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You often had to ask for these albums because they wouldnt be out that you could just go and pick them up out of the bin. they were often hidden or in a certain part of the store where you needed some sort of assistance from the people in the store because they were thought to be too scandalous. ive heard several of them, and its a miracle that youre able to select lines from them to do on television. [ laughter ] watkins: the party records that redd foxx did were underground, but underground to...

- love "sanford and son." you give me the first line of a "sanford and son" line, i can finish it for you. - for every man, theres a woman. - and for every dummy, theres a dummy. - one of the creators of "sanford and son" saw redd foxx in his act and thought that he would be perfect for the series they were gonna do, which was an adaptation of a british series, "steptoe & son." - "sanford and son" was a more authentic show because of writers like paul mooney and ilunga adell. - redd and i said, ...

But i find it difficult to say. you do? most white people, its hard to say "crazy." [ laughter ] you tell them the title of the album. i cant say that. the title of the album is, "that niggers crazy." see, now, you can just say that. if i said that, wouldnt you get mad? id punch you out. [ laughter ] zoglin: richard pryor was influenced by redd foxx, but what he did was to bring some of that sensibility to the mainstream. the idea that a guy who had been developing this new, provocative, racial ...

[ static ] ♪ until redd foxx came along in 1956, nobody had ever recorded their stand-up act and released it as an album. redd foxx is distinguished because he invented essentially the genre of stand-up comedy record. foxx: everybody in my hometown bought a jackass. [ laughter ] preachers wife had the biggest ass in town. [ laughter ] i know because i rode her big ass all the time. [ laughter ] sometime id ride her ass along. her ass was sweating. id slip right off her big, sweaty ass. [ laugh...

Griffin: what are party records? you play em in a party. you ever been to a party? you put the records on when its kind of dull, and then wait. -yeah? are they -- party starts. naughty? yes. foxx: theres a new bikini bathing suit coming out this summer. new bikini girls. its two band-aids and a cork. [ laughter ] all right, two corks. [ laughter ] my parents had the redd foxx dirty jokes record in the house. and they would put it on after id go to bed. im like -- like it was porn or something, y...

Leonard didnt tell us you arent. - she really felt that they were presenting an image of the white negro. - but at the time, i didnt care because theres a black woman on tv. shes a nurse. shes helping people. - diahann carroll was the first black woman to be nominated for an emmy for her performance in that show. - it represented the first time that a black family went into the homes of americans on a weekly basis. it did establish that premise, and i was very pleased about that. (upbeat funky m...

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Class, and you get advertisers turning towards black people. so you can see why norman lear created sanford and son. norman lear: i was in las vegas, and the lounge act was, redd foxx. and i came back just delirious with the possibility. lamont: you know what it says in the bible, love thy neighbour. fred: the guy who wrote the bible didnt live in this neighbourhood... if he had, hed say love thy neighbour but locketh thy window. randall park: red fox, just felt like this comedic force. aramide ...

For an emmy for her performance in that show. - it represented the first time that a black family went into the homes of americans on a weekly basis. it did establish that premise, and i was very pleased about that. (upbeat funky music) - the success of the television show "julia" opened the door for redd foxx, who was this underground comedy legend. - thats the money i was saving for my heart operation! you hear that elizabeth? im coming to join ya, honey! - love "sanford and son." you give me ...