What did Lamont do for a living? He seemed to have his act together. He had nice friends and dated some classy girls. Why didn't he get his own place and visit pop on the weekends to make sure he didn't get himself into trouble with any of his hairbrained schemes?
I guess because there wouldn't have been much of a show had he moved out.
by Anonymous | reply 1 | November 25, 2016 12:26 AM |
The plot should be Aunt Esther moves in after Lamont gets fed up with Fred and moves out to live his own life.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | November 25, 2016 12:36 AM |
Lamont was an asshole to Fred.
by Anonymous | reply 3 | November 25, 2016 12:40 AM |
I loved the theme music.
by Anonymous | reply 4 | November 25, 2016 12:49 AM |
R2 Yes, it should've been. The best thing about the show was the exchanges between Fred and Esther.
R4 That was the second best thing.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | November 25, 2016 12:59 AM |
[quote]What did Lamont do for a living?
If I'd been around, he could've made a fortune by being my "companion." As long as he was willing to bottom.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | November 25, 2016 1:13 AM |
Lamont drove around all day finding the crap that they sold in the junk yard via that red truck. He never left because that was his home/place of employment. Also because Fred appeared to be incapable of taking care of himself, but in reality, he was just being manipulative.
by Anonymous | reply 8 | November 25, 2016 11:36 AM |
OP, NBC did try to do "Sanford & Son" without Lamont in 1980. After Redd Foxx left to do his failed variety show on ABC, Redd came back to NBC in 1980 to do a reboot. Demond Wilson apparently didn't want to do it, so they had Lamont get married and move out and some fat white guy (Cal) moved in and took his place. My brother & I used to call him the "white Lamont." After 26 episodes, NBC had enough and cancelled it.
Here's a link to an episode on Youtube and you can see what Sanford without Son would be like (not very good). Plus, I don't think Aunt Esther was around for this show, so that didn't help.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | November 25, 2016 11:47 AM |
Sanford and Son. Back in the day they allowed the N word on network TV.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | November 25, 2016 11:51 AM |
R10, what I find interesting -- and, frankly, surprising -- is that the word is not edited out today. It surprises me only because I've seen vulgar words edited out of some other shows (like "Golden Girls"), though I guess it just depends on the station in question. ("GG" is edited for content on Hallmark but maybe not necessarily on other stations.) Still, given the gravity of the N-word, you would think on family-friendly stations like Antenna TV (which shows "Sanford & Son" along with other staples of the '70s) that the word would be stricken but it's not (which actually pleases me because I hate any kind of censoring).
by Anonymous | reply 11 | November 25, 2016 12:18 PM |
LaWanda Page did appear as Aunt Esther in the reboot but, according to Wikipedia, she didn't appear until the second season. Also, Lamont didn't get married, he was away working on the Alaska pipeline.
Reading about the reboot, I've come to realize I had such faulty memories of it as I thought Fred had gotten married (he didn't, she was just his girlfriend) and that she had been played by Mary Alice (she was actually played by Marguerite Ray). Too long ago for me, I guess.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | November 25, 2016 12:33 PM |
R6, that was a good one. These were my favorites:
"Here Comes the Bride, There Goes the Bride"
"A Matter of Life and Breath"
"Lamont Goes African"
"Rated X"
"Libra Rising All Over Lamont"
"The Members of the Wedding"
"Wine, Women & Aunt Esther"
"Mama's Baby, Papa's Maybe"
"Fred Sanford, Legal Eagle"
"Aunt Esther & Uncle Woodrow Pfft ..."
"A Little Extra Security" (one of the Grady eps that didn't feature Redd Foxx)
by Anonymous | reply 13 | November 25, 2016 12:41 PM |
As a kid, I had always wanted to see a showdown between Fred Sanford and Archie Bunker.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | November 25, 2016 12:43 PM |
Lamont is a minister now.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | November 25, 2016 12:45 PM |
The Aunt Esther/Woodrow ep cited at R13 didn't feature Redd Foxx either.
by Anonymous | reply 16 | November 25, 2016 12:51 PM |
[Quote]Also, Lamont didn't get married, he was away working on the Alaska pipeline.
