Hey all,

What was your opinion of when Grady stood in for Fred?Personally,I don't think the show was quite as good when Fred wasn't there.Fred was a necessity to the show.Grady was funny,but no replacement for Fred.What do you think?:cool:

I agree with you. But I do like when Grady says "well googly goo" or something like that.

Yeah, I agree, but Grady had his funny moments too.

I've got two different answers. You gotta remember that I've watched Sanford and Son when it was on TBS and caught the show again when TVL first showed S & S. I hated the Grady episodes during those years. Then I caught them on a local station and realized Grady made a good substitute. No, he isn't Fred. Whitman did a good job subbing for Redd.

I don't think Grady was nearly as good as Fred, and those episodes where he was substituting for Fred were pretty weak, although they had their moments. It's quite obvious in certain episodes that the stuff Grady was doing was written for Fred, since in previous episodes where Grady was just a minor character, he played a pretty straight forward guy. In the ones where he was subbing, he had a lot of insults that were quite like ones Fred would have made.

Only a couple of Grady episodes are really worth watching, but considering the reasons WHY he was thrown into the role, I say it turned out nicely.

I agree w/ vintagevgirl. just wasn`t as funny without Fred, although Grady is super funny w/ Fred!! Did I make sense?!:crazy:

Originally posted by Sady
I agree w/ vintagevgirl. just wasn`t as funny without Fred, although Grady is super funny w/ Fred!! Did I make sense?!:crazy:

That made prefect sense:D

Originally posted by vintagetvgirl


That made prefect sense:D

ooops,I meant *perfect* sense:o :D

Hi vintagevgirl, not only do we agree on the abscence of Fred Sanford but now I see we have ELVIS in common:) I really enjoy seeing his picture as I scroll down the page. He is too beautiful:)I am fairly new here, infact I can just do the basics on the computer! How did you get the picture of Elvis and Ann-Margaret by your name? It looks so nice!

Originally posted by Sady
Hi vintagevgirl, not only do we agree on the abscence of Fred Sanford but now I see we have ELVIS in common:) I really enjoy seeing his picture as I scroll down the page. He is too beautiful:)I am fairly new here, infact I can just do the basics on the computer! How did you get the picture of Elvis and Ann-Margaret by your name? It looks so nice!

When you want to put a picture under your name,you go to the CHANGE AVATAR option at the very end of the EDIT OPTIONS page.Then you type in the URL of the picture(provided that the picture is just the right size,it cannot be more than 125x125 pixels).I just happened to get lucky in finding this right size pic online.I really don't know what you would do if the picture was larger,there's probably some way to adjust it,but I have no idea how.I hope that helped some:D That's so cool that you like Elvis - he was super hot,wasn't he?:eyes: :D

Why did Grady subbed for Grady in the first place.


Take Care and God Bless
Aaron

Originally posted by vintagetvgirl


When you want to put a picture under your name,you go to the CHANGE AVATAR option at the very end of the EDIT OPTIONS page.Then you type in the URL of the picture(provided that the picture is just the right size,it cannot be more than 125x125 pixels).I just happened to get lucky in finding this right size pic online.I really don't know what you would do if the picture was larger,there's probably some way to adjust it,but I have no idea how.I hope that helped some:D That's so cool that you like Elvis - he was super hot,wasn't he?:eyes: :D

I can usually cut some of my pics up in my Paint program. You know how you have those small boxes and you can click the box and make the picture smaller through there. I'm not explaining it the best way, but yeah I do it in Paint.

Why did Grady subbed for Grady in the first place.

Foxx was in the middle of a huge contract dispute due to the fact that he felt he should be making as much or more than the producers. Things got so bad that he opted to sit out for half of Season 3, but eventually was more or less forced back into the role, after the producers took certain measures to make sure that he couldn't work elsewhere.

While Foxx was insanely funny, after hearing about all of this, in addition to other "shadier" things about him, I'm finding it a little hard to look at him the same way when I watch S&S. I'm aware that everyone has their flaws, but it makes it hard to watch him knowing that most of the problems he experienced during his life were his own fault. I still love the Foxx though, don't get me wrong.

