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Sanford and Son- Theme Song
Based on the British comedy "Steptoe and Son", Norman Lear scored a huge hit with the Redd Foxx sitcom "Sanford and Son". Fred Sanford (Foxx) was an elderly junk yard owner and widower, whose son Lamont (Demond Wilson) still lived at home and helped him run the place. Fred was grumpy and a bit cantankerous, but was really scared his son, who had greater ambitions than junkyard ownership, would eventually move out. Each time Lamont mentioned leaving the old man, Fred would clutch his chest and exclaim, "I'm comin' Elizabeth!". A reference to his deceased wife. Fred somehow exuded enough charm to keep a girlfriend, nurse Donna Harris (Lynn Hamilton). Another memorable supporting cast member was Aunt Esther (LaWanda Page), who was a constant, somewhat self-righteous, annoyance to Fred. Foxx left the series for his own failed variety series and remaining star Demond Wilson left in a salary dispute. A follow-up Foxx-less series, "The Sanford Arms", starring LaWanda Page, lasted only two months. A third series "Sanford", this time starring Foxx aired in 1980, but poor scheduling and a lack of viewers led to a quick demise.

Redd Foxx	....	Fred Sanford
Demond Wilson	....	Lamont Sanford
Raymond Allen	....	Woody Anderson (1976-1977)
Don Bexley	....	Bubba Hoover (1972-1977)
Marlene Clark	....	Janet Lawson (1976-1977)
Edward Crawford	....	Roger Lawson (1976-1977)
Lynn Hamilton	....	Donna Harris (1972-1977)
Whitman Mayo	....	Grady Wilson (1973-1977)
Pat Morita	....	Ah Chew (1974-1975)
LaWanda Page	....	Aunt Esther Winfield Anderson (1973-1977)
Noam Pitlik	....	Officer Swanhauser (1972)
Howard Platt	....	Officer 'Hoppy' Hopkins (1972-1976)
Beah Richards	....	Aunt Ethel (1972)
Gregory Sierra	....	Julio Fuentes (1972-1975)
Nathaniel Taylor	....	Rollo Larson
Slappy White	....	Melvin (1972)
Hal Williams	....	Officer Smith (segment "Smitty") (1972-1976)