
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 donates a collection of rare jazz albums to a music library in order to get a tax write-off.
Fred makes his first airplane trip when his uncle leaves him an inheritance.
Fred succumbs to Donna's pressures and agrees to get married, but his family has other ideas; Fred and Donna plan to wed in a private ceremony at the Sanford home, and Lamont uses this as a ploy to try to get rid of Donna.
Grady steps in to protect the Sanford "treasures" when Lamont invites an ex-convict friend home.