HEY SANFORD AND SON FANS: LISTEN UP!!!!!!!!!
I REMEMBER READING ABOUT A PRO ATHLETE, (I THINK A BASKETBALL PLAYER) BACK IN THE EARLY 90'S IN SPORTS ILLISTRATED THAT SAID IN A INTERVIEW THAT S&S WAS HIS FAVORITE SHOW AND THAT HE PURCHASED THE UN-SEEN EPISODES FROM TED TURNERS COMPANY WHEN TED STILL HAD THE RIGHTS TO S&S.(THIS IS WHEN S&S WAS ON TBS SUPERSTATION). THERE ARE IN FACT OTHER EPISODES OUT THERE THAT HAVE NOT AIRED SINCE THEY WERE ON IN THE 70'S.
THERE ARE ABOUT 50 OR SO S&S EPISODES THAT ARE OUT THERE SOMEWHERE. IF SOMEONE COULD SHED SOME LIGHT ON THIS FOR ME, SO THAT I COULD PURCHASE THESE EPISODES, I WOULD BE VERY GRATEFUL!!!!!!!:)

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ANY UNSEEN EPISODES, BUT, THE BASKETBALL PLAYER YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT IS STEVE SMITH, HE NOW PLAYS FOR THE SPURS IF I AM NOT MISTAKEN. I HOPE THAT HELPS A LITTLE BIT, I REMEMBER WHEN HE BOUGHT S&S FROM TBS

Originally posted by CHRISTIANBOY
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ANY UNSEEN EPISODES, BUT, THE BASKETBALL PLAYER YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT IS STEVE SMITH, HE NOW PLAYS FOR THE SPURS IF I AM NOT MISTAKEN. I HOPE THAT HELPS A LITTLE BIT, I REMEMBER WHEN HE BOUGHT S&S FROM TBS

HE NO LONGER PLAYS FOR THE SPURS. IF ANYONE KNOWS HIS EMAIL ADDY PLEASE FORK IT UP.*S*

UR RIGHT, HE DOESN'T PLAY FOR THE SPURS N-E-MORE, APPARENTLY HE RETIRED, BECAUSE HE IS NOT ON THE NBA LIST OF PLAYERS ON NBA DOT COM

I don't know if theres any truth to the claim that Steve Smith bought S&S from Ted Turner. However, He doesn't own any so called lost episodes. There were 135 episodes total & all have been in syndication for years. This sounds like another one of those ridiculous rumours like the one that claimed Bill Cosby bought the rights to Amos & Andy & Our Gang so nobody could watch them.

I read once that Redd Foxx said that there were 145 episodes of S&S; not the 135 we all know of. Maybe there is something to this. It would be like finding the holy grail!!

There were 135 that aired originally, It doesn't seem logical that NBC would film 10 or more episodes and not air them. If some hard evidence is found proving otherwise, I might believe it. By the way, the rights to Sanford & Son are still held by NBC. If there were any episodes that didn't air originally, it's highly unlikely that Turner would have gotten them. Unaired episodes very rarely turn up in syndication. One exception was an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents called The Sorcerer's Apprentice, it never aired during the original run of Alfred Hitchcock Presents but was included in the syndication package.

Maybe he was referring to the TBS special where Fred is in the gold bathtub.

TBS STILL HAS THE RIGHTS TO SANFORD AND SON. STEVE SMITH, THE BASKETBALL PLAYER, JUST BOUGHT COPIES OF THE EPISODES FROM TBS WHEN HE PLAYED FOR THE ALANTA HAWKS. IF YOU KNOW HOW 2 GET IN CONTACT WTIH TBS, THEY MIGHT BE ABLE 2 HELP U OUT

Where you get the idea that TBS owns the rights to Sanford & Son is beyond me. The rights are owned by NBC not by Ted Turner. If you're referring to syndication rights, TBS lost them when Tv Land picked up the show.

WHOEVER HAS THE SYNDICATION RIGHTS, DOESN'T REALLY MATTER 2 ME. ALL I'M SAYING IS THAT HE BOUGHT THE COPIED EPISODES, THATS IT. CONTACT TV LAND, NBC, OR TBS, SOMEBODY MIGHT ME BE ABLE 2 HELP U OUT

Steves NBA.com profile states: Loves Sanford And Son has every episode on tape. Since Steve Smith did in fact play for the Hawks, theres always the possibility that he was allowed access to a production room to copy the tapes or he hired someone to do it for him. However, an ordinary person like us wouldn't have a snowball's chance in hell of getting any tapes from TBS or any other station for that matter.

Why is Steve Smith hoarding the lost S&Son tapes? What is he trying to gain? I used to like him as a player but this is really some BS. We should all be able to enjoy them.:mad:

Steve Smith isn't hoarding any lost episodes, Ted Turner got the 135 episode package when he obtained the syndication rights & Smith simply had someone dub them for him.

Oh, what the heck was I talking about then? :crazy:

Lost episodes????? Then were did the 145 come from?

Steve Smith, Sanford, Son - all S's, coincidence or conspiracy? It seems to coincidental to me.