redd foxx? >> oh, redd foxx.ng on la brea. >> jimmy: wow. >> the redd foxx building. i thought, this is it, if you can have a building named after you. i saw a screening of one of my first movies in the redd foxx screening room in the redd foxx building. >> jimmy: never met redd foxx? >> no. never met the man. >> jimmy: let's do one more. mick jagger. >> oh! [ laughter ] i had jann wenner on my podcast. created "the rolling stone," i was telling him that i had a very small dinner with mick jagger. without a doubt, without a doubt the most charming, charismatic person i have ever met. so much so, so much so that there was a moment, i got to be honest -- look, i'm not gender fluid, i'm not, i'm me. >> jimmy: yeah? >> there was a moment where i looked at mick jagger and he was batting those eyes at me. [ laughter ] and i was like -- i might do it. >> jimmy: wow. [ laughter and applause ] >> really. >> jimmy: yeah. >> very, very, very flirty man. >> jimmy: i like to imagine you doing and it going, "hm, i think i'm ta

redd foxx is distinguished because he invented essentially the genre of stand-up comedy record. aughter ] 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 records that were sold in african-american communities. everybody that i knew when i was growing up had redd foxx records. he was listened to by african-americans on a massive level, but he was unknown in mainstream society virtually. griffin: what are party records? you play 'em in a party. you ever been to a party? you put the records on when it's kind of dull, and then wait. -yeah? are they -- party starts. naughty? yes. foxx: there's a new bikini bathing suit coming out this summer. new bikini girls. it's 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 o

. - redd foxx and moms mabley both toiled for decades on the chitlin' circuit. - redd was back in thehen nat king cole, lena horne, harry bellafonte could play in vegas, but they couldn't stay in the hotel. dorothy dandridge had to go through the servants' entrance to go to her dressing room. she went out by the pool and just dipped her feet, her little, pretty feet, in the water. they drained the pool and repainted it. so redd was from that era, from that chitlin' circuit. - redd foxx, he had comedy albums that were raunchy, and they thought he would never make it on tv. how could he clean up his act? and then he goes on television. - my first wife, i had a 1942 buick, and her. (audience laughing) and i left both of them to come to california. (audience laughing) didn't hurt too bad 'cause neither one of 'em was working. (audience laughing) - now did he clean up his act? in a way he did. but you knew what he was thinking. (upbeat percussive music) - in 1971, the intensity was something that was really everywhere. you know, we've had assassinations recently, riots, there's nixon talki

. - redd foxx and moms mabley both toiled for decades on the chitlin' circuit. - redd was back in thehen nat king cole, lena horne, harry bellafonte could play in vegas, but they couldn't stay in the hotel. dorothy dandridge had to go through the servants' entrance to go to her dressing room. she went out by the pool and just dipped her feet, her little, pretty feet, in the water. they drained the pool and repainted it. so redd was from that era, from that chitlin' circuit. - redd foxx, he had comedy albums that were raunchy, and they thought he would never make it on tv. how could he clean up his act? and then he goes on television. - my first wife, i had a 1942 buick, and her. (audience laughing) and i left both of them to come to california. (audience laughing) didn't hurt too bad 'cause neither one of 'em was working. (audience laughing) - now did he clean up his act? in a way he did. but you knew what he was thinking. (upbeat percussive music) - in 1971, the intensity was something that was really everywhere. you know, we've had assassinations recently, riots, there's nixon talki

norman lear: i was in las vegas, and the lounge act was, redd foxx. 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 didn't live in this neighbourhood... if he had, he'd say love thy neighbour but locketh thy window. randall park: red fox, just felt like this comedic force. aramide tinubu: sanford and son is set in the 1970s in watts, and fred is crotchety old man who runs a junkyard with his adult son, lamont, who wants to sort of get rich quick. lamont: there's this woman standing by the curb and she had a terrible voice. lamont: come here, sonny, i wanna show you this thing. fred: yeah, that's the way they talk. lamont: this woman was about 90 years old. fred: ain't nothing on earth uglier than a 90 year old white woman. drew carey: he was like a black archie bunker, like old school. soraya: there's a reason why sanford is irascible. sanford: a court is where you come to get justice aint' it? and that's what i'm looking for is justice. soraya: sanford

(upbeat funky music) - the success of the television show "julia" opened the door for redd foxx, who was this underground comedy legend. - that's the money i was saving for my heart operation! you hear that elizabeth? i'm coming to join ya, honey! - 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, there's a woman. - and for every dummy, there's 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, "you know what? we need to have some black writers." - what you doing combing your hair? - why does anybody come their hair? to look neat. - but you just going to a job. - pop, just because i work in junk don't mean i have to look like it. - when we had white writers, they would write, "i'm gwan," g-w-a-n. we gwan hit it over der," and redd said, "

(upbeat funky music) - the success of the television show "julia" opened the door for redd foxx, who was this underground comedy legend. - that's the money i was saving for my heart operation! you hear that elizabeth? i'm coming to join ya, honey! - 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, there's a woman. - and for every dummy, there's 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, "you know what? we need to have some black writers." - what you doing combing your hair? - why does anybody come their hair? to look neat. - but you just going to a job. - pop, just because i work in junk don't mean i have to look like it. - when we had white writers, they would write, "i'm gwan," g-w-a-n. we gwan hit it over der," and redd said, "

(upbeat funky music) - the success of the television show "julia" opened the door for redd foxx, who was this underground comedy legend. - that's the money i was saving for my heart operation! you hear that elizabeth? i'm coming to join ya, honey! - 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, there's a woman. - and for every dummy, there's 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, "you know what? we need to have some black writers." - what you doing combing your hair? - why does anybody come their hair? to look neat. - but you just going to a job. - pop, just because i work in junk don't mean i have to look like it. - when we had white writers, they would write, "i'm gwan," g-w-a-n. we gwan hit it over der," and redd said, "

>> redd foxx was the first to say on television. >> sanford and son was important because the actors spoke like people i knew. >> lamont, you know i would do anything for you. >> tell her to have her face fixed. >> it was important that people were feeling recognized. >> it proved that black shows can be just as successful, as long as people can relate to it. >> i am dying! you hear that, elizabeth? i am coming to join you, honey! oh! >> with all in the family, sanford and son, norman lear owned the airwaves. it was good times. >> i will fix this one, stall this one, have to argue about this one. this one i will put in the funny papers. >> shows like good times and sanford and son took a great step forward in that we saw more depictions of black families, but these families are also squarely in the working class. >> we were people that worked 60 hours a week and cleaned houses and empty your garbage cans. >> we must set higher goals. we must set higher goals. >> in the 1970s, stokely carmichael was one of the black panthers. some of the panthers stormed into norman lear's office. >>