A Party for Richard Pryor (1991) 

Who else is just seeing this in 2024?

They knew this was a farewell party. They just didn’t want to say it. So glad they gave him his roses on the living side of life.

Can't think of another stand-up comic who deserved this night more. Glad to see he got his flowers while he was here to smell them. Rest peacefully, King Richard.

91 isnt that long ago, but it feels like an eternity. You don't really realize how the world changes until you start looking back.

As much as I've watched Richard Pryor, and a bunch of other comedians I have never seen this tribute to Richard Pryor ever before until February the 7th 2024. Richard if you're in heaven and you can read this, just know that you are loved forever by the world!

2024 and watching this was just beautiful!!!! It’s crazy how many are gone and how time has changed, in comedy, in music and in love for our black community.

They need to give Eddie a party too. Eddie IS the party!

This was a dose of medicine! I never knew about this special. It was incredibly nostalgic. Richard is the true King of Comedy. 🙏🏽

Richard and Gene were like peanut butter and jelly.

So many legends in one room. The 90s were great.

Wow, when Eddie did the impression of James in front of James. I was done. Please stick a fork in me. Too funny. I Love Comedians!!! Outstanding.

Why am i just seeing this? Im watching this as if it was yesterday. This was a great tribute. I miss the 90s

Seeing Gene Wilder on this made me so happy. Heartwarming. Legends, forever.

Wow..... seeing Burt Reynolds,Chevy Chase, Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy,Arsenio Hall, Stevie Wonder,James Brown , Ali, sugar ray, hearns.....I was amazed and shocked ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤....rip to the legend.... Mr Richard Pryor ❤❤

Damn Keenen did have me crying. This was a great tribute to have especially since he was able to attend it.

Eddie Murphy is always a great host or guest.

Thank you Eddie Murphy for doing this for Richard Pryor! You too sir are one of the greatest in Comedy ❤

Never thought Keenen Ivory Wayans could get me choked up - but here we are.

Burt Reynolds' speech to Richard was the coolest I've heard in years.

I saw this when it aired in 1991. I was living in Dallas at the time. This brings back great memories during a time when I was going through a rough time, but I was slowly getting matters in order. To see Richard and so many celebs in this celebration that are no longer here is bittersweet. Thank you so much for posting.

Wow , never knew they honored Richard with this special. RIP Richard.Love ya ! You were the best comedian ever.You are missed and never forgotten. ✌️❤️

Two most beautiful words In Comedy= RICHARD PRYOR ❤

I grew up listening to Richard Pryors albums He paved the way for the comics of the future generation He always was honest about his life and mistakes I loved this man When I saw tears in his eyes when his peers were talking about the influence he had on their lives I cried You are truly missed RIP Mr Pryor ♥️

I haven't cried like this since forever! Richard Pryor will ALWAYS be the Greatest Of All Time!! No one can touch his greatness! Nor should they even try. And Keenan Ivory Wayans tribute was one of the most beautiful of the night! With the internet blowing up lately, with folks being called out, and exposed, with people telling their truths, with Richard, non of that was ever necessary, because he told you who he was from the very beginning. Oh how much we loved not just your craft, but we genuinely loved you! 🙏🏽🕊🐐🖤🖤

Bobby Womack killed it!!!

This was beautifully done! A wonderful example of how to show your appreciation and honor of a person who has influenced your life. ❤😊

Richar Pryor as the President! 🤣😂 HILARIOUS!

OMG... this is great... Richard Pryor was so funny... glad that they honored him while he was still alive...

Lily Tomlin had me laughing

THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER.THE LEGEND Mr. RICHARD PRYOR THE BEST COMEDIAN YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.REST in PEACE RICHARD.

Came here after reading Pryor Convictions. Richard was a beautiful, funny guy. RIP Richard, I hope you're still chasing the P. up there 😁

This better than any award ceremony

Patti Patti Patti, this was great flowers for Pryor. Even Ricard had to stand for Patti.

this was beautiful.......never seen or knew about this special

Keenan Ivory Waynes is a CLASS ACT....😅

Thank you, This was so wonderful to watch. I miss Richard Pryor! Forever rest in peace!

Wow I had never seen this. How wonderful! Richard Pryor is such a legend.