Originally posted by Bruiser Chong


Foxx was in the middle of a huge contract dispute due to the fact that he felt he should be making as much or more than the producers. Things got so bad that he opted to sit out for half of Season 3, but eventually was more or less forced back into the role, after the producers took certain measures to make sure that he couldn't work elsewhere.

While Foxx was insanely funny, after hearing about all of this, in addition to other "shadier" things about him, I'm finding it a little hard to look at him the same way when I watch S&S. I'm aware that everyone has their flaws, but it makes it hard to watch him knowing that most of the problems he experienced during his life were his own fault. I still love the Foxx though, don't get me wrong.

I agree very much with what you said.

Originally posted by Bruiser Chong


Foxx was in the middle of a huge contract dispute due to the fact that he felt he should be making as much or more than the producers. Things got so bad that he opted to sit out for half of Season 3, but eventually was more or less forced back into the role, after the producers took certain measures to make sure that he couldn't work elsewhere.

While Foxx was insanely funny, after hearing about all of this, in addition to other "shadier" things about him, I'm finding it a little hard to look at him the same way when I watch S&S. I'm aware that everyone has their flaws, but it makes it hard to watch him knowing that most of the problems he experienced during his life were his own fault. I still love the Foxx though, don't get me wrong.

If you look at S&S after Redd Foxx was forced to come back was not the same. His acting got somewhat weak and he seemed pissed off the remaining seasons that the show stayed on.

I THINK THE FIRST SHOW HE CAME BACK IS THE ONE WITH THE SURPRISE PARTY.. THEY WELCOMED HIM HOME FROM SAINT LOUIS WITH A PARTY. YOU CAN SEE HIS ATTITUDE CHANGE. MAYBE IT WAS IN THE SCRIPT BUT HIS HUMOR BECAME SOMEWHAT DARK. LIKE HIS INSULTS WHERE GEARED TO VENT THE FLUSTRATIONS OF HAVING TO WAIT FOR MORE MONEY WHEN ALL IN THE FAMILY LEAD MAN CAROL O'CONNER DIDN'T HAVE THIS WORRY. HE SAID THINGS THAT SOUNDED LIKE MUMBO JUMBO LIKE BING BANG BOOM..SOMEONE GET THIS NIG OUT MY ROOM...AND HE WAS TALKING TO ROLLO. IF YOU WATCH THIS EPISODE UNCUT YOU WILL SEE WHAT I AM REFERRING TO. ALSO THE FACES ON GRADY AND BUBBA WOULD SUGGEST THEY WHERE HAPPY TO SEE HIM IN GENERAL..MAYBE ACTING..MAYBE GENUINE FEELINGS. ONLY REDD WOULD KNOW

Originally posted by mstewart


If you look at S&S after Redd Foxx was forced to come back was not the same. His acting got somewhat weak and he seemed pissed off the remaining seasons that the show stayed on.

Yeah,I noticed that.He seemed more sarcastic,or something.

Originally posted by mstewart
If you look at S&S after Redd Foxx was forced to come back was not the same. His acting got somewhat weak and he seemed pissed off the remaining seasons that the show stayed on.

Funny...I noticed a change in the way Demond acted as the show got into its later seasons, but I never really noticed the change in Redd.

Originally posted by *~PinkLady59~*


Funny...I noticed a change in the way Demond acted as the show got into its later seasons, but I never really noticed the change in Redd.

Personally the acting and quality of the show overall was not the same after Redd's dispute for a better contract.

Originally posted by *~PinkLady59~*


Funny...I noticed a change in the way Demond acted as the show got into its later seasons, but I never really noticed the change in Redd.

Yeah, agreed. I don't really know how to word the way he was acting. It was like he'd rather be anywhere but the set. Idk. Hard to explain, but I do agree.

Originally posted by Jenny


Yeah, agreed. I don't really know how to word the way he was acting. It was like he'd rather be anywhere but the set. Idk. Hard to explain, but I do agree.

He got a big head, he thought he was a big star and apparently he was big into coke at the time which he probably started doing at hollywood parties....its happened many a time before

Originally posted by mstewart


Personally the acting and quality of the show overall was not the same after Redd's dispute for a better contract.

Yeah,that's true,the whole show started going downhill,at that point.