Sanford and Son (TV Series)
The Surprise Party (1974)
LaWanda Page: Aunt Esther Anderson
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Quotes
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Fred G. Sanford : Hey Esther, I got a gift for you too.
[Hands it to her]
Aunt Esther Anderson : Fred, this is just a piece of plastic wrap.
Fred G. Sanford : No it ain't. Hold it up to your face.
[She does]
Fred G. Sanford : That's your Halloween mask!
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Fred G. Sanford : Here, Donna. I got your gift.
[Hands her a long box, she opens it to show nothing in it]
Fred G. Sanford : See, if you get a watch, you can put it in there.
[Donna gives him a sad look; he hands it to her]
Fred G. Sanford : I'm just kidding, Donna. Here's the watch.
Donna Harris : [Looking at it] Ohhhh, isn't that niiiice?
Aunt Esther Anderson : [Looking at it herself] Yeah, and I see that's it's exactly two forty-nine.
Fred G. Sanford : It's not 2:49, it's around 6 o'clock.
Aunt Esther Anderson : I wasn't talking about the time, Fred, I was talking about the price tag.
Fred G. Sanford : Well, get your face out of the way before it stops.
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Grady Wilson : [Everyone hiding with the lights out to surprise Fred] Owww!
Lamont Sanford : Grady, would you shut up and get behind the sofa?
Aunt Esther Anderson : Who did that?
Grady Wilson : Oh, I'm sorry, Esther, I thought you was a sofa.
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Fred G. Sanford : Hey, Lamont, I almost forgot about you. I got you a quadriphonic stereo!
Lamont Sanford : Hey, all right!
[Hands him the headsets used on the airplane]
Lamont Sanford : Hey man, you need an airplane for these things to work.
Fred G. Sanford : No, you don't. Put them on.
[Lamont does, then Fred starts singing the Ink Spots into the other end]
Fred G. Sanford : And would I be sure...
Lamont Sanford : [Yanks the headsets off, then pulls the other end out of Fred's hand and he stops singing] What kind of gift is this to give your son?
Aunt Esther Anderson : Yup, that's him.
[sounding like a bird]
Aunt Esther Anderson : Cheap! Cheap! Cheap!
Fred G. Sanford : [Smiling] Hey listen to that? The sound of a chicken coming from a buzzard.
Aunt Esther Anderson : That's does it.
[Jumps up to attack Fred with her purse, and they all scrimmage to keep them apart]