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...Church of What's Happening Now. The Rev, as Flip calls him, is a hot-gospeling preacher whose collection cup runneth over-into his pockets. There is Freddy the Playboy, the swinger with a quick eye for an ebony leg and an even quicker line of honeyed jive. There is Sonny, the White House janitor, Henry Kissinger's Doppelganger and the only sane voice in the Washington Establishment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When You're Hot, You're Hot | 1/31/1972 | See Source »

...Eugene Pitt and the Jive Five...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Answers to the Oldies Quiz | 1/26/1972 | See Source »

...bite comes from an essential warmth and humanity. Indeed, Foxx, who has written his own material for years, supplied some of his own acerbic lines. At one point when he had to refer to a black family who put on airs, he suggested using the authentic vernacular phrase "jive niggers." A less obvious Foxx contribution: the show's title. His real name is John Sanford...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: The Redeemers | 1/24/1972 | See Source »

Eugene Pitt and the Jive Five...

Author: By Charlie Allen, | Title: The Crimson Supplement | 1/19/1972 | See Source »

Eugene Pitt and the Jive Five...

Author: By Compiled BY Andy klein, | Title: Semi-Annual Oldies Quiz | 1/19/1972 | See Source »

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