Richard Pryor dead at age 65.

Frank Z
Frank Z Posts: 5,860
edited April 2024 in Clubhouse Archives
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10412702/

No moral judgements, but the man lived a rough life.
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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited December 2005
    One of the founding fathers of African American comedy, he will be missed by many at least from that standpoint.

    I'm glad he no longer has to suffer. Multiple Sclerosis is a horrific illness.
    My mother suffers from MS & Fibromyalgia. Not in advanced stages mind you, but it's bad enough.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited December 2005
    I remember when I was about 10 or so, going camping with my dad, my uncle, and my cousin. After we had gone to "bed", my dad and uncle were up drinking, and listening to a Richard Pryor tape. My cousin and I sat up absolutely dumbfounded by the things he said - most of which we didn't really understand at the time.

    Say waht you want about him, but he was a groundbreaking comic in certain aspects.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • rskarvan
    rskarvan Posts: 2,374
    edited December 2005
    Peoria IL lost its only claim to fame.
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  • LiquidSound
    LiquidSound Posts: 1,261
    edited December 2005
    One of the greatest black comedians ever.
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited December 2005
    Funny, funny man... His job interview sketch with Chevy Chase on SNL is one of the funniest bits ever done on that show.

    RIP Richard...
    More later,
    Tour...
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited December 2005
    ****' great comedian! I agree with a reporter I heard who said he could say **** in 100 different ways to represent 1000 different things.
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  • McLoki
    McLoki Posts: 5,231
    edited December 2005
    rskarvan wrote:
    Peoria IL lost its only claim to fame.
    They still got me... :D

    Richard will be missed though. I remember watching his special on HBO when I was a kid. He was a great comic.

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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited December 2005
    That is a shame. I dont care who you are Pryor was hysterical! You could be the most stone cold, card carrying KKK member and you still could not sit thru one of his bits without laughing your **** off.
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited December 2005
    madmax wrote:
    ****' great comedian! I agree with a reporter I heard who said he could say **** in 100 different ways to represent 1000 different things.
    :D major reason why SNL broadcast his show with a 7 second time delay...
    More later,
    Tour...
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  • brettw22
    brettw22 Posts: 7,623
    edited December 2005
    I thought that he had passed a while ago.......

    Definitely was entertaining....
    comment comment comment comment. bitchy.
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  • Frank Z
    Frank Z Posts: 5,860
    edited December 2005
    Tour2ma wrote:
    Funny, funny man... His job interview sketch with Chevy Chase on SNL is one of the funniest bits ever done on that show.

    RIP Richard...
    Just saw a 10 second snipit on SNL...

    That's all they showed or said about his passing. I really expected a bit more from SNL about it.
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  • beardog03
    beardog03 Posts: 5,550
    edited December 2005
    Richard Pryor cracked me up..
    back in the day, this cat was funny..

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  • opus
    opus Posts: 1,252
    edited December 2005
    Everybody has that one special uncle. Well mine give me a copy of Pryor's "Bicentennial N*****" album when I was visiting on a family trip in 1976. I remember sitting in back of the Ford LTD panel wagon listening to it over and over all the way back from Illinois to Idaho. That is the kind of thing that will change an 11 year old :D

    RIP
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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited December 2005
    You listened to a record in the back of a wagon? or am I confused?
    Ludicrous gibs!
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  • opus
    opus Posts: 1,252
    edited December 2005
    nadams wrote:
    You listened to a record in the back of a wagon? or am I confused?

    Oops.
    Made me a copy. ;) TDK I think
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited December 2005
    I'm gonna beat your **** if you're runnin....................honest momma, I wasn't reeeeaaaallllyyyy runnin'.........I was only kiiiiinda runnin' :D
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  • McLoki
    McLoki Posts: 5,231
    edited December 2005
    my legs was movin real fast so it kinda looked like I was runnin, but I wasn't really runnin runnin.
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