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Sat 24
Sanford and Son: Golden Boy — Redd Foxx
Fred impulsively invests $50 in a fighter. Fred: Redd Foxx. Yerby: Hank Rolike. Lamont: Demond Wilson. Junior: Barry Wright. Grady: Whitman Mayo.
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Sat 24
Sanford and Son: My Brother-in-Law's Keeper — Redd Foxx
Fred is upset when he sees his new brother-in-law, a gambler who is very friendly and very white. Fred: Redd Foxx. Lamont: Demond Wilson. Rodney: Allan Drake.
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Mon 26
Sanford and Son: By the Numbers — Redd Foxx
Fred's sure he dreamed up a winner in the numbers game. Fred: Redd Foxx. Lamont: Demond Wilson. Aunt Ethel: Beah Richards. Bubba: Don Bexley. Gunman: David Moses.
Air Time & Details for Redd Foxx, Mon 26, 7:00 am -
Mon 26
Sanford and Son: By the Numbers — Redd Foxx
Fred's sure he dreamed up a winner in the numbers game. Fred: Redd Foxx. Lamont: Demond Wilson. Aunt Ethel: Beah Richards. Bubba: Don Bexley. Gunman: David Moses.
Air Time & Details for Redd Foxx, Mon 26, 10:00 pm -
Mon 26
Sanford and Son: Whiplash — Redd Foxx
Fred plays the whiplash game after a minor traffic accident. Fred: Redd Foxx. Lamont: Demond Wilson. Bubba: Don Bexley. Swanhauser: Noam Pitlik. Smith: Hal Williams. Dr. Caldwell: Davis Roberts.
Air Time & Details for Redd Foxx, Mon 26, 7:30 am -
Mon 26
Sanford and Son: Whiplash — Redd Foxx
Fred plays the whiplash game after a minor traffic accident. Fred: Redd Foxx. Lamont: Demond Wilson. Bubba: Don Bexley. Swanhauser: Noam Pitlik. Smith: Hal Williams. Dr. Caldwell: Davis Roberts.
Air Time & Details for Redd Foxx, Mon 26, 10:30 pm -
Mon 26
Sanford and Son: The TV Addict — Redd Foxx
Fred has been watching way too much television and Lamont suggests that he go out and get some exercise. Fred scoffs and refuses which leads to an argument which results in the television breaking. Lamont refuses to get it fixed until Fred agrees to start exercising. Lamont later brings in a doctor to hypnotize Fred to help him get over his television addiction.
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Mon 26
Sanford and Son: LaMont in Love — Redd Foxx
Aunt Esther and Fred scheme to uncover the history of Lamont's girlfriend (Marlene Clark). Fred: Redd Foxx. Esther: LaWanda Page. Lamont: Demond Wilson. Bubba: Don Bexley.
Air Time & Details for Redd Foxx, Mon 26, 7:30 pm -
Tue 27
Sanford and Son: The Dowry — Redd Foxx
Fred's cousin has a new wife with a fat daughter and some heavy marriage plans for Lamont (Demond Wilson). Betty Jean: Gladys Perry. Grady: Whitman Mayo. Fred: Redd Foxx. Margaret: Marguerite Ray.
Air Time & Details for Redd Foxx, Tue 27, 7:00 am -
Tue 27
Sanford and Son: The Dowry — Redd Foxx
Fred's cousin has a new wife with a fat daughter and some heavy marriage plans for Lamont (Demond Wilson). Betty Jean: Gladys Perry. Grady: Whitman Mayo. Fred: Redd Foxx. Margaret: Marguerite Ray.
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Tue 27
Sanford and Son: The Escort — Redd Foxx
Fred starts his own escort service to prove his "animal magnetism." Lamont: Demond Wilson. Hutch: Arnold Johnson.
Air Time & Details for Redd Foxx, Tue 27, 7:00 pm -
Tue 27
Sanford and Son: The Engagement Man Always Rings Twice — Redd Foxx
Fred has reservations about Lamont's wedding plans. Fred: Redd Foxx. Lamont: Demond Wilson. Janet: Marlene Clark. Esther: LaWanda Page.
