I agree, the critics r wack. Idk why some ppl insist that they know black ppl so well and they don't socialize w any black ppl (coworkers don't count.)
He got so many of his friends Jobs on Sanford and son. It was said that the network did not want lawanda Page on the show, but Redd insisted. He also got jobs for Bubba, Leeroy and skillet, slappy white, And a number of other up-and-coming comedians including Pat morrita, Mr. Miagi
Exactly. White critics (especially back then)don’t like movies where the black characters triumph over whites… Or if they succeed without a white savior. I truly believe that’s why Whoopi didn’t get the Oscar for Color Purple. Think about it.
Question is, who are these critics ??? Are the the same people that dictate what's best for our lives??? Did anyone think to ask Black what they thought of the movie??
Redd Foxx was a different type altogether. Pat Morita (Mr Myagi from The Karate Kid films) said that Redd once paid the down payment at for his house and never asked for it back. He just said "When you're able to, I want you to help somebody like I helped you" Old man was a diamond. 🙏🏽💯
In a head line a writer had the audacity to say "Netflix Picks Up a forgotten about Eddie Murphy Movie " we can't allow other folks tell us what is and what isn't a classic movie.
@@Ahkumuzik totally agree. I saw that article or heard the blurb, and was thinking 🤔 "Who the heck forgot about LIFE?" 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Me and mines say lines from that movie and Harlem nights all the time.
Eddie Murphy respect and loved Redd Foxx and dreams working with him, when he made this film he had Richard Pryor and Redd Foxx in mind to be key special characters in this story, they had a great experience working with each other and and develop a friendship and help carve Eddie Murphy's career, so of course he was going to help him out that's what good friends do.
Eddie Murphy was, and in many ways, still is a major player in shaping and inspiring many careers. I think Boomerang was his cultural high point, for that era.
kudos to eddie murphy i wish more people would recognize his generosity I never knew he paid for redd foxx funeral so many people hire a publicist every time they do something eddie paid for redds funeral with out fan fare just did it quietly. god bless him
I'll never forget the day Mr Foxx passed away. I was a young Executive Chef of a restaurant called Mary's Lamb in Studio City. We got the contract for Royal Family and had the food all set to head out to the studio when we got a call from CBS telling us if his passing. Very sad day. Personally, I thought Harlem Nights was brilliant.
Eddie, if u are reading the comment section, THANK YOU for putting Mr. Foxx in Harlem Nights. if it wasn't for Harlem Nights, Redd wouldn't have a show with Della Reese. Unfortunately, it was the last show that Redd Foxx appeared in before his untimely death. RIP John Sanford (Redd Foxx). RIP Della Reese.
I saw Red Foxx in person, before he passed away. I waited outside after his comedy act was over. A limousine pulled up to an alley, to take him and his party back to the hotel. I shouted at him just before he was entering the limousine. I said Great Show Red. He answered saying Thank You, I'm Glad You Enjoyed it. And then the Limousine drove off. He married a Korean woman. I don't think that marriage went very well for him.
Let’s also remember how generous he was. Pat Morita (fellow comedian and guy who played Arnold on Happy Days and Mr Miagi on Karate Kid) said he gave him money to buy his house.
I felt the chemistry between Eddie & Redd. In fact. I hope Eddie creates an autobiography and it will entire the friendships he has endured throughout the years...
Redd Foxx was a great comedian in i have in my top five of best comedians of all times it was sad seeing his brilliant career ended but s/o to Eddie Murphy for at least trying to the help one of his mentors in the comedy game RIP Mr. Sanford aka Redd Foxx 💯.
It sucks to have no one in your corner when you stuck out your neck for so many people. However, sometimes you get into your own issues due to either poor management or not being good with money yourself. I love Redd, but after watching Unsung Hollywood & E! True Hollywood Story about his life; the man was never one to pay his taxes like he should. Sure, you helped a lot of people get their foot in the door to pursue entertainment as a career. However, how many of them had the kind of money to help pay the millions you owed the IRS?
I have family members who are good at making money through their legitimate businesses or investments but can not manage their money. I keep telling them they need an accountants and financial advisor to help manage but you know he mentality. I think that cookie guy Wally Amos of Famous Amos cookies didn't pay his taxes and lost his business, the name, everything. Sad.
