Sanford & Son : The Fourth Season: Amazon.ca: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Gregory Sierra, Hal Williams, Howard Platt, Danny Wells, Dick Whittington, Whitman Mayo, LaWanda Page, Nathaniel Taylor, Keene Curtis, Odessa Cleveland, Alan Rafkin, Bill Foster, Bud Yorkin, Herbert Kenwith, Norman Abbott, Stan Lathan, Alan Simpson, Arnie Rosen: DVD

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Sanford and Son's fourth season (1974-1975) was the highest rated of its five years on network TV (the program reached no. 2 on the Nielsen charts); the program and star Redd Foxx both received Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for the season, all 24 episodes of which are compiled on this three-disc set. Behind the scenes, however, the series was in turmoil due to Foxx's dissatisfaction with the tone and quality of the program, and he went missing from nine episodes, three of which kick off the first disc (Fred's absence is explained away as a trip to St. Louis).

But even without Foxx, Sanford and Son still managed to generate plenty of laughs, thanks in no small part to its hard-working supporting cast; Whitman Mayo's Grady, in particular, gets plenty of chances to shine, especially in "Grady and His Lady" (disc 1) and "The Family Man" (disc 3, which served as the pilot for Mayo's own short-lived series). Pat Morita's Ah Chew makes his first appearance in "There'll Be Some Changes Made (on disc 1) and Gregory Sierra as Julio makes his last in "The Stung" (disc 3); guest stars include Billy Eckstine and Scatman Crothers. Sanford and Son's fourth season can be viewed as something of a swan song for the popular series; after a ratings dip and timeslot change in the fifth season, Foxx and Wilson would both depart the show by the sixth season, and the show was cancelled in 1977. --Paul Gaita

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4.0 out of 5 stars The Laughs Start Winding Down, July 16 2004

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Sanford and Son is a classic television series that I can always count on for a good laugh and I am glad that the series has made it's way to DVD. If you are just now starting your Sanford and Son DVD collection I suggest that you buy them in this order-Season 2, Season 3, Season 1 and then Season 4. Seasons 2 and 3 are hilarious. Season 4 has good episodes like the Grady led "Fred's Treasure Garden," "Sanford and Niece," "The Headache" and a few other memorable episodes.

It is clear as you get towards the end of the season that the laughs are winding down, most evident in episodes like "The Masquerade Party," when Fred and friends go on a game show to win Lamont a present. The fact that Lamont is pouting like a 10 year old that their are no presents, liquor or decorations after pop promised and Fred going through such extremes to get a grown man a present....it just seems like the writers were running out of things to do. But this is a must have to complete your Sanford collection, if you are a collector. But if you are going strictly for laughs check out seasons 2 and 3 first.

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5.0 out of 5 stars S & S, is still the best, ya big dummy., July 9 2004

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Pigumon (Bay Area, CA) - See all my reviews

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I can't believe how quickly they're releasing these box sets! It's great! I'm just adding a bit of trivia to all of the reviews. One of the reviewers mentioned that the episode "Family Man" seemed like a different tv show than Sanford & Son. Well it turns out that it really was (sort of)! Due to the success of the Grady episodes of S & S, there was an attempted spin off tv show called "Grady". Unfortunately it turns out Grady is a great supporting character to Fred & Lamont, and the Grady show was cancelled after 12 episodes. Luckily, Grady returned to Sanford & Son!

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4.0 out of 5 stars Show Starts Getting Ridiculous With This Season, Jun 9 2004

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Aaron J. Rakhra (Monte Sereno, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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The first two discs of this set have some great episodes. The third disc has maybe one or two good ones at the most, but I can't really name a single one. The Grady episodes are by far the best. "Fred's Treasure Garden" and "Once A Thief" (both Grady episodes) are true classics. The third disc has some ludicrous episodes such as Fred going on a game show in one. In another episode Fred buys a big dumb professional fighter. We get to see this fighter working out and skipping rope throughout the show. How exciting. In "The Headache," also on disc three, Lamont goes to a psychiatrist, who tells him that he "hates his father." In the "Older Woman," Lamont falls in love with and plans to marry a woman ten years older. However, his plans fall flat when the woman refuses and says that the differences in their ages would cause problems. "The Stung," which is probably the best episode on disc three, involves Fred inviting his professional gambler friend to join in on one of Lamont's group's weekly games. Pretending to be a novice player, the expert quickly takes everyone's money. Fred later tells them of his clever scheme and promises that Al will return all the cash. Al, however, has disappeared and doesn't return with the money until later. In the meantime "Arms," a huge guy who was one of the losing players, constantly threatens violence if he doesn't get his money. He even tears Fred's door off the hinges.
In "The Family Man" everyone just complains about a tasteless painting that Grady bought and hung over the fireplace. The whole feel of this episode is like you are watching some other TV show because the settings are mostly at Grady's daughter's Westwood house.

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