Narrator and Redd Foxx in “Unfinished Business”

Narrator

What I didn't know was that my parents loved comedians too.

[on record player] You knew it in your heart, you haven't washed your hair. So one night, the time was right. He asked her. He said, "Honey, would you marry me?" She said "Wooden eye?"

Narrator

I can't say what he just said, but it was the first dirty joke I had ever heard.

[on record player] "Geez, baby, what time do you have to be home?"

Narrator

And it wasn't the last.

[on record player] She said, "Christmas..."

Narrator

A lot of kids would get in trouble sneakin' outta bed tryin' to listen to dirty jokes. I ended up gettin' a career.