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The Hawaiian Connection (1)

AIRED: 9/24/76

Three jewel thieves try and find a way to smuggle some expensive diamonds from Hawaii to L.A. That is where Fred and Lamont come in. Fred goes to Hawaii to attend a Junkmen of America convention. The crooks then plan to sneak the jewels on Fred so that he can take them to L.A. without knowing anything about it.moreless

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Trouble in (The land of) paradise?

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By bohn007, Jan 07, 2008

I have to count this 3-parter as a single episode, which falls into my Top 10 at the #10 position, despite the fact that Redd Foxx seems to be a little off his stride, with his performance. These episodes came toward the end of the series, and it's just possible that Foxx had other things on his mind – Like getting out of 'Sanford And Son', and going on to do his own variety series – Which affected his performance. But, this 'mini-series-within-a-series' is very different, and it's a lot of fun to watch, due, in part, to it's Love Boat-like guest cast of familiar TV faces. There's Sheldon Leonard of 'Big Eddie', Greg Morris of 'Mission Impossible', David Huddleston of 'Petrocelli', Theodore Wilson of 'That's My Mama', and James Gregory of 'Barney Miller'. And, as if that weren't enough, we have the voluptuous Barbara Rhoades – Later, of 'Soap', and 'Busting Loose' – As a ditzy gun moll, Pat Paulsen as an even ditzier Cop, and, with frequent Guest Stars Frank Nelson ("A-yyyesssss") and Fritzi Burr thrown in for good measure. And, of course, what made-in-Hawaii TV episode would be complete, without an appearance of Don Ho? Saul Turteltaub and Bernie Orenstein (Who, incidentally, puts in a brief Cameo, as a Honolulu Cabbie) put together an excellent script, but Alan Rafkin, it seems, should have tried a little harder, to get better performances out of the Actors – Especially Foxx, whose performance is lackluster, at best. But, the story, itself, the Guest Cast, and the Hawaiian locale make up for most of it's short-comings, and some good laughs help out a lot. In fact, the scene at the pool – After Fred asks the Japanese-Brooklynite what he's going to tell his friends, in Tokyo – Is the best laugh in the whole show. Years ago, I edited all 3 episodes into one seamless, 60+-minute 'mini-movie', and that's the best way to watch it. But, all-in-all, these are good episodes any way you watch them.moreless
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Demond Wilson	Lamont Sanford
Redd Foxx	Fred G. Sanford

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David Huddleston	Cop #1	Guest Star
Barbara Rhoades	Gladys	Guest Star
James Gregory	Commander	Guest Star
Don Bexley	Bubba Bexley	Recurring Role
LaWanda Page	Aunt Esther Anderson	Recurring Role
Nathaniel Taylor	Rollo Lawson	Recurring Role

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- Fred: I paid to sit up front, and I'm not going to look at your tail section.
  Woman on plane: Well, I never.
  Fred: Well, I have, but not since I left Watts.
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- Stewardess: You love Macadamians, don't you?
  Fred: Sure, as long as they don't live next door!
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- Rollo: You're going to the land of paradise!
  (Esther comes in)
  Fred: And leaving Lion Country Safari!
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- Fred: Be nice to me, Esther. I was gonna bring you back a grass skirt.
  Esther: Oh, thank you Fred. But what would I do with a grass skirt?
  Fred: Graze!
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- Bubba: I can't wait to see Esther's face!
  Fred: Well, I can!
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- Fred (kisses Esther): I'M PARALYZED!!!
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- This episode aired as part of a one hour episode.
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- Alluding to a show about the Hawaiian police department that aired on CBS for 12 seasons from 1968 to 1980, whenever the Hawaiian police are shown in this episode, the theme to Hawaii Five-0 plays.
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- Alluding to his role on Mission Impossible, the theme to Mission Impossible plays when Greg Morris' character, Freddy Wells, hides the diamonds in the suitcase in the Sanford's hotel room.
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