
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 pretends to suffer from whiplash when he has an accident in the pickup truck.
A burglar leaves his gun in the Sanford house after Lamont and Rollo scare him off.
Fred schemes to get Lamont to marry a distant cousin in the hopes of obtaining her dowry.
When Fred returns early from a long trip, he spoils a homecoming party Lamont and Grady had planned.