Redd Foxx on Letterman, November 8, 1983

[@muddlasvegas]

He was a very kind hearted man. He would take in any stray that he found, and helped people without any recognition. He was a wonderful person and we miss him!

[@oldschoolfunkster1]

Poorness tends to humble a man. If that man has a good heart, he remembers what it felt like to have no help. It brings him back to reality no matter how blessed and wealthy one becomes. That is how his humanity is measured.

[@oldschoolfunkster1]

I remember seeing him live on the Sanford & Son tapings. About 4 times. He would come out before they started recording and do a short comedy routine to warm up the audience. That audience would be cracking up from laughter. Especially his dirty jokes. During the acting, he would have Demond Wilson breaking from his lines in laughter. Because of that, it would take more than an hour to complete the half hour show. Little did I realize I was witnessing a golden classic. Rest in peace brother Redd. Thank you for continuing to make this world laugh. You live eternally.

[@joemartines3545]

@@oldschoolfunkster1 Great stuff...

[@nataliesuper5836]

Stray animals or humans?

[@ryanellis4474]

He absolutely hated whites, though Not so kind to me

[@1Cruzer4u]

Redd A Good Man a loyal friend who helped countless people. Paid rent for people paid for the schooling of children who's parents worked with Redd. Just a humble Old School Cat never forgot his friends. RIP

[@acerycam3798]

But Redd was a WW2 draft dodger!!! But he was very funny!!!!

[@692MOM]

Very True!!!

[@Fla_Law_Dog]

@@acerycam3798 So are 99% of the people you vote for every 4 years. What's your point?

[@tcla3854]

@@Fla_Law_Dog love your response!!!

[@786humaira1]

@@acerycam3798 what about Trump, he too dodged by the medical certification of a spur in the heel. Why remember the negative about a dead man. He was not just funny. Redd was a humanitarian who helped the needy human beings which quality is lacking in most over here. May be from the dead the living dead may learn to wake up their dead conscious and help the needy.

[@The_Real_Indiana_Joe]

"Can always go back to armed robbery." He was ALWAYS quick. Comedy genius! RIP Redd Foxx.

[@wala-nehlabala306]

I pray he is in peace kzbin.info/www/bejne/oH60hnWGmap9prc

[@tcla3854]

One of the most generous men of all time.

[@cjamz2010]

I was actually working for him at the time of this interview

[@walkinphoenix45]

What did you do for him?

[@muddlasvegas]

So was my father.

[@daddyo8270]

Gotta love Redd Foxx, still watch Sanford& son 5 days a week!!

[@tonylightcap2053]

The funniest man ever to walk the planet. I own the complete series on DVD and I watch it at least once per week.

[@mvpstats4277]

Simply speaking I grew up on this man and his show I miss him so much 😭😭😭😭😭 will never be another like him 👍👍👍

[@carolferguson19]

Heard my first dirty record Hot Nuts ❗

[@52BuickBoi]

3:22 Letterman was like ewww thats disgusting and not funny or comical at all 🤣

[@johnevans3759]

That was AWESOME. Loved Redd. Sanford & Son is my all time favorite sitcom.

[@michelegreene2905]

Reds Fox was dressed so smooth.

[@racefan1701]

Thanks for posting this. Redd was a legend. Left us way too early.

[@leonholt6075]

racefan1701 - "Say It Again"...

[@cluman1]

Both men are true legends.

[@eswardguerena3424]

we all loved Redd Foxx in Sanford and Son he did a very good show he will be missed

[@ShadowHawk4219]

Back in the mid 60's, my ole man sometimes brought his lodge brothers over and he played some of Redd's party lp's. My brother and i would be out of sight listening. We would be laughing at those jokes we understood ( no foul language, just blue, sexual humor). My ole man would come up and chase us away. Later in life as i listened to those lp's on CD, i really see what a comedy genius Redd was, those jokes could have you on the floor holding your gut, in tears. RIP pop and Redd Foxx, great memories.

[@Johns1082]

Comedic genius reds foxx always makes me laugh when I'm deppressed,no one else manages to do this rip to our redd

[@ChadQuick270W]

Thanks so much for sharing all of these clips from The David Letterman Show and Late Night. Redd Foxx is always hilarious.

[@johnnywilliams7111]

Chad Quick

[@ronniepayton5002]

Chad Quick g

[@FlipsideJr]

crowd starts laughing as soon as he starts talking, that's how iconic his voice is

[@frednugent2310]

Redd Foxx was the best. I used to listen to his records back in the 70s and will never forget his jokes. One of my favorites was making sandwiches at the drive in.