Air Time & Details for Redd Foxx, Tue 27, 7:30 pm -
Wed 28
Sanford and Son: Tooth or Consequences — Redd Foxx
Fred has a toothache, Lamont has the pain---namely Fred, who won't see a dentist. Fred: Redd Foxx. Lamont: Demond Wilson. Dr. Poag: Ray Oliver. Bubba: Don Bexley.
Air Time & Details for Redd Foxx, Wed 28, 7:00 am -
Wed 28
Sanford and Son: Tooth or Consequences — Redd Foxx
Fred has a toothache, Lamont has the pain---namely Fred, who won't see a dentist. Fred: Redd Foxx. Lamont: Demond Wilson. Dr. Poag: Ray Oliver. Bubba: Don Bexley.
Air Time & Details for Redd Foxx, Wed 28, 10:00 pm -
Wed 28
Sanford and Son: The Card Sharps — Redd Foxx
The perils of poker spark a battle between card sharps Fred and Lamont. Fred: Redd Foxx. Lamont: Demond Wilson. Skeeter: Thalmus Rasulala. Hucklebuck: Ron Glass.
Air Time & Details for Redd Foxx, Wed 28, 7:30 am -
Wed 28
Sanford and Son: The Card Sharps — Redd Foxx
The perils of poker spark a battle between card sharps Fred and Lamont. Fred: Redd Foxx. Lamont: Demond Wilson. Skeeter: Thalmus Rasulala. Hucklebuck: Ron Glass.
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Wed 28
Sanford and Son: The Director — Redd Foxx
Fred gets the acting bug when he learns former boxing champ George Foreman will be in Lamont's play. Fred: Redd Foxx. Lamont: Demond Wilson. Elroy: George Wiltshire.
Air Time & Details for Redd Foxx, Wed 28, 7:00 pm -
Wed 28
Sanford and Son: A Pain in the Neck — Redd Foxx
Ailing Fred insists on attending a banquet in his honor. Fred: Redd Foxx. Lamont: Demond Wilson. Aunt Esther: LaWanda Page. Bubba: Don Bexley.
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Thu 29
Sanford and Son: Have Gun, Will Sell — Redd Foxx
The Sanfords try to get rid of a burglar's gun and look innocent at the same time. Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson. Rollo: Nathaniel Taylor.
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Thu 29
Sanford and Son: Have Gun, Will Sell — Redd Foxx
The Sanfords try to get rid of a burglar's gun and look innocent at the same time. Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson. Rollo: Nathaniel Taylor.
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Thu 29
Sanford and Son: The Puerto Ricans Are Coming, The Puerto Ricans Are Coming — Redd Foxx
Fred wages an all-out war to get rid of Puerto Rican neighbor Julio (Gregory Sierra). Fred: Redd Foxx. Lamont: Demond Wilson.
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Thu 29
Sanford and Son: The Puerto Ricans Are Coming, The Puerto Ricans Are Coming — Redd Foxx
Fred wages an all-out war to get rid of Puerto Rican neighbor Julio (Gregory Sierra). Fred: Redd Foxx. Lamont: Demond Wilson.
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Thu 29
Sanford and Son: Sgt. Gork — Redd Foxx
Fred inflates his role in World War II to impress his grandson-to-be (Ed Crawford). Fred: Redd Foxx. Lamont: Demond Wilson. Esther/Brunhilda: LaWanda Page. Hayakawa: Pat Morita.
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Thu 29
Sanford and Son: Camping Trip — Redd Foxx
Stranded on a back road, Lamont and Fred reminisce about their past. Redd Foxx. Lamont: Demond Wilson. Ms. Barnes: Carol Arther.
Air Time & Details for Redd Foxx, Thu 29, 7:30 pm -
Fri 30
Sanford and Son: California Crude — Redd Foxx
The Sanfords strike oil while tilling their new garden. Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson. Aram: Ross Martin. Miller: Patrick Campbell. Bubba: Don Bexley.