Didn't James, the father fom "Goodtimes," also leave the home to go work on the Alaskan pipeline?
by Anonymous | reply 17 | November 25, 2016 12:56 PM |
Maybe they hooked up
by Anonymous | reply 18 | November 25, 2016 1:02 PM |
Dorothy and Sophia were the white, female version of Fred and Lamont.
by Anonymous | reply 19 | November 25, 2016 1:04 PM |
Thanks for the laugh OP!
by Anonymous | reply 20 | November 25, 2016 1:15 PM |
Esther I could dip your face in some batter and make me some gorilla cookies
by Anonymous | reply 21 | November 25, 2016 1:26 PM |
Sanford and Son was a remake of the British show "Steptoe and Son," where the men were Jews not Negros.
They were "rag and bone men," and the British series is very good but much darker. Although in some cases the scrips on Sanford and Son are used line for line, the overall tone of the British version is very dark. When the son complains about his father, you can see he really is trapped in an awful world and Steptoes live in an actual slum, not a "messy" house like Sanford, or a spit-spot clean housing project like on Good Times.
If you can get a chance check out Steptoe and Son
As for the OP question, Lamont dropped out of high school, so he had no education and on several occasions he did find work elsewhere but since he was a high school drop out, the jobs were very basic and he had to take orders from everyone and would quit. He liked working for his "pop" because he was his own boss and as Fred would say "heir to all this."
by Anonymous | reply 22 | November 25, 2016 1:31 PM |
r21
Watch it sucka
by Anonymous | reply 23 | November 25, 2016 1:31 PM |
I wonder why they didn't have Lamont go to night school or something. He always seemed really sophisticated compared to his dad. He certainly didn't act like a highschool dropout. I had a big crush on him.
by Anonymous | reply 24 | November 25, 2016 1:40 PM |
[quote]Lamont dropped out of high school, so he had no education and on several occasions he did find work elsewhere but since he was a high school drop out, the jobs were very basic and he had to take orders from everyone and would quit. He liked working for his "pop" because he was his own boss and as Fred would say "heir to all this."
This is actually a fit description of how Lamont was when the series first started, but as it progressed, so did his character in that he came off as being a lot more mature than in the early seasons, dressed better (for the '70s at least), and became very accepting of Fred's relationship with Donna, which he at first greatly resented (and tried to sabotage on more than one occasion). I always wondered if these changes were due to Demond Wilson not liking the character as he was initially or just a natural progression that took place on the part of the writers.
Strangely enough, I also feel the show jumped the shark when Redd Foxx returned to the series following his self-exile over money. Whereas Lamont matured, Fred became much sillier and the plots just flat-out ridiculous (the Hawaiian caper, Fred meeting his double "Redd Foxx," that horrible earthquake spoof, etc.), with many episodes that were more embarrassing to watch than funny. Not sure how much longer it lasted after Foxx's return but by that point, the end could not have come soon enough.
by Anonymous | reply 25 | November 25, 2016 1:52 PM |
[quote]Fred meeting his double "Redd Foxx,"
That was actually an improvement on the unwatchable late-season [italic]Here's Lucy[/italic] episode they borrowed the concept from.
by Anonymous | reply 26 | November 25, 2016 1:54 PM |
He was the junkyard š© dog.
by Anonymous | reply 27 | November 25, 2016 2:02 PM |
All the Norman Lear shows went out with a whimper instead of a bang. [italic]All in the Family[/italic] degenerated into the depressing [italic]Archie Bunker's Place[/italic], and [italic]The Jeffersons[/italic] toned down George in a similar fashion (and worst of all, because Mike & Gloria divorced Lionel & Jenny had to, too). [italic]Good Times[/italic] gave Esther Rolle everything she wanted to get her to come back but they totally killed the show in the process. Pulling the plug on [italic]Maude[/italic] when she became a congressional representative was probably for the best and Bea Arthur knew it, and [italic]One Day at a Time[/italic] just plain got old.
