The Winning Ticket

The Winning Ticket was the 118th overall episode of Sanford and Son. Also the seventh episode of Season Six, it first aired on NBC-TV on November 5, 1976.

Episode synopsis
A couple of con men sucker Fred into running a rigged lucky number contest for which the crooks secretly hold the winning ticket.

Episode summary
A pair of shapsters persuade Fred to invest in a shady sales promotion. The plan is to hold a fund-raising sweepstakes raffle -- without a winning ticket. The scheme backfires when a winner unexpectedly shows up, leaving Fred holding the bag. It is up to friends Bubba, (Don Bexley) and an unwitting Aunt Esther (LaWanda Page) to bail our hero out.

Note: Danny Dayton makes a guest appearance as Timmy "The Sign Man". Danny Wells makes a second and final series appearance as Danny Taylor.