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Sanford and Son: Season 5, Episode 22

A Pain in the Neck (5 Mar. 1976)

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Fred's friends have got his back, as he discovers when he suffers from a backache on the day he is to receive the Watts Businessman's award and his friends rush to his aid with all kinds of quack cures.

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Fred's friends have got his back, as he discovers when he suffers from a backache on the day he is to receive the Watts Businessman's award and his friends rush to his aid with all kinds of quack cures.

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Fred G. Sanford: [When Lamont suggests acupuncture] And now look at this, my only son's tryin' to get me shish-kabobed!
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