For a time during the series' run, Fred was "out of town" (due to a salary dispute between Foxx and NBC), leaving Grady in charge of Fred's business, effectively making Grady the main character on the show. During Fred's absence, Grady moved into Fred's house, and also took over the role of Lamont's comic foil. Like Fred before him, he also quite frequently ran afoul of Lamont's formidable Aunt Esther.
I believe it was for the last six to eight episodes of season three. It turned out to be a great decision because Grady held down the show very well til Fred returned.
Loved the fact Grady knew America was named after Amerigo Vespucci. Learned this in Junior High and don’t know if they still teach this. Love your old show reactions 🫶
I had the pleasure of meeting the Grady actor back in the late 1990s. He was very elegant, very polished -- nothing like the character he portrayed. We had lunch at a vegan restaurant (his choice) in Atlanta. I love watching these old clips of him!
Yes Britt, social security is money the govt. took from your check, and what most people don't understand is your employer also pays that same amount to social security in your name. Now there is a very real possibility that people your age may never see it. Politicians have been borrowing against it for over 60 years. This system should never have allowed the government any access to the money in the social security system... Ever.
Wnever Grady was on this show, it got ramped up 10 notches, that guy had timing and really knew how to deliver a line or a gag. He was believable, a great actor.
Grady temporarily took Fred's place as Redd Foxx went on strike for more money for a while. They just said Fred was away for a while and he had Grady be in charge/help Lamont for a while.
When the government overpays or accidentally pays you they are required by law to collect it back no matter who made the mistake. They will usually send you a letter explaining the situation and from my understanding they only give you 30 days to pay it back before they charge interest and start the collection process. They usually will hold your tax refund and garnish your wages until it is paid. Anytime you owe the government, it's bad. In Grady's situation I would not have even cashed the extra check
i visited the buford pusser home and museum in adamsville , tennessee and there was a short info film hosted and narrated by the actor who played grady
Yes, you and your employer each pay 6.2% of whatever you make for SS. Some people will never collect what they contribute, because they die young, and others will receive more than they contribute, because they live a long time. Then, there arenpeople that will collect that never contribute, but we won't get into that.
Redd Foxx had a hit show pulling in ratings higher than a lot of other shows staring white comedians. He would refuse to do the show unless they paid him the same as everyone else. That is why Grady was living there. They would make up some excuse Fred was visiting a relative or an old friend etc. This way they could make new episodes without Redd Foxx.
This was definitely one of my favorite S and S episodes. Some of the ones Redd Foxx was not in were great too - I also loved the one where Lamont learned karate to defend himself against JoJo Jackson.
When I was getting social security when I was in school. When I went in the Marines I cashed my last social security check three months later they came after me to pay that money back.
Stanford and Son was a direct lift from the BBC comedy Steptoe and Son. Adapted for a US audience. Like The Office, US versions of British comedy are adapted. Another comedy in the US featured "Archie Bunker". This was originally a character called "Alf Garnett" from a series called "Til death us do part". Written for the BBC.
Grady reminds me one one of my best friends, Tom Smith, who died some years back. People called us twins, although he was Black and I was White, because we looked so much alike, and we were so close. RIP Tom.. Love you
Actually, I worked with NYS and SSA for almost 20 years. SSI is for folks who don't have enough to live off of. SSDI (which is what Grady got) is earned according to the amount you make. If Grady did something wrong, he might be in jail, and have to pay fines, and the money back. Since it wasn't his fault, it is a called an "overpayment" and the amount would deduct incrementally from his next years' worth of checks. Finally, a topic I know about.
Yes this was during the time Red Foxx, was trying to get more money so he was off the show for a while supposedly in St Louis. So Grady, was there to help Lamont, out till Fred, came back.
3:30 You are close on SS. The money you are paying in now is being sent to seniors (other people) who are retired. In the hopes that people after you will do the same for you. It is a "pay it behind" scheme. Opposite of paying it forward. It is like when you go to McDonalds drive thru you tell the window that the person behind you is going to pay for your meal. And they say, "Nope. No money no food!"
