@@elijahrobinson2362 Nope Redd Foxx was not the original King Of Comedy Have you ever heard anything about Richard Pryor ,Pigmeat Markham & Moms Mabley these are some of the all time great comedians along with Redd Foxx .Have a safe & enjoyable 🎄ok take care December 23,2020
Get a hold of his stand up club routines from the 60's on CD. My ole man used to bring his lodge friends home and put on his lp's, then chase us away when he heard us laughing down the hall, felt we were too young to be listening to Redd's adult humor. Redd used to have us rolling on the floor.
You really think so? I figured that was moreso Pryor. (I cannot remember if Murphy did that too.) Pryor spoke more about his life than Foxx on stage, cuz his comedy required the audience to sort of understand that. He'll talk about his dad being abusive, his mom, his crazy strict grandmother, all in a poor neighborhood. He'd talk about local drunks.
Della Reese said, "Redd was what I thought of as God's Pure Humor." Case in point, both in the standup, doing practiced stuff and improvising throwaway lines, and bantering with Cavett. BTW, for those too young for to have seen his show first run, no host ever could shift gears with guests like Dick Cavett. Nobody was better than Johnny Carson with comedians and entertainment figures of stature, but Cavett could go from Lester Maddox one night to Redd Foxx another and handle both brilliantly.
Thts how I lot of comics back then kept time. Bcuz the audience would laugh a lil longer than usual from certain jokes that had to progress. The cig kept the timing and smoothness to kinda mimic how he would tell it with his friends.
I think he severely underestimated the price of a good cat. They're only cheap as kittens before you put any work into them. But I do love Redd. And I still laughed.
@@puma2837 Redd wasn't "woke" like what you think of as woke. The host Dick Cavett used the term "negro" because he was being polite and 'politically correct' as "negro" was the politically correct term for black people in that day. So when Redd said to refer to him as "black" he was pretty much rejecting political correctness AKA wokeness.
@@gwise3779 Yeah. As you know, he was one of the OG dirty comedians. Watching even the Cavett interview with him, he said himself he had to skip through a lot of jokes in his mind to get to another one, and he even said it during his performance here. He was a total pro. I think Eddie Murphy said he was the one that was just naturally funny. I assume he meant out of himself, Foxx, and Pryor. If you watch some of the Bob Einstein (portrayed Super Dave Osborne, and Marty Funkhouser from Curb Your Enthusiasm) interviews on RU-vid, Einstein recounts some amazing Foxx stories.
He was a sweetheart. I just forgot about my parents telling me when they were on their honeymoon in 1968 in Atlanta, GA they were at a hotel he was performing at and he came and sat down at their table just to talk they said he was the nicest man they'd ever met!
country is so sensitive weak. at the roasts in the 70s richard Pryor get down with material that 1 sentence couldnt be said glad I lived in the early 80s to see when free speech comedy was real
People give RICHARD props for being the BEST but that is a MATTER OF OPINION! It is GENIUS how REDD just SEGWAYS into another topic sssooooo SMOOTHLY! REDD is the black GEORGE BURNS and GEORGE is the white REDD FOXX! Both SMOKED at the MIC and both were the KING of ONE-LINERS!!!
I remember at the age of 16 going to a bar in St Louis on Goodfellow & Delmar and seeing Red Foxx live. He also was on live radio 1600 am. His show was late at night around 11 pm to 1 am. Who remembers this, he was the best!
I've got the utmost respect for Redd but I have to respectfully disagree with that statement. I don't think there's any door that Pryor couldn't have kicked down on his own 😎
@@XtremeGameDMV I'm not saying Redd didn't open doors, because we all know differently. I'm just saying there's no door that Richard couldn't have kicked down on his own 😎
@@aaronbrewer1831 unless you as judge or crooked cop then no one ever called you a kracker and unless you'sa trump supporter then no one ever call you a white supremacist. No matter much money you got or where you live no black man will ever call you trailor park trash. Cowboy was once an infamous racial slur toward us. We took it...flipped it .....and was humble enough to let you people run wit it. Same when you disrespect females by calling them bitches. I don't disrespect them but i listen to them call each other bitches all the time. Same with the LMNOP communities. I dont call them at all so wouldn't know. Females allow them to call them bitches because they except them as one of their own. And there are very few white boy's that say it only cause they grew up with us. Ofcoarse they wouldn't go a club where no one knows them and do that......all this to say that youre not black and you will never be so why in the world would you want to call some the n word? These are the cards we was dealt and just trust me....you dont want my hand. So just continue to enjoy the white privileges that you take for granted and keep it pushing.
