You know, I'm gonna give you a history lesson.

We got so dumb-ass motherfuckers floating around this country.

Start laughing.

And when I do, start fucking.

Also, y'all did some nasty-ass jokes on my ass, too.

Funny jokes and unfunny jokes come out of the same birth.

You fucking guys are unbelievable.

Why are you laughing?

The evening, everybody.

Welcome to another episode of Why You Laughing, a history of comedy podcast.

And today, I am pleased to introduce to you the legendary Red Fox.

A guy I did not know a lot about

and a guy I'm extremely interested in

I was actually excited to record this episode today

it's one of those that

I hope you guys clicked on even if you're not

too familiar with his work

because I think he lived a very interesting life

in many ways a tragic life

it's a bit of a rise and fall story but the guy lived a very interesting life. In many ways, a tragic life.

It's a bit of a rise and fall story, but the guy definitely had a tremendous amount of influence in the comedy world, particularly with black comics from, you know,

the 50s all the way up until I would say the late 90s, early 2000s,

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