
Junk dealer Fred Sanford runs roughshod over his son and partner, Lamont, in a groundbreaking sitcom. Fred's moneymaking schemes routinely backfire, and he does just about anything to get out of working -- up to and including faking a heart attack. He's rude, sarcastic, outspoken, overtly prejudiced, and pretty darn nasty to his friends and family.

A burglar leaves his gun in the Sanford house after Lamont and Rollo scare him off.

Fred schemes to get Lamont to marry a distant cousin in the hopes of obtaining her dowry.

Fred's fiancée brings a patient who is under her care to dinner at the Sanford home.

Fred organizes a protest against a store that discriminates against older citizens.