
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 fabricates a story about the war to tell to his grandchildren.

Fred gets a job as a busboy in a restaurant to pay back a loan.

To impress Lamont's future mother-in-law, Fred decides to get into the Book of World Records by being the man who stays awake for the longest time.

Two con artists talk Fred into a promotion gimmick designed to increase sales in the junkyard.