If you consider high TV dads, a foul-mouthed, junk-peddling, chest-clutching crank most likely isn’t high of thoughts. However in a sea of recommendation doling, endlessly affected person papas, that’s precisely what made Redd Foxx‘s curmudgeonly Fred Sanford of Sanford and Son fame a legend.
The present’s iconic catchphrases stemmed from Fred’s efforts to bend his son and enterprise companion Lamont (Demond Wilson) to his will, utilizing strategies that may make fashionable dads blanch. Fred recurrently barked “You large dummy!” at poor Lamont, however each the chuckling viewers and Lamont knew it was simply Fred’s ham-handed approach of claiming he’d all the time be there as Lamont’s dad and protector. The widowed Fred additionally cherished threatening Lamont with orphanhood when he didn’t get his approach, clutching his chest and bellowing, “That is the Large One! I’m coming to affix you, Elizabeth!” Oof.