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TVFactFan · 05-24-2007, 02:41 PM

The scripts of sanford and son being similar to Amos and Andy. He wanted a little more input in the scripts and was tired of the bufoonery that was in the Scripts. Wow, that was news to me yesterday

Jet magazine, March 1974

Ireneparalegal · 05-24-2007, 05:40 PM

Amos and Andy? Wow. I have never seen Amos and Andy so I can't see the comparison.

TVFactFan · 05-24-2007, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Ireneparalegal

Amos and Andy? Wow. I have never seen Amos and Andy so I can't see the comparison.

Yeah Amos and Andy was a black show the NAACP was not happy about at all

Brian Damage · 05-24-2007, 05:46 PM

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Yeah Amos and Andy was a black show the NAACP was not happy about at all

What exactly did he want? Fred to be in more dramatic stuff?

Ireneparalegal · 05-24-2007, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by TheAnalyzer

Yeah Amos and Andy was a black show the NAACP was not happy about at all

that I know. I am aware of the hatred towards that show. But, I have never seen it so that I can understand what Redd means by his comment. Is Redd saying this: "I feel Sanford and Son is just like Amos and Andy because it demeans black people" "It is racist" "it stereotypes", etc.

TVFactFan · 05-24-2007, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Brian Damage

What exactly did he want? Fred to be in more dramatic stuff?

He felt the Black characters on the show was not being represented the right way

TVFactFan · 05-24-2007, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Ireneparalegal

that I know. I am aware of the hatred towards that show. But, I have never seen it so that I can understand what Redd means by his comment. Is Redd saying this: "I feel Sanford and Son is just like Amos and Andy because it demeans black people" "It is racist" "it stereotypes", etc.

He said the scripts of Sanford and Son and it's characters were similar to the scripts of the Amos and Andy show and it's Characters

Brian Damage · 05-24-2007, 05:58 PM

Hmmm, did he finally get power in creative?

TVFactFan · 05-24-2007, 06:00 PM

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Hmmm, did he finally get power in creative?

Yes, after his meeting with NBC in New York city

Ireneparalegal · 05-24-2007, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by TheAnalyzer

He felt the Black characters on the show was not being represented the right way

What the hell did he expect? It was a sitcom abt a man and his son who own and live in a junkyard.

Did he not read the scripts? Or did he merely see $$$$$? I can see if it was a DRAMA abt a man who lived and owned a junkyard.

I remember vaguely abt Redd and his so-called fued with the show and its producers.

Brian Damage · 05-24-2007, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Ireneparalegal

What the hell did he expect? It was a sitcom abt a man and his son who own and live in a junkyard.

Did he not read the scripts? Or did he merely see $$$$$? I can see if it was a DRAMA abt a man who lived and owned a junkyard.

I remember vaguely abt Redd and his so-called fued with the show and its producers.

That's what happens with a lot of "stars" of sitcoms. They get a big head and all of a sudden want to take control of everything.

Ireneparalegal · 05-24-2007, 06:33 PM

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That's what happens with a lot of "stars" of sitcoms. They get a big head and all of a sudden want to take control of everything.

So damn true.
He sure took control of his last show, Royal Family (is that what is what called?)...he had a heart attack on the set and there went the show.

Junkyard Dog · 05-24-2007, 06:34 PM

"He wanted a little more input in the scripts and was tired of the bufoonery that was in the Scripts".

Jet magazine, March 1974[/QUOTE]

Looking at the episodes following his return (The Masquerade Party, Greatest Show in Watts, etc.) it would appear to me Redd lost that fight.

TVFactFan · 05-24-2007, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Ireneparalegal

So damn true.
He sure took control of his last show, Royal Family (is that what is what called?)...he had a heart attack on the set and there went the show.

Yup it was called Royal Family

jamesanthony · 05-25-2007, 03:04 PM

Honestly, this show became more cartoonish as time went on, so if Redd Foxx was claiming that the show was stereotypical before he left, what was it after? The earlier episodes had more of a sense or realism to them and the acting was better - to me after Redd Foxx quit, the show became more about the jokes than the character interactions.

05-24-2007, 02:41 PM	#1
TVFactFan Member Forum Junkie Join Date: Aug 17, 2002 Posts: 99,101	Another complaint by Redd Foxx during his holdout in the spring of 1974 was...... The scripts of sanford and son being similar to Amos and Andy. He wanted a little more input in the scripts and was tired of the bufoonery that was in the Scripts. Wow, that was news to me yesterday Jet magazine, March 1974

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Junkyard Dog Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jun 10, 2005 Location: Missouri Posts: 24	"He wanted a little more input in the scripts and was tired of the bufoonery that was in the Scripts". Jet magazine, March 1974[/QUOTE] Looking at the episodes following his return (The Masquerade Party, Greatest Show in Watts, etc.) it would appear to me Redd lost that fight.

05-25-2007, 03:04 PM	#15
jamesanthony Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 30, 2004 Posts: 2,180	Honestly, this show became more cartoonish as time went on, so if Redd Foxx was claiming that the show was stereotypical before he left, what was it after? The earlier episodes had more of a sense or realism to them and the acting was better - to me after Redd Foxx quit, the show became more about the jokes than the character interactions.