Bank on This

Bank on This was the 90th overall episode of Sanford and Son. Also the third episode of Season Five, it first aired September 26, 1975.

Episode synopsis
Fred and Lamont are applying for a loan to finance their purchase of Julio's former property when a pair of robbers burst into the bank.

Episode summary
Hoping to open their own rooming house, Fred and Lamont both co-apply for a loan at the local bank. While our heroes are negotiating, the bank is held up by a pair of dimwitted novice robbers. As the day progresses, all of the bank's customers are allowed to leave except for Fred, who stays behind as a hostage -- and proves more than a match for the inept crooks.

Tom Scott guest stars as Mr. Phillips, the bank manager, Bill Henderson appears as Harvey the bank security guard, and Roscoe Orman (well known to child TV viewers as "Gordon" from the long-running PBS children's series Sesame Street) and Charles Thomas Murphy appear as bank robbers Al and Melvin. Roy Stuart makes a second of three guest appearances as news reporter Lyle Martinson.