This was one of the most touching and beautiful tributes I've ever seen. I remember listening to Richards albums when I was a little kid. My dad being an r&b musician I grew up in bars and backstages. After a while you aren't thought of as a little kid. Especially when you can load your pockets with cash playing 3 card Monty and other methods of relieving adults of the burden of carrying a heavy wallet. I had many "uncles" most of them were pigmently gifted where as dad and I were not. They'd be sitting around talking about Richards acts and dad would do his version of Mudd Bone. The first album I got to keep had the skit about 11:30. I'd do it at school and my friends would die laughing. Soon we'd be listening to it every day. To see the looks on kids faces when they heard that was priceless. Scared the hell out of some. To others it was our thing. Most kids grew up on sesame Street and electric company. I grew up on Monty Python,Cheech and Chong and Richard Pryor. I don't know how anyone could watch this show with dry eyes. Rip Richard you truly are loved and missed.

I wonder who wrote Burt Reynolds monologue? WOW! That was really funny and down to earth. I somehow missed this special all the way until now so thanks for posting this show.These were the days man!

Watching...... What a Talent, Gift, Wisdom...RIP Mr. Richard Pryor.... on repeat...2024

Wow, that was just magic. Thanks so much for uploading this.

Moments like this make your day back in the days on Sunday my dad an my older brother listened to record hangers bilcrosby and Richard prayer

R.I.P To The King Of Comedy Richard Pryor, Still Miss You Always

What a night ,straight class Richard Pryor will always be the people's champ,the king,how many of us has his comdey and words gotten use through the trails of life,the man will live on untill the end of time.

I remember watching this with my family!! Wow bought back great memories ❤❤❤❤❤

I'm balling after Kenyon Ivory Wayon's speech. Lord, I hope I spelled his name right. I have grown up watching Richard Pryor and realizing there was something special about him. It was a great feeling. To this day, I still feel the same way.

Thank you very much for uploading this. It is truly a heartwarming homage.

Richard Pryor you are a Legend. Rest Up🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

1:00:45 Rodney King .. police beating... Best joke of the night

1/14/24: Wow, accidently found this and so glad. The room is so full of Black stars, talent and money, you can tell Eddie is in his beginning days. This video is great!. Love and respect my favorite comedian Mr. Richard Pryor. One of a kind original, never will be another like him.

Couldn't have had a better opening act! James Brown "The Godfather of SOUL" Very impressive grp of friends to Celebrate the Late great Comedic genius Mr Richard Pryor! I couldn't help but wonder. Where was Mr Paul Mooney? Overall this was an OUTSTANDING celebration for Richard Pryor! 🎉❤

So many legends that passed away I enjoyed this

What a fabulous time capsule!!! thank you

What a wonderful homage to the most amazing comedic genius. RIP Richard Pryor. 🙏

Daddy Rich is such a mega part of our Black experience Salute to a very young Eddie Murphy wise beyond his, years. Rest in Power Mr. Richard Pryor, great tribute party, thank Clown Jewels what a 5-star upload.

This is when entertainment was great.

Thank you Eddie Murphy! I Thoroughly Enjoyed this nearly 34 years later. To see All the popular celebrities I grew up on & the many clips of footage of Richard Blessing us with his Gift of Comedy is Genuinely Priceless. I pray & hope Eddie is around a long time & that im able to see him Blessed 10 fold the way he & all the others Loved on Richard.🙏🏾🙏🏾❤️❤️

WOW!! What a treat! Thank you so so much🙏🏽❤

If you've ever wondered where Eddie got the idea for Randy Watson & Sexual Chocolate, (Coming to America) You just saw it with Bobby Womack … On a serious note, Richard Pryor IS the one of the reasons life can at times be utterly amazing. If there's one person on earth that should have stood no chance at all getting where he got, it's him, given the times and his early life. He'd readily admit himself he sucked at being lots of things and he did, BUT as a comedian he made everyone else look like they were all just driving in the slow lane. His observation and storytelling style, to this day are what others strive to emulate. It's rare to pull off, yet he made it look effortless. Largely as it was his own life he was talking about and I highly doubt others could, or would make it seem remotely funny considering such a life. He's widely and rightly regarded as one of the greatest and most important stand-up comedians of all time. Dave Chappelle said of Pryor, "You know those, like, evolution charts of man? He was the dude walking upright" Enough said.

Awesome👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾A Star packed celebration for a deserving Legend🕺😎 Continue to Rest in Peace Mr. Richard Pryor 😇Lots of Love from Evaton, South Africa 🇿🇦

Absolutely beautiful event, love me some Richard Pryor.

