His style of comedy, which featured foul language and highly adult subject matter, influenced generations of comics He was also a television actor, star of the hit tv series sanford and son, which ran from 1972 to 1977. Comedian redd foxx, who became a television star playing an irascible, bawdy junkman in sanford and son and returned nearly two decades later in the current cbs series the royal family, died. Foxx was one of the premier blue humor comedians Blue humor was very dirty, too dirty for white audiences For years his party albums were not available in white record stores
In the 1960s his records became available, although marginally in white record. The show’s iconic catchphrases stemmed from fred’s efforts to bend his son and business partner lamont (demond wilson. Redd foxx would break records as fred sanford on 'sanford & son' for 6 seasons Despite the show's success there appeared to be drama on the back end which resulted with redd foxx quitting the show After season six ended in march of 1977, foxx accepted an offer from abc to host a variety show and quit sanford and son.
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