The stand-ups of today are still feeling the shockwaves of Richard Pryor’s impact ... As fearless as it gets. Growing up as he did in a brothel outside Chicago, Pryor spent his formative years ...

“To fully appreciate the power of Richard Pryor as a stand-up comedian,” said David Letterman ... as well as on widely available DVDs and CDs, making him famous all over again. With good reason. For ...

Charles Case invented what you know as stand-up comedy. But everyone you consider great at telling jokes into a microphone is doing comedy like Richard Pryor. At the beginning of his comedy career ...

In the 2004 DVD box set (which includes all four episodes plus The Richard Pryor Special?), an unaired stand-up set saw Pryor ... (The cold open is included on the DVDs, serving as each episode ...

Rhino’s new box set of the seven comedy albums Richard Pryor made between 1974 and 1983 ... on Black and white America disguised as stand-up comedy, finding humor in the nuances, in how ...

On April 6, 2007, Paul Mooney reflected on the mechanics of stand-up comedy and his unique role as best friend to comedy’s all-time greatest, Richard Pryor. Interview conducted by director ...

Before Richard Pryor, stand-up comedy existed somewhere between cartoon characters and carnival barkers. After Richard Pryor, the entire genre was in technicolor and surround sound. No longer ...