THANKS, pizzaboy...you're right about Redd Foxx.

I guess the difference is that he wasn't really nationally known until 'Sanford & Son' and of course he had to tone down ALOT for 1970's television. Very few really knew of his raunchy nightclub career (including me) until biographies started popping up after be became a star.

Pryor had the benefit of having his act filmed and distributed as a major motion picture release. I remember seeing it and don't think I stopped laughing throughout the entire thing. (Side note: There was a bit he did about how men cannot fathom how a woman can stop & start peeing at will that I still smile about to this day...!) Many more people were exposed to Richard Pryor than had been to the 'pre-television' Redd Foxx.

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