Always thought is was cool, how Whitman Mayo's character name of Grady Wilson, came from Lamont's real life name. Which is Grady Demond Wilson. Also, how Redd Foxx's character name of Fred Sanford, came from the real life name, shared by the father and brother of Redd Foxx. Who's real name was John Sanford. Just a little fun trivia for everybody.
Amerigo Vespucci is the man who Grady was saying that America was named after, but of course we all know that the Indians the Vikings, among other first people actually discovered and touched this soil years before Christopher Columbus so-called discovery.
I agree with Grady as well, and yes Social security is your money you paid that's why when someone gave my Step-Father a hard time about collecting is while he was still working I defended him. I said "F$ck that, that is your money you paid in you earned it"
No, Social Security has become a tax that is spent. Younger generations pay taxes which pay Social Security. Those of us who are Gen X heard all our life "do NOT expect Social Security to be around when you get older". It is a Ponzi scheme. A journalist asked Bernie Madoff where he got the idea for his scheme and he told them "The U.S. government's Social Security program".
Government has robbed the social security fund. It was suppose to be a type of "savings account" but the way it works now is all the social security money collected each month pays for the current retirees checks. The problem with that is, we're having more people drawing as the baby boomers have retired and less paying into it.
Social security what you pay is paying for people's checks that are getting it now and when you retire you the younger people who are working will be paying for your check.
Daggone, I was getting into it! I can't remember this episode. Grady was my favorite too, then Aunt Esther and Fred, of course! And I almost forgot the 2 policemen, Smitty and... somebody help me out, it was Smitty and _________? 🤔
Redd Foxx was under contract negotiations so the story line is Fred had to go to St. Louis to take care of family business and Grady lives there to take care of Lemont. After Sanford and Son was canceled Grady had his own spinoff show.
To Quote Abe Simpson from the Simpsons. Marge: Where did you get all the money from Grandpa? Grandpa: The Government I didn't earn it, I don't need it, but if they miss one payment, I'll raise Hell. As for Social Security the taxes younger people pay today is used to pay for those collecting social security now with the promise the same will be done for them when the time comes. Modern issue is our society is becoming older and one day we might have more people collecting Social Security than paying into it. I hate to say it but there is a lot of truth when someone calls Social Security a Ponzi Scheme. Also, in real life if this happens to someone, they should contact Social Security and tell them because they will collect every dime if they find out an error was made, and they won't care if it's their fault either.
grady took over for fred because fred aka redd fox was having problems with the network and went on strike against them for awhile. so they made grady take fred place until the dispute was settled. and wrote him in as taking care of the business while fred was away.
Redd Foxx was in a salary dispute. The show was a success and Foxx wanted a better deal, so for a while during the dispute, they wrote Fred to be "out of town" and he left Grady in charge of the business and to look after Lamont... Here are a few more.... ruclips.net/video/6pGZTWGBHBM/видео.html Grady ruclips.net/video/ePp1jHqbEnE/видео.html Fred ruclips.net/video/ByKqaCFhYFE/видео.html Fred's Love Life
As hilarious as Sandford and son is even from these little excerpts. you're really missing out on some of the even more hilarious scenes of Sandford and son from the full episodes. Sandford and son ran for six seasons, so there's plenty of episodes for you to react to. For better context of the show, the characters and their relationship among each other. You owe it to yourself to binge watch a few full episodes of the show, you could always react to the ones that you haven't seen yet. You reacted to "Mama's Baby, Papa's Maybe" Season 3, Episode 14. but the excerpts didn't show big money Grip, nor did it show what church going Aunt Esther said to big money grip after he told her that Lamont was his son "HILARIOUS". Church going Aunt Esther also suggested what she and Fred should do to big money grip for claiming that Lamont was his son "HILARIOUS". Great reaction.
I'd cash the first one and hold the second one for a awhile (the checks are good for 90 days)... if they come for it, no problem, if they don't, Britt can get the BIG Bucket of KFC (Yes, I watched your Chicken comparison video)!
