Redd Foxx Look-a-like contest rubbed me the wrong way...

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by casualts@cox.net

before Fred and Lamont read thier lines, the other conestants read first.....and one of the other dudes is Dap Sugar Willy!

Why did you mention Sugar Dap Willy

[casualts@cox.net]

Originally Posted by TheAnalyzer

Why did you mention Sugar Dap Willy

Dap Sugar Willy AKA "Lennaaaaay" from Good Times, I just thought it was funny that they cast THAT guy in this ep.....

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by casualts@cox.net

Dap Sugar Willy AKA "Lennaaaaay" from Good Times, I just thought it was funny that they cast THAT guy in this ep.....

I think he was on S&S before Good Times. I have to check

[catlover79]

This one was probably my least favorite ep of S&S.

[DJM77]

Originally Posted by catlover79

This one was probably my least favorite ep of S&S.

Same here. The very idea...HORRIBLE!!! UGH! "Fred Meets Redd" UGH! Why would the writers even go there??!!!

[moeee]

The only episode i like from Season 6 is Fred meeting BB King. The rest were crap.

[TMC]

Originally Posted by TV Knowledge Fan

...that 1973 "HERE'S LUCY" episode where "Lucy Carter" entered a similar contest and met-- LUCILLE BALL.
It was just as awkward as Redd Foxx's turn on "SANFORD AND SON".


Probably the BEST example of this kind of episode is where "Mork" met Robin Williams on "MORK & MINDY". Mork's musings about celebrities at the end, where he mentions John Lennon....is chilling.

TV Tropes lists this under their "Celebrity Paradox" page. There was also an episode of The Nanny where Fran Fine "meets" Fran Drescher.

[TMC]

Originally Posted by glenny

Is the "Hawaiian Connection" trilogy part of season 6?? That was gastly almost unwatchable.

For whatever the reasons, Frank Nelson (AKA the "Yes Man" from the old Jack Benny Show) was a recurring guest in the latter seasons, including the "Hawaiian Connection" trilogy as an airplane pilot. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that Frank Nelson wasn't funny, but I just sense that Nelson and his schtick could've only worked in the Saul Turteltaub-Bernie Orenstein produced seasons, where the comedy was much broader and stupider.