Another famous person dead

[Svenskaflicka]

This time, it was Richard Pryor. He had a heart attack.

I suppose this means we'll get to see a long row of his movies in a week or two.

Hard to believe he won't do any more movies where he stare and scream and get hysteric and swears.

Rest in peace, Richard Pryor.

 

[impressive]

The man made me laugh ... a lot.

 

[hugo_sam]

He made a whole generation laugh. He will be missed.

 

[cloudy]

The man made me laugh ... a lot.

Agreed....most of the time until I cried, my face hurt, and my stomach ached.

 

[impressive]

Agreed....most of the time until I cried, my face hurt, and my stomach ached.

Yup. Especially the skit where he tells about getting BenGay on his balls.

 

[Guest]

I loved his bawdy humor but I also loved some of the other things he did. Anyone see the movie Stir Crazy Pryor did with Gene Wilder?

Silly movie, honestly. But such sweetness.

 

[davidwatts]

I wasn't sure whether this thread was about Richard Pryor, a incredibly talented man to whom virtually every comedian that followed owes a debt of gratitiude, and sadly was as much a victim of his own excesses as he was of other ailments, or Eugene McCarthy who also passed away today.

 

[Svenskaflicka]

I liked the one where he played a blind man.

"I want my best friend to tell me what time it is!"

 

[R. Richard]

"That Nigger's Crazy" (1974)

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

This line SHOULD take you to an interview he did on National Public Radio that includes some snippets of his routines.

Richard Pyror

Rumple Foreskin

 

[Wildcard Ky]

Arrrgggghh. I loved Richard Pryor.

By far my favorite joke of his was "Little Feets".

My favorite movie of his was Harlem Nights.

He will be missed.

 

[MichelleLovesTo]

He was too talented and haunted for his own good. Ironically it was one of his ex-wives who became his caregiver in latter years. Not sure if they remarried.

 

[Tom Collins]

*weeping quietly*
The world is a darker place now.

 

[Guest]

I remember Pryor when he first came to the general public's eye (I was a teen). He made me laugh like no white man ever did - and made me glad I wasn't white. For me, listening to some of his early work was as satisfying, and as painful, as listening to Maria Callas.

Perdita

 

[cloudy]

One of his bits that I loved was done after his setting-himself-on-fire episode - he talks about shooting his car, and how it "got good to him."