Best of Soul | SOUL (1968)

In 1968, with the success of LAUGH-IN, producer George Schlatter created SOUL, a special designed around the same variety show model but targeted toward a Black audience. Singer and actor Lou Rawls hosted with a cast of up-and-coming and established comedians and performers, including Nipsey Russell, Redd Foxx, Slappy White, Hines Hines and Dad, George Kirby, Chelsea Brown, Martha Reeves, and many more. The comedy show dealt with hot topics in the news of the day, from segregation and racism to politics. The year was a tumultuous one in the U.S. with the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy and the eventual election of Richard Nixon. #reddfoxx #sketchcomedy #classictv

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[CompleteIndifference]

My Old Soul Belongs In The Late 1960's & The Early 1970's. 💯

[yoyou]

When BROTHERS & SISTERS had solidarity....Right on!!! 👊 👊 👊

[johnbergman]

Please upload this. This looks amusing.

[julianhermanubis]

This show is so obscure that it doesn't appear in either Redd Foxx's or Nipsey Russell's entries on the Internet Movie Database.

[artisfu]

Wow, I had no idea there was a such thing as this show!!! Redd is my favorite comedian and JUDY PACE was one of my favorite 60s/70s female actresses! CLOWN JEWELS, keep these FORGOTTEN shows coming...PLEASE!!!

[tubesocksbrigade]

That was great. Wish it could've been more than just the one episode that was taped. Could've been a series or a series of specials.

[moubear]

This was very well done. You have to ask how much attention did they pay to laugh in to be able to do this.

[wiltonnelson]

This is fantastic!!❤❤ Can you upload A Time for Laughter from 1967. Moms Mabley and Pigmeat Markham are on it with Redd as well.😊

[JamesSmith-sxyp]

Someone please answer my question when was this show aired! Looks like the show Laugh -in