All Praises due to the GOD of COMEDY, KING RICHARD the III! -- Rest In Peace NOW and FOREVER!
Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor III (December 1, 1940 – December 10, 2005) was an American comedian, actor and writer. Pryor was known for his unflinching examinations of racism and customs in modern life, and was renowned for his frequent use of colorful, vulgar and profane language and racial epithets. He reached a broad audience with his trenchant observations and storytelling style. He is widely regarded as one of the most important stand-up comedians of all time: Jerry Seinfeld called Pryor "The Picasso of our profession"; Bob Newhart has called Pryor "the seminal comedian of the last 50 years
His body of work includes such concert movies and recordings as Richard Pryor: Live and Smokin' (1971), That Nigger's Crazy (1974), ...Is It Something I Said? (1975), Bicentennial Nigger (1976), Richard Pryor: Live in Concert (1979), Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset StripRichard Pryor: Here and Now (1982) and (1983). He also starred in numerous films as an actor, usually in comedies such as Silver Streak, but occasionally in dramatic roles, such as Paul Schrader's film Blue Collar and epic roles like Gus Gorman from Superman III (1983). He also collaborated on many projects with actor Gene Wilder. He won an Emmy Award in 1973, and five Grammy Awards in 1974, 1975, 1976, 1981, and 1982. In 1974, he also won two American Academy of Humor awards and the Writers Guild of America Award.
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Here are a couple of my favorite Richard moments;
No Offense Intended! (But this Cracker drops so much TRUTH that he talks directly to my third EYE!) R.I.P George Carlin...
Whoopi's bartending skillz on Star Trek ain't got shit on Richard! Check out the White DEVIL...Getchaself a lil' OCTOPUSSS!
My all time favorite, check out Robin Williams and Peter Sellers (PURE GENIUS)! The Blackman is GOD!
My PRESIDENT is BLACK! (c) Young Jeezy, and check out my BLOOD BROTHER! VOTE FOR HUEY NEWTON (c) coup d'tat BKLYN!!!
Break it Down RICHARD! A to The Z........


3 Comments:
MAN...YOU CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD W/THIS ONE. MY MAIN MAN BLUST GAVE ME THE CATALOG OF PRYOR'S WORK FOR MY 30TH BDAY, THE WAY PRYOR PRESENTS HIS OBSERVATIONS ARE SO ABSURD YET WHEN YOU BREAK IT DOWN YOU REALIZE HE'S SO ON POINT. DEFINITELY MY FAVORITE SHIT TO LISTEN TO WHILE WORKING. AND HOW COULD YOU LEAVE OUT "SEE NO EVIL, HEAR NO EVIL" CLASSIC MATERIAL RIGHT THERE. I CAN WATCH THAT MOVIE ALL DAY. PEACE.
YESSIR,HE'S THE MAN! HE HAS SO MUCH MATERIAL IT'S NUTS. THE RICHARD PRYOR SHOW GOT DROPPED FROM NBC AFTER LIKE 4 SHOWS, AND TO KNOW HE WAS ON SESAME STREET AND PRIMETIME TELEVISION DOING HIS THING...WOW!
Can you tell me how to get how to get to Sesame Street? I remember watching this episode of Sesame Street as a kid, its a real classic. He added a little "flava" to Sesame Street.
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