Season 5

Season summary
Beginning with this season, Sanford and Son introduced a new opening sequence, where it shows Fred Sanford wiping the sweat on his head below his hand while waiting for Lamont to come, the next scene shows Lamont driving in his truck to go to the salvage, instead of walking over to the chair to sit while reading a newspaper while waiting for Lamont to come, and Lamont stops the truck in a red light, just like they did in the first four seasons.