Sanford and Rising Son

Season 5, Episode 10, Aired
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Lamont's friend, Ah Chew cooks dinner for the Sanfords one evening and a wary Fred is quite impressed at how good the food is. This leads Fred and Ah Chew to start a takeout business together with the headquarters in the Sanford home. Fred soon realizes that they should expand the business and turn the house into a Japanese restaurant.moreless
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  • One of my favorites, has a better mix of story and classic Redd Foxx delivery than some of the weaker episodes.

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    By Mac-Ale, May 29, 2008 Report Abuse
    After being impressed with Ah Chew's cooking, Fred decides to go into the Asian dining business.

    As much as I like some "Sanford and Son" episodes, it always came of as more or less disjointed when I watched it, not as integrated as "All in the Family" and more centered around set-ups for Redd Foxx. This is an example of one with a stronger story but still with the good lines.

    Fred and Ah Chew decide to open a Japanese diner in the Sanford home, good comedy ensues when Bubba is made the loud but hopeless "waiter" and "valet" Hutch is wrecking cars off camera. My favorite lines involve Fred describing the look of the food as "low tide at Long Beach" and how the "Oriental Express" entree could cause someone to be "loose in the caboose". Pat Morita (swinging around the 70s sit-com circuit) is pretty restrained in this installment.

    Caroll O'Connor may have been a more convincing fictional character but he couldn't match Foxx's well-honed stand-up delivery. Which is what made this series watchable, despite the supporting actors sometimes being made to stand around and struggle to stage Fred Sanford's routines.moreless

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    • Fred: Up here (points to head), I got a mind full of junk! Edit
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