
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 thinks that Lamont's African dress and customs are ludicrous until he hears what they include.

Fred is aghast when Lamont dates the sister of their Puerto Rican neighbor.

Three jewel thieves plan to use Fred as their mule to smuggle their stolen gems out of Hawaii to California.

While at a convention in Hawaii, Fred is an unwitting jewel smuggler.