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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Yet here’s an anniversary fewer will mark and no one will celebrate: Soon, we will have been without Richard Pryor ... is Calling,” if you grew up listening to Pryor, you have a hard time ...

For comedy fans of a certain age, watching VHS copies of the 1982 concert film "Richard Pryor ... successful stand-up special ...

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 ...

“From his earliest upbringing — he grew up in a ho house, or a house of ill repute — and became, at one point, the biggest star in the world.” Richard Pryor Wearing Suit Barris spoke on ...

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 ...