# Jamie Fox - Oscar for Ray? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 31, 2004, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamie-fox-oscar-for-ray/272095 "2004-10-31T00:54:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2004, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamie-fox-oscar-for-ray/272095/21 "2004-11-07T17:30:51Z")
> [@Askia](#): > > for those of you who don’t think Foxx is funny – Hey. I laughed my ass off at BOOTY CALL. IN LIVING COLOR, not nearly so much. But by the time Foxx joined the cast, the Wayans family were off the show anyway. > \ I absolutely loved Foxx’ performance in “Ray” and in “Collateral”, but count me among those who didn’t think his comedic “slick-talking jive” persona was funny. I saw a lot of his self-titled “Jamie Foxx Show” which ran on UPN for a number of years and can’t remember laughing at it once (though I did like looking at his co-star Garcelle Beauvais). ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2004, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamie-fox-oscar-for-ray/272095/22 "2004-11-07T17:44:45Z")
**zamboniracer.** Oh, yeah. I remember that. I called it “That Fine-Ass Leggy Black Chick In The Short Skirt Show.” I kept hoping they’d do an episode where she’d have to repeatedly bend over to pick up things. Jamie Foxx was on that? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2004, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamie-fox-oscar-for-ray/272095/23 "2004-11-07T19:11:46Z")
Count me as another one who completely discounted Foxx before he did _Collateral_. Where he was hiding his talent while he was doing dead-end WB/UPN sitcoms and lousy comedy movies I have no idea. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamie-fox-oscar-for-ray/272095.md?page=1)