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• Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, LaWanda Page, Don Bexley, Arthur Adams
• Directors: Alan Rafkin, Bill Foster, Bill Wyse, James Sheldon, Lewis Gomavitz
• Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
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• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 3
• Rating: Unrated
• Studio: Sony Pictures
• DVD Release Date: September 14, 2004
• Run Time: 623 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0002KE2FW
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #17,335 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Guest stars and more guest stars seem to be the theme of Sanford and Son's very funny fifth season (1975-1976). The 25 episodes feature a parade of celebrities supporting stars Redd Foxx and Demond Wilson in guest and recurring roles, including John Larroquette and Robert Guillaume in Steinberg and Son, a TV sitcom based on Fred and Lamont's life; Marlene Clark as Lamont's girlfriend June; Nancy (The Beverly Hillbillies) as Officer Hoppy's overprotective mom; and George Foreman, Merv Griffin, Steve Lawrence, and Eydie Gorme as themselves. The other addition to the series comes with the introduction of the Sanford Arms, a apartment built on former neighbor Julio's place, and which comes complete with a host of eccentric guests (the hotel, along with Sanford stars LaWanda Page and Don Bexley, would be the focus of its own short-lived sitcom following Sanford and Son's cancellation in 1977).

Otherwise, it's business as usual at Fred and Lamont's junkyard, with the pair getting involved in bank robberies, earthquakes, and escort services, while still finding time to go camping (in the season finale, written by Garry Shandling). The sheer amount of laughs offered by season 5 was a strong reminder of why the show had remained so popular for four seasons; unfortunately, time slot changes and the disinterest of both leads would spell the show's demise only one season later. As with the other Sanford sets, the fifth season box contains no supplemental features. --Paul Gaita

Product Description

Laughs & more laughs with SANFORD AND SON: THE 5TH SEASON. Redd Foxx and Demond Wilson return for another twenty-four hysterical episodes of SANFORD AND SON the comic misadventures of a cantankerous 65-year-old junk dealer and his outrageous circle of family and friends. For the series' fifth sidesplitting season Fred takes no prisoners as he unleashes an uproarious array of jokes jibes and insults at such targets as LA earthquakes Japanese restaurants the Sanford Arms apartments Lamont's mysterious new girlfriend the Senior Olympics escort services the Watts Businessman-of-the-Year Award and the roman a clef sitcom "Steinberg and Son." Nominated for seven Emmy Awards® and six Golden Globes® during its six-year run SANDFORD AND SON was the highest rated half-hour series in NBC-TV history. And here are two-dozen enormously funny examples as to why - uncut uncensored and commercial free!System Requirements:Starring: Redd Foxx Demond Wilson Running Time: 622 Min. Copyright Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2005Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 043396070790 Manufacturer No: 07079

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22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Wolf woman don't come out until there's a full moon.", October 31, 2004

By	B-MAN "B" (Earth, occasionally. Until I get bored.) - See all my reviews

Add another 25 episodes of the classic Sanford & Son to your collection with the Complete Season 5! If you own the 5 seasons of Sanford & Son available right now, then you have 111 of the 136 episodes of this essential show(leaving the 25 episodes that will wrap up the series in Season 6). There are some opinions that say Season 5 was when the show started to run out of steam. The reality is this season offers tons of laughs because of the talent of it's stars, especially Redd Foxx, who despite being unhappy with the show, continued to turn out hilarious performances as always as Fred G. Sanford (that's S-A-N-F-O-R-D period). The same can be said for Demond Wilson and the supporting cast. Season 5 saw the appearances of new characters like Lamont's fiancee Janet, Officer Hoppy's Mom, and Hutch, one of the residents of the new "Sanford Arms" boarding house. This season is also notable for several guest appearances such as Robert Guillaume (Benson), John Larroquette (Night Court), Della Reese, Merv Griffin, and George Foreman. Discs 1 & 2 each have 9 episodes and Disc 3 has 7. Here are the episode titles for Season 5 (Sept 75-Mar 76):

