
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.

Fred stages a circus in the junkyard after he inherits an elephant.

Della Reese, a political campaigner, asks Fred for permission to use his home as campaign headquarters, even though Fred and Lamont support a different candidate.

Fred uses Lamont's acting school money to supply Whopper Chopper food processors and interrupts a TV cooking show to advertise the device.

Fred is put under hypnosis to cure his addiction to television.