Sanford and Son - Redd Foxx Sings 'Tis Autumn by the Nat King Cole Trio

[marcmitch1]

KevinHagan17, that is. Lol!

[marcmitch1]

Lol!! at KevinHagin's comment from 6 months ago! Lol!!

[phatcurtis]

Did he ever do a music project...

[Dolfan526]

ha look at Fred's face when the guy says, "My holding you close"

[angelialvares]

Wow Redd Fox sounds as good as Louis Armstrong and makes you feel warm all over.

Too Good!

[ScotsmanRex]

search for Nat king Cole 'tis autumn just a timeless song.

[shatchett0]

Anybody got Fred singing in the Hawaiian Vacation episode?

[raymondl3]

Hard to believe Smiley (Timmie Rogers) was 8 years older than Fred (Red Foxx).

[Docmananoff]

@raymondl3 Not hard to believe. Redd Foxx had on makeup and gray colored hair spray to make him look older for the show, according to his bio, even his nose was putty on the show, I see because Redd Foxx's nose looked different when he made appearances as himself and not as Fred.

[rickbrunernyc]

Ah, yes, I see someone answered my question three weeks before I asked it! Timmie Rogers. There's a nice bio of him on hamptonroads-dot-com

[rickbrunernyc]

I'd love to know who the other guy is, singing with Redd Foxx. Anyone know?

BTW, the song is really by Nat King Cole. Words and Music by Henry Nemo, 1941.

[CordialBrotha]

timmie rogers

[macimiller1]

Loved Red Foxx! What a nice find this is. Great tune and great rendition! Makes me want to do a version of this myself!

[Jermaine7144]

His voice is like Louis Armstrong

[WytZox1]

A truly great musical moment from a classic sitcom ...☺

[jakeway1]

From the episode "Brother, Can You Spare An Act?"...........just great stuff!

[cynthia25455]

This is great..........

[cuttock]

This is SWEET!

[Optimalillusion]

A good tune to kick back with and sip some lemonade during the last few days of summer.

[ALSHARPTONFORPREZ]

Great music

[kevinhagan17]

to the 1 person who disliked this...la da de, la de da, tis dummy

[meandemjay]

@kevinhagan17 - FOLLOW THAT TRAIN! LOL!!!! whew! funny

[goldandrose1]

The episode is from Season 5, it is called "Brother Can You Spare An Act”

[loralie5974]

Does anyone know which episode of Sanford and Son this is? I have listened to this video a few dosen times now, but I would like to see the entire episode. If it has a name, perhaps it is on Hulu or something. Much thanks for posting

[Chloegone]

the king of comedy forever!



[GTH4250]

Catchy tune.

[Kiny28]

I loved this on Fred Sanford!! Thanks for posting! 

[elsangrecaliente]

Wow! What a treasure. I didn't know Redd Foxx sang, and don't he sing well?!

Class. Made my day.

Thank you for posting this.

[wepimpha]

That nigga said i picked it up for ten dollars i let you have it for what i paid for it!!!!!!!!!! To think he did give him a player deal cuz he could have hit eem foor some doe

[myutoobchannel]

1 person has never experienced autumn

[pfslow]

That is a Tiple made by CF Martin and Co. Tiples have 10 strings in 4 courses (groups) and are played like ukuleles. That model is a T-28 and is worth around $1500-$2000 if the back and sides are Indian rosewood. Add $1,000 - $1,500 to the value if it was made before 1970 and the rosewood is from Brazil.

[drazil91]

Is that a 12 string ukelele?

[billyralphweeden]

I GET A BIG KICK.......

out of old Fred Sanford when he sings..........

Thanks for posting this, I enjoyed it alot.

BUT - nothing beats that Sanford Christmas episode,

when Fred sings "The Christmas Song", with all his

friends and family........I look forward to watching that

SEVERAL times during the Holidays !!

All the Best......

Billy.

[StyleTherapybyKim]

I was channel surfing earlier & came across this episode. I swear I love YouTube! This short clip bring back some great childhood memories of my great aunts and uncles singing. and swapping stories from the old days. I was probably the only 8 year old kid who knew about Scatman Crothers, Smiley Rogers, Fred Sanford, the Nicholas Brothers, lol! Thanks for posting!

[elliecation]

It was such a treat whenever Redd sang on the show. What a great, raspy voice he had.

[Takiyarts]

love it!!!!!

[loralie5974]

I am also glad. I love this episode. Does anyone know who the other guy is? He looks familiar to me.

[SweetSweetWaldo]

@loralie5974 According to IMDb, he's an old Vaudeville guy named Timmie Rogers playing "Smiley Rogers." Rogers goes back to the days when African-Americans even wore blackface! Rogers looks youthful for 60 in this episode. "Oh yeah!" was his catch phrase. He died in 2006 at the age of 91.

[Juliaflo]

@SweetSweetWaldo Heavenly Hash! I did not know that Timmie Rogers had passed away in 2006. I used to see him on The Jackie Gleason Show in the 1960's. Oh Yeah!

