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has died :(

One of my all time fav films is 'See no evil, hear no evil' - The fuzzy wuzzy was a bear, bit still has me rolling around the floor.


EEEk shouldn't it be a 'y' ? My fingers hurt and don't do what they're told. :lol:
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Personally, I'm not convinced that "[whoops, i did a racism] motherfucker" was funny enough to keep him in beer money.
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My signature says it all. :innocent:
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He was the only reason to watch the awful Superman III. For that alone you have to show the guy some respect.

To quote Pryor "I had some great things and I had some bad things. The best and the worst... In other words, I had a life"
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Francis wrote:Personally, I'm not convinced that "[whoops, i did a racism] motherfucker" was funny enough to keep him in beer money.
Seems to work for Jim Davidson. Unfortunately. :(
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Richard Pryor Live from sometime in the early 80s is an extremely funny show, he hasn't done much since then, but Respek! for that, I still laugh out loud at it.
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I'm very much in love with Silver Streak. But that's mostly because I'm a big fan of Gene Wilder. Stir Crazy has its moments as well. I also remember enjoying Brewster's Millions, but, to be fair, that was more thanks to John Candy. In my opinion Pryor was at his best with a good sidekick. Anyway, a sad loss. Multiple Sclerosis is a hell of a way to go...
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It seems he once put himself on fire :eek:
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Ozpat wrote:It seems he once put himself on fire :eek:
The freebasing incident and its aftermath from wikipedia wrote: On June 1, 1980, Pryor set himself on fire while freebasing cocaine. Pryor made this part of his heralded "final" stand up show "Richard Pryor Live On Sunset Strip" (1982). After joking that the incident was actually caused when he dunked a cookie into a glass containing two different types of milk, he gave a poignant yet both funny and serious account of his accident and recovery, then poked fun at people who told jokes about it by waving a lit match and saying "What's this? It's Richard Pryor running down the street." Interviewed in 2005, Jennifer Lee Pryor said that Richard poured high-proof rum over his body and torched himself in a drug psychosis. In a TV interview during his recovery Pryor said that he tried to commit suicide. His management created the "accident" lie for the press in hopes of protecting him. One of his jokes about this subject was "When you're running down the street on fire, people get out of your way."

He didn't stay away from live stand-up too long, though - in 1983 he filmed and released a new concert film and accompanying album, Here And Now, which he directed himself. He then wrote and directed a fictionalized account of his life, Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling.

In 1986, Pryor announced that he suffered from multiple sclerosis. In response to giving up drugs and alcohol after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, he said: "God gave me this M.S. s**t to save my life." In 1992 he gave some final live performances, excerpts of which appear on the ...And It's Deep Too! box set. He continued to make occasional film appearances, pairing with Wilder one last time in the unsuccessful 1991 comedy, Another You (in which his physical deterioration was noted by many critics). His final film appearance was a small role in the David Lynch film Lost Highway in 1997.

After this point that Pryor became a Freemason joining Henry Brown Lodge No. 22, Peoria, IL.
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What a story.....

Thanks for the information.
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Allthough I have not seen him in much, he did a good job in Lost Highway....
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