I loved Redd Foxx as a kid growing up in the 70s I wanted Sanford and Son with my father. But it’s so true what Eddie Murphy said about black entertainers not “having their house in order” when it comes to their financial house, to the point they die broke. Sammy Davis Jr. , Gary Coleman, Billie Holiday, Marvin Gaye, Joe Louis, Stepin Fetchit and other died in debt and owing the IRS. I realize you can’t take it with you, but at the very least put some of your earnings to a side, for when you needed it. You never know how life is going to treat you in the end.
Yes, Eddie was in a position to totally bail Redd out, but why should he be responsible for his years decadent living?...Redd choose to do drugs, not pay taxes, and not save some of that money, not Eddie...
Very true, but some like Eddie likely felt that they owed him in some way for what he did for the culture and the industry. Why not show respect in a way that's easily accessible for him, financially.
Eddie did his part by providing work for Redd..Paying off his tax debt?.. Not his responsibility... I remember a similar situation with Sammy Davis Jr. and many asking why couldn't his Rat Pack friends bail him out..Not their job....Death and taxes.. And its so true..
I was lucky enough to meet Redd in the Chicago O'Hare airport in 1975 after returning from Turkey, I was 10-11 at the time. He slapped meon my stomach and asked if I knew who he was...I of course said, yes, you're Mr. Sanford!
Redd Foxx was a one of a kind a legend in his own time) took comedy to another level with changing style while making laughter something special wit creativity unmatched a seldom seen genius with a hard of gold let it betold.
Eddie is the master when it comes to acting as different characters throughout his career . Never has been given the accolades he truly deserves for it either.
Redd didn't pay his taxes. The video creators talked around that, saying he "stood down" from the IRS. That's why his property was seized. It's great that he was so generous, but I don't understand what he expected his friends to do about a $3.6 million debt that was totally his creation. The people he helped weren't getting money like he was.
Redd fox Is by far my favorite comedian . He is the reason I know what I like in comedy..... First adult comedy album I ever heard, was brown paper bag.. Changed my life. Been a student of comedy ever since.....
You talking about a movie that had so many legendary comedians that made a movie even more legendary decades after is highly extraordinary. Harlem Nights is iconic. You will laugh at every scene. You will rewind parts and act it out it was hilarious. It was and still the talk of the day. I enjoyed all the cast and I am thrilled that Eddie Murphy put all them together to make such an amazing movie. God bless Eddie, Redd, Richard Pryor and the rest of the cast for putting laughter in my life. Screw the critics! Great talent is never forgotten. May all those who passed rest in peace.
God bless those two gaints of men Red Fox and Eddy Murphy . Eddy Murphy we see what you were trying to do ... what a model u r for our community. What a model !
I hear often that Eddie Murphy's like a founding father in black Hollywood when it comes to looking out for black entertainers. Now a days Tyler Perry's doing that too. They're kind. (Rumor is $-Mayweather secretly, gives LOTS of money to black charities).
Harlem Nights is a cult classic!!! Red Foxx thought he didnt have to pay taxes if he got his pay in cash, so when he first started, he requested his pay in cash, giving the I the R and the S, the middle finger!
@@decarlomonsoni4268 I wasnt sayin anything negetive... I just kno he was trynna play the system. He was so great, but never lived "on the right path". He surely had some GREAT talent and even greater debt. 😔
That's why there should have been a second one where they could have let loose , I totally forgot that Red and Della lived and worked in that era. It's crazy that her being in that movie is what got her touched by an Angel.
As a kid I grew up looking at Sanford and son I love that show I still watch it on CZcams to this day yes I do miss Redbox he was so funny he my tears come out my eyes😂😞😢
Redd Foxx was THOROUGHLY MISUNDERSTOOD! It wasn't that he was Bad With Money, it was that he didn't own Sanford & Son, when he basically crafted the show & it's characters! If he OWNED Sanford & Son, he wouldn't have to worry about money, like Flip Wilson OWNED his show!
I respect the late great Red Foxx (St. Louis/Chitown) but let's face it. Mr. Foxx was bad with finances. He's wasn't the first and most certainly won't be the last. Certainly lifestyles will break any bank.
@@mustafahajj My point was, the biggest financial situation he faced was the fight to have ownership of his show that bares his last name(the same fight Dave Chappelle faced 30+ years later that is still going on today) BUT that part gets ignored in comparison to his troubles with the IRS!