Saw Redd Foxx and his wife one night riding up La Cienega in his little Mercedes roadster many years ago. One of my friend in my car wanted to yell out to him. Not being the groupie fan-type, I discouraged her from doing so, but she yelled out to him "Hi Redd!". He was vary gracious, smiled and waved back to us. I appreciated that.
I gauruntee u said that without looking up any pictures of him when he was younger, obviously. Everybody changes, period. Some more than others and some less than others.
He got his start later on in his life. He had been hustling and in the the entertainment industry since he was 20 but didnt get his break until he was 60. You should look up some of his biopics
He was so articulate and well spoken, goes to show what good acting skills he displayed on Sandford and Son.... Also I like how he checked the host... "I dont know any Negro comics
@@chingdowkenpo he probably knew she would grow up the be a devil worshipping child pimp. Look up Oprah and John of God or read about her boarding school scandal
@Halo Eve freedom of expression isn't a republican concept. I'm going to share something with you that you obviously didn't learn before dropping out of public school. In those days, all Americans promoted free speech. It was something we all valued.
I always loved Sanford and Son as a kid. I have a bunch of old Redd Foxx records from the 50's and 60's. Every now and then when I need a good laugh, I play 'em. You big dummy !!
Guys like Redd Foxx and Richard Pryor used to scare TV hosts to death. They were afraid their show would get cancelled for something they said. That alone made it worth watching.
Ya Redd was obviously street smart but He could hold the same Smarts with Educated People. He was Great. I dint think He will ever go out of Style. Never.
That's one fly ass 3 piece suit! A little fun fact, Malcolm X & Redd Foxx worked together on a train as cooks. Malcolm said, "Redd is the funniest cook in the world!"
They worked in a speakeasy. Malcolm was a waiter and Redd was a dishwasher. According to the autobiography of Malcolm X ; Chicago Red was the funniest dishwasher on this earth. Now he’s making his living being funny as a nationally known stage and nightclub comedian. I don’t see any reason why old Chicago Red would mind me telling that he is Redd Foxx.
Every time I see and hear the great Redd Fox, I think of my father. My father had his walk down cold. And they had the exact same red plaid robe he wore on Sanford and Son.
Everybody can't be number 1 else it wouldn't be number 1; come on choose 1. My number 1 would be Richard Pryor. I just enjoyed the hell out of Fred Sanford, but don't really care for Red Foxx the stand up comic.
@@kenterminateddq5311 Lol. I know who Redd is if I didn't how can I not like his stand up. What someone like is always based on opinion there is no right, or wrong.
See back in the 60s-70s when white people use the word "negro" it was still the same in 2019 if someone would say the "N" word, and I like how Redd Foxx corrected him, by saying I don't know any "negro" Comics but I know some "black" ones, all by being professional, I think this is the original king of comedy this is where all the comedians got the inspiration from red fox this guy is a genius! R.I.P.
The same should go for black, no self respecting man would dare call himself black , ( think about everything in the past that's been called, labeled black🤔 and what it meant answer, #nothing good #bad I treat being called black like they called me nigger, muthableaper better find out my name
I remember my grandmother who hated no one used the word nigra .Being raised alot by her I had to learn later to be more respectful of others growing up white in the 60s racism was common in Texas.
I remember, I started smoking cigarettes because of entertainers like Redd Foxx , Dean Martin , Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis jr. and the Beatles ,etc.. looked so cool.
Yes I remember the days when I and a few friends would go in the garage and listen to Reds Fox and Wild Man Steve albums with a $5 Brown envelope and laughed until we cried.
Most people forgotten without Redd Foxx ain't no Richard Prior that's what most his materials came from Redd Foxx the father Richard Prior the son and Eddie Murphy the grandson then everyone else came along think about that.
Dominic Fields it’s weird watching this in 2019. He was not just one of the best comedians, he knocked down a lot of racial walls. He did it with class like when he told this guy I don’t know any negroes. Your comment is right on.
