The Best Episodes Directed By Bud Yorkin

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.0/10(1 votes)

   #1 - Aunt Esther and Uncle Woodrow Pffttt . . .

   S3:E223/8/1974

   Lamont and Grady have an unexpected visitor show up at their doorstep and it turns out to be Woody, Aunt Esther's husband who has been thrown out of the house. Fearing that his marriage is over, Woody asks to stay at the Sanford residence but Grady is against the idea. However, things get worse when Aunt Esther decides to move instead and kicks Woody to the wind.

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   8.0/10(2 votes)

   #2 - Here Comes the Bride, There Goes the Bride

   S1:E31/28/1972

   Engaged, Lamont is excited about his impending nuptials but on the wedding day he quickly finds himself the only one who is. The bride dumps him at the altar and he finds his relatives begging to get back their wedding gifts.

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   8.0/10(1 votes)

   #3 - Maude and the Radical

   S1:E510/10/1972

   Maude throws a fund raising party for a black militant leader and invites rich white liberals but doesn't tell them it is a fund raising party. Meanwhile, Maude does her best to get a black couple to attend the party but must settle for a disguised Florida. Arthur doesn't help the situation either after prescribing tranquilers to Maude who during the party mixes them with alcohol.

   Director:Bud Yorkin

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   6.4/10(4 votes)

   #4 - Crossed Swords

   S1:E11/14/1972

   Lamont buys a porcelain figure for $15 from a silent movie star and after having it appraised, Lamont and Fred decide to take it to an auction to make even more money on it. Fred and Lamont attend the auction pretending to be buyers so that the price can be jacked up higher. However, things go awry to Lamont's dismay.

   Director:Bud Yorkin

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   6.0/10(1 votes)

   #5 - The Family Man

   S4:E254/25/1975

   Grady decides it's time for a change and moves out of Watts and into fashionable Westwood to live with his daughter, Ellie, her husband Hal, and their two children, Laurie and Haywood. As a housewarming gift, Grady purchases an oil painting to hang over their fireplace. However, the painting he chooses proves to be quite distasteful.

   Director:Bud Yorkin

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   5.5/10(3 votes)

   #6 - Happy Birthday, Pop

   S1:E21/21/1972

   Lamont buys Fred a new hat for his birthday and then tries to take him out on the town to celebrate. However, a visit to a fancy bar, a movie theater to see Fiddler on the Roof and dinner at a Chinese restaurant are far from a celebration for Fred.

   Director:Bud Yorkin

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   4.2/10(2 votes)

   #7 - The Copper Caper

   S1:E42/4/1972

   Fred and Lamont buy a load of copper from a man that has been stealing copper in the neighborhood. The man is late for a meeting with Lamont at the diner because he is ripping off the Sanford plumbing pipes, which he then sells to Fred and Lamont.

   Director:Bud Yorkin

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