The fairytale that was spun about Social Security was that you "contributed" (through SS taxes) into a special account, and when you retired you would get your money back with all the interest that it earned. Problem was that more and more people were brought into S.S. under various plans (vote buying), and the money that was collected all went into the Treasury's general revenue funds and was spent. A special non-redeemable note is deposited in your account in its place, to represent what you paid in. The reality is there is not enough money in S.S. to cover all the liabilities, and govt just "prints" the money (techically, thru the Federal Reserve money creation mechanism) every month needed to send out S.S. checks. It was Sen. William Proxmire (D-WIS) who famously commented that the Social Security checks "will always be sent out. The checks may not be worth anything, but they will be sent out." It may have been Sen Gaylord Nelson (D-WIS) instead who said that; they were both in office at the same time, and both were Democrats.
I used to think I liked Grady as a kid,,, now I can’t watch any episode he is in.. Bubba is the best. Check out Sanford and son I want my daddy’s record episode.
Grady was hilarious. These episodes with Grady, while Redd Foxx was out on a contract dispute, were some of the most funniest episodes of the Sanford and Son series. When Fred came back after the contract holdout the show pretty much went to pot. It was not because of Redd, it was because of the terrible writers that were hired from season 4 until the last season.
Yes you pay in to social security through your job. But they say social security will run out, or that's what politicians say! But the government has borrowing money from social security and never has paid it back! The biggest withdrawal, was President Bush! Of 1.37 trillion dollars, to fund a war!
For a time during the series' run, Fred was "out of town" (due to a salary dispute between Foxx and NBC), leaving Grady in charge of Fred's business, effectively making Grady the main character on the show. During Fred's absence, Grady moved into Fred's house, and also took over the role of Lamont's comic foil. Like Fred before him, he also quite frequently ran afoul of Lamont's formidable Aunt Esther.
I believe it was for the last six to eight episodes of season three. It turned out to be a great decision because Grady held down the show very well til Fred returned.
Those appearances as Grady , led a short lived series of his own in 1975.
One of the funniest shows on television! I still laugh at Sanford and Son episodes!
I loved Grady too. They wrote great dialogue for him. 😂😂😂
Grady was also my favorite, back in the day when Iwas watching reruns.
America was named after Amerigo Vespucci.
Loved the fact Grady knew America was named after Amerigo Vespucci. Learned this in Junior High and don’t know if they still teach this. Love your old show reactions 🫶
Grady was the best. Too funny.
You need to catch this whole episode, the way, Grady explains how he is entitled to that extra check is going to blow your mind
Loved this show growing up one of the best.
😂Every time Fred Goes Out Of Town..He Asked Grady To Babysit Lamont From Time To Time. They Literally Say..."Babysit" Lamont..😅😂😅😂😂
There is no such thing as government money. It is all taxpayer money.
I had the pleasure of meeting the Grady actor back in the late 1990s. He was very elegant, very polished -- nothing like the character he portrayed. We had lunch at a vegan restaurant (his choice) in Atlanta. I love watching these old clips of him!
Grady's son (real life) Rahn Mayo served as a Georgia State representative for 8 year.
Its great when Ready Freddy and Shady Grady get together.
I loved Grady in this show!!! 😂
Yes Britt, social security is money the govt. took from your check, and what most people don't understand is your employer also pays that same amount to social security in your name. Now there is a very real possibility that people your age may never see it. Politicians have been borrowing against it for over 60 years. This system should never have allowed the government any access to the money in the social security system... Ever.
Grady was played by Whitman Mayo, who was much younger than the character. Mayo was only about 48 or 49 in this scene.
I loved Sanford and Son. Fred's encounters with Aunt Ester were hilarious 😂. The show made Red Foxx a star.
Lamont always tried to do the right thing. He was a good man.
And annoying at times
Never cash extra money or you'll have to pay it back citing over payment
You just ruined someone's day....lol
Wnever Grady was on this show, it got ramped up 10 notches, that guy had timing and really knew how to deliver a line or a gag. He was believable, a great actor.
