Fred Sanford vs. Mrs. Hopkins

 

During the fifth season of "Sanford and Son" Fred (Redd Foxx) and Lamont Sanford (Demond Wilson) purchased the property next door to their junkyard and opened a boarding house they named "The Sanford Arms."  Nancy Kulp made five guest appearances as one of Fred's tenants Mrs. May Hopkins, who was the mother of Fred's cop friend Officer Howard "Hoppy" Hopkins (Howard T. Platt).  Fred had very little patience for Mrs. Hopkins' constant complaining.