Just can't understand why were the Steptoe and Son scripts were used for season 1 - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TVFactFan · 05-30-2006, 11:22 PM

Very Lazy if you ask me which is why the first season was ASS. I found in the 1972 TV guide that they used the steptoe and son scripts and didn't create new ones until season 2. Damm, no creaivity in season 1 at all which is why I don't recommend the DVD-lol

Ireneparalegal · 05-30-2006, 11:24 PM

it does say at the end of the credits that the show is based on Steptoe and Son right?

Three's Company was also based on Man of the House, a british show. I think a lot of the 70's shows were taken from something else. AITF was also like that. God, there are so many.

Brieannas21 · 05-30-2006, 11:42 PM

I liked season 1 and 2 better then the others.

TVFactFan · 05-30-2006, 11:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Brieannas21

I liked season 1 and 2 better then the others.

So you like seeing just Fred and Lamont for 30 min the whole season?-lol

Brieannas21 · 05-30-2006, 11:47 PM

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So you like seeing just Fred and Lamont for 30 min the whole season?-lol

Yep, I think Fred is funnier when it's just him and Lamont

comedyfreak · 06-01-2006, 11:15 PM

Hence the name, Sanford And Son. The First three seasons are my very favorite.

Skywalker · 06-01-2006, 11:38 PM

I didn't think season 1 was too bad, definitely better than the last season. Coffins for Sale and Here Comes the Bride, There Goes the Bride are two of my favorite episodes from the first season.

Brieannas21 · 06-01-2006, 11:47 PM

It's good to know that I'm not the only one who liked the first season.

treky · 06-02-2006, 02:41 AM

I also liked the first season.

TVFactFan · 06-02-2006, 06:48 PM

Well I prefer BOTH spinoffs-(Grady and Sanford Arms) over the First Season-lol

GARFIELDKOOL · 06-02-2006, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by TVResearcher

Very Lazy if you ask me which is why the first season was ASS. I found in the 1972 TV guide that they used the steptoe and son scripts and didn't create new ones until season 2. Damm, no creaivity in season 1 at all which is why I don't recommend the DVD-lol

Why is this so surprising? When you watch the first season in the opening credits, it will tell you what the episode is based on. Weren't you paying attention?

I recommend you go back and watch the first season over again, because it was not as bad as you think it is. Don't you realize the title is "Sanford and Son?" meaning it going to start off with the two principle characters. Yeah, I preferred to see more characters, but this season is an exception, because Redd played off of Demond a lot and add-libbed. Plus, it had decent episodes. So just because you didn't like this season does not mean it was a bad one.

TVFactFan · 06-02-2006, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by GARFIELDKOOL

Why is this so surprising? When you watch the first season in the opening credits, it will tell you what the episode is based on. Weren't you paying attention?

I recommend you go back and watch the first season over again, because it was not as bad as you think it is. Don't you realize the title is "Sanford and Son?" meaning it going to start off with the two principle characters. Yeah, I preferred to see more characters, but this season is an exception, because Redd played off of Demond a lot and add-libbed. Plus, it had decent episodes. So just because you didn't like this season does not mean it was a bad one.

NO CREATIVITY in season 1 at all

TV Knowledge Fan · 06-19-2006, 07:54 PM

...that, because "SANFORD AND SON" was picked up rather quickly by NBC as a mid-season replacement in 1972, there wasn't enough time to "hammer" out original scripts. So Aaron Ruben reworked some of Galton & Simpson's original "STEPTOE & SON" scripts for the new show as fast as he could, until he could "build" a regular writing staff, which he did by the following season.
But it worked. Foxx's input was a factor, I'm sure.

jayjay814 · 07-30-2006, 11:00 PM

I don't think it matters. They were still hilarious because Redd Foxx could read the dictionary word for word and make it funny. In the episode where Lamont almost gets married, when he tells Lamont, "I ain't gone let this liver-lipped broad insult you" Steptoe and Son WISH they were that funny. Besides would any of us even know about Steptoe and Son if it weren't for Sanford?

TVFactFan · 07-30-2006, 11:11 PM

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I don't think it matters. They were still hilarious because Redd Foxx could read the dictionary word for word and make it funny. In the episode where Lamont almost gets married, when he tells Lamont, "I ain't gone let this liver-lipped broad insult you" Steptoe and Son WISH they were that funny. Besides would any of us even know about Steptoe and Son if it weren't for Sanford?

But since it was just FRED AND LAMONT in season 1 that's why it was kind of DRY. Except for the eps when they had to pay bills-lol

05-30-2006, 11:22 PM	#1
TVFactFan Member Forum Junkie Join Date: Aug 17, 2002 Posts: 99,101	Just can't understand why were the Steptoe and Son scripts were used for season 1 Very Lazy if you ask me which is why the first season was ASS. I found in the 1972 TV guide that they used the steptoe and son scripts and didn't create new ones until season 2. Damm, no creaivity in season 1 at all which is why I don't recommend the DVD-lol

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06-02-2006, 02:41 AM	#9
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06-19-2006, 07:54 PM	#13
TV Knowledge Fan Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 29, 2006 Location: Long Branch, N.J. Posts: 2,577	It IS possible... ...that, because "SANFORD AND SON" was picked up rather quickly by NBC as a mid-season replacement in 1972, there wasn't enough time to "hammer" out original scripts. So Aaron Ruben reworked some of Galton & Simpson's original "STEPTOE & SON" scripts for the new show as fast as he could, until he could "build" a regular writing staff, which he did by the following season. But it worked. Foxx's input was a factor, I'm sure.

05-30-2006, 11:42 PM	#3
Brieannas21 Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Apr 05, 2004 Location: Texas Posts: 9,792	I liked season 1 and 2 better then the others.

06-01-2006, 11:38 PM	#7
Skywalker Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Apr 04, 2003 Posts: 14,204	I didn't think season 1 was too bad, definitely better than the last season. Coffins for Sale and Here Comes the Bride, There Goes the Bride are two of my favorite episodes from the first season.

06-01-2006, 11:47 PM	#8
Brieannas21 Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Apr 05, 2004 Location: Texas Posts: 9,792	It's good to know that I'm not the only one who liked the first season.

06-02-2006, 06:48 PM	#10
TVFactFan Member Forum Junkie Join Date: Aug 17, 2002 Posts: 99,101	Well I prefer BOTH spinoffs-(Grady and Sanford Arms) over the First Season-lol

07-30-2006, 11:00 PM	#14
jayjay814 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jul 30, 2006 Location: Illinois Posts: 47	I don't think it matters. They were still hilarious because Redd Foxx could read the dictionary word for word and make it funny. In the episode where Lamont almost gets married, when he tells Lamont, "I ain't gone let this liver-lipped broad insult you" Steptoe and Son WISH they were that funny. Besides would any of us even know about Steptoe and Son if it weren't for Sanford?