Friday, June 13, 2008

Richard Pryor

I've recently been revisiting the genius of Richard Pryor. Check out this video. It's a little long but it's worth seeing it till the end. In it, he's unusually subdued but it has a nice build-up.
Also check out this gem which I watched numerous times since finding it:

It shows Pryor's sweet side. It makes Eddie Murphy's attempts at G-rated comedy look disingenuous at best. Pryor had said Murphy's comedy was 'mean-spirited' and it makes sense he would say this after seeing Pryor's pre free-basing softer side.
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erica said...

This is cute. Did you know there was a short-lived Sid and Marty Krofft series called Pryor's Place? It was a kid's show, very innocent, with some requisite miniature moving puppets that talked and such. The theme song is really cool too - it's by Ray Parker Jr. of Ghostbusters fame. The credits for a lot of the Krofft shows include a Ray Parker, who I can only assumer is Jr's dad.

Wow, I know too much about that.

But if you want to see it, there's an episode on one of the discs of The World of Sid and Marty Krofft collection.

June 13, 2008 at 9:59 AM

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