01. Earthquake II
02. Divorce, Sanford Style
03. Bank on this
04. The Sanford Arms
05. Steinberg & Son
06. Brother, can you spare an act?
07. Della, Della, Della
08. Donna pops the question
09. My fair Esther
10. Sanford and Rising Son
11. The Olympics
12. Ebenezer Sanford
13. The Oddfather
14. Can you Chop this?
15. Greatest Show in Watts
16. Fred Sanford has a baby
17. The TV Addict
18. Lamont in Love
19. The Escorts
20. Engagement man always rings twice
21. The Director
22. A Pain in the Neck
23. Sergeant Gork
24. The Over the Hill Gag
25. Camping Trip


Trivia:

*The episode where Lamont thinks Fred has 6 months to live, "The Over the Hill Gag", was actually produced and aired during the 4th season (Mar 75). For some reason it was not included on the 4th season set.

*The episode "The Sanford Arms" spawned a very short lived spin off series with the same name. The show mostly featured Aunt Esther and Bubba, but with no Fred and Lamont, it didn't make it. There were only 8 episodes, 4 of which actually aired. It ranks last in success among the 3 Sanford & Son spinoffs ("Grady" being second with 12 episodes)

*The most successful spin off from Sanford & Son, not surprisingly, featured Redd Foxx reclaiming his classic role. The sitcom, appropriately titled "Sanford" featured Fred alongside new sidekick Cal. There were also appearances by S&S regulars Esther, Grady, & Rollo. It lasted for two seasons (Mar 1980 to July 1981). Hopefully it will see a DVD release for all of us wanting more Redd Foxx after Sanford & Son is complete.


Excerpt from "My Fair Esther":

Lamont: She's gonna be competing with her own peers.
Fred: Her peers?
Lamont: Yes.
Fred: You mean Godzilla is in the contest?

I'm so glad this is on DVD!

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars When the show started to go downhill, January 15, 2005

By	John Alapick (Wilkes-Barre, PA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Sanford and Son's 5th season shows one of the best sitcoms ever created running out of steam. While Redd Foxx was funny as ever, especially when he was insulting Aunt Esther, the writing really went downhill. Fred Sanford seemed to becoming the Ralph Kramden of the '70s, entering one big money making scheme after another (selling Whopper Choppers, having a circus in his junkyard, opening a Japanese restaurant in his house, etc). Grady, played by Whitman Mayo, made far less appearances due to his ill-fated spinoff of the same name. There were still several funny episodes in Season 5 with the best being "The Over The Hill Gag" and "Bank On This" from Disc 1 and "Sanford And Son Rising", "The Olympics", "The Oddfather", and "Can You Chop This" from Disc 2. As stated earlier, the writing was getting stale. In "Brother, Can You Spare An Act?", Fred and Lamont show their singing and tap dancing skills respectively. Which makes you ask the question, "Why are they working in a junkyard?" The "Steinberg And Son" episode, where Fred and Lamont attempt to sue over a show that copies their lives, was very unrealistic. Lamont's character was getting softer as he engaged to be married to his fiance Janet. Special guests such as Della Reese and George Foreman were making appearances and there were a few flashback episodes, clear signs that the writers were running out of ideas. If you're a big fan of the show, you'll still enjoy most of the episodes here as even the weaker ones have their moments. It just isn't consistently humorous like nearly every episode from Seasons 1-3 and most of Season 4.

13 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars One foot in the grave, the other on a Banana peel, July 8, 2004

By	DEAN M. Dent (SAN LEANDRO, CALIFORNIA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

By the time the fifth season of Sanford and Son came around,it was obvious that the show was on it's last leg.
Despites some funny episodes (Earthquake II,Steinberg and Son,My Fair Esther, Sanford and Rising Son, The TV Addict and The Director featuring George Foreman) we get a ton of stinkers (Sergeant Gork, The Oddfather, Can You Chop This?, Greatest Show in Watts and A Pain in the Neck).
Aside from the supporting cast becoming more prominant, the season also introduces Janet,Lamont's new fiancee,, Hutch and May Hopkins (Hoppy's Mother) , two resident of the new Sanford Arms.
Even with the new recurring charaters,it's obvious Sanford and Son was getting tired, and the fact that the two leads quitting the show after the next and final season makes this obvious.