How Bout Five Cross Yo Lip?

Today’s inductee into the Hater Hall of Fame was the proprietor of a junkyard/antique dealership in Watts, and a big fan of Ripple – as well as ”Beaujolipple”, “Cripple”, and “Champipple”:

Fred G. Sanford,  Born January 21, 1907

Frederick Sanford was born in St. Louis, Missouri and spent much of his young life there.  He married a girl named Elizabeth Winfield at a young age, and in 1946 they moved to a poor neighborhood in Los Angeles, California with their son Lamont.  His wife unexpectedly passed away a year later, and Fred soon started a junk/antique business out of his home.  Lamont eventually dropped out of high school to help out his father, and “Sanford & Son” was born.  Full fictional bio/background of Fred G. found here.

Here are some of his finer moments, including a peek into the ongoing rivalry with his late wife’s older sister, Esther Anderson (may be a few overlapping clips, sorry). 

Links to some of the show’s best episodes:

“The Puerto Ricans are Coming”, Part I, Part II, Part III

“The Stung”, Part I, Part II, Part III

“Golden Boy”, Part I, Part II, Part III

“The Merger”, Part I, Part II, Part III