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| Season Six, Episode ##24 Number (#135) in series (136 episodes) | ||||
| Air date | March 18, 1977 | |||
| Network | NBC-TV | |||
| Production code | 623 | |||
| Written by: | Joseph R. Henderson | |||
| Directed by: | Russ Petranto | |||
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| IMDb |  Fred Sings The Blues
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Fred Sings The Blues was the 135th overall episode of Sanford and Son. Also the 24th episode and final of Season Six, it first aired on NBC-TV on March 18, 1977.
Episode synopsis[]
Fred invites B.B. King to dinner at Sanford home and may give the famous singer another reason to sing the blues. B.B. King Guest stars
Episode summary[]
Although he passes on performing songs written by Fred, the great B.B. King (playing himself) gives Fred a book, which explains why King starting singing the blues. Turns out that King has been nursing a broken heart ever since he lost his sweetheart to another man. According to the book, King's lost love was someone with the initials E.W. -- the same as Fred's late lamented wife Elizabeth.
Note: Ji-Tu Cumbaka appears as Edmond (B.B's valet), Basil Hoffman makes a second and final series appearance as a Maitre'd, Hannah Dean appears as a Woman in the Club Lucifer, and former L.A. Laker Harold 'Happy' Hairston appears as The Woman's Husband.
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