Live & Funny, Vol. 1 [Live]

Redd Foxx | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 1, 1996)
• Original Release Date: 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Richmond
• ASIN: B000003OOS
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #208,415 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #89 in Music > Miscellaneous > Comedy > Classic Comedy
  • #97 in Music > Miscellaneous > Comedy > Shock Comedy

Track Listings

1. Live and Dirty

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Lounge Foxx, March 13, 2001

By 

Benedict J. Likens "Tullywho" (Whiting, IN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Live & Funny, Vol. 1 (Audio CD)

With piano accompaniment, Redd Foxx relaxes and effortlessly cracks up yet another audience. His humor rings down the years and makes me, a guy who was just in his teens when Foxx was coming out of his prime, laugh my hind-end off.

It's a free and easy evening, customers are ordering drinks, waitresses are asking Foxx what he himself will be imbibing, he notices some folks he knows when they amble in (including Samuel Goldwyn, Jr., whom Foxx recognizes as "the man who gave me the opportunity to be in Cotton Comes to Harlem") and as for the folks who dare to try and get into the act, including one overly zealous African-American gentleman, he chides, "Don't try to get into the show. You ain't in show business. Go someplace else and hurt a white act." No one is immune from his jibes, including a Japanese-American gentleman whom Foxx gracefully acknowledges and says "I had so much fun in Japan, I hope we fight 'em again!"

Throughout the proceedings, however, no one is made uncomfortable. His rebuttals to his hecklers are never cruel and the overall mood of the recording is very light. The jokes are off-color, but far from obscene (whatever that means). Foxx's timing and friendly way of dealing with his audience are things which comedians today would be wise to pick up on. Foxx was one of the true masters of his craft and, for the most part, his delivery was creative and often very subtle. Half of his effectiveness is his dancing around intimate subjects rather than trying to hit the audience over the head with them.

If you're a fan of Redd Foxx, or if you're just someone who would like to be put in a relaxed, happy mood, then this inexpensive disc is the one you should check out. Out of the entire Live and Dirty/Funny series, this and Vol. II are the most effective. Have fun!

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent lounge comedy from a master, July 19, 2000

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David Parsons - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live & Funny, Vol. 1 (Audio CD)

Redd Foxx was before my time, but his comedy remains as potent today as it was during my father's. The 'Live and Dirty' series of albums was recorded in various spots where Foxx performed his stand-up, largely in bars and Vegas spots. His humor was one of the first to be storytelling rather than composed of one-liners and shorts. His stand-up mixed improved and stock humor extremely well, and his delivery is such that even when he creates or points out something visual, your imagination has no trouble catching exactly was was done and meant. While this is definatly not for minors, it is a great tyle of humor for adults.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Foxx, August 18, 2000

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A customer "mistermaxxx" (usa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Live & Funny, Vol. 1 (Audio CD)

Redd Foxx comes at you in so many ways.I use to watch Sanford&Son all of the time in Re-Runs.but when I Found out about his Stage Show I had to Check it out.this is One of The Many must Haves by Mr.Foxx.He tells a Story&hits you with many Cleaver Lines.When he gets on a Roll he is Unstoppable.this is Classic Foxx Material.