Pat Morita's Stand-Up | REDD FOXX SHOW (1977) 

When you have it , its tough to loan family money. A loan can break a family apart. A gift makes it tighter.

Pay it forward, is beautiful.

Ah yes, the mythical era of when that wasn't just the deposit on a rental...

I am a man of little means by most measures, and in my few moments I have been fortunate to experience like this I have always expressed that same sentiment when given thanks for some small kindness: pay it forward when you can. It's heartwarming to know I am not alone in this train of thought. Thank-you kindly for sharing this very fun, heartwarming, and wholesome fact.

I had a dream where Pat Morita tried to give me a $50 bill. I told him I didn't need it, so he gave to the nearest person walking by.

I was just about to say that, spot on!

he does Redd better than Redd does Redd.

IKR it was so spot on.

He sounds exactly like him 🤣

_"My friend, the Albino Pygmy."_ You could close your eyes and swear that was Redd saying that.

He was a talented man ❤️

​@@clownjewels I wish I could've met him

He wasn’t Mr Miyagi yet. He was still feeding Richie Cunningham and the Fonz.

he was a known comedian for years

​@@JoeBuck-uc3blyeah! That too 👍🫡👊

😂

Noice!

Lmfao good one

@@kynshii It is actually an episode , from Sanford and Son...Fred and Ah Choo, open a Japanese take out!

@@LooseBooty-ik5cs oh wow lol that's cool and funny and your name is wild 😂

Facts

Culturally appropriated for your entertainment

@luvaboy772 I thought it was odd hearing him as Mr. Miyagi because I’d only ever known him as Arnold from ‘Happy Days’.

​@Kaizen2013v you must be fun at parties

@@Kaizen2013vCultural Appropriation isn't exaggerating your heritage for entertainment value.

Maaaaan, I would kill to time travel and make Rush Hour with Redd and Pat

I got Rush Hour vibes from this too! I wonder if these two had an influence on the Rush Hour characters...I wouldn't be surprised.

If they were alive I’m pretty sure they’d had a cameo appearance in Rush Hour

We hadn't heard that! Thanks for sharing.

Also another mark against him was he was Arnold from Happy Days and they thought him as Mr. Miyagi was just not that believable.

​@@hotohori69 i vaguely remember that, but it was still as an older guy and having seen karate kid as a kid.

I didn't even know he was a Comedian until now, this was awesome to find out.

That is true. He had to do about 5 auditions before they called him back to read with Ralph Macchio. Don’t know how many times he read with him before deciding on him.

He was way ahead of his time. No other Asian American comedians then

Now I will say honestly (and not afraid to tell on myself) that that was the only joke he told that I didn't get! The chopsticks and ribs, collard greens - all that I got but I didn't get the rice reference. Some enlightenment on that score would be VERY appreciated! 👍👍👍

​@@TheDoctor1225 Obviously we're talking about stereotypes here, but generically "Japanese Rice" doesn't start from uncooked; fried rice, sushi rice, rice balls, ... You don't start til your Rice Cooker sings the song (...and if you consistently eat 2+ cups of rice per day a rice cooker is far more important than a microwave or anything). It gives a certain consistency to their rice dishes that Americans (pretty generically) weren't used to back then. I've had "Chicken and Rice" at cookouts that was f'ing delicious... 10/10. But objectively? That rice was wet as hell by most culinary standards. Literal garbage (as in they'd immediately throw it away without even tasting it) from most Japanese perspectives (as I understand it).

Basically Asian people (be they Japanese ,Chinese, Korean, etc) are stereotyped for making and eating a lot of rice. Black people are also stereotyped for eating White-rice. The 2 styles of rice as different in flavor as the cultures. 😊. a lot is in his delivery too.

It was good!!!

Right😂hollering 👏 💯

Pat IS a brutha.

You are correct! So glad we can bring them back for people to get to see again or for the very first time. Thanks for your comment!

Make them? They got made in factories or something? There’s no shortage of talented people now, that’s just your assumption based on what you see in the media. Just because they push talentless people to stardom, doesn’t mean there’s a lack of talented people. Just because YOU haven’t seen many or any, doesn’t make it a fact. There’s plenty that go unheard of because they aren’t being televised etc. THINK ARTHUR, THINK!

No he isn’t correct just because you agree with him. Let’s say the last bunch of talented sportsman (any sport) die. Does that mean there are no talented sportsman? THINK CLOWN, THINK? 🙄 It’s a stupid as if a tribe that is completely isolated said, there are no white people because they’ve never seen any.

​@@Lion-O-Richie2040Just because you think there isn't a shortage of talent doesn't make it a fact either. Instead of bashing the dude, maybe give him a list of comics that you deem talented to check out. Not his fault that the media saturates and promotes talentless shills. Perspective Richie Perspective.

@@MrB1gPants genius comeback

Now you know! Thanks for tuning in ❤️

Before The Karate Kid, he made his fame as the second "Arnold" on Happy Days, very much a comedic role.

Must be young

I absolutely remembered him as Arnold on Happy Days but I also did not know he had done stand up, so don't feel like the Lone Ranger! :)

​@@chrischar9428I myself am not that young (turning 40 next year) but I didn't know he was a comedian or that he didn't have an accent. But take into account I'm German, not everything is as popular over here, for example I've never seen happy days, just some clips. I've watched Mork & Mindy as a kid sometimes though (which was called "Mork vom Ork" here, guess they didn't deem Mindy as important 😮).