I like the comment below about comparison with Dave Chapelle what he went through 30+ years later, but the networks should’ve took care of Fred’s or Reds tax problems every time because he made that show even though he didn’t on it they should’ve looked out for him they made millions offer him
I loved Harlem Nights . And I don't know if I am saying this right but you can't return reckless spending with reckless spending on your part . Redd lovenly gave gifts to people who probably couldn't afford to pay back the gifts or were unwilling to give away large sums of money and go broke themselves trying to help . But with that being said I am sure enough friends could of gotten together and figured something out . Also when Redd refused to stop living on top and you see him giving away his money it's hard to help those types of people who throw major money away . IDK the solution and I hope he lived how he wanted . I loved Redd Fox I used to sneak over my uncles house and listen to old records of him and many of the other actors and actresses from his show on those records . They cussed and talked like I never heard being a little white kid growing up on the farm with just me and my cousins . Now when we got older and started working along side the farm hands of multi colors I got to know a become friends with people of many colors . But having listen to those records I was able to have conversations with them about it and made life long friendships . Comedy knows no boundaries .
The fact is Redd owed the IRS nothing. He payed sales tax on what he bought, recurring property tax, and vehicle registration on his vehicles. Indeed, Uncle Sam is a business partner who puts down no money, does no work, and wants 30%-50%.
I just want to say, I don’t care what MR Fox did with his personal life! All I know is that he’s bring me Joy for so many years I love him! And I thank him for the good time through all those years, RIP MR FOX ! 🙏😌💐💕 MR Eddy as always you are absolutely Awesome 👏 👍🙏🥰
Movie critics are handicapped by their personal schisms, beliefs and egotistical BS. But numbers don't lie. A cast loaded with elite talent produced a motion picture on a $30M budget. That investment mushroomed into a worldwide gross of $95.8M. As poor a college math student as I was, numbers like that resonate a hell of a lot more than someone's overly opinionated pseudo narrative ever could.
🙏🏾 Mr. Fox. It’s a shame how you help others and/or are generous. However, when you’re in need….crickets. Not with My money…..family are the worse too.
There will never be another like Redd Foxx, that breed has died out, sadly......and the fuckin IRS, doggin him until the end. Probably what caused his heart attack. Thanks to Eddy for helping Redd in many things in his life. Sanford and Son is still my #1 sitcom and I binge watch it all the time. I know every line by heart and still laugh out loud when I hear it. RIP Redd, at least there is no IRS in comedy heaven.
The only idiots who gave "Harlem Nights" unfavorable reviews had to be white supremacists. It's arguably the best comedy ever made. That's just ridiculous.
My favorite part was when two guys with machine guns and one guy with a pistol were shooting. The pistol guy waited until the other two were done then he would fire 2 or 3 times. Pistol guy got yelled at: "will you quit with that little bitty thing"?
The late Pat Morita who was a good friend of Foxx, went to Foxx once to ask for a loan to complete a down-payment on a home that he was needing to buy. Redd wrote out the check in the amount of $3,500. He told Morita that didn't have to pay it back, rather, Foxx wanted Morita to pay the favor forward to someone in need that he could help when was in a position to do so. And this story was told by Morita himself.
Harlem Nights was a straight classic. But can we imagine if Lawanda Page played Della Reese's part? Imagine if Rudy Ray Moore was in it. Imagine all of 'em in it
Critics got it WRONG about "Harlem Nights." It's a comedy masterpiece.
Say it again MASTERPIECE!!
@@GrxndDxD Right on!
Exactly…!!!
Agreed
Exactly. The "reviews" were biased and based solely off an entirely black cast.
I hate critics sometimes. They don’t understand the culture for all people. Harlem Nights is a classic plain and simple.
I agree, the critics r wack. Idk why some ppl insist that they know black ppl so well and they don't socialize w any black ppl (coworkers don't count.)
Just like the movie life with Martin Lawrence
@@SeeSetJaeMiirTv Life! Good movie. I don’t listen to movie critics.
A lot of them are fake woke elitists who are secretly bigoted in one way or another, can't stand them
@@SeeSetJaeMiirTv another classic bashed by critics. It’s a shame some movies are tossed aside before they even get a chance.
