as a teen in the 70s. Some of the funniest bits were the interactions between the character Fred Sanford (Redd Foxx) and Aunt Esther (LaWanda Page). How they roasted each other ! [media=https://youtu.be/0ppXVtCoA_E] But unlike the relationship between the characters, Foxx & Page were longtime friends from the days of the "Chitlin Circuit" (a collection of performance venues for black entertainers during Jim Crow).
(Btw, I’m told that "Sanford & Son" was modeled after the British show "Steptoe & Son". The name was chosen from Redd Foxx’ original surname—John Elroy Sanford.)
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Interesting. Didn't know they had a history. There were so good together. Man..Norman Lear changed the TV game. I think this was the first all-black cast on network TV. It was before Good Times. And all those shows were just as appealing to white audiences as they were to black audiences. That was the real brilliance to them. "I'm comin' to join ya Elizabeth."
