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The stand-ups of today are still feeling the shockwaves of Richard Pryor ... and biases along the way. 6. “Wino Dealing With Dracula” (from That Nigger’s Crazy!) Pryor’s ability to ...
Richard Pryor’s former Hollywood home is on the market ... It’s unclear if this is the master bedroom or one of the guest rooms. Either way, you get to feel the warm California breeze if ...
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 ...
For comedy fans of a certain age, watching VHS copies of the 1982 concert film "Richard Pryor ... successful stand-up special ...
Stand-up comedy is largely a solo act ... even if he isn’t always discussed as such: Richard Pryor. In 1977, Tomlin was one of the hosts of a show at the Hollywood Bowl called “The Star ...
Rain Pryor is celebrating the comedic legacy of ... she didn't discover that not "everyone grew up that way" until years (and plenty of therapy) later: "I think it's because of his brutal honesty ...
Another comic, after redeeming several drink tickets, asked him, “Is stand-up art?” Gould replied that if any bit qualified, it was Richard Pryor’s ... “The way the heart punctuates ...
Comedy fans who grew up on blurry VHS copies ... captured the greatness of Pryor’s performance but didn’t really capture the greatness of “Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip” as ...