[@carloswhite160]

My idol I love redd foxx so much class so much style just a delightful dude I'm only 27 but I kno funny and I'm this dude was it

[@3.2Carrera]

What a treat. Redd was such a gem. He worked "blue" but Sanford and Son totally worked clean due to his comedy timing. I'd say one of the top 5 easy.

[@robertkelly6282]

Him and page classic on that show

[@yolandagrady7232]

I'm so used to seeing him walk like Fred Sanford that it felt odd at first to see him walk normal to his interview chair. As Redd Foxx, he sure does have a confident, sexy walk though! (PS: We miss you, Redd!)

[@drob1694]

R.I.P Mr,Foxx......as a kid me and my brothers use to listen to your albums....... Funny very funny........

[@nubianpharaoh9936]

Redd was 2 real a legend...

[@rafcisco792]

I will be like him when I grow old, he is cool as hell and love his style of dressing

[@beatlesfantoo]

I turned 23 that day....Love Redd Foxx

[@patguitare]

Long live Redd Foxx...a great comedian and character actor...I wish those production "dummies" would have cast him in more roles. He could do anything. Glad that Eddie Murphy gave him that role in 'Harlem Nights'...his banter with Della Reese was almost as good as his banter with his friend and actress that played "Aunt Ester" in Sanford and Son... Great stuff!

[@pollutionfreeplanet]

LaWanda Page

[@EddyRice]

Way to go Dave you made Red Foxx laugh.

[@massapower]

Pat Morita does am amazing REDD FOXX impression 😁👍🏻

[@bubbahazelitt1612]

redd was a classy old dude r.i.p😎💯💖💯

[@thyslop1737]

Gotta admit he was amazing as fred G sanford. He was cast perfectly. Sanford and Son terrific show, terrific theme music. Him, Grady and Aunt Ester were top flight.

[@oonojoe]

that's S.A.N.F.O.R.D. period.

[@thyslop1737]

@oonojoe There was some cast of characters on that show SANFORD AND SON.

[@oonojoe]

@@thyslop1737 " I want My Daddy's records back " !

[@Jnel28]

smoking on live TV .. way an era

[@michelmadaire9652]

Ya Now i can only smoke in FRONT of my tv. lol

[@mayfieldgage]

you use to could smoke in restaurants and everything

[@pollutionfreeplanet]

Not live, on tape.

[@choclochonclo]

One of my Favorite actors.was a real comedy genius.The one and only Mr Redd Fox.

[@billfraser5066]

Fred Sanford's walk was an act? Good job Redd. Love this man.

[@joycew1560]

Bill Fraser me also

[@note2owns]

Yeah he wore weighted shoes so he could get the walk down right..

[@AdamDonaldson7272]

i miss Redd, he was so genuine and really a kind hearted soul who helped out so many people get into show biz

[@eddeewhat5553]

Really enjoyed Sanford & Son. Liked his albums as well. Hope he’s Resting in Paradise. He was never beeped on TV WoW. Shalom

[@DJRitty]

one of the GOAT'S. I watch Sanford all the time - never stopped. Brilliant performance from him - a virtuoso. Shame he died during Royal Family...that show was just getting traction.

[@paulcooper1046]

Love old-school cats like Redd who know the game inside and out. RIP, sir...❤

[@alonzovillarreal4666]

I loved his shows, I can imagine how cool it was to know him

[@kamuelalee]

An American original. RIP Mr. Foxx!!

[@seafull49]

Love the scarf!

[@allanstevens3714]

Long live redd to bad he,s gone rip.

[@halfogre6373]

Redd was one of a kind

[@aaronwilliams5281]

I miss red foxx rip red foxx

[@ladonnasmith2075]

Redd Foxx was from the West Side on Enright, not to far from what is now the Delmar Loop, if you ever come to St. Louis visit the Loop, you’ll see Redd Foxx star on the ground here.. 🥰

[@taydafranklin7800]

Just left Tallahassee FL and got to see Ray Charles statue and walked passed the house he grew up in. I love stuff like that!! Where exactly is his star located?

[@tedkier3264]

thank you ,Don. my mom and uncle adored redd foxx since i don't know when. it makes it confusing when a performer comes on a show railing at producers of records he'd like you to purchase.

