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The misadventures of a cantankerous junk dealer and his frustrated son.

The further adventures of Fred Sanford, featuring the old cast, except for Lamont; Fred has a new partner and a new girlfriend.

After being murdered by his rivals, Petey Wheatstraw is resurrected, in exchange for marrying the devil's daughter, the world's ugliest woman.

"Rappin' and tappin' is my game" -- comedian Rudy May Moore introduces himself to an enthusiastic audience in this stand-up performance recorded at a club in the 1980s. Raunchy bedroom and bathroom humor mixes with rhythmic and rhyming stories about archetypal folk heroes, Dolemite and Shine. Moore throws in sets of one liners - "My brother is so dumb that..." and "She's so ugly that...," plus presidential candidate Dolemite fields questions from the crowd. Moore punctuates his routines with the refrain, "I ain't lying." Between Moore's sets, comics Leroy and Skillet do some entertaining.

Swami (Leroy Daniels], an employee at the Brass Rail, a nightclub frequented by blacks, loses several hundred dollars of the club's receipts in a holdup. Afraid to tell "Second Rate Kate," the club's owner, Swami convinces Weary (Ernest Mayhand), another employee, to help him return the money before Kate discovers that it is missing. They plan to steal the money from Lonesome (Otis Greene), a young Texan newly arrived in the city, whom they mistake for a millionaire. Lonesome, an aspiring jazz pianist, is actually a man of very limited means. Unfamiliar with city life and a novice drinker, he gets drunk at the Brass Rail and falls for Melody (Georgia Carr), a singer who dislikes all musicians. The next night, Lonesome returns to the club and finds Melody talking to a drunk who is holding a canvas bag with the club's name on it. Swami spots the money bag, discovers that the drunk acquired it from a man in the alley, and persuades him to return it to the club. When the club closes for the night, a party is held in Kate's upstairs apartment. Lonesome, who has passed out after running up a sizable bill, awakens in the deserted nightclub and begins to play the piano. Kate hears Lonesome's haunting blues and offers him a job, and Melody decides that she likes him too. Featuring the songs: "Handle With Care," "Too Little and Too Late," "Sad Dreams and Bitter Teardrops." An all African-American musical comedy written, produced and directed by John K. McCarthy, with photography by William G. Troiano.

Esther and Woody welcome their son Daniel, but quickly discover they must practice the forgiveness that Esther preaches.

Lamont stands to inherit $7,000 if within a year he marries and has a son named after his late uncle George. Fred sees dollar signs, so he and Grady set to making marriage bells ring by turning to a computer dating service.

Big spender Fred insists on taking Eve to her favorite Beverly Hills bistro, but gets his ego bruised when Eve plots to pay the check behind his back.

Sammy Davis Jr. agrees to perform at Eve's charity benefit for the Children of Watts, but when Sammy doesn't show, Cliff, Cissy, Al and Fred take to the stage and showcase their talents.

After being terrorized in a jewelry store robbery, Fred discovers a $12,000 diamond ring fell into his cap. While deciding whether to return or to keep the ring, Officers Hoppy and Smitty appear at the door.

Fred schemes to make easy money from Cal's smooth bourbon after discovering Cal has built a still and is making lip-smacking good moonshine using his family's secret recipe.

Feeling old, Fred falls for a con man's quack cure and buys a fountain of youth pill called Methusatol.

Cal is lonely and depressed about his weight, so Fred and Cliff put Cal on a diet and exercise regimen designed to build up his body and boost his sagging self confidence.

Aunt Esther's son Cliff comes to stay with Fred and falls fast for Eve's daughter Cissy.

Fred and Eve's engagement hits a bump in the road when Eve romanticizes her late husband as an angel and a saint and flesh and blood Fred fears he can't compete.

While hauling junk from Eve's home, Fred and Cal are arrested on suspicion of burglary. While sitting in jail, they reminisce about their first meeting and of Fred and Eve's engagement party.

Fred continues coordinating his junk empire with a new partner, Cal Pettie, Lamont's larger than life friend and co-worker from the Alaskan Pipeline. And into Fred's Garden of Eden steps the beautiful Eve Lewis.

Fred proposes to Eve, but feels very out of place in her sophisticated social circle, especially when wearing a borrowed magician's tuxedo.

After faking a heart attack to get out of his engagement, Fred realizes that he still has feelings for Eve.

Fred and Cal continue looking back and laughing at their past adventures while locked up in a Beverly Hills jail.

Cal's confidence restored, Fred takes him to a swinging singles bar where Cal meets lovely Katie, meter maid.