Comedy gold: On Location with Redd Foxx
Obsessed with sex and defecation, this standup pioneer's blue routines possessed a unique earthinessTitle: On Location with Redd FoxxDate: 1978The setup: It's 21 years since John Sanford, better known as Redd Foxx, died while rehearsing a new sitcom. He'd enjoyed a cultish kind of fame during the postwar years for his blue routines, performed first in black nightclubs, then in white nightclubs, and for the semi-scand…