The ratings went down when ABC put [italic]Donny and Marie[/italic] opposite it, but NBC didn't want to lose this show because they had no other hit sitcoms but this and [italic]Chico and the Man[/italic], which pretty much died with Freddie Prinze's suicide. Hence the two sequels.
by Anonymous | reply 28 | November 25, 2016 2:02 PM |
R22, Steptoe and son is a real downer. You can really feel the hopelessness and desperation of the pair in spite of the laugh track. Do their lives improve throughout the series or does the son end up bludgeoning the father? And how do you know the Steptoes were Jewish? Was their religion worked into the show?
by Anonymous | reply 29 | November 25, 2016 2:05 PM |
IIRC, "Sanford & Son" started off one of the most popular lineups on a Friday night in TV history:
Sanford & Son
Chico & the Man
The Rockford Files
Police Woman
by Anonymous | reply 30 | November 25, 2016 2:09 PM |
[quote]how do you know the Steptoes were Jewish? Was their religion worked into the show?
You're correct, I made an error. For some reason I thought they were Jewish, but I can't find any back up.
by Anonymous | reply 31 | November 25, 2016 2:34 PM |
Wilfrid Brambell who played father Steptoe was a homosexual.
by Anonymous | reply 32 | November 25, 2016 2:36 PM |
Did the Steptoes have their own Aunt Esther?
by Anonymous | reply 33 | November 25, 2016 3:40 PM |
When the show first started, Fred's main nemesis was Ethel, who was another one of his late wife's sisters. Esther came along a while later.
by Anonymous | reply 34 | November 25, 2016 3:49 PM |
R17,
On Good Times, James had gone to Mississippi to work as a mechanic; the family were all set to leave the projects and join him when they got the news of his death.
(M-I-crooked letter crooked letter-I-crooked letter crooked letter-I-humpback humpback-I)
by Anonymous | reply 35 | November 25, 2016 4:30 PM |
There was this white character actress who would always appear in the first season. I can't think of her name, but you would know her when you'd see her. And Fred would always encounter her in various situations and she would say, "Well, I never" which would set up some joke for Fred which would get lots of laughs.
by Anonymous | reply 36 | November 25, 2016 4:37 PM |
[quote]There was this white character actress who would always appear in the first season. I can't think of her name, but you would know her when you'd see her. And Fred would always encounter her in various situations and she would say, "Well, I never" which would set up some joke for Fred which would get lots of laughs.
Fritzi Burr
by Anonymous | reply 37 | November 25, 2016 6:35 PM |
Aunt Esther is the quintessential DL poster.
by Anonymous | reply 38 | November 25, 2016 7:53 PM |
I'm pretty sure Lamont made me aware of my attraction to black men for the first time.
by Anonymous | reply 39 | November 25, 2016 8:10 PM |
Thanks for the better info r12 my memory of the reboot isn't too good (I haven't seen it on TV probably since the 80s).
Redd Foxx had to fight with NBC to get LaWanda Page the role of Aunt Esther. NBC didn't want to cast LaWanda based on her stand-up act, which was quite dirty, but Redd insisted that she was right for the part.
Here's a sample of one of her blue comedy albums.
by Anonymous | reply 40 | November 25, 2016 8:42 PM |
That's hilarious that they made her character a church lady.
by Anonymous | reply 41 | November 25, 2016 8:56 PM |
R37, Fritzi Burr was also sister in law to S&S producer Saul Turtletaub. She became better known as Mrs. Collins on "What's Happening." Burr spars impressively with Foxx as a nurse. She starts about 13:00
by Anonymous | reply 43 | November 25, 2016 9:06 PM |
Who was Lamont's buddy, the dope smoking ladies man? Rollie? Something like that? There was an epi where Fred found "weeds" growing in the junkyard and wanted to burn them. Lamont's buddy assured him the best way to burn the weeds was rolled up in little pieces of paper. Somehow then Fred became convinced it was a salad green and fed it to the two dopey cops.
