When You Play With Fire...

April, 1979

When You Play with Fire...In 1977, after 30 years in show business, George Kirby had one of the most easily recognizable faces in America. The only problem was that too few people attached a name to the face. He was, "uh, you know, the black comic who does impressions of James Cagney and Mae West. You know, the fat guy who sings and dances. Oh, what's his name?" But 1977 should have changed all that. The goddess of the big time who elevated Redd Foxx from the category of "black co...