Grady temporarily took Fred's place as Redd Foxx went on strike for more money for a while. They just said Fred was away for a while and he had Grady be in charge/help Lamont for a while.
I loved Grady’s sweetness. ❤
When the government overpays or accidentally pays you they are required by law to collect it back no matter who made the mistake. They will usually send you a letter explaining the situation and from my understanding they only give you 30 days to pay it back before they charge interest and start the collection process. They usually will hold your tax refund and garnish your wages until it is paid. Anytime you owe the government, it's bad. In Grady's situation I would not have even cashed the extra check
Wait till Mr Haystack, as Grady called him, shows up with yet another check for Grady!
I love this episode, it's so funny
This is Another episode when redd Foxx was absent during his Contract Dispute
i visited the buford pusser home and museum in adamsville , tennessee and there was a short info film hosted and narrated by the actor who played grady
Whitman Mayo (Grady) was introduced at a Seattle Sonics game one night when I was there, and he got a standing ovation! Beloved character.
Yes, you and your employer each pay 6.2% of whatever you make for SS. Some people will never collect what they contribute, because they die young, and others will receive more than they contribute, because they live a long time. Then, there arenpeople that will collect that never contribute, but we won't get into that.
Redd Foxx had a hit show pulling in ratings higher than a lot of other shows staring white comedians. He would refuse to do the show unless they paid him the same as everyone else. That is why Grady was living there. They would make up some excuse Fred was visiting a relative or an old friend etc. This way they could make new episodes without Redd Foxx.
Amerigo Vespucci sailed around the Tip of South America. He was an Italian Sailor and explorer. The Americas are named after him.
Your right they would withhold this next check.
This was definitely one of my favorite S and S episodes. Some of the ones Redd Foxx was not in were great too - I also loved the one where Lamont learned karate to defend himself against JoJo Jackson.
I love the JoJo Jackson episode too and the episode about cousin Emma
I'm with Grady on this one, too.
I have All 6 seasons of Sanford and son on DVD Love All 6 of them ❤
When I was getting social security when I was in school. When I went in the Marines I cashed my last social security check three months later they came after me to pay that money back.
The actor that appears as Grady's friend Otis Littlejohn was none other than Stymie Beard.
It's Leon Russel - an American Icon in music
Stanford and Son was a direct lift from the BBC comedy Steptoe and Son. Adapted for a US audience.
Like The Office, US versions of British comedy are adapted.
Another comedy in the US featured "Archie Bunker". This was originally a character called "Alf Garnett" from a series called "Til death us do part". Written for the BBC.
Grady reminds me one one of my best friends, Tom Smith, who died some years back.
People called us twins, although he was Black and I was White, because we looked so much alike, and we were so close.
RIP Tom..
Love you
Grady is the best!
I eat Oatmeal and pancakes at the Buffet when I go on Carnival Cruises to Mexico. I am filled up for the rest of the morning and afternoon!
Actually, I worked with NYS and SSA for almost 20 years. SSI is for folks who don't have enough to live off of. SSDI (which is what Grady got) is earned according to the amount you make. If Grady did something wrong, he might be in jail, and have to pay fines, and the money back. Since it wasn't his fault, it is a called an "overpayment" and the amount would deduct incrementally from his next years' worth of checks. Finally, a topic I know about.
You should watch the rest of the episode. It's good. The one Grady is referring to is the explorer Amerigo Vespucci
Redd Foxx had left that show a few years
Grady lived with Lamont while Fred was gone from show
So Feed did leave during the 70s
SS is something we all pay into so in a way yes , we get it back !
Yes this was during the time Red Foxx, was trying to get more money so he was off the show for a while supposedly in St Louis. So Grady, was there to help Lamont, out till Fred, came back.
Great reaction. Keep up the content.
3:30 You are close on SS. The money you are paying in now is being sent to seniors (other people) who are retired. In the hopes that people after you will do the same for you. It is a "pay it behind" scheme. Opposite of paying it forward. It is like when you go to McDonalds drive thru you tell the window that the person behind you is going to pay for your meal. And they say, "Nope. No money no food!"