Eddie put together a legendary cast . Harlem nights will always be a classic movie.
WHO CARES
Apparently you do, more than you know since you replied! You’re jealous too! 😂
I think Harlem Nights would be considered a cult classic. I loved that film. It’s absolutely hilarious.
Yes!!! And so quotable.
@@sw20yrz84 That's called a "troll"... they are idiots seeking reactions
He got so many of his friends Jobs on Sanford and son. It was said that the network did not want lawanda Page on the show, but Redd insisted. He also got jobs for Bubba, Leeroy and skillet, slappy white, And a number of other up-and-coming comedians including Pat morrita, Mr. Miagi
Nobody could do a Redd Foxx impersonation as good as Mr miagi
Yea I herd bout Redd reaching back 4 Lawanda in St Louis even tho network didn't want her smh Can u imagine Sanford n Son wit no Aunt Esther? Lol
@@daminharris3879 "watch it sucka"🤣
@@generalinformation3507 Haaaa " u a fish eyed fool" rite bak at u Chris lmaooo
He also got Richard Pryor and Paul Mooney in the writers guild and had them write a couple episodes.
Harlem Nights put Redd BACK ON THE MAP. HARLEM NIGHTS WAS VERY WELL WRITTEN.
I bet Eddie got MICHEAL JORDAN MONEY.
@@leomartin1603 Shhhhh do he Damn Near a Billionaire
And beautiful costumes and scenery
White critics panned Harlem Nights but it’s a certified classic. You’ll never see another like it.
Eddie Murphy is a legend. I try real hard to figure out who could keep up with him...hadn't found out yet.
it was a fantastic movie critics be damned.
That movie was a phenomenal comedy, it was given a horrible review but that film was made for black people
Exactly. White critics (especially back then)don’t like movies where the black characters triumph over whites… Or if they succeed without a white savior. I truly believe that’s why Whoopi didn’t get the Oscar for Color Purple.
Think about it.
That's my favorite movie ever created
Critics don't know what they're talking about. Harlem Nights is a classic.
I try to watch it every time it is on television.
Cri-dicks ain't shit!!-😳😳😳❤🖤💚😳😳😳❤🖤💚😳😳😳❤🖤💚
Question is, who are these critics ??? Are the the same people that dictate what's best for our lives??? Did anyone think to ask Black what they thought of the movie??
Redd Foxx was a different type altogether.
Pat Morita (Mr Myagi from The Karate Kid films) said that Redd once paid the down payment at for his house and never asked for it back. He just said "When you're able to, I want you to help somebody like I helped you"
Old man was a diamond. 🙏🏽💯
In a head line a writer had the audacity to say "Netflix Picks Up a forgotten about Eddie Murphy Movie " we can't allow other folks tell us what is and what isn't a classic movie.
💯✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿🖤🖤🖤
Everybody I know thinks the movie is classic ... whoever wrote that has no clue
@@gcforreal The article was about the movie "LIFE" but I still stand by what I said. Yes both movies are classics!
@@Ahkumuzik absolutely
@@Ahkumuzik totally agree. I saw that article or heard the blurb, and was thinking 🤔 "Who the heck forgot about LIFE?" 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Me and mines say lines from that movie and Harlem nights all the time.
Eddie Murphy respect and loved Redd Foxx and dreams working with him, when he made this film he had Richard Pryor and Redd Foxx in mind to be key special characters in this story, they had a great experience working with each other and and develop a friendship and help carve Eddie Murphy's career, so of course he was going to help him out that's what good friends do.
All three comedians always had me in stitches.
Eddie Murphy was, and in many ways, still is a major player in shaping and inspiring many careers. I think Boomerang was his cultural high point, for that era.
The 1st Klump movie 🍿👍🏾
Beverly Hill cops put Eddie in Hollywood stardom. Them white people wasn't ranking urban black movies as winners back then.
That picture is legendary! Redd Foxx, Eddie Murphy, Sydney Poitier, Bill Cosby, Richard Pryor. It doesn't get better than that!! B1
Factual statement: I want those shirts.
Not all of them were in the movie.
Well Red/Redd Fox , Della Reese spell had or feel some type of way should have spoken - up, said (something) etc ..... just saying
Red/Redd Fox/Foxx helped an lot of people though an lot of people did not help him in return so so wrong !!!!!
