SWMBO Comes Through In The CLUTCH!!!

Ben E Lou · 02-15-2004, 08:02 PM

I had a function with middle school kids last night, so we celebrated Valentine's Day this afternoon/evening. My Valentine's Day present???

Box set of the first three seasons of Sanford and Son on DVD.

I really, really, really love that woman.

sabotai · 02-15-2004, 08:12 PM

You just dumb, son. You just dumb.

Easy Mac · 02-15-2004, 08:15 PM

mmmmmmmmm... SWMBO with my clutch....

Ben E Lou · 02-15-2004, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Easy Mac

mmmmmmmmm... SWMBO with my clutch....

You big dummy!

MJ4H · 02-15-2004, 09:35 PM

Niiiiice.

Well, except I hate that show. Still though its a cool gift. Probably even cooler if you like the show.

JonInMiddleGA · 02-15-2004, 09:53 PM

Y'know, until looking over an episode guide (trying to see if my favorite ep is in the box set, which it isn't), I didn't realize that more than dozen episodes aired between Rowanda Page debuted. And I'm a little bummed for you that season three includes a half dozen episodes w/out Fred.

Fritz · 02-15-2004, 10:47 PM

grady party at bens!

stevew · 02-15-2004, 10:55 PM

Greatest thing is, You dont need to buy anymore. Isnt after season 3 when it went into the shitter?

Ben E Lou · 02-16-2004, 06:23 AM

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Originally Posted by stevew

Greatest thing is, You dont need to buy anymore. Isnt after season 3 when it went into the shitter?

I really don't remember. I'm not *that* old. (Season one was Fall '72. I was three years old at the time.) I probably wasn't allowed to watch it before it was cancelled anyway--but I don't remember. I just remember watching it virtually every single evening, right before the Braves on TBS, in syndication. I don't know which shows were from which seasons.

One of my favorite episodes would have to be later on though--the time that Fred got hooked up with a charlatan church that made him a "Reverend", but he owed 'em a bunch of money in return. He then formed his own "church" to scare the head guy aware. I remember his first sermon included "brother against brother, black against white, Minnesota against Oakland". Wasn't that Super Bowl in '77?

Ben E Lou · 02-16-2004, 06:39 AM

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Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

And I'm a little bummed for you that season three includes a half dozen episodes w/out Fred.

Well, that depends on which episodes. Some of the ones where Grady was "housesitting" while Fred was out of town were classic. Demond Wilson (Lamont) could play straight man for anyone--and sometimes I think he had better chemistry with Whitman Mayo (Grady) than Redd Foxx (Fred).

Ben E Lou · 02-16-2004, 06:54 AM

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Originally Posted by SkyDog

Well, that depends on which episodes. Some of the ones where Grady was "housesitting" while Fred was out of town were classic. Demond Wilson (Lamont) could play straight man for anyone--and sometimes I think he had better chemistry with Whitman Mayo (Grady) than Redd Foxx (Fred).

Yup. Just checked. The one where Lamont and Rollo dupe Grady, send him out, and have some chicks over to the house, and then Aunt Esther and her friends show up for their planned Bible Study is in Season 3!

The_herd · 02-16-2004, 07:05 AM

Wait...your wife actually gets you something for Valentine's Day?

Interesting concept. I may have to run that one by the Wife.

oykib · 02-16-2004, 07:10 AM

Rollo... the name alone is enough to crack me up every time.

There was a stretch where anytime my brothers or I would do something to annoy each other we'd call the offender Rollo with a mock Fred G. Sanford disgust.

JonInMiddleGA · 02-16-2004, 07:27 AM

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Originally Posted by SkyDog

Well, that depends on which episodes. Some of the ones where Grady was "housesitting" while Fred was out of town were classic. Demond Wilson (Lamont) could play straight man for anyone--and sometimes I think he had better chemistry with Whitman Mayo (Grady) than Redd Foxx (Fred).

Some were indeed good, but other times it lacked the same ... punch ... of the traditional lineup IMO. BTW, my personal favorite ep has to be "My Fair Esther" from season five. It holds the record for most Esther-insults in a single episode, with 20.

Minus the commercial time, that's close to one-per-minute, and that's a very good thing

Eaglesfan27 · 02-16-2004, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by The_herd

Wait...your wife actually gets you something for Valentine's Day?

Interesting concept. I may have to run that one by the Wife.

Ditto. I spend a few hundred dollars on presents for her. I get some candy and some "love."

StormcloudCreations · 02-16-2004, 11:20 AM

Lucky you, SkyDog!