[@tedkier3264]

@C. Buck Hyres thank you for all yer accumulated info regarding Redd. once i was a couple months late paying state tax. the fiscal tax board took it from my checking and charged me plenty for doing it. i pay early now

[@786humaira1]

@@tedkier3264 And Trump pays only 800 dollars and litigare. When did IRS not come after the AA men who were successful. Redd Foxx the comedian, and then the boxer Lois --, then the Nat King Cole. later was smart enough to get smart lawyers and kept his homes. Tyranical is one word for such a behavior of the Government against Blacks. Why ? after centuries this Tyranny is still showing its nasty face.

[@VooDeux66]

Legendary.

[@dtwelve2086]

legend... 👏 👏

[@alexweiss388]

Legend!

[@edwardmolinary4890]

You can tell how I feel about Redd by my thumbnail . Man was the best !!!

[@sloandonavan]

GOAT!!

[@tonytube27]

Thanks for that!

[@kedrick71]

God, I love him!

[@fgherb7697]

As a kid I remember Sanford and Son was a great show. I remember Blind Mellon Chitlin records. Side note: I would love to get his Redd Foxx BBQ sauce back on the market

[@dhpbear2]

"I want my daddy's records!"

[@bphlatsax75]

Blind Mellow Jelly and his son Potbelly!!

[@786humaira1]

do bring it back.

[@HereIsRick]

Sanford and Son is one of my favorite TV shows of all time, and I first saw in around 2006. Redd Foxx was a very dirty man, but from everything I've read he was also a really generous man.

[@786humaira1]

Dirty was show biz. He was a great humanitarian in his own capacity. Helping those in need who are around.People can learn so much from his life.

[@Nicolas-uu3jr]

this guy is a legend

[@caseysp2002]

My atf!!! Love love love Redd Foxx

[@daymonpancheri8846]

Mannnn back in the days when you could puff a heater on live tv like drinking a glass of water & nobody looked down on someone for it, that’s how different the world is now 😤

[@Xxxxxrrr6464]

This is better than gold Redd! Dave!

[@gilvogt4440]

Gotta love Redd.....

[@desmondfoley3690]

A REAL talk kind of interview. Don't get those much anymore. Redd Foxx was 1 of a kind.

[@grawakendream8980]

redd foxx was a 75 year old man for 40 years

[@tennisguyky]

Man he dressed nice!

[@Ricsp2azb]

Man I love Mr red fox he is so much as a king in the comedy anything I remember being 4 yrs old and my mom will b watch Sanford n son n then they would show it on bet when I was in the 6th grade early in the am and smoke on the good Reggie cuzz doe wasn't around then n me n my best brother/friend Chico Albert Sanchez would watch dat shit n laugh our ass's off going to the bus to school

[@magedkhalil7173]

just passed by your house sir And spoke to the wall Was nobody there RIP MR fox

[@kewsiyehboah9514]

Red Foxx.. Iconic/Pioneer.. Never Knew David Michael Letterman Show Ran From - February 1th -1982 To May 20th - 2015.. Hosting ( 6080 ) Shows..

[@edwintorres2305]

This was the year I was born. Rest in Paradise Red Foxx!

[@devinrahney9143]

That black leather fit cold asf🔥

[@walkinphoenix45]

I wish Redd was alive now. He’d set everyone straight.

[@jfjoubertquebec]

You don't have to shake it cos it's ready all the time! LOL

[@patrickmccutcheon8860]

Must be jelly cause jam don't shake that way

[@SuperN1ntendoChalmers]

Redd was the man so much, that he even made barbeque sauce a funny bit. How the hell many people can do that? This legend could make genocide funny.

[@TroyandMilva]

No surprise he dies of a heart attack. Redd is out of breath and winded sitting down. Sanford and Son is still the #1 sitcom of all time!

[@APOCALYPSE_X-MEN]

His heart attack was eight years later. His breathing was probably more associated with his lungs, perhaps emphysema.

[@DannyBRich]

Plus he faced enormous stress due to the IRS seizing his house and assets. He even was very upset due to the producers from 'The Royal Family' tv show he wason. that he suffered a fatal heart attack that claimed his life. R.I.P.

[@steveendicott1855]

Redd was a heavy smoker!

[@acerycam3798]

Nope, All in the Family was and is No. 1!!!!

[@CoreyChambersLA]

Redd Foxx a brilliant comedian.

[@srinath6247]

"Esther! You called Aunt Esther?!! Now everybody in town gonna know about this. Her mouth so big you can put your head in with a hat on"😂😂😂

[@fireboy5043]

Glad to Know Fred Reppin My City New Orleans Baabe #RIPFred

[@markcianfarani550]

l love 10 minutes away from his house he bought here in Vegas. love redd. real rate company owned the house now. it's a long house. had a pool they took out in the back yard. it's very paculier.its on the end of a 4 way stop..you would think he have a bigger spread. you can walk up the driveway see his hand prints in cement.near front door. just one long house 1 floor. he's buried about 7 minutes away here in Vegas. next to his mother.