Whether you give or not people are not always going to help you in return
kudos to eddie murphy i wish more people would recognize his generosity I never knew he paid for redd foxx funeral so many people hire a publicist every time they do something eddie paid for redds funeral with out fan fare just did it quietly. god bless him
I'll never forget the day Mr Foxx passed away. I was a young Executive Chef of a restaurant called Mary's Lamb in Studio City. We got the contract for Royal Family and had the food all set to head out to the studio when we got a call from CBS telling us if his passing.
Very sad day.
Personally, I thought Harlem Nights was brilliant.
I remember Redd Foxx being on Arsenio Hall. Arsenio told him how Eddie was upset that Red didn't ask him for help sooner.
RIP Redd Foxx 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 He was an icon ❤️❤️❤️
That's sad. I heard he was extremely generous. He opened the door for a lot of black comedians who could have helped him without no problem.
Eddie, if u are reading the comment section, THANK YOU for putting Mr. Foxx in Harlem Nights.
if it wasn't for Harlem Nights, Redd wouldn't have a show with Della Reese.
Unfortunately, it was the last show that Redd Foxx appeared in before his untimely death.
RIP John Sanford (Redd Foxx). RIP Della Reese.
He helped a lot of people. He got so many people on his show Sanford and Son.
Harlems Night's is and has always been my all time favorite movie I've seen it over 100x and its just as funny every time
Quuuiiiiiiiccckkkkkkkk!!!!
You killed my brother
@@E.R225 I don't know wtf you guys are talking about so I suggest you guy just let me be on my way 😆
Wow, so many layers. Makes me feel good to know Eddie is a caring person. What a great example✨
I saw Red Foxx in person, before he passed away. I waited outside after his comedy act was over. A limousine pulled up to an alley, to take him and his party back to the hotel. I shouted at him just before he was entering the limousine. I said Great Show Red. He answered saying Thank You, I'm Glad You Enjoyed it. And then the Limousine drove off. He married a Korean woman. I don't think that marriage went very well for him.
🤣😂😅
@J Bo 🤣🤣
You met a legend cool
Redd.😊
Harlem nights was a great movie. The pinky toe part made me cry laughing.
Harlem Nights is one of my all time favorites of Eddie Murphy Movies.
I watch episodes of Sanford & Son till this day. RIPower Redd Foxx B1
Jay Leno tried to crack a joke about Redd when Eddie was on one night and Eddie checked him
Word?
I loved Harlem Nights. The costumes, comedy and the cast were great. It’s one of my favorite go to movies.
Redd Foxx is one of my favorite. Laughter is the best medicine. Special thanks to Eddie for being so kind. God bless them all!!!!
Let’s also remember how generous he was. Pat Morita (fellow comedian and guy who played Arnold on Happy Days and Mr Miagi on Karate Kid) said he gave him money to buy his house.
RIP Pat Morita.
That wasn't the " Saved by
An Angel" Della either. Lol, people forgot how raw she was back in the days
Harlem nights was way ahead of it's time. If it was released today it would be a hit.
Eddie's comedy was too creative for the era.
I felt the chemistry between Eddie & Redd. In fact. I hope Eddie creates an autobiography and it will entire the friendships he has endured throughout the years...
Sanford and son is one of the best black television sitcoms of all time.
Redd Foxx was a great comedian in i have in my top five of best comedians of all times it was sad seeing his brilliant career ended but s/o to Eddie Murphy for at least trying to the help one of his mentors in the comedy game RIP Mr. Sanford aka Redd Foxx 💯.
Red you will truly be miss
Long Live Redd Foxx gone but never forgotten
It sucks to have no one in your corner when you stuck out your neck for so many people. However, sometimes you get into your own issues due to either poor management or not being good with money yourself. I love Redd, but after watching Unsung Hollywood & E! True Hollywood Story about his life; the man was never one to pay his taxes like he should. Sure, you helped a lot of people get their foot in the door to pursue entertainment as a career. However, how many of them had the kind of money to help pay the millions you owed the IRS?
Wasn’t he a drug addict too?
@@matthewschwartz6607 NO!!!
@@dahusla4328 - I read that he did drugs and cocaine.
