A truism: Sanford and Son is infinitely more engaging than the State of the Union Address. Fred standing over the stove singing: “It must be jelly ‘cause jam don’t shake that way” is much to be preferred to the president—any president—saying exactly what you knew he was going to say anyway, cut up by hours of sycophants, knee-jerk haters, and zombie-esque paid-for-nothings clapping or not-clapping.