'Sanford and Son' at 50, 'double-edged' Black sitcom pioneer
“Sanford and Son” debuted 50 years ago this month.
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'Sanford and Son' at 50, 'double-edged' Black sitcom pioneer
'Sanford and Son' debuted 50 years ago this month on television. It opened the door for other Black family shows to move into the virtually all-white TV neighbourhood.
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'Sanford and Son' at 50, 'double-edged' Black sitcom pioneer
LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Demond Wilson heard that Redd Foxx was going to star in a TV sitcom, the actor brushed it off as a joke.
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'Sanford And Son' At 50: 'Double-Edged' Black Sitcom Pioneer
LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Demond Wilson heard that Redd Foxx was going to star in a TV sitcom, the actor brushed it off as a joke. Foxx was a killer stand-up comic, with a trademark raunchiness that Wilson figured to be a nonstarter for the timid broadcast networks that were television in 1972. It […]
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'Sanford and Son' at 50: TV series was 'double-edged' Black sitcom pioneer
An instant ratings smash, it opened the door for other Black family shows to move into the virtually all-white TV neighborhood.
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