CNN The History of Comedy June 4, 2024 01:33:00
[ 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 ] preacher's wife had the biggest ass in town. [ laughter ] i know because i rode her big ass all the time. [ laughter ] sometime i'd ride her ass along. her ass was sweating. i'd slip right off her big, sweaty ass. [ laughter ] watkins: redd foxx was making very explicitly sexual records, blue records, or off-color re...
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