The stand-ups of today are still feeling the shockwaves of Richard Pryor’s impact on the artform ... a key figure in moving the medium beyond the setup/punchline delivery into more freeform ...

For comedy fans of a certain age, watching VHS copies of the 1982 concert film "Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip" until the tape fell off of the spools was a rite of passage. Until Eddie ...

Richard Pryor: Live & Smokin' is the first stand-up act of Richard Pryor to be filmed out of the four that were released in total. This film was filmed in 1971 but not released until 1985, on VHS.