I have family members who are good at making money through their legitimate businesses or investments but can not manage their money. I keep telling them they need an accountants and financial advisor to help manage but you know he mentality. I think that cookie guy Wally Amos of Famous Amos cookies didn't pay his taxes and lost his business, the name, everything. Sad.
@@matthewschwartz6607 He did drugs. I don't recall if he was an addict, but he did do them.
Alot of heavy hitters in that comedic masterpiece
I loved Redd Foxx as a kid growing up in the 70s I wanted Sanford and Son with my father. But it’s so true what Eddie Murphy said about black entertainers not “having their house in order” when it comes to their financial house, to the point they die broke. Sammy Davis Jr. , Gary Coleman, Billie Holiday, Marvin Gaye, Joe Louis, Stepin Fetchit and other died in debt and owing the IRS. I realize you can’t take it with you, but at the very least put some of your earnings to a side, for when you needed it. You never know how life is going to treat you in the end.
I had no idea what critics said back then! It was a hit in my neighborhood… wow! You shot my pinky toe! Sunshine!
Yes, Eddie was in a position to totally bail Redd out, but why should he be responsible for his years decadent living?...Redd choose to do drugs, not pay taxes, and not save some of that money, not Eddie...
Very true, but some like Eddie likely felt that they owed him in some way for what he did for the culture and the industry. Why not show respect in a way that's easily accessible for him, financially.
Eddie did his part by providing work for Redd..Paying off his tax debt?.. Not his responsibility... I remember a similar situation with Sammy Davis Jr. and many asking why couldn't his Rat Pack friends bail him out..Not their job....Death and taxes.. And its so true..
Eddie Did His Part that is all I will say. Harlem Nights paid Foxx $500k then the developed The Royal Family for Foxx
@@ebonyeverything2751 You speaking truthfully.
@@dramahawkpromotions9621 My only question tho is where was Eddie when those Royal Family producers were giving Redd a hard time?
I was lucky enough to meet Redd in the Chicago O'Hare airport in 1975 after returning from Turkey, I was 10-11 at the time. He slapped meon my stomach and asked if I knew who he was...I of course said, yes, you're Mr. Sanford!
Harlem Nights is a CLASSIC! The critics were wrong!!!
A Redd Foxx only comes around once every 150 years. He was funny 25 hours a day I'm glad he lived life to the fullest.
Redd Foxx was a one of a kind a legend in his own time) took comedy to another level with changing style while making laughter something special wit creativity unmatched a seldom seen genius with a hard of gold let it betold.
AGREED!😊
I remember seeing the footage of Redd's stuff being taken and he was powerless to do anything. It was beyond sad.
Every time it airs we watch and laugh at the same lines just like some groups enjoy The Sting we enjoy Harlem Nights. This movie is so underrated.
Eddie is the master when it comes to acting as different characters throughout his career .
Never has been given the accolades he truly deserves for it either.
It is a shame, you know who your true friends are when you are down on your luck. RIP Redd Foxx
Redd didn't pay his taxes. The video creators talked around that, saying he "stood down" from the IRS. That's why his property was seized. It's great that he was so generous, but I don't understand what he expected his friends to do about a $3.6 million debt that was totally his creation. The people he helped weren't getting money like he was.
Redd fox Is by far my favorite comedian .
He is the reason I know what I like in comedy..... First adult comedy album I ever heard, was brown paper bag..
Changed my life. Been a student of comedy ever since.....
You talking about a movie that had so many legendary comedians that made a movie even more legendary decades after is highly extraordinary. Harlem Nights is iconic. You will laugh at every scene. You will rewind parts and act it out it was hilarious. It was and still the talk of the day. I enjoyed all the cast and I am thrilled that Eddie Murphy put all them together to make such an amazing movie. God bless Eddie, Redd, Richard Pryor and the rest of the cast for putting laughter in my life. Screw the critics! Great talent is never forgotten. May all those who passed rest in peace.
Shout out to Eddie Murphy for giving this legend love and really looking out for him
God bless those two gaints of men Red Fox and Eddy Murphy . Eddy Murphy we see what you were trying to do ... what a model u r for our community. What a model !
Love delivery no bad language just giving us the facts. Thank you
Harlem Nights is a classic.
The movie was good. Don’t know what critics are talking about!
The scene where him and Della Reese arguing back and forward about hash and orange juice had me dying.
