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...away from politics raised hopes that wickedness might win out and they would at least tell a Jerry Ford joke or something. No such luck- just a succession of laughless sketches, totally lacking any link with an identifiable aspect of life as it is lived by anyone, any where. Redd Foxx came off worst among the guest stars in a distasteful bit about mixed marriage. The Smotherses are on a short-term contract, which means there are now only twelve weeks to go before the next six years of Silence...
...superdogs as Dustin Hoffman's Subway and President Ford's Liberty ("As she grows older Liberty will really pour herself into her sexual relationships"). Los Angeles, which not unexpectedly is the epicenter of animalmorphism, boasts a special limousine service for pets, which is patronized by, among others, Redd Foxx's Saint Bernard and Efrem Zimbalist Jr.'s llama. There is even a pet boutique that will have a shaggy dog's excess fur made into a sweater in Scotland. Of all the cemeteries across the country that vie for the Loved One's remains...
...Reed can hardly be accused of eye rolling and cakewalking for his supper. His angers and resentments are sheathed in intelligence, learning, scatological wit and showmanship. One thinks of Redd Foxx before he was San-fordized, or Philip Roth confronting his middle-class American Jewish background in ways that have been judged, perhaps too hastily, as self-hateful and tasteless. Likewise, many blacks may find themselves both amused and offended by The Last Days of Louisiana Red, a combination circus freak show, detective story, Negro Dead Sea Scroll and improvised black-studies program...
...SULLIVAN, 71, has been turning out a warm, newsy column, "Little Old New York," for the Daily News since 1932. Over the years, he has shifted from a loose, rambling monologue to a terser, more telegraphic style ("Redd Foxx getting Vegas divorce . . . Bobby Hackett very ill . . ."). He kept the column going during the 23 years he emceed his television variety show, but has cut back from five pieces a week to two. Unlike some other columnists, Sullivan does not use a ghostwriter for his items, many of which he obtains from a network of famous friends. "I call people like...
Jazz Week. Rarely seen films of the great jazz performers of the '40s and '50s, at the Park Square Moviehouse. Thursday: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Gil Evans, and others. Friday: The Connection, about the drug experience, features Jackie McLean and Freddy Redd. Call 722-4100 ext. 497 for times and info...