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Sanford and Son The Big Party (1972–1977) Online

Sanford and Son The Big Party (1972–1977) Online
1972–1977 Redd Foxx Demond Wilson Gabriel Dell Jack Shea
Original Title :
The Big Party
Genre :
TV Episode / Comedy
Year :
1972–1977
Directror :
Jack Shea
Cast :
Redd Foxx,Demond Wilson,Gabriel Dell
Writer :
Odie Hawkins,Aaron Ruben
Type :
TV Episode
Time :
30min
Rating :
7.6/10

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Sanford and Son The Big Party (1972–1977) Online

Fred and Lamont are having some trouble paying the bills. Lamont's solution wants to request an extension, but Fred has a more stable idea borrowed from the old Harlem Rent parties in which they can hold a party and charge money on the door. Lamont is reluctant but eventually gives in. During the party, two gangsters show up and give Fred and Lamont "an offer they can't refuse" by suggesting that they use the junk business as a front while secretly turning Sanford and Son into a speakeasy. They seem trapped until they call on the one source who can help them out, Aunt Esther.
Episode cast overview:
Redd Foxx Redd Foxx - Fred G. Sanford
Demond Wilson Demond Wilson - Lamont Sanford
Gabriel Dell Gabriel Dell - Leader
Don Bexley Don Bexley - Bubba Bexley
LaWanda Page LaWanda Page - Aunt Esther Anderson
Danny 'Big Black' Rey Danny 'Big Black' Rey - Duane (as Danny 'Big' Black)

This episode marks the first appearance of Aunt Esther.

Fred dubs Aunt Esther's ladies Bible study group "Esther's Raiders," a play on "Nader's Raiders," the name given to the average citizen activists who served as consumer watchdogs under and inspired by Ralph Nader.


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"The Big Party" marked the debut of LaWanda Page as Aunt Esther, the most prolific regular apart from Fred and Lamont, with a total of 48 episodes (reconfigured from Aunt Ethel in two earlier appearances by Beah Richards). Assets of $30 aren't enough to take care of $200 in unpaid bills, but since Fred's left hand itches it's a sure sign of money. The knock on the door turns out to Aunt Esther: "my left hand lied to me!" Never approving of the 'deadbeat' that married her sister Elizabeth, the family feud has continued more than 20 years after her untimely death: "the day I married your sister I was loaded" "yeah you was loaded all right, you were so drunk you fell on the preacher!" "well, I had to get drunk to look at your ugly family...for years people going' around sayin' black is beautiful, they took one look at your family and said hold everything!" Esther wants to use Fred's home for one of her Sunday bible meetings with what he describes as her 'cackling sisters' - "this is a junkyard, not a henhouse!" Lamont has no choice but to go along with his father's idea of spending their last $30 on refreshments, then charging admission for a fund raising campaign. Gabe Dell, previously seen in "The Suitcase Case," plays a similarly sinister character, while Billy Allyn debuts as Fred's pool hall buddy Billy, later seen in "A Visit from Lena Horne" and "Fred Sanford, Legal Eagle."