Redd Foxx began doing stand-up comedy on the infamous Chitlin' Circuit in the 1940s and 1950s. Foxx was one of the premier blue humor comedians. Blue humor was very dirty, too dirty for white audiences. For years his party albums were not available in white record stores.
A near fall (near pin) is when... one shoulder touches the mat and the other shoulder is at a 45 degree angle coming down to the mat, or... the wrestler is held in a high bridge or back on both elbows. If a near fall lasts for two seconds, you get 2 points.
Steer Wrestling â This event was originally called bull dogging and requires the cowboy to lean from the running horse onto the back of a 600 pound steer, catch it behind the horns, stop the steerâs forward momentum and wrestle it to the ground with all four of its legs and head pointing the same direction.