When Demond Wilson heard that Redd Foxx was going to star in a TV sitcom, the actor brushed it off as a joke. Foxx was a killer stand-up comic, with a trademark raunchiness that Wilson figured to ...

Comedian Redd Foxx, left, speaks to journalists about the reasons he left the top-rated sitcom "Sanford & Son" on March 14, 1974, in New York, while actor Demond Wilson participates in a CBS "Face ...

Comedian Redd Foxx (left) and actor Demond Wilson, who played the son of “Sanford & Son,” are shown in a combination photo. It was 50 years ago this month that the sitcom “Sanford and Son ...

Comedian Redd Foxx, left, speaks to journalists about the reasons he left the top-rated sitcom "Sanford & Son" on March 14, 1974, in New York. Actor Demond Wilson participates in a CBS "Face the ...

LOS ANGELES — When Demond Wilson heard that Redd Foxx was going to star in a TV sitcom, the actor brushed it off as a joke. Foxx was a killer stand-up comic, with a trademark raunchiness that ...

American actors Red Foxx (1922 – 1991) (left) Demond Wilson in a still from the television series, ‘Sanford And Son,’ c. 1974. (Photo by NBC Television/Courtesy of Getty Images) ...

“Sanford and Son” debuted 50 years ago this month on NBC, and the ratings smash opened the door for other Black family shows at a time TV was virtually all white.

LOS ANGELES — When Demond Wilson heard that Redd Foxx was going to star in a TV sitcom, the actor brushed it off as a joke. Foxx was a killer stand-up comic, with a trademark raunchiness that ...