Jealously that’s what it is.
@@TexasMade903 one of my fave scenes!
I literally was thinking about this yesterday! I wanted to do this story for comedy hype about he died on the set.
🤷🏽♂️ Good job.
He demanded to be paid in cash. The irs let him collect cash and then they came for his stash. Moral of the story : You can't take it with you.
Harlem Nights.....a classic movie with a powerful cast and great storyline.
Harlem Knights was a great movie
I hear often that Eddie Murphy's like a founding father in black Hollywood when it comes to looking out for black entertainers. Now a days Tyler Perry's doing that too. They're kind. (Rumor is $-Mayweather secretly, gives LOTS of money to black charities).
Harlem Nights is a cult classic!!! Red Foxx thought he didnt have to pay taxes if he got his pay in cash, so when he first started, he requested his pay in cash, giving the I the R and the S, the middle finger!
The IRS end up giving foxx the middle finger. Took everything
@@decarlomonsoni4268 I didnt say they never got their money!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@mylove616 I was reflecting back, that's all.
@@decarlomonsoni4268 I wasnt sayin anything negetive... I just kno he was trynna play the system. He was so great, but never lived "on the right path". He surely had some GREAT talent and even greater debt. 😔
They downed Harlem Nights because the storyline had them as criminals that came out on top
"Harlem Nights" is a really good movie. Shame it had to be held to a double standard. Eddie should direct again.
I hear he believed in helping others and I truly respect that
My dad said the same thing... Eddie didn't let them "get off" how they really could and as funny as the movie is , could've been 10x funnier
Story first and the comedy second. Less is more. That's why it stands the test of time. Anyway editing is editing.
😒😒😒😒😒🤦🏿🤦🏿
That's why there should have been a second one where they could have let loose , I totally forgot that Red and Della lived and worked in that era. It's crazy that her being in that movie is what got her touched by an Angel.
How?
This movie was was perfect as made.
I love me some Redd Foxx, I really believed he was a good, generous person RIP!😥😊
As a kid I grew up looking at Sanford and son I love that show I still watch it on CZcams to this day yes I do miss Redbox he was so funny he my tears come out my eyes😂😞😢
Thank you. This was great coverage. I'm sure a lot of folks were not aware of the dynamics between these two. I sure did not.
I heard that he would help out people like Pat Morita when they were in financial needs.
Yup that's what Pat said.
No body could ever have done Harlam nights like redd fox Eddie Murphy and the rest of the all star cast list they did it was a masterpiece pieord
He loved Redd Foxx so much that he didn't attend the funeral. Got it!
But he did pay for it. Some ppl don’t like funerals NIGGA. He put his bread up when no one else did
Lol, you essentially said screw the fact that he paid for the funeral, huh?
@@apexone5502 no, I'm not
He did his part. He paid for the funeral nitwit. Maybe he didn’t wanna see him like that
Hmm really?? 🤔 I never knew that.
I love that closing photo of Redd Roxx when he was a young man..... smooth!
I watched Redd as a kid and loved it.😃
Loved some Redd Foxx, thanks Eddie Murphy
Redd Foxx was THOROUGHLY MISUNDERSTOOD! It wasn't that he was Bad With Money, it was that he didn't own Sanford & Son, when he basically crafted the show & it's characters! If he OWNED Sanford & Son, he wouldn't have to worry about money, like Flip Wilson OWNED his show!
I respect the late great Red Foxx (St.
Louis/Chitown) but let's face it. Mr. Foxx was bad with finances. He's wasn't the first and most certainly won't be the last.
Certainly lifestyles will break any bank.
@@mustafahajj My point was, the biggest financial situation he faced was the fight to have ownership of his show that bares his last name(the same fight Dave Chappelle faced 30+ years later that is still going on today) BUT that part gets ignored in comparison to his troubles with the IRS!
I like the comment below about comparison with Dave Chapelle what he went through 30+ years later, but the networks should’ve took care of Fred’s or Reds tax problems every time because he made that show even though he didn’t on it they should’ve looked out for him they made millions offer him
If Red had "oned" Sanford and Son he would have just had that much more money to waste and not pay taxes on.
Harlem Nights was a classic!