I don't know why I remember that, probably because I was high at the time I watched it and found the weed angle hilarious.
by Anonymous | reply 44 | November 25, 2016 9:19 PM |
R22, r29 they were Christians, Church of England I think. There were episodes where they were celebrating Christmas and I remember one where they were collecting stuff for a church jumble sale and the vicar came round.
It is much darker than Sanford and Son and I think it's much funnier too. The one with the escaped convicts who break in but Harold and Albert are so broke the convicts end up giving them cigarettes is particularly poignant.
by Anonymous | reply 45 | November 25, 2016 9:41 PM |
R44, Rollo was played by Nathaniel Taylor, who also appeared with Redd Foxx in the "Sanford" reboot and on "The Redd Foxx Show." He was arrested at one point for burglary, though not sure how much time he received, if any.
One of my favorite scenes with him in "Sanford & Son" was in the episode "Rated X" in which Lamont and Rollo, deciding to pursue acting careers, were wondering where they could get 8x10 glossies of themselves to which Fred responded, "Rollo, why don't you just go down to the post office and take one of your pictures down off the wall." It was so clear Taylor could barely contain his own amusement after Foxx delivered that line.
by Anonymous | reply 46 | November 25, 2016 9:54 PM |
There was an episode where Fred brings his fiance Judy to meet Lamont. Turns out Lamont and Judy once were an item. She was slightly older than Lamont but quite a bit younger than Fred. Lamont tells Fred about it and Fred is incredulous. He finds out that Lamont went by another named when he was involved with Judy: "who'd he say he was, Superfly?" Anyway, Lamont says everything will work out; he'll marry Judy and they'll all live together. He and Fred retreat to the kitchen to argue, completely shutting Judy out of the conversation. When they come back, she's gone. She leaves them a note saying neither one of them is a candidate for marriage because they're "already married." They wonder what she meant by that...and then start talking and behaving like an old married couple. Fred and Lamont WERE "married' to each other; theirs was a typical, hopelessly co-dependent relationship.
by Anonymous | reply 47 | November 25, 2016 10:00 PM |
One of the funniest 70s sitcoms at it's height of popularity. And because of Red Foxx many familiar faces from old movies and TV shows made guest appearances bringing them to a new generation of viewers.
by Anonymous | reply 48 | November 25, 2016 10:01 PM |
Anyone remember the episode where Skillet told Fred that Lamont was gay because he saw him going into a gay bar? It was handled very well especially for the 1970s.
by Anonymous | reply 49 | November 25, 2016 10:03 PM |
Redd Foxx was supposedly sterile as a result of adult mumps.
by Anonymous | reply 50 | November 25, 2016 10:04 PM |
I thought Grady was a great supporting character. The shows where Fred was in St. Louis and Grady was left to the house and cook for Lamont were pretty funny. And Grady delivered one of the funniest lines in the series. When Fred asks whether or not Big Money Grip was kidding about Lamont being his son Grady sensibly replies: "well, you know what they say, Fred...Mama's baby, Papa's maybe."
by Anonymous | reply 52 | November 25, 2016 10:13 PM |
I agree, R52. Grady was a wonderful character and Whitman Mayo did a fantastic job filling in while Redd Foxx was off the show. He was even just as funny as Foxx going toe-to-toe with Aunt Esther.
Ironically, one of the worst episodes of "Sanford & Son" was the one in which Grady went home to visit his daughter and her family, which was used as the launching pad for the horrid spinoff, "Grady," which didn't last very long. Luckily, Mayo was able to return to "S&S" right after it was canceled.
by Anonymous | reply 53 | November 25, 2016 10:26 PM |
I WANT MY DADDY'S RECORDS
by Anonymous | reply 54 | November 25, 2016 10:28 PM |
I love you R54!
by Anonymous | reply 55 | November 25, 2016 10:32 PM |
Who wants a glass of this ripple?
by Anonymous | reply 56 | November 25, 2016 10:35 PM |
Nice anecdotes guys- been having a great time reading this thread, sitting in my grampa's armchair after stuffing myself with turkey. I think I'll take a quick nap now.
by Anonymous | reply 57 | November 25, 2016 10:37 PM |
Ain't nobody got any love for me?
by Anonymous | reply 58 | November 25, 2016 10:38 PM |
Here are some appearances Lawanda made on Dean Martin's show. She had impeccable timing and delivery.
by Anonymous | reply 59 | November 25, 2016 10:51 PM |
R42, yeah, Lawanda Page did some raunchy stand-up comedy. The church lady, outside of S&S, she wasn't.