My father used to roar with laughter at Sanford and Son. Myself, ehh. Occasionally it would be funny, sometimes Sanford just was a grouchy old man and got on my nerves.

I got all three seasons of the Simpsons on DVD for Christmas from my girl, so I know that "clutch" feeling" myself. Very nice indeed.

BigJohn&TheLions · 02-16-2004, 04:56 PM

Had season 1 for a year. Got 2 & 3 for Christmas. For V-Day? Superfly DVD! WOO-HOO!!!

Lamont: You're a dirty old man.

Fred: And I'm gonna be one 'til I'm a dead old man!

judicial clerk · 02-16-2004, 05:02 PM

The Sanford and Son theme song is playing in my head right now. -- baba bada...--

GrantDawg · 02-16-2004, 06:56 PM

That my friends is a great present.

hukarez · 02-16-2004, 07:18 PM

...Elizabeth! I'm coming for you, Elizabeth!

At least, I think that was the name. It's been awhile since I saw that when I was a kid.

Swaggs · 02-16-2004, 08:08 PM

In my opinion, the best theme music in television history.

Bubba Wheels · 02-16-2004, 08:34 PM

Can't think of Red Foxx without remembering how he died, clutching his heart on the set of his new TV show, eyes rolling into the back of his head, cast of his show standing around and laughing out loud at his 'performance.' Amazing but true.

Vegas Vic · 02-17-2004, 01:05 AM

SkyDog, you fish-eyed fool!

Samdari · 02-17-2004, 07:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Swaggs

In my opinion, the best theme music in television history.

You have not watched enough Match Game.

02-15-2004, 10:47 PM	#7
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StormcloudCreations Uniter of Men Join Date: Nov 2003	Lucky you, SkyDog! My father used to roar with laughter at Sanford and Son. Myself, ehh. Occasionally it would be funny, sometimes Sanford just was a grouchy old man and got on my nerves. I got all three seasons of the Simpsons on DVD for Christmas from my girl, so I know that "clutch" feeling" myself. Very nice indeed. __________________ Derek Stormcloud Creations www.stormcloudcreations.com

02-16-2004, 04:56 PM	#17
BigJohn&TheLions College Benchwarmer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: New York	Had season 1 for a year. Got 2 & 3 for Christmas. For V-Day? Superfly DVD! WOO-HOO!!! Lamont: You're a dirty old man. Fred: And I'm gonna be one 'til I'm a dead old man! Last edited by BigJohn&TheLions : 02-16-2004 at 04:59 PM.

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02-15-2004, 08:12 PM	#2
sabotai General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Satellite of Love	You just dumb, son. You just dumb.

02-15-2004, 08:15 PM	#3
Easy Mac Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Here	mmmmmmmmm... SWMBO with my clutch....

02-15-2004, 09:35 PM	#5
MJ4H Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hog Country	Niiiiice. Well, except I hate that show. Still though its a cool gift. Probably even cooler if you like the show.

02-15-2004, 09:53 PM	#6
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	Y'know, until looking over an episode guide (trying to see if my favorite ep is in the box set, which it isn't), I didn't realize that more than dozen episodes aired between Rowanda Page debuted. And I'm a little bummed for you that season three includes a half dozen episodes w/out Fred.

02-15-2004, 10:55 PM	#8
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	Greatest thing is, You dont need to buy anymore. Isnt after season 3 when it went into the shitter?

02-16-2004, 07:10 AM	#13
oykib College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000	Rollo... the name alone is enough to crack me up every time. There was a stretch where anytime my brothers or I would do something to annoy each other we'd call the offender Rollo with a mock Fred G. Sanford disgust.

02-16-2004, 05:02 PM	#18
judicial clerk College Benchwarmer Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Portland, OR	The Sanford and Son theme song is playing in my head right now. -- baba bada...--

02-16-2004, 06:56 PM	#19
GrantDawg World Champion Mis-speller Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Covington, Ga.	That my friends is a great present.

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Swaggs Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	In my opinion, the best theme music in television history. __________________ DOWN WITH HATTRICK!!! The RWBL Are you reading In The Bleachers?

02-16-2004, 08:34 PM	#22
Bubba Wheels College Starter Join Date: Jan 2004	Can't think of Red Foxx without remembering how he died, clutching his heart on the set of his new TV show, eyes rolling into the back of his head, cast of his show standing around and laughing out loud at his 'performance.' Amazing but true.

02-17-2004, 01:05 AM	#23
Vegas Vic Checkraising Tourists Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cocoa Beach, FL	SkyDog, you fish-eyed fool!

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