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 ...

Joe Rogan has revealed the comedian that sparked his interest in comedy, crediting Richard Pryor's movie he watched as a ...

Stand-up legend Richard Pryor will always be considered a 1-of-1 talent in the world of comedy. As brilliant as he was blunt, his immortal jokes live on in an archive of comedy albums throughout ...

Gould replied that if any bit qualified, it was Richard Pryor’s “Heart Attacks,” from 1979’s Live in Concert. Watch it now. It starts at 22:24: I had not seen “Heart Attacks” since ...

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 ...

Richard Pryor fans are in for a treat as three of his albums — “Live At The Comedy Store, 1973,” is now available on vinyl, and his first two LPs, “Richard Pryor” and “ ‘Craps ...

Enjoy one of our favorites from the Paste Vault, originally published 7/19/2017. The stand-ups of today are still feeling the shockwaves of Richard Pryor’s impact on the artform. The late ...

and he took home awards for all but Wanted/Richard Pryor Live in Concert. Notably, Here and Now was recorded when the legendary comic was sober for the first time since he was 14 years old.

I’m through.” All the while, Pryor was becoming ever more celebrated. A documentary, Richard Pryor Live in Concert, set the standard for all comedy “concert” films to follow. It caught the entertainer ...

“All I know is that I very badly want Richard Pryor to live.” Pryor recovered, of course, only to learn soon after he had multiple sclerosis. By the time he died decades later, it was noted ...

That said, the perfection of what he does in “Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip” was not easily achieved, and Pryor had a lot of help. The movie is less a documentary record of a ...