Classic show.
Always thought is was cool, how Whitman Mayo's character name of Grady Wilson, came from Lamont's real life name. Which is Grady Demond Wilson. Also, how Redd Foxx's character name of Fred Sanford, came from the real life name, shared by the father and brother of Redd Foxx. Who's real name was John Sanford. Just a little fun trivia for everybody.
Grady is right. America is named after Italian cartographer Amerigo Vespucci
"Who?" (6:00) Vespucci! America was named after Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci
Listen to Lamont trust me
Grady as his own show
Britt! I'm shocked at your dishonesty. ;) Truthfully, if you cash a cheque you're not entitled to, it's fraud, and you can be charged. :p
Amerigo Vespucci is the man who Grady was saying that America was named after, but of course we all know that the Indians the Vikings, among other first people actually discovered and touched this soil years before Christopher Columbus so-called discovery.
You need to see the episode were Lamont changed his name. 😂
I love that one, especially when Fred tries to say the name and calls him Colombo.
Fred went to St Louis to take care of family business and left Grady in charge.
I agree with Grady as well, and yes Social security is your money you paid that's why when someone gave my Step-Father a hard time about collecting is while he was still working I defended him. I said "F$ck that, that is your money you paid in you earned it"
Except that the money isnt from the government...its from his neighbors
I knew someone who took SS money they shouldn’t. They had to pay back with interest and narrowly avoided jail.
Also, it's considered a crime to knowingly take money that doesn't belong to you. You know, theft?
By 3rd grade I figured out social security won’t be there when I am eligible
You like music and Fred... try Scatman Crothers on Sanford and Son. I'm sure you'll love it.
No, Social Security has become a tax that is spent. Younger generations pay taxes which pay Social Security.
Those of us who are Gen X heard all our life "do NOT expect Social Security to be around when you get older". It is a Ponzi scheme.
A journalist asked Bernie Madoff where he got the idea for his scheme and he told them "The U.S. government's Social Security program".
They couldn’t show Sanford and Son on TV today. All in the Family is another good sitcom that couldn’t be shown today.
3:17 Nope. It’s a pyramid scheme. It’s not a savings account.
Government has robbed the social security fund. It was suppose to be a type of "savings account" but the way it works now is all the social security money collected each month pays for the current retirees checks. The problem with that is, we're having more people drawing as the baby boomers have retired and less paying into it.
Social security what you pay is paying for people's checks that are getting it now and when you retire you the younger people who are working will be paying for your check.
Daggone, I was getting into it! I can't remember this episode. Grady was my favorite too, then Aunt Esther and Fred, of course! And I almost forgot the 2 policemen, Smitty and... somebody help me out, it was Smitty and _________? 🤔
Redd Foxx was under contract negotiations so the story line is Fred had to go to St. Louis to take care of family business and Grady lives there to take care of Lemont. After Sanford and Son was canceled Grady had his own spinoff show.
Wasn't that during show
To Quote Abe Simpson from the Simpsons.
Marge: Where did you get all the money from Grandpa?
Grandpa: The Government I didn't earn it, I don't need it, but if they miss one payment, I'll raise Hell.
As for Social Security the taxes younger people pay today is used to pay for those collecting social security now with the promise the same will be done for them when the time comes. Modern issue is our society is becoming older and one day we might have more people collecting Social Security than paying into it. I hate to say it but there is a lot of truth when someone calls Social Security a Ponzi Scheme.
Also, in real life if this happens to someone, they should contact Social Security and tell them because they will collect every dime if they find out an error was made, and they won't care if it's their fault either.
Brady was only 49 when the show started.
Deposit the chk you normaly get. Just keep the one you got by mistake, Never cash it in
Lamont was referring to the extra check not belonging to Grady.
Amerigo Vespucci is credited as the 1st European to discover America, although Vikings were actually 1st. AMERICA is taken from AMERIGO.
grady took over for fred because fred aka redd fox was having problems with the network and went on strike against them for awhile. so they made grady take fred place until the dispute was settled. and wrote him in as taking care of the business while fred was away.
