The dumbest episode to me was!

[Bronson]

I loved Sanford and Son but aside from the episode of when Grady's freeloading cousin pretending her back was out, to me the dumbest was Fred's trespassing into couple's a bedroom and acted like they did him wrong.

First of all, Fred had no business being in their home and he certainly had no business being in their bedroom.

When the couple's daughter said that Fred was offended at them being scared at a "strange man" in their bedroom, that to me sounded ridiculous.

Again, he was trespassing so in what reality does he have a right to be offended?

I saw this rerun recently and I still found it so dumb.

Loved this show but this episode always stood out to me.

[Cloud9 Lorraine]

Yeah, that was pretty far-fetched. Who wouldn't freak out if someone they didn't know walked into their bedroom! There were a lot of silly things thoughout the series. Like when Smitty and Hoppy got drunk on the mint juleps while on duty and in uniform in "Fred's Treasure Garden" ep. I just chalk it up to a more innocent time, and enjoy the show despite any inconsistencies and silly concepts.

[Bronson]

Thanks for the reply. I had to get that off my chest.

[TMC]

I'm incidentally, watching it right now on TV One, but the "Fred Meets Redd" episode (the one where Fred enters a Redd Foxx look-a-like contest) from Season 6 has to take the cake. I absolutely hate sitcom episodes like this. Mork & Mindy did something similar where Mork "meets" Robin Williams. There was also an episode of Moesha where Moesha "meets" Brandy Norwood.

It's the ultimate example of hacky, gimmicky comedy. I think that Alan Thicke even did it on his NBC sitcom from the '90s, Hope & Gloria, where his character Dennis Dupree crosses paths with "himself".

[DJM77]

Originally Posted by TMC

I'm incidentally, watching it right now on TV One, but the "Fred Meets Redd" episode (the one where Fred enters a Redd Foxx look-a-like contest) from Season 6 has to take the cake. I absolutely hate sitcom episodes like this. Mork & Mindy did something similar where Mork "meets" Robin Williams. There was also an episode of Moesha where Moesha "meets" Brandy Norwood.

It's the ultimate example of hacky, gimmicky comedy. I think that Alan Thicke even did it on his NBC sitcom from the '90s, Hope & Gloria, where his character Dennis Dupree crosses paths with "himself".

"Fred Meets Redd" was the dumbest episode for me too. I've always hated that kind of premise for an episode. The Doris Day Show and In The House both did it too. I think that one of the Lucille Ball sitcoms did it (Here's Lucy maybe). I think maybe The Nanny did it too.

[TheLittleFaerie]

Originally Posted by Bronson

I loved Sanford and Son but aside from the episode of when Grady's freeloading cousin pretending her back was out, to me the dumbest was Fred's trespassing into couple's a bedroom and acted like they did him wrong.

First of all, Fred had no business being in their home and he certainly had no business being in their bedroom.

When the couple's daughter said that Fred was offended at them being scared at a "strange man" in their bedroom, that to me sounded ridiculous.

Again, he was trespassing so in what reality does he have a right to be offended?

I saw this rerun recently and I still found it so dumb.

Loved this show but this episode always stood out to me.

Yeah I thought the same thing when I was younger, but seeing it today, I understand it speaks to a deeper laying racial issue. Even though Fred had no right to be there, he was upset because he felt that if it had been a WHITE man in their bedroom, the couple wouldn't automatically jump to the conclusion he was there to steal something or hurt them

[Road Dog]

To me the dumbest episode was "The Escorts" where Fred decides to form an escort service for seniors with his friends Elroy and Hutch.