I'd like to think Miyagi might have bought one of his old trucks from Sanford & Son.

@@stephensandridge3784 imagine if they were old war buddies.

Did you ever see episodes of S & S where Morita appeared?

@@BrianONEILL-qf2cs if I did it was way back in the 80s and forgot.

Watch sandford and son (Sanford and rising son) he’s in a few episodes, you gotta watch them!

"You got to wash your ass"

My parents bought the albums and my 2 siblings and I listened to them when they weren't home.

Red fox "video in a plain brown wrapper" was hilarious.

I think it was with a down payment on his home! RIP to both!

Agreed on the impression! Redd definitely seemed like he was good to his friends. His show is full of friends he invited to appear.

​@@michaelmckenzie6311It was, and Pat said that Redd wouldn't accept repayment. He said that Redd told him to take the money, and help someone less fortunate.

Redd looked out for everybody...

​@@jamesorsby7553ya! But where is the story when he paid it forward!?

🤣

Before that he played a Chinese guy on the Sanford and Son TV show named Ah Chew. 🤣

LOL@@morrismonet3554

​@@morrismonet3554🤧

Arnold!

I really wish but unfortunately comedians are beefing now they don’t get along at all 😢 ✊🏾

Today's 📺 entertainment is Goat 🐐 Tripe.

No, this is Racist, this is the stuff that should NEVER be on TV

You know they won’t because somebody’s feelings might get hurt.

@@KINGmoLawl rap culture is bleeding into comedy they didn’t used to do that.

Also, when he was discharged from the hospital when he was 11, he was sent directly to the Gila River internment camp to join his family.

😂😂😂😂Good one

You think theres no comedians riffing on racial stereotypes? It's still there...

@@Alex-zi1nb It is, but it's likely same-race--Morita did a lot of self-deprecating jokes in this bit, but/and he also gently poked fun at Black cuisine and "Black karate."

Such a good joke. Lol "weve been friends ever since" 😂

A version of this joke appears in The Karate Kid! Daniel had just been rescued by Mr. Miyagi from getting an even more serious beat down from the bullies. "What kind of belt do you have?" "Canvas, you like? JCPenny, 3.98."

The East meets the West.

Same vibe as “don’t mess with me I know karate” “yeah well I know, whoop your ass”

2:56

dude's performance was so good in that role the entire franchise is still surviving off of it

I just watched the second movie for the first time ever. He had some great, touching scenes in that one and acted the heck out of them.

This is definitely a stand out moment from the REDD FOXX SHOW! Two friends, having a good time.

You've found a fun rabbit hole

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Thank you for your comment!

Fox and Morita in Rush Hour, now that’s a movie I would pay money for!

PAID!!!

So glad you found this ❤️

Egads.....Sanford and Son, The Jeffersons and All in the Family Super "racist"....and enjoyed by all in my neighborhood when I was very young. I lived in the poor area of Key West when they were originally aired.......poor Cubans, Blacks and Whites (and one and only one mixed black/white couple) all lived together..... we'd watch in whoever's home we happened to be in at the time. We were "colorblind" we all laughed at ALL of the stuff....no matter the race saying the lines or the race receiving the lines....if funny....laugh. We all helped each other. I'd go shark fishing...with a HANDLINE. My end, had a loop...around a pier support......let the shark or barracuda or manta ray fight the support...then anyone who helped haul it in...got an equal share

Jesus chill out

yeah bill burr and celebrity roasts totally don't exist anymore

You’re telling me you own pat moritas bong?

Do you Pat or Redd?

Canvas.... JC Penny $3.99, you like...😉

Great stuff!

True! So many comedians have turned some hard times into laughter.

Excellent!

Yes ma'am. 🙏🏼 Praise God for this wonderful life we live.

You think joke stealing and comedy beef wasn't going on in the 70s? Oh child. 😆

Robin williams was notorious for joke stealing. Not the movie version of Robin, but the early stand up/Mork & Mindy days in the 70's

I guess you pat little attention to current comedy. Two joke stealers are notorious. Both are hated by comedians. Both have seen their careers tank. So whatchu talkin' 'bout Willis?

Mencina and Amy Something.

​@@Mr.H0LLYW00D Supposedly, he'd do it without thinking and then write the comic he stole from a cheque for US$10,000!

It was meant differently back then. Back then, people said "gang" to mean a group of things or people. "There was a whole gang of spiders in the basement" or "Come on gang, let's go to the park". Like how Shaggy used to use it on Scooby Doo lol. People don't use it like that today. When people use it now, it literally means a criminal organization lol.

Lmao… you should listen to Red Foxx comedy albums, you’re in for a shock.😆

This was television

You must not watch bill burr or gary owens

We’re glad you found this! Thanks for watching ❤️

He was a good one!

Yes! Nice to see people appreciating him here❤️

Yeah, no. He got plenty of recognition for his talents in his own time. And he didn't have to pander or worry about telling jokes that idiots would take offense to.

@@TrueThanny actually, yes, he would have gotten more accolades. And better projects, whether they would be smaller or bigger. Just because he got "plenty in his own time" - - which is debatable---no one can say that he WOULDN'T have had more TV projects and franchises and prestige to be a part of. Let's not confuse his brilliance of telling jokes with what he'd be able to garner and accomplish, today.

😂 Good stuff!

yes, exactly.

Because there's a respectable way to do it. That doesn't mean there's not a wrong way to do it.

@@buddyboye4203 DOES IT

I am woke now, I don't need a brain anymore. 🧠