What is "sly fox"

n. A sly or crafty person.

Sly Fox is a comedic play by Larry Gelbart, based on Ben Jonson's Volpone (The Fox), updating the setting from Renaissance Venice to 19th century San Francisco, and changing the tone from satire to farce.

The play revolves around the character of the very wealthy Foxwell J. Sly, and his indentured servant Simon Able. Sly has the town duped into believing that he is dying, and four citizens vie for his inheritance. Jethro Crouch is willing to will away his son’s inheritance to Sly on the promise that he receives Sly’s money after Sly has died; Abner Truckle solicits his wife to Sly under the impression that it will sway Sly to name him as his heir; Lawyer Craven defends the dignity of Sly in court after the Captain discovers him molesting Mrs. Truckle, for the same promise of riches; Merrilee Fancy, the most popular harlot in the bay town, finds herself in the family way and hopes to marry Sly for his wealth. None of them realize the trick, and even Able, Sly’s closest confidant and student, is unable to outfox the master of deception.

It premiered on Broadway December 14, 1976 at the Broadhurst Theatre. Directed by Arthur Penn, the play featured George C. Scott, Bob Dishy, Hector Elizondo, Jack Gilford, Gretchen Wyler, and Sandra Seacat. Scott was succeeded by Robert Preston.

According to his biography at tcm.com, Jackie Gleason was touring in the lead role of Sly Fox in 1978 when he suffered a heart attack and had to permanently leave the show, undergoing a triple bypass.

The play was revived on April 1, 2004 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, again directed by Arthur Penn, featuring Richard Dreyfuss, Bob Dishy, Eric Stoltz, René Auberjonois, Professor Irwin Corey, Elizabeth Berkley, Rachel York, Peter Scolari, and Bronson Pinchot.

Sly Fox was a short-lived American 1980s duo, consisting of Gary "Mudbone" Cooper, an American funk session musician and former vocalist with Parliament-Funkadelic, and Michael Camacho, a Los Angeles-born singer of Puerto Rican descent.

The duo was assembled by producer Ted Currier, and presented as wholesome, clean-living teen idols, an image that contrasted sharply with the perceived sexual connotation of the title of their lone hit.

The group's sole album Let's Go All the Way was released on Capitol Records in 1985, and the title track " Let's Go All the Way" became a Top 10 hit in both the US and UK the following year. The follow-up singles, "Stay True" and "Don't Play With Fire", marked a return to their teen idol image, but these sold poorly.

Since the dissolution of the band, Cooper has remained involved in the music industry. His most recent album, Fresh Mud, was a collaboration with Dave Stewart that combined blues and rap. Meanwhile, Camacho has concentrated on jazz singing, and he released his solo album Just For You.

Sly Fox is a solitaire card game played with two decks of 52 playing cards each. It is probably named because the player has to be "sly as fox," so to speak, to win, if played correctly.

First, one king and one ace of each suit are removed. The aces are placed vertically on one side of the tableau, the kings are placed on the other side. These form the foundations.

The rest of the cards are shuffled and twenty cards are placed between the ace-foundations and the king foundations. These 20 cards form the reserve and are available to play only onto the foundations. The aces are built up, while the kings are built down, all by suit.

Gameplay is divided into three phases.

The first phase involves moving the cards from the reserve to the foundations for building only. When a card leaves the foundation, the gap it leaves behind is immediately filled with a new card from the stock. When all possible moves are made, or when the player had done all the moves he can make, play moves to the second phase.

The second phase of gameplay involves dealing 20 cards from the stock, one at a time, to any of the 20 piles (the cards already there serve as bases) on the reserve. It does not matter where each card ends up; a pile can contain more than two cards while a pile would end up with just one card. In this phase, no building is allowed until all twenty cards are deal. Once the twenty cards are dealt, gameplay moves to the third phase.

The third phase is similar to the first phase, moving cards from the reserve to the foundations. The top cards of each reserve pile are available for play. This time though, when gaps occur, they are not immediately filled. Furthermore, the cards on the reserve are not built on each other; they can only be transferred to the foundations, and cards on the foundations cannot be moved once built. When all possible moves have been made, or when the player has made all moves one can make, gameplay moves back to the second phase.

During this deal of 20 new cards, the player has the discretion of filling the gaps left behind during the third phase. When all twenty cards are dealt, gameplay shifts to the third phase. The second and third phases are repeated until the stock has been used up.

The game is won when all cards end up in the foundations. As mentioned earlier, if done correctly, it can be won; but chances of doing this are low.

Sly Fox is a comedic play by Larry Gelbart, based on Ben Jonson's Volpone.

Sly Fox may also refer to:

• Sly Fox (band), an American short-lived 1980s pop duo
• Sly Fox (horse), an American Thoroughbred racehorse
• Sly Fox (solitaire), a solitaire card game played with two decks of 52 playing cards each
• Sly Fox (song), a song by American rapper Nas from his untitled ninth album
• Sly Fox Brewery, a Pennsylvania brewery

Sly Fox (foaled 1895 in Maryland) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 1898 Preakness Stakes. He was bred by U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Wyndham Walden at his Bowling Brook Stud in Middleburg, Maryland. A son of Silver Fox, whose English sire was the 1883 Epsom Derby winner, St. Blaise, he was out of the mare Asteria.

Sly Fox was owned and raced by Charles Dwyer, the eldest son of prominent New York City horseman, Mike Dwyer. Trained by Hardy Campbell, Jr., the colt won several races and is remembered for winning the Preakness Stakes in the pre- U.S. Triple Crown era. Sly Fox won the 1898 Preakness in a year when the race was hosted by the Gravesend Race Track in Gravesend, Brooklyn, New York. The heavily backed horse won by three lengths, defeating the favorite, The Huguenot. His jockey, Willie Simms, remains the only African-American to ever win the Preakness Stakes. Sly Fox was sold in December 1899 to S. Joel and was exported to the United Kingdom.