"The Family Man" served as the pilot for the spin off series GRADY, the only episode without both Sanford and Son (though Redd Foxx does appear in the debut episode "Be It Ever So Humble"). Rollo is alone at the junkyard when Grady drops by, on the way back to his daughter's home in Westwood. Rollo convinces him to buy a housewarming gift for Ellie (Carol Cole, sister of Natalie Cole) and her husband Hal Marshall (Joe Morton), daughter Laurie (Rosanne Katon) and son Haywood (Haywood Nelson, later of WHAT'S HAPPENING???). Hal is a high school coach and former track star in college, while his homebody spouse calls her father 'Papi.' The painting is hardly to their liking, a nude portrait that cost Grady every cent he had, just in time for the social gathering featuring university personnel like Professor Stoneham (Howard Hesseman) and Coach Boomer Bradley (Rod Colbin). Fritzi Burr (third of ten) is present as Coach Bradley's wife Phyllis.
Review of The Family Man
