S3.E14

Mama's Baby, Papa's Maybe

Name: Mama's Baby, Papa's Maybe
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1974-01-04
Duration: 30 min
Rating: 8.7
Cast: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Whitman Mayo

Episode aired Jan 4, 1974
TV-PG
30m

IMDb RATING

8.7/10

223

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Redd Foxx and Demond Wilson in Sanford and Son (1972)

Comedy

Fred's feathers get ruffled when an old friend from St. Louis comes to town claiming to be Lamont's actual father.Fred's feathers get ruffled when an old friend from St. Louis comes to town claiming to be Lamont's actual father.Fred's feathers get ruffled when an old friend from St. Louis comes to town claiming to be Lamont's actual father.

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IMDb RATING

8.7/10

223

YOUR RATING

4User reviews

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Trivia
Two E&J Gallo products are plugged in this episode. Fred gives Grady a glass of his favorite drink, Ripple, which was a fortified wine that boasted a low price and high alcohol content and that enjoyed great popularity in the 1970s, but has since been discontinued. Later in the episode Grip brings over a bottle of Cold Duck to celebrate with his friends. Cold Duck, a reasonably priced Champagne with a concord grape base combined with red and white wines, also enjoyed tremendous popularity in the early 1970s.

Goofs
At the end of the episode when Fred and Lamont are standing in the living room a person is seen walking by the window.

Quotes
Aunt Esther Anderson: [berserker mad at Grip] What the hell did you just say, nigga?

Alternate versions
In this episode, an old friend "Grip" meets Fred ('Redd Foxx (I)') and claims he was Lamont's true father. In the original broadcast, Aunt Esther (LaWanda Page) jumped up and said "What did you say, n----?". In some syndicated reruns, the line was altered to "What did you say, sucka?"

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Featured review

10/10

One of the more funnier episodes of the series...

This is one of the more funnier episodes of the series IMHO. I dunno whether it was just the good time seen by the actors for the episode, particularly Fred and Esther's exchange just before Grip arrives, they almost broke character as they were doing the scene a couple times or just Whitman Mayo's timing as Grady in this episode? He truly was funny and brought a liveliness to the series that was enjoyable. He just did a solid job. The other thing was DeMond Wilson as Lamont didn't really have to do a lot in terms of his acting even though the episode was centered around whether or not he was Big Money Grip's Son instead of Fred's. Redd Foxx, LaWanda Paige and Sonny Gaines carried the load ,along with Whitman Mayo, very well! Truly an enjoyable episode.