Lamont looks to reinvent himself by adopting an African name and lifestyle.Lamont looks to reinvent himself by adopting an African name and lifestyle.Lamont looks to reinvent himself by adopting an African name and lifestyle.
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- TriviaFred said he didn't care if Lamont's imported dashiki came from Haile Selassie's closet. Haile Selassie (1892-1975) was the Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1975. He is revered by Rastafarians as a messianic figure. Mention is also made of Spiro Agnew. When this episode first aired, Spiro Agnew (1918-96) was serving as vice-president under Nixon. He resigned in October 1973 from scandals stemming back to his years as governor of Maryland and was succeeded by Gerald Ford.
- GoofsWhen Lamont announces he's changing his name to Kalunda, Fred responds that Lamont is crazy if he thinks Fred's changing the sign outside from "Sanford & Son" to "Sanford & Kalunda". In reality there is no need to change the sign from "Sanford & Son". Regardless of whether he's named Lamont or Kalunda, he's still Fred's son.
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Fred G. Sanford: Listen, Lamont...
Lamont Sanford: Not Lamont! Kalunda! Kah-loon-dah. Say it.
Fred G. Sanford: Calendar.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Jeopardy!: Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 3, Game 6 (2005)
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Paula Kelly as Olaiya
"Lamont Goes African" opens with Fred and Bubba watching TV as usual, while Lamont intends to bring his life of leisure to avoid working to an end. His Swahili language inspires Fred to answer in pig Latin! A dashiki only earns Lamont more ridicule from his father, no longer answering to the 'slave name' of Lamont, going by the Congolese name Kalunda. His Nigerian sister is Olaiya (Paula Kelly), while 'Oyamo' turns out to be Rollo, which Fred sees through: "if there's some money to be made, Rollo would become an Eskimo!" Olaiya is a lovely lady, who watches and disapproves of the way that 'Kalunda' treats his father, which finally restores Lamont to his old self. Fred winds up wearing the African shirt himself: "I look chic in my dashiki!" Paula Kelly was always a shining light in every film she made.
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