Sanford and Son (TV Series) Hello Cousin Emma... Goodbye Cousin Emma (1974) User Reviews

How could Grady have been from Chicago IF he was from St. Louis in Ep. 15 of Season 3?

[dd-66056 · 9/10 · 17 June 2023]

A good episode with one caviot, how can Whitman Mayo's character Grady Wilson been from Chicago IF he was from St. Louis in S3, Ep. 15, "Mama's Baby, Papa's Maybe" he was from St. Louis along with Fred and the rest of the Family, knew them all from those days, etc. It doesn't hardly seem logical. Either writers and producers overlooked this fact or they just simply thought people or fans of the show wouldn't notice? They should have stuck with the original storyline and left it be because here came Cousin Emma from Chicago talking about, "they used to call him.... back home in Chicago. Remember Grady?"

Sixth of nine with Grady Wilson

[kevinolzak · 4/10 · 4 December 2016]

"Hello Cousin Emma...Goodbye Cousin Emma" closed out the third season, Redd Foxx still holding out, Whitman Mayo still carrying on for the sixth of nine consecutive episodes. Grady's Cousin Emma (Clarice Taylor) arrives from Chicago to stay at the junkyard, promising to earn her keep by cooking and cleaning. Forced to sleep with Grady, Lamont protests the sound of him sucking his teeth in his sleep, while the buzzsaw next door keeps them both awake: "that plane ain't takin' off, it's landed!" Morning finds Emma nowhere near the kitchen, Lamont on to her dizzy games while Grady takes a bit longer to catch on. "The Light Housekeeper" basically ploughed the same territory the second season, Clarice Taylor perhaps best remembered as Clint Eastwood's housekeeper in the 1971 "Play Misty for Me."