[@dontrockwobble]

I wonder if Redd was living in that house in 1979? Don may have posted this elsewhere, but this remains one of my favorite Vegas stories kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZ3FoXanat2BpKc

[@samanderson8101]

Talk about dignified.

[@mississippired6793]

Anyone else notice the "no smoking" sign as Redd was coming from backstage?

[@ericmalone3213]

I would have loved to be back in the green room with Redd Foxx & Ken Kesey.

[@sexxmode3197]

R.I.P. Redd Foxx

[@wala-nehlabala306]

I hope so kzbin.info/www/bejne/oH60hnWGmap9prc

[@nataliesuper5836]

"My mother has had a heart attack every day since 1922". - Redd Foxx " Elizabeth, I'm coming to join ya honey". - Fred Sanford "I can always go back to armed robbery [if the comedy thing doesn't work out]". - Redd Foxx

[@SLiMCHiCKeN5150]

You made 55 albums. Ya, I wish I had some of the money from them too 🤟😂

[@brianzak]

The GOAT

[@oldschoolfunkster1]

Seeing this I suddenly got the urge for New Orleans BBQ sauce.

[@Eddie_Schantz]

I would have never gone to see his night club act. Too rank to see. But he was a brilliant actor. "Sanford and Son " is still one of my favorite of the old sit coms.

[@pariswatkins4841]

Redd Foxx Kang of Comedy

[@DarkCloudNC]

Legendary

[@elduccitv4304]

anybody else google the house he grew up in? its actually pretty nice

[@ludwigfan3013]

Wish I could've tried some of that BBQ Sauce

[@cryback37]

Sanford and Son was great. Its so weird how he is nothing like Fred Sanford in real life. But he plays the character so well you believe it. RIP Red. Your show was hilarious. Sanford and Son I have not seen the stand-up act. Although I am sure its hilarious.

[@MrsDMG2024]

My guy here

[@shirleyfields6367]

"Hello"...hilarious!

[@billloman3151]

You know this is an old clip, Paul has hair.

[@DackupDoo]

If this was in 1983, Redd wold have only been off of TV for three years, not five like he proclaimed. His last TV show was called Sanford in 1980

[@markcianfarani550]

your rite sack up doo. many people forgot he came back after 77. with Sanford in 80. with his partner Dennis Berkley. fat cal lol...redf helped everyone. look up pay moritta...karate. kids fame..redd payed for his wedding..n out him on San Ford n son..he was making.25.000.per episode mid 70s. second only to Carroll I connor..archie bunker...you big dummy. the whole cast of San Ford n son were druggies. cocaine mostly..redd was big on it. aunt esthre..le. Wanda page..was their dealer..yes aunt esthre...

[@markcianfarani550]

your rite sack up doo. many people forgot he came back after 77. with Sanford in 80. with his partner Dennis Berkley. fat cal lol...redf helped everyone. look up pay moritta...karate. kids fame..redd payed for his wedding..n out him on San Ford n son..he was making.25.000.per episode mid 70s. second only to Carroll I connor..archie bunker...you big dummy. the whole cast of San Ford n son were druggies. cocaine mostly..redd was big on it. aunt esthre..le. Wanda page..was their dealer..yes aunt esthre...

[@mississippired6793]

DackupDoo but it was short-lived. Didn't even make a full season if I remember correctly

[@kuriaki71]

@10:10 Classic response from Redd

[@JimmyJam1125]

Fucking Legend

[@markgelbart5889]

I love Red Foxx. Looks uptight and nervous here. Still kind of funny, no matter how nervous.

[@RichR65Ct]

The uptight and nervousness is the cocaine use.

[@christopherprice3955]

Holy Shit! I live in the address he gave!!!

[@jgunn03]

I looked up that address on Zillow. Nice house. Still standing.

[@ThePrinceOfTheTalkbox]

9:53 im from louisiana.. and they dont understand the accents.. its NAWleens

[@padraig29]

"Can't a man relax" 😊

[@drewzuhosky6826]

God rest his smutty soul.

[@pollutionfreeplanet]

He would've approved of that statement.

[@kevinp7300]

You ever notice that David Letterman put his finger inside the barbecue sauce jar, licked it, then at the end he shakes Redd‘ hand. I guess hand sanitizers weren’t around then. 😂

[@listeningviayoutube7229]

Nasty