Redd Foxx was in a salary dispute. The show was a success and Foxx wanted a better deal, so for a while during the dispute, they wrote Fred to be "out of town" and he left Grady in charge of the business and to look after Lamont...
Here are a few more....
ruclips.net/video/6pGZTWGBHBM/видео.html Grady
ruclips.net/video/ePp1jHqbEnE/видео.html Fred
ruclips.net/video/ByKqaCFhYFE/видео.html Fred's Love Life
Yeah , if you get an extra payment send it back, they will find out and you’ll pay a penalty
Put your extra money in a 401k because social security is not enough for most to live on.
It may happen, but when they figure it out then they will take it out of the next check.
my favorite grady episode was the marijuana one
The police getting high off his salad.
As hilarious as Sandford and son is even from these little excerpts. you're really missing out on some of the even more hilarious scenes of Sandford and son from the full episodes. Sandford and son ran for six seasons, so there's plenty of episodes for you to react to. For better context of the show, the characters and their relationship among each other. You owe it to yourself to binge watch a few full episodes of the show, you could always react to the ones that you haven't seen yet. You reacted to "Mama's Baby, Papa's Maybe" Season 3, Episode 14. but the excerpts didn't show big money Grip, nor did it show what church going Aunt Esther said to big money grip after he told her that Lamont was his son "HILARIOUS". Church going Aunt Esther also suggested what she and Fred should do to big money grip for claiming that Lamont was his son "HILARIOUS". Great reaction.
Fred is #1; Grady is 1A.
Wait to u see Leroy &skllet
You should check out some "Chico and the Man" sometime!
Nope.
The money we pay into SS supports current recipients.
I'd cash the first one and hold the second one for a awhile (the checks are good for 90 days)... if they come for it, no problem, if they don't, Britt can get the BIG Bucket of KFC (Yes, I watched your Chicken comparison video)!
You don't have to worry about social security by the time you are old enough to receive it.. it won't be there.
The fairytale that was spun about Social Security was that you "contributed" (through SS taxes) into a special account, and when you retired you would get your money back with all the interest that it earned. Problem was that more and more people were brought into S.S. under various plans (vote buying), and the money that was collected all went into the Treasury's general revenue funds and was spent. A special non-redeemable note is deposited in your account in its place, to represent what you paid in. The reality is there is not enough money in S.S. to cover all the liabilities, and govt just "prints" the money (techically, thru the Federal Reserve money creation mechanism) every month needed to send out S.S. checks. It was Sen. William Proxmire (D-WIS) who famously commented that the Social Security checks "will always be sent out. The checks may not be worth anything, but they will be sent out." It may have been Sen Gaylord Nelson (D-WIS) instead who said that; they were both in office at the same time, and both were Democrats.
Look up the case of Flemming vs. Nestor. You hold no ownership rights to the tax dollars you paid into the system.
Red Foxx was absent from the show for a while.
I used to think I liked Grady as a kid,,, now I can’t watch any episode he is in.. Bubba is the best. Check out Sanford and son I want my daddy’s record episode.
My thoughts exactly…Bubba was the best! I have a t-shirt with Bubba and Fred on it and it says “I want my Daddy’s records”.
Grady was hilarious. These episodes with Grady, while Redd Foxx was out on a contract dispute, were some of the most funniest episodes of the Sanford and Son series. When Fred came back after the contract holdout the show pretty much went to pot. It was not because of Redd, it was because of the terrible writers that were hired from season 4 until the last season.
Redd Foxx was feuding with network over his contract salary is they
Say he went to Saint Louis. To see his and Elizabeth family.
Yes you pay in to social security through your job. But they say social security will run out, or that's what politicians say! But the government has borrowing money from social security and never has paid it back! The biggest withdrawal, was President Bush! Of 1.37 trillion dollars, to fund a war!
Do not take the content seriously. S&S is a comedy show. Factual or not everything is just for laughs.
Social Security is paid by the younger generation paying for the older generation.
I thought Red had medical problems
Please react to Fred Santos savage moment, from the Sanford and son show