Word: foxx
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...show's true novelty stems from its relatively realistic portrayal of poor blacks in a warm, natural relationship. "My friends in the black community told me they're gonna be at home watching, just like it's a Joe Louis fight," Foxx said when the show began. "Means a lot to them." It must have meant a lot to other people as well. In one of the fastest ascents in TV history, "Sanford" shot up into the top ten rated shows, close behind "Family...
...junk business in Los Angeles. But it is no "Family" in blackface. Its humor plays with prejudices rather than on them. "Were they colored?" the police asked the elder Sanford about a gang of thieves in an early episode. "Yeah," he replied. "White." The old man, played by Redd Foxx, has none of Archie's anger. He is simply an engaging con artist who will resort to any ruse to keep his son from quitting the business and leaving home...
DIED. WHITMAN MAYO, 70, easygoing actor best known as "Good Goobily Goop" Grady, Fred Sanford's sidekick on the 1970s hit sitcom Sanford and Son; in Atlanta, Ga. At 42, Mayo was offered one episode's work on the Redd Foxx series but became a mainstay of the show for the next five years, even spawning a short-lived spin-off, Grady...
...bookstores in October. Meanwhile, TV Funhouse, a parody of an afternoon children's program, premieres Dec. 6 on Comedy Central. TV Funhouse, which merges cartoons with talking-animal puppets, tracks the adventures of the Anipals, who appear lovable on their kiddie show but are dirtier than Redd Foxx off camera. The first episode features a puppet rooster getting eviscerated in a cock fight, and numerous Anipals visiting a bordello stocked with dolled-up live chihuahuas. This could break either...
...course, funny man and star of Bait Jamie Foxx shows his versatility as an entertainer on the last track, "Bed Springs." Even though the track provides a little comic relief to the album (either intentional or not), Foxx's talent manages to shine through. Ironically, the album's strong diversity also provides its only weakness. How does a love song entitled "Remarkable" from Jaheim make it onto an album with songs such as "Sex, Sex, Money, Money" and "I Love Being a Gangsta?" Despite this, the soundtrack is worth a listen from hip-hop heads of all types...