Air Time & Details for Redd Foxx, Fri 30, 7:00 pm -
Fri 30
Sanford and Son: The Stakeout — Redd Foxx
Fred discovers that the "woman" he adores is a master of disguise wanted by the police. Lamont: Demond Wilson. Bubba: Don Bexley. Miss Wallace: Charles Weldon. Hoppy: Howard Platt.
Air Time & Details for Redd Foxx, Fri 30, 7:30 pm
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Biography
About Redd Foxx
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Long before Eddie Murphy, Andrew Dice Clay, or Howard Stern raised the ire of censors and threatened the delicate sensibilities of mainstream American good taste, there was Redd Foxx, arguably the most notorious "blue" comic of his day. Prior to finding fame in the 1970s as the star of the popular sitcom Sanford and Son, Foxx found little but infamy throughout the first several decades of his performing career; salty and scatological, his material broke new ground with its point-blank riffs and brazen discussions of sex and color, and although his party albums were generally banned from white-owned record stores, the comedian's funky narrative style and raspy delivery proved highly influential on comic talents of all ethnic backgrounds.
Foxx was born John Elroy Sanford in St. Louis on December 9, 1922. While still in his teens, he became a professional performer, working as both a comedian and actor on the so-called "chitlin circuit" of black theaters and nightclubs. He formulated his stage name by combining an old nickname, "Red" (given because of his ruddy complexion), with the surname of baseball's Jimmie Foxx.
After cutting a handful of explicit blues records in the mid-'40s, beginning in 1951 he often teamed with fellow comic Slappy White, a partnership which lasted through 1955. Foxx was performing at Los Angeles' Club Oasis when a representative from the tiny Dooto label contacted him about cutting an album. The comedian agreed, and was paid 25 dollars to record Laff of the Party, the first of over 50 albums of Foxx's racy anecdotes.
An onslaught of Dooto releases followed, among them over half a dozen other Laff of the Party sets, The Sidesplitter, The New Race Track, Sly Sex, and New Fugg. His records were poorly distributed, and offered primarily in black neighborhoods. When they did appear in white record stores, they were sold under the counter.
In the 1960s, Foxx signed to the MF label and his routines became even more explicit, as evidenced by titles like Laff Your Ass Off, Huffin' and a Puffin', I'm Curious (Black), 3 or 4 Times a Day, and Mr. Hot Pants. After a brief tenure on King, he signed to Loma, a division of Frank Sinatra's Reprise imprint. With records like Foxx A Delic and Live at Las Vegas, he became one of the very first performers to use four-letter words on major-label releases.
As the 1960s wore on and long-standing cultural barriers began to crumble, Foxx's audience expanded, and he made a number of television appearances. In 1970, he made his film debut in Ossie Davis' Cotton Comes to Harlem. When the film became a surprise hit, Foxx became a hot talent, and soon signed to star in Sanford and Son, a retooled sitcom version of the British television hit Steptoe and Son.
The series, which starred Foxx as junk dealer Fred Sanford, premiered in 1972 and became a huge hit, running through 1977. He also continued recording, issuing You Gotta Wash Your Ass, a live set taped at the Apollo Theater, in 1976. The short-lived programs Sanford, The Redd Foxx Show, and The Redd Foxx Comedy Hour followed; additionally, he starred in the 1976 feature Norman, Is That You?, and became a Las Vegas headliner.
By the early '80s, Foxx's career hit the skids. By the end of the decade, however, his influence on the new breed of African-American comedians was openly acknowledged, and in 1989 Eddie Murphy tapped him to co-star in his black-themed crime-noir film Harlem Nights. Although the film flopped, Foxx's career was renewed, and in 1991 he began work on a new sitcom, The Royal Family.
Tragically, he suffered a heart attack on the series' set and died on October 11, 1991. Still, even in death, Foxx's name remained synonymous with off-color comments; on an episode of the hit show Seinfeld broadcast several years later, Jason Alexander's character, George, was chastised for the "curse toast" he delivered at a friend's wedding, prompting an exasperated Jerry Seinfeld to exclaim, "You were like a Redd Foxx record up there!"