Uncensored

Redd Foxx | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 23, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: London / Umgd
• ASIN: B000001EFI
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #22,655 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #8 in Music > Miscellaneous > Comedy > Shock Comedy
  • #16 in Music > Miscellaneous > Comedy > Classic Comedy

Track Listings

1. Thanksgiving Day

2. Bye, Bye

3. Sex in the Dark

4. Cannibal Customs

5. Colored People

6. School

7. My Dogs Allowed

8. Miracle Golf

9. Slack and Pack

10. Facing the Truth

11. End of the World

12. Well Pussy

13. Grand Central Station

14. The Hat

15. Tarzan's Yell

16. International Redd

17. Mop Bucket

18. Memories

19. War Stories

20. Goodies from a Nut

See all 31 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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4.0 out of 5 stars Foxx Amongst His Own, March 12, 2001

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

Performed in front of an African-American audience, Uncensored sees Redd Foxx seeming very relaxed as he delivers joke after hilarious joke. The audience is with him, he's with them, and it all makes for a very pleasurable, uplifting and genuinely funny listening experience.

He tells of unfaithful wives, cannibal chiefs, the origins of certain black expressions, contemplates what would happen if only Liberace, Johnny Mathis and Sonny Liston survived WWIII and even relates a story of Moses, St. Peter and "J.C." playing a friendly game of golf. He tells one tale after another to an audience that is very hugely enjoying itself.

The title of the CD might fool you. Foxx's material is not explicit. It's more implicit and subtle, and this was the man's genius. Unlike today, a comedian couldn't just come out and "say it." He had to be crafty about it or face whatever would ensue, be it censorship, arrest, or some other consequence. Foxx was one of the masters of this type of craftiness. This is why, in my opinion, his stuff is infinitely more clever than most of the raw stuff that's out there today.

One of the other things that made Foxx great was his interplay with his audience. Behind the raspy voice, pinpoint timing and wonderfully bawdy humor, was a caring, sensitive man who was aware that, perhaps, his audience really needed to let go. Many times, you can hear him say, "Go on and laugh, honey" or "You can laugh out loud here, friends." Also, to his credit, in all the recordings I have of Foxx (and I have a few), he was never cruel with the people that came to see him, unlike so many comedians of today. This undercurrent of true sensitivity amidst all the laughs, at least to me, was what made Foxx a truly great comedian.

Foxx saw hard times when he was starting out in comedy, and I get the impression that he was sensitive to the fact that perhaps some of his audience might've been going through some hard times, as well. Even years after the material was initially recorded, whenever you let Redd Foxx take a spin on your turntable or in your CD player, be it in the form of Uncensored or any of his many other albums, you end up in a better mood. I'm sure his audience of the time felt the exact same way.

3.0 out of 5 stars Vintage Foxx, February 10, 2011

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W. Parrow - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Uncensored (Audio CD)

Technology and culture have changed so much from when Foxx's stand-up act was first recorded that it's hard to give this CD a ringing endorsement. The production is a little off, Foxx ofen sounding like he's in a well. And as for "Uncensored", Foxx here is quite tame by today's standards. Nevertheless, Foxx was unique in style and delivery and this CD is all Foxx. If you're a fan, you'll laugh all the way through and wish it were a DVD, since half of Foxx's talent was in his body language. He was just so human and real.

5.0 out of 5 stars Madcap comedy, November 10, 2010

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Joe Kuether (Wisconsin,USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Uncensored (Audio CD)

Redd Foxx was more than the Dad on "Sanford and son".He was also one of the best standup,risque comics ever.