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Mike Lutton DVD Legend!
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i watched one of the grady episodes today mean while Redd foxx was away from sanford and son and this woman thought grady was fred sanford it was hard 2 watch but funny at same time but first the old crazy woman looked familer and i was waiting for Redd foxx to return and everyone start going crazy lol but it didnt happen what u all think of the grady episodes where he subbed for fred
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Actually, I thought they were all pretty good. The show took some criticism on forums such as Jump The Shark for having too much Grady. But I disagree, I think they did a great job carrying on with the show in Redd's absence.
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im surprised aunt esther didnt want 2 help out with fred away that would been something glad the esther fights was stil there with grady and esther lol redd got a well deserved break and grady didnt let lamont get away with anything which was great they all did good job carryin the show.
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I agree, the fights and exchanges between Grady and Esther were good. Especially when Esther would show up and Grady couldn't remember her name. She'd reply, "It's Esther, fool". And Grady would say, "Ah, yes, Esther Fool".
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what hard 2 imagine is her n grady played a married couple on amen and they sure fight it out good on sanford and son. i liked the one when grady thought drugs was in the weed garden and the cops ate all of it and he tried get esther eat it as well i remember her words.
[Esther i sat with the devil i talked with the devil and i ate the devils food!! lol |
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LOL. Esther has some of the best lines.
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I really didn't like the Grady/Esther interactions. The writers gave Grady Fred's lines and it just didn't work. Grady could not deliver like Fred.
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i missed Fred sanford when he was away grady was funny but it just was not the same without him now if lamont went away n Fred n grady stayed that be funny.
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I'm just watching these episodes again for the first time in many many years and they are off. Redd Foxx made this show and Grady worked better here as a supporting player. It's no coincidence they stopped taping before a live audience midway through the Grady replaces Fred era (in some of the ones in late year 3 the audience seems like they don't know when to laugh).
In defense of Grady the pilot for his spinoff was a good episode. I would've watched that series (I actually did see an episode or 2 but I was very young in 1975-76 and have no memory of it). |
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The best Grady episode is the one where he gets the extra social security checks.
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