It was funny hearing her call Fred a fish-eyed fool.
I read they were great friends, and Foxx insisted she remain a part of the cast when producers wanted to make changes.
by Anonymous | reply 60 | November 25, 2016 10:55 PM |
R53 - I recently saw that Grady episode where he moved in with his daughter and her family. His son-in-law was played by Papa Pope from SCANDAL himself, Joe Morton.
I always found the white and black cop in the early seasons of S&S very funny. Whenever the white cop would say something, Fred and Lamont would look at the black cop who would translate what he said. Swanee and Smitty were their names.
by Anonymous | reply 61 | November 25, 2016 11:04 PM |
Believe it or not, Whitman Mayo was only 43 the first time he appeared on S&S. He looked much older.
I think one of the funny lines was when the police came in to question Fred about burglars. The cop asked, "Were they colored?" and Fred said, "Yes. White."
by Anonymous | reply 62 | November 25, 2016 11:08 PM |
Has anyone been able to see the Redd Foxx movie "Norman, Is That You?" It was based on a Broadway show about two parents who find out their son is gay.
by Anonymous | reply 63 | November 25, 2016 11:20 PM |
I heard that LaWanda Page was pretty terrible when she first started playing Aunt Esther. She was no actress. But Redd Foxx coached her until she could play old gorilla face to perfection.
by Anonymous | reply 64 | November 25, 2016 11:23 PM |
I saw it twice on TCM years ago R63 when they were still doing gay films in June. It was panned but honestly it was pretty good and Redd Foxx did quite well with the dramatic scenes.
by Anonymous | reply 65 | November 25, 2016 11:58 PM |
[quote]I saw it twice on TCM years ago [R63] when they were still doing gay films in June. It was panned but honestly it was pretty good and Redd Foxx did quite well with the dramatic scenes.
I always wondered why they changed it over to a black family In the Broadway play, it was a Jewish family. Mo Stapleton played the mother.
by Anonymous | reply 66 | November 26, 2016 12:34 AM |
Lawanda Page had a brief part in the 1995 movie "Friday" starring Ice Cube, Chris Tucker, Anna Maria Horsford (Reverend Frye's daughter from the t.v. show "Amen"), and John Witherspoon.
If you're in the mood to watch something silly, check it out. One of my all time faves.
by Anonymous | reply 67 | November 26, 2016 12:46 AM |
R67 she was also in "Shakes The Clown" a movie that enraged Kathy Lee Gifford.
[quote]My pussy is like peanut butter, smooth and easy to spread.
by Anonymous | reply 68 | November 26, 2016 12:53 AM |
LaWanda Page was wonderful on S&S but she was really terrible on everything else where she wasn't essentially Esther. One of the worst sitcom performances ever was where she played Myrtle on "Different Strokes". Her delivery was so insincere that when the twist comes at the end of the episode, suggesting she was going to fess up to her deception, you think she's lying again.
by Anonymous | reply 69 | November 26, 2016 1:37 AM |
LaWanda was a stand-up comedian, not an actress. They are different skill sets.
by Anonymous | reply 70 | November 26, 2016 1:58 AM |
R70 Right.
