- Lamont Sanford: Hey, Pop, why don't you face it, your songs are stupid!
- Fred G. Sanford: They are not stupid. I write about real emotion. Things everyone knows and feels.
- Lamont Sanford: [Looking at Fred's lyric sheet] "I Left My Heart in El Segundo"?
- Fred G. Sanford: I've come a long way from St. Louie, but not far enough. B.B. King is gonna kill me!