Fred's Extra Job

Fred's Extra Job was the 120th overall episode of Sanford and Son. Also the ninth episode of Season Six, it first aired on NBC-TV on November 19, 1976.

Episode synopsis
Fred works nights as a bus boy in a fancy restaurant so he can begin paying back the $6,000 bank loan he took out in order to give Lamont an impressive wedding gift.

Episode summary
To keep Lamont from quitting the junk business, Fred tries to get big a huge bank loan, pretending that business is booming and offering the junkyard as collateral. In his efforts to keep up this pretense, Fred moonlights as a waiter in a fancy restaurant. The trick is to keep Fred's second job a secret from Lamont, Janet (Marlene Clark) and Donna, who visit Fred at the restaurant -- and want to bet that doesn't happen?

Note: Milton Frome makes a guest appearance as the restaurant owner/Maitre d'. Barry Wright makes a final guest appearance as Bruno. Mel Carter, appears in the episode as a bank loan officer.