Jerry Seinfeld, Drew Carey, Brett Butler, Roseanne Barr, Ray Romano, Kevin James, Bob Newhart, Redd Foxx, etc.
by Anonymous | reply 71 | November 26, 2016 2:20 AM |
Oh really, r70?
by Anonymous | reply 72 | November 26, 2016 2:21 AM |
Are you busy polishing your Oscar, Jamie at R72?
by Anonymous | reply 73 | November 26, 2016 2:25 AM |
r71, other than Bob Newhart, none of the rest have had success except in projects that were built around their specific personality. I would also add Robin Williams and Whoopi Goldberg to the small list who could actually transform themselves into full fledged characters that were different from their own personalities. Robin and Whoopi mastered both the art of stand-up and the art of acting.
by Anonymous | reply 74 | November 26, 2016 2:30 AM |
"I would also add Robin Williams and Whoopi Goldberg to the small list who could actually transform themselves into full fledged characters that were different from their own personalities. Robin and Whoopi mastered both the art of stand-up and the art of acting."
Maybe Robin Williams did. But no matter what role Whoopi Goldberg plays she always comes across as Whoopi Goldberg. I've never found her convincing in any role she's been in.
by Anonymous | reply 75 | November 26, 2016 2:37 AM |
[quote]But no matter what role Whoopi Goldberg plays she always comes across as Whoopi Goldberg. I've never found her convincing in any role she's been in.
Oh, I don't agree. I think she's proved her versatility in "The Color Purple" and "Ghost." However, she's a lazy actress and as she grew in her career, she needed a director that would kick her ass rather than kiss it. So she has several films where she could have done better work and just wasn't pushed to do so.
by Anonymous | reply 76 | November 26, 2016 2:43 AM |
[Quote][R71], other than Bob Newhart, none of the rest have had success except in projects that were built around their specific personality.
Lick my balls, r74.
Any Given Sunday
Collateral
Ray
The Soloist
Django Unchained
by Anonymous | reply 77 | November 26, 2016 3:00 AM |
You can lick my ass r77. Jaime Foxx wasn't in the original list that I was referring to.
by Anonymous | reply 78 | November 26, 2016 3:24 AM |
Steptoe and Son had the same type of relatives but no Esther clone.
r47
That episode was almost line for line taken from Steptoe as was the one about Fred and the gay piano owner who gives Lamont a piano and thinks Lamont is abusing Fred by making him do all the work
[quote]"Rollo, why don't you just go down to the post office and take one of your pictures down off the wall." It was so clear Taylor could barely contain his own amusement after Foxx delivered that line.
Back in the day when going to jail was something to be ashamed of and not a requirement to get on TV or a #1 hit.
by Anonymous | reply 79 | November 26, 2016 7:05 AM |
I liked Miss Jane as Hoppy's mother
by Anonymous | reply 80 | November 26, 2016 7:07 AM |
R79 Steptoe and Son didn't have any relatives. Very few other actors in most episodes, only there to provide a plot point usually with minimal screen time. It's one of the reasons I like it so much, just excellent writing and two good actors carrying the entire thing.
by Anonymous | reply 81 | November 26, 2016 8:48 AM |
Champipple = champagne + ripple
by Anonymous | reply 82 | November 26, 2016 9:31 AM |
82 posts and no one mentioned LaMont's bulge? DL, I am so disappointed in you
by Anonymous | reply 83 | November 26, 2016 1:08 PM |
[quote]When the son complains about his father, you can see he really is trapped in an awful world and Steptoes live in an actual slum, not a "messy" house like Sanford, or a spit-spot clean housing project like on Good Times.
The Sanfords lived in a slum. They lived in Watts which had a lot of gangs.
by Anonymous | reply 84 | November 26, 2016 2:18 PM |
Another time when Rollo almost cracked up was when Aunt Esther came to bail Fred, Lamont, and Rollo out of jail after they were mistaken for being porno actors.