[williedb47]

Excellent. I really enjoyed this. Thanks for sharing. Nadine

[mltcd2]

I am older now and Fred is still sexy to me...LOL

[Trumpetplayer60076]

What an AMAZING entertainer we had in Redd Foxx. He is still missed...

[ProtaJ]

Im watching this episode now! lol

[thatniggbeme7]

thats the dude from the movie the five heartbeats

[sdc39]

i actually enjoy redd foxx when he sings when and he can make anything funny like when he sang the song black bird in his stand up

[rmitchell58]

i like this show, what would i do without tv land? probley go nuts looking for each dvd maybe. thank you tv land for the good shows like sandford and son, the andy griffith show, m.a.s.h., the jeffersons, bonanza, some gunsmoke, leave it to beaver, all in the family, cosby show, good times, married... with children, and even the 90's shows like everybody loves raymond, home improvement, the nanny, family matters, and not on tv land boy meats world. those shows make tv

[panamaniak]

I never knew this scene was this long!

[coolwafferman]

I wish you put the part when Fred said to Lamont, "La Te De, La Te Da it's dummy." lmao!

I busted out laughing at that part of the episode.

[buzzlewie]

Fred: it's just to help the mercury climb.

Both: La de da, de la de da, tis autumn.

Smiley: What did you say?

Fred: I said, la de da, de la de da tis autunm.

Smiley: Just one more time.

Fred: No.

Both: La de da, de la de da, tis autuuuuuuumn.

[beeshor1]

I really enjoyed this. I recently listened to Stacey Kent's version of this song and it reminded me of Fred Sanford's take on this. I took a chance to see if YouTube had it and wonderfully for me, you posted it! I can't thank you enough!

[daveykz]

@beeshor1 No problem, that's the exact reason I uploaded it because I was searching for it one day too. They just don't make songs like these anymore....

[bobscottcav]

@beeshor1 I downloaded Stacey Kent's version after watching this episode!

[socstteach]

One of my favorites of all time!! Thanks so much for posting this!!

[sean82091]

Thanks to Mr. Redd Foxx man! He might sing bass or tenor. (Kidding)

[nunurox]

oh YEAHHHHHHHHH

oh NOOOOOOOOOO

[mariavaldez7777]

I also wanted to thank you for

posting this!!!! I watched this show growing up. Am 35 yrs old now. Caught this on a "classic tv" station the other day. Song stuck in my head - it's catchy ! Putting it on my Ipod now

[plickism]

I sent this video to my ex step-daughter. No harsh feelings, just smooth transitions to the next place. I hope she feels at peace with me..........

[CineGraphic]

That's a Martin Tiple he's playing...wow!

[leslieson504]

thank you for posting this!!!!

[traydogwoof]

You don't hear lyric-writing of this quality anymore.  Just a bunch of garbage filled with vulgarity. What happened to 'clever' writing? I think the last clever lyrics I heard came from Ashford & Simpson, who are brilliant songwriters. Many thanks to the poster.

[IArePhluffhead]

i'll give ya clever writing

I steal women,

a good thief, no Robin Hood

but i'll surely have em' slobbin' on my throbbin' wood

get it? got it? good

the fellas find me big and scary

while all the ladies beg to see my twig and berries

brilliant lyricism is out there and thriving my friend

we're called the Palmer Squares

[zuperzkateboardz]

thats vulgar and not clever.

[MaStormy]

@IArePhluffhead la ti da la ti da,tis autumn

[laparejr]

This world consists of only two things! Good sh-- and bad sh--! This is really good sh--!

[hyzercreek]

Timmie Rogers did an unbelievable record called Harlem Yank all about a harlem hepcat going to England in WWII and made fun of how they all talked in England and by the end of the song he had them, even the Queen Mother talking black jive, even Winston Churchill. You gotta hear that song.

[jvbro2]

I was raised tri cultural: a Mexican in a Black neighborhood with some White neighbors. Smith Place in Long Beach, California. We listened to Soul music, Mexican music and country western. Cats like Redd Foxx crossed all color lines, especially when you realize that ain't no color to nasty. But this version of Tis Autumn just reminded of how beautiful music brought all folks in the BMW community together. Tis Autumn. Tis nice. Peace.

[jesusjerkoffisgod]

them iz ma niggas

[smokedigglera]

this is my shyt!!!!! i came on lookin for this song, I found where I first heard it....Sanford & Son...thank u!

[jessicaelainew]

oh, thanks so much for posting this! i've been searching for it...love it.

[PhuckHue2]

the ukelele player is comic pioneer Timmie Rogers. he was the first black comic to put on a suit

[signjay]

It's a tiple, not a ukelele. It has 10 strings.

[yarekhunt]

@signjay the Colombian instrument?

[art2liv4]

I be leaf I'm falling!

[OrangeCones]

I had to hear this today...'tis autumn! Thank you!!!

[blueBlackpurple]

Classic.