I can't never get enough of Richard Pryor R.I.P You will never be forgotten but always be remembered.He brightens up so many of our lives with his comedy and I'm so glad that, that was acknowledged to and for you while you were still here. Rest easy Mr.Pryor you are truly missed. It's such a blessing to be celebrated while one is still here and to see and feel just how much one is truly loved.Thank you crown Jewel for sharing such a heartfelt celebration with us. I'm sure Mr.Prayor is looking down on this with smiles of joy that even now he hasn't been forgotten.

Richard Pryor's the one and only famous person who's death REALLY got to me. I lost it, like he was family. Rest In Peace to a true Icon. You're dearly missed. 💜🙏🏼

Richard you help many people in times of need as well as myself. God bless you brother.

I love RU-vid mannnnnnn !!!!! No platform finds and plays so many varieties of everything. This is legendary!!!!

What a wonderful time that was for music and entertainment, those days will never come back 😔

💜 Richard Pryor is 4ever an Icon! THE KING OF COMEDY 👑

Tremendous tribute to a tremendous man.

The King of Comedy honored by another great king of Comedy,hands down ❤😊😊¡!!!!!!!!! Thank you!!😊❤

LOOK AT ALL THOSE STRONG - HANDSOME KINGS IN ONE BUILDING!! 👑 RIP KING RICHARD!!❤

2/13/24 Just discovered this. Straight Comedy!

OMG. Thank you for posting. Just watched Gene's segment and discovered that he wasnt playing Willy Wonka in that movie....he was Willy Wonka in real life.

A lot of talented people came out for him, all the future legends in the room, awesome, my favorite comic ever. Patti knows how to close a show.RIP

So nice they did this for him and spotlight was given to MS

Rain got her ability to sing from her father ..look it up, their are examples here on you tube . he had a nice singing voice! the man was very talented! and funny as Hell! the ALI of Comedy! THE GREATEST!!!

The performance of the song 'Wait until the Night' was unbelievably great. Burt Reynolds speech in tribute to Richard Pryor was emotional, real, and ultimately, true, because Pryor holds the title. What's amazing about Keenan Ivory Wayans speech is that Richard gave that feeling to white kids also. He had such a deep humanity to him. Good god is Stevie Wonder talented. We hear it all the time, but holy x is he a great vocalist.

This was a great revisit❤

My tv was on auto play; this came on and I said lemme give it a go. Glad I did! I was feeling melancholy and this made me laugh so much and now there is a twinkle in my eye. 🤩 Thanks for the upload. ❤❤❤What would this world be like without comedy? I wouldn’t want to know!

Great special. I saw this when it aired on TV. My only beef is why they waited til he wasn’t well to do this? Why not do this in ‘85 or something? Then again, at least he got his flowers when he was alive to see it.

RIP: June, Ruth and Bonnie Pointer, Bobby Womack, Natalie Cole, James Brown, Burt Reynolds, Johnny Carson, and the one only TRUE King of comedy: Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor Sr.

This was so touching to experience this amount of love for this brother it was so beautiful 🎉

1:00:28 *Bobcat Goldthwait's mother told him not to watch Richard Pryor. From that restriction, Bobcat knew that Richard had to be really, really good.*

99.9% will never have this type of celebration.Richard Pryor was as legend (well deserved)..but us average folk, love your family (simple good morning, have a nice day, love you) is a celebration

First time seeing this on today, 1/6/2024. Simply beautiful 🙂R.I.Paradise Sir Richard Pryor, Dick Gregory, & James Brown.

Best Memories Ever 😢😅❤

This is my 1st time and it was amazing…😅

What a Tribute to Richard. Bobby Womack gave one of the best performances I've ever seen him do!!

I didn't know James Brown was so funny ❤❤❤

This was a very moving tribute to Pryor, Eddie should be next.

Opening the show with the Godfather of Soul and closing the show with the Godmother of Soul. 🎤🎶

men, this moment was sooo beautiful !!!

Richard Pryor, the best of the best always

One of the best parties that I have ever seen. Richard Pryor definitely set new standards. There will never be another like him

That moment with Keenan Ivory Wayans was amazing

Much love to Richard Pryor and Rain beautiful song well done always sad that he’s gone but he does live on at utube and memories

His daughter singing did me in 😭😭😭😭

Brother rich was the best , the king . Im so glad he got this night . When i first started listening to his albums in my 20s i wanted to do stand up , love u rich

This man was the only celebrity with zero skeletons in his closet. Was open and honest in every aspect of his life. 🐐

First time ever seeing this video of the greatest comic ever thanks.

Bobby Womack!!!!! You can tell Richard really loved that song! 💯🎶🕊️🙏🏾✨