a spin off.


You are so right

Yeah a much smaller one since it was just me and Brian-lol

Wait a minute, you and I have debated this a few times as well Solomon. I thought we finally agreed it was a "continuation" ;)

I have to agree with you on this one though. "Sanford" was indeed more of a revival than a spinoff.

I've heard it referred to as a sequel.

I don't know what the heck to call it yet. I would like to call it a continuation, but it is not packaged with Sanford and Son. I don't know whether I can call it a spinoff or not.

Wait a minute, you and I have debated this a few times as well Solomon. I thought we finally agreed it was a "continuation" ;)

I have to agree with you on this one though. "Sanford" was indeed more of a revival than a spinoff.


It couldn't have been considered a continuation because Sanford premeired 3 years after Sanford and Son ended. Now Three's A Crowd in 1984 would be considered a Continuation

I don't know what the heck to call it yet. I would like to call it a continuation, but it is not packaged with Sanford and Son. I don't know whether I can call it a spinoff or not.


Not a Continuation if it premeired YEARS after Sanford and Son. Continuations are Archie Bunkers Place and Three's a Crowd

It was a revival or continuation just like Archie Bunker's Place was a continuation of All In The Family. A few shows did that even Mama's Family did it when it was revived for syndication like BET did with The Game.

It was a revival or continuation just like Archie Bunker's Place was a continuation of All In The Family. A few shows did that even Mama's Family did it when it was revived for syndication like BET did with The Game.

It was too many years in between the ending of Sanford and Son and Sanford for it to be a continuation

It was too many years in between the ending of Sanford and Son and Sanford for it to be a continuation

Hey you! It’s good to hear from you. In regards to the show. It wasn’t too many years. The Sanford And Son sitcom ended in 1977 NBC wanted to bring the show back. In 1979 they began production. The “remake” or “continuation” began airing a few months later in the spring of 1980.

Hey you! It’s good to hear from you. In regards to the show. It wasn’t too many years. The Sanford And Son sitcom ended in 1977 NBC wanted to bring the show back. In 1979 they began production. The “remake” or “continuation” began airing a few months later in the spring of 1980.

Stop it, different decades:lol:

I always that it was a spinoff series.

TV Tropes https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Sanford

A revival of Sanford and Son starring Redd Foxx as junk dealer Fred G. Sanford. The series attempted to recapture the magic (and the ratings) from his previous hit. However, Demond Wilson (Lamont) didn't return, so the producers dispatched his character to the Alaskan pipeline and cast perennial character actor Dennis Burkley as Fred's new partner and housemate, hefty Southerner Cal Pettie. In addition, Fred found love with a new girlfriend: wealthy socialite Evelyn Lewis (played by Marguerite Ray).

Over time, familiar faces from the original series popped in to visit; some, such as LaWanda Page's Aunt Esther and Nathaniel Taylor's Rollo Lawson, stayed for a while. In addition, some loose plot threads from the previous show were finally tied up (including the issue of Fred's frequent "heart attacks", albeit in a somewhat dramatic manner).

But the show's new approach to the Fred Sanford character proved unwise. Not only was Fred no longer the lovable curmudgeon the audience had come to know and love, but he also underwent a significant transformation regarding his previous bigoted views (presumably due to his friendship with Cal, but it's implied that the change took place before the start of the new series). He even gives a somewhat Anvilicious lecture to Cal's mother when she objects to her son's friendship with a black man in one of the later episodes! Perhaps this was necessary Character Development to get past the changing times and the network censors, but low ratings proved that sometimes change isn't a good thing.

The series ran on NBC for two brief seasons (26 episodes total) from March 15, 1980 to July 10, 1981.

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I always that it was a spinoff series.

TV Tropes https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Sanford

A revival of Sanford and Son starring Redd Foxx as junk dealer Fred G. Sanford. The series attempted to recapture the magic (and the ratings) from his previous hit. However, Demond Wilson (Lamont) didn't return, so the producers dispatched his character to the Alaskan pipeline and cast perennial character actor Dennis Burkley as Fred's new partner and housemate, hefty Southerner Cal Pettie. In addition, Fred found love with a new girlfriend: wealthy socialite Evelyn Lewis (played by Marguerite Ray).

Over time, familiar faces from the original series popped in to visit; some, such as LaWanda Page's Aunt Esther and Nathaniel Taylor's Rollo Lawson, stayed for a while. In addition, some loose plot threads from the previous show were finally tied up (including the issue of Fred's frequent "heart attacks", albeit in a somewhat dramatic manner).

But the show's new approach to the Fred Sanford character proved unwise. Not only was Fred no longer the lovable curmudgeon the audience had come to know and love, but he also underwent a significant transformation regarding his previous bigoted views (presumably due to his friendship with Cal, but it's implied that the change took place before the start of the new series). He even gives a somewhat Anvilicious lecture to Cal's mother when she objects to her son's friendship with a black man in one of the later episodes! Perhaps this was necessary Character Development to get past the changing times and the network censors, but low ratings proved that sometimes change isn't a good thing.

The series ran on NBC for two brief seasons (26 episodes total) from March 15, 1980 to July 10, 1981.

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYWMxMDk0M2ItOTRkZC00OTU3LTg3MDgtNGY0OTkxZGZiMGZhXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTA5OTY1Mzk0._V1_.jpg

its clearly a revival as it states in the promo

its clearly a revival as it states in the promo


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