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Episodes From 1974 When Grady Lived With Lamont

posted 10 years ago by leighabc123
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Those episodes were wack! The show wasn't the same without Fred Sanford! Redd Foxx shouldn't have left the show during that time!

[–] snoops 10 years ago

Well, he wanted a hefty pay raise, along with some other demands, like a rehearsal hall with windows.

[–] toking65000 10 years ago

Yeah I heard that during that time, they thought his character might be gone for good, like maybe write it as him moving back to St. Louis.

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[–] GigWails 9 years ago

The show may have not been the same without Redd Foxx, but those "Grady Episodes" were the highest rated of the series run. I think Whitman Mayo did a decent job and in Demond Wilson's book, Second Banana, he says NBC wanted to move forward with Mayo being a permanent replacement. Wilson opposed the move and Redd Foxx eventually returned.

[–] sivadj 9 years ago

Grady wasn't Fred but he was hilarious. I love the cousin Emma episode.
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[–] AdrianLePier 9 years ago

I like the Grady episodes. Mayo was no Redd Foxx, and Grady was no Fred, but I think when WM stepped in and basically substituted for RF, he pulled it off very well. Better than you would have expected him to, based on many of those pre-Grady-filling-in-for-Fred episodes when he was depicted as a borderline senile old man who couldn't remember anyone's name.

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[–] Michael-Myers 9 years ago

The Grady episodes are some of my favourites.

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[–] WarpedRecord 9 years ago

It was indeed a reach that Fred needed Grady to look after Lamont and the house, but without Redd Foxx in the picture, I don't think those episodes would have worked at all otherwise. It wasn't the same without Fred, but I still think those episodes were worthwhile because they spotlighted strong supporting characters such as Grady and Aunt Esther. Regardless, I hope Fred had a nice time visiting family in St. Loius.

[–] nlfan-1 9 years ago

Grady did fine filling in for Fred. As someone noted without Grady filling in the show would have fallen flat. Plus a few of the eps were among the best-the one where Lamont takes up karate, the one where Grady keeps getting social security checks and the one with cousin Emma were pretty funny. Grady was a nice change of pace until Fred returned.

[–] ItsEddieHaskellBeyotch 9 years ago

I can't stand those episodes either. The only one I like is when they thought that weed (pot, marijuana) was growing in the garden, but that's when everyone else was hilarious; Rollo, Smitty, etc. I only wish Fred was present in that episode.

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[–] Son_Of_A_Bitch_Must_Pay 8 years ago

I actually like Grady better than I do Fred

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[–] painterjane25 8 years ago

I love the Grady episodes! Fred was awesome, but Grady did a great job in the meantime.

[–] MusicLover3889 (306) 6 years ago

Especially with Woody and Esther.