“Richard Pryor’s first concert film shot live on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood. Pryor speaks about Africa, sex, lawyers, his wife, Italian mobsters, and, inevitably drugs, leaving the ...

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 ...

A documentary, Richard Pryor Live in Concert, set the standard for all comedy ... Unhappy and guilt-ridden, he exiled himself once more, this time to Africa. He had heard tales about the place and ...

When he slips into characters, whether it's a gazelle he observed in Africa or a mobster he used ... That said, the perfection of what he does in "Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip" was ...

While listening to Live on the Sunset Strip-- a 1982 performance in which Richard Pryor discusses his first trip to Africa, his 180-degree turnaround on his formerly cavalier use of the word ...

The post Richard Pryor’s Warner Albums to Be Reissued as 7xLP Box Set appeared first on Consequence. Six of Richard Pryor’s comedy albums from 1974 to 1983 have been compiled into a 7xLP box ...

By Seth Abramovitch Senior Writer “This is a perfect time for Richard Pryor,” says Jennifer Lee Pryor, the late comedian’s widow. “I’m just very excited and happy that we’re getting th ...

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 ...

The New Yorker will reach 100. Yet here’s an anniversary fewer will mark and no one will celebrate: Soon, we will have been without Richard Pryor for two decades. He died in 2005, and as the New ...

When he slips into characters, whether it’s a gazelle he observed in Africa or a mobster he used ... That said, the perfection of what he does in “Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip ...