This is the big one! I'm dying! You hear that, Elizabeth! I'm coming to join you, honey! Even though Fred Sanford's beloved wife, Elizabeth, died over 20 years before the show Sanford and Son began, she was actually part of one of the show's most famous catchphrases. Whenever things weren't going Fred's way or the cantankerous old man just wanted to get a little sympathy, he would clutch his chest dramatically and look up to Heaven while shouting , "Elizabeth, I'm coming to join you!
This line only works if you're pretending to have a heart attack and die. In his era this show was considered to be one of the funniest around, though many people in this day and age would no doubt lobby to take the off the air without any hesitation. Here is a list of the top 10 Fred quotes of all-time. Some of the jokes require a historical and cultural context, which is provided.
Today people might see this as something negative, and it likely was meant as that during the show, but when you look at it this is probably the most innocent confrontation that Fred had with anyone on the show. Plus, his own ignorance left him nearly incapable of seeing the redeeming qualities in anyone. Shows today manage to depict a lot worst than this moment. If anyone can recall the riots in Watts it was a bad time in LA as the level of violence and confusion received a great deal of coverage from the media.
Racism was a hot issue in Watts as attempts were made to clean the area up. This is one of the worst acts that Fred ever pulled and it was pulled constantly on his son to try and get his way. To be honest Fred was about as crude as it got and he likely would never have touched Esther, but their fuses were both notoriously short and there was no getting along for either of them when they were close by each other.
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