I loved Harlem Nights . And I don't know if I am saying this right but you can't return reckless spending with reckless spending on your part . Redd lovenly gave gifts to people who probably couldn't afford to pay back the gifts or were unwilling to give away large sums of money and go broke themselves trying to help . But with that being said I am sure enough friends could of gotten together and figured something out . Also when Redd refused to stop living on top and you see him giving away his money it's hard to help those types of people who throw major money away . IDK the solution and I hope he lived how he wanted . I loved Redd Fox I used to sneak over my uncles house and listen to old records of him and many of the other actors and actresses from his show on those records . They cussed and talked like I never heard being a little white kid growing up on the farm with just me and my cousins . Now when we got older and started working along side the farm hands of multi colors I got to know a become friends with people of many colors . But having listen to those records I was able to have conversations with them about it and made life long friendships . Comedy knows no boundaries .
The fact is Redd owed the IRS nothing. He payed sales tax on what he bought, recurring property tax, and vehicle registration on his vehicles. Indeed, Uncle Sam is a business partner who puts down no money, does no work, and wants 30%-50%.
Harlem Nights was and is one of the best movies ever!! The critics were very wrong!!
Harlem Nights? I own x2 DVD copies. PURE GENIUS!!!🎈
Harlem Nights gets better every time you watch it.
I love redd Foxx.
Redd Foxx died broke but he lived RICH !
Can’t take it with you!
Personally I don't think there's a better way to go, never seen a brinks truck follow a hearse.
Redd Foxx is the godfather of modern day stand up and doesn't get the respect he deserves to this very day
2 of my all time favourite comedians! Loved both of there stand up gigs as well they were always hilarious! 2 greats of comedy!!
I just want to say, I don’t care what MR Fox did with his personal life! All I know is that he’s bring me Joy for so many years I love him! And I thank him for the good time through all those years, RIP MR FOX ! 🙏😌💐💕 MR Eddy as always you are absolutely Awesome 👏 👍🙏🥰
Movie critics are handicapped by their personal schisms, beliefs and egotistical BS. But numbers don't lie. A cast loaded with elite talent produced a motion picture on a $30M budget. That investment mushroomed into a worldwide gross of $95.8M. As poor a college math student as I was, numbers like that resonate a hell of a lot more than someone's overly opinionated pseudo narrative ever could.
🙏🏾 Mr. Fox. It’s a shame how you help others and/or are generous. However, when you’re in need….crickets. Not with
My money…..family are the worse too.
Bruh who tf is that a picture of at the end?......yall know thats not Redd Foxx right?🤦🏽 look more like Smokie Robinson lil cousin😅
Sanford and Son ran from January 1972-March 1977, his salary of $4 million dollars a year in 2023 dollars is $28,885,352.79. Let that sink in.
There will never be another like Redd Foxx, that breed has died out, sadly......and the fuckin IRS, doggin him until the end. Probably what caused his heart attack. Thanks to Eddy for helping Redd in many things in his life. Sanford and Son is still my #1 sitcom and I binge watch it all the time. I know every line by heart and still laugh out loud when I hear it. RIP Redd, at least there is no IRS in comedy heaven.
The only idiots who gave "Harlem Nights" unfavorable reviews had to be white supremacists. It's arguably the best comedy ever made. That's just ridiculous.
The main reason why Harlem Nights got bad reviews is because the critics didn't understand black humor. Never have. Never had. Never will.
Well covered my brother!!! Great Job! 👍 #ILoveReddFoxx #WatchedHimGrowingUp
My favorite part was when two guys with machine guns and one guy with a pistol were shooting. The pistol guy waited until the other two were done then he would fire 2 or 3 times. Pistol guy got yelled at: "will you quit with that little bitty thing"?
i really really wish redd foxx was still slive because i love sanford and son and if they were to bring it back he would come back as Fred G Sanford
The late Pat Morita who was a good friend of Foxx, went to Foxx once to ask for a loan to complete a down-payment on a home that he was needing to buy. Redd wrote out the check in the amount of $3,500. He told Morita that didn't have to pay it back, rather, Foxx wanted Morita to pay the favor forward to someone in need that he could help when was in a position to do so. And this story was told by Morita himself.
Harlem Nights was a straight classic. But can we imagine if Lawanda Page played Della Reese's part? Imagine if Rudy Ray Moore was in it. Imagine all of 'em in it
RIP REDD FOXX #LEGEND