When there were in jail had another funny scene when the gay guy, I think the same guy who played the queeny guy on Lost in Space, tried to hit on Fred.
by Anonymous | reply 85 | November 26, 2016 2:56 PM |
r84
No, Sanfords lived in a TV version of a slum. The house was just messy that's all. Steptoe and Son, was a REAL slum. Did it even have heat? I think they used portable heaters, it had a bathroom located outside of the house, it was a real life slum.
r81
Yes, the Steptoes had relatives. Remember the episode where Harold is going to get married and the bride leaves him at the alter and the greedy relatives want their gifts back. This was adapted directly into a Sanford and Son episode.
by Anonymous | reply 86 | November 26, 2016 3:00 PM |
The actor who played the gay director in the "Rated X" episode was Jack DeLeon, not Jonathan Harris from "Lost in Space," though it was very easy to mistake one for the other (they looked quite similar). Harris did, however, appear in a different episode of "Sanford & Son" that same season called "Pot Luck."
by Anonymous | reply 87 | November 26, 2016 3:11 PM |
Steptoe had 14 brothers and sisters
by Anonymous | reply 88 | November 26, 2016 3:39 PM |
R86 one episode isn't the same as regular recurring cast. There was no mention of these people before or after. For all intents and purposes the show was based on two characters with minimal appearances by other characters. There were no other regular characters. There were no aunts dropping by, no Grady or Bubba.
by Anonymous | reply 89 | November 26, 2016 3:42 PM |
I was puzzled by Red Foxx's unfinished patchy beard
by Anonymous | reply 90 | November 26, 2016 3:43 PM |
I suppose Auntie Ada will be there...Lifting up her skirts to the vicar
by Anonymous | reply 91 | November 26, 2016 3:44 PM |
The Steptoe home was filthy and depressing. The Sanford house was cluttered, but cosy.
by Anonymous | reply 92 | November 26, 2016 4:38 PM |
Episode1 from season1 - you can see Lamont's character definitely evolved over time.
by Anonymous | reply 93 | November 26, 2016 4:51 PM |
Whoopi Goldberg was never a comedienne, she was an "actress" who did comedic sketches, similar to Lily Tomlin. The gap between Goldberg and Tomlin's acting talent is immense.
by Anonymous | reply 94 | November 26, 2016 5:18 PM |
Jack DeLeon made a career out of playing flamboyant homos. He played one in an episode of "Barney Miller" and played a queen walking his poodle through the park in that horrible movie "The Choirboys."
by Anonymous | reply 95 | November 26, 2016 9:13 PM |
I too thought this was the the actor who played Dr. Smith.
by Anonymous | reply 96 | November 26, 2016 9:32 PM |
Ron Glass, Demond Wilson's (Lamont) co-star in "The New Odd Couple," but best-known as a regular on "Barney Miller," has died.
by Anonymous | reply 97 | November 26, 2016 9:39 PM |
RIP...
by Anonymous | reply 98 | November 26, 2016 9:41 PM |
[quote] Has anyone been able to see the Redd Foxx movie "Norman, Is That You?" It was based on a Broadway show about two parents who find out their son is gay.
I have, it's just a forgettable sitcom-level thing, but I wouldn't call it offensive. Sanford and Son was a pro-gay show, they did at least a few pro-gay episodes.
by Anonymous | reply 99 | November 27, 2016 5:35 AM |
Here's a great Steptoe and Son, with all Steptoe's wacky relatives.
by Anonymous | reply 100 | November 27, 2016 7:57 AM |
I loved a good FredāEsther reading match ...
[quote]For years people have been goin' around sayin' "Black Is beautiful." They took one look at your family and said "HOLD EVERYTHING!"
by Anonymous | reply 101 | September 5, 2019 3:38 AM |
Back in the 80s I saw Whitman Mayo (Grady) cruising the aisles in a run-down adult porn theater in Los Angeles. He was sweaty and kind of drooling a bit. I was a little scared, but I was young at the time. Tony Perkins from Psycho tried to pick me up at the busy Circus of Books on Santa Monica Blvd. around the same period. He also exposed himself to me at a theater multiplex restroom at Universal City. It was yellowish and wrinkly. Looked like a grower. Again, I was frightened. But this was over 30 years ago. I certainly would have been up for an adventure if it happened now.
by Anonymous | reply 102 | September 5, 2019 7:22 AM |
I always thought the son in SAS was a cross dresser with attachment issues.
by Anonymous | reply 103 | September 5, 2019 7:34 AM |