Redd Foxx
Redd Foxx
Redd Foxx
Redd Foxx
Redd Foxx
Redd Foxx
Redd Foxx
Redd Foxx
I had fun in Japan
I had so much fun, I hope we fight 'em again
I had fun, I was a hero
I didn't wanna mention it but it's documented
Redd Foxx: hero
Who do you think they named the foxhole after, Hoover? Agnew?
You ever hear of a soldier laying in a Spiro-hole?
The foxhole—I was begging 'em, I said, "Don't name no hole after me
Name a bridge or a dam or something, a cookie, a brook, anything but a hole
Shit, I don't want no hole
I said, "Name the hole after someone else, someone important, someone we can look up to and give us fighting spirit"
I said, "What about Truman? Call it a Harry S. hole"
Just didn't understand, I guess—well, I guess I'll start my act now, I did enough warm-up
Now, I usually like to warm-up, ya'na'mean, warm the people up, because a lot of people come out and look pure—you met them old pure broads, said, "Why did you bring me here? Did you hear him say "shit"?" And get the same broad to the motel, and what she say? "Shit, daddy, is it good? Hold it right there." Same broad, man. I don't like no whole lotta talkin', "Oh daddy"—hell, I just met you, I'm your daddy. "Oh God, is it—I love you!" Shut up. Keep talking, see if I don't drop my custard.
It's a nightclub, folks—you sitting up there like you waiting on Oral Roberts. Shit, he ain't coming here. We drinking and hoe-mongering here. Oral Roberts, pimps, Billy Graham, far divine, pimps, chauffeurs, silk sheets tonight, plenty of food, gold cups—poor in America and they talking religion, ain't that dumb? "Live like Jesus, get a sheet." Spend that money, get everybody the sheet, and some sandals, goddamnit! Buncha crooked religious folks. If I was president, I'd tax your religious ass! Every Christmas, somebody asks for turkey on their plate, if I was president. You wanna go to Heaven? You gotta come through me with one percent of that money. Religious people are human beings, and human beings are crooks! Big ol' robe and stuff while people are hungry in Kentucky and Watts, Mississippi—not only Black, there's some hungry whites I wanna see eat. If they human, fill their gut up, 'cause a hungry person is an animal. I know, I growled all during the '40s. Animal, New York animals—I missed it on purpose, it's my wife's idea. She said, "Miss it, Foxx." You miss sometimes yourself, haven't you? I'm doing this because I want to. (Never miss it) Well, you gon' miss this. See, my wife said, "Miss it, Foxx, try to make it look hard." So all this week, I've been trying to make it look hard for my wife. Now do you understand? If it ain't hard, you can miss it. I was laying in bed one night with my old lady, she said, "Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm." I said, "Nmm-nmm. Ugly as you are, you gotta give me a two-week notice, give me time to read some dirty books, and show my dirty movies to myself." See, if you got some dirty movies at home, one night, show 'em backwards and you can see a guy going.
Hero; Why Did You Bring Me Here; Oral Roberts; Religious People was written by Redd Foxx.
Hero; Why Did You Bring Me Here; Oral Roberts; Religious People was produced by Redd Foxx.