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The Card Sharps

Episode Number: 20    Season Num: 2    First Aired: Friday October 27, 1972    Prod Code: 204
Fred gets a surprise one night when Lamont announces that he's having some friends over to play poker. However, Fred doesn't take Lamont's advice at "getting lost" since he's convinced Lamont's so-called friends are trying to hustle him out of his money.

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Writer: Aaron Ruben
Director: Peter Baldwin
Star: Demond Wilson (Lamont Sanford),  Redd Foxx (Fred G. Sanford)
Guest Star: Ron Glass (Hucklebuck),  Thalmus Rasulala (Skeeter Matthews),  David Moses (Rooster)

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In 1982, Demond Wilson and guest star Ron Glass (of Barney Miller) would co-star together as Oscar and Felix in the short-lived ABC comedy The New Odd Couple. (edit)
This episode is based on the Steptoe and Son episode, "Full House," written by Alan Galton and Ray Simpson. (edit)

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Fred: (singing) It's a quarter to three threes... No one in the place... has got less than these... So, throw 'em in, Joe... This little story... can save you some dough... so throw 'em in, Joe... Throw them in, Jooooooooe. (edit)
Fred: (to Lamont) You really want to know what your mother's last words were? Fred if you or Lamont ever get sick, don't use this doctor. (edit)
Skeeter Matthews: You must be Poppa Sanford!
Fred: No, I'm Mama Cass. (edit)
Fred: Deal unto others as they have dealt unto to you! (edit)

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The Card Sharps
"Exactly why I watch this series"
This is one of the funnier episodes in the series in my opinion. Fred pulls a fast one on Lamont and his stuck-up buddies, and then Fred's buddy pulls a fast one on him. Quite a few changes and twists in the plot, anda pretty original ending.
Continue » Posted Mar 31, 2008 11:14 pm PST
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