Richard Pryor Telling The Truth About Our People Not Being Black in America 

I don’t care who is being called the king of comedy 🎭 in 2022. This is the greatest comedian there is was and ever will be. R. I.P king 👑 Richard. I love how he goes into a trance and becomes 4-5 different characters at the same time. Genius

“My gun fell and just went crazy” 😭😭😅

A legend he was.Richard Pryor will never been forgotten

i heard youtube comedians say "Pryors comedy didn't age well". "he's over-rated". what they don't realize is, every family had at least one person imitate mr. pryors comedy - we all heard it over again our entire lives. he's the voice of generations - taught many how to express themselves. he's part of culture - he's legendary.

He's another one who's seen it all and is warning us through comedy

Like Michael Davis said...There was no one who could IMPROV like RICHARD! He had this incredible ability to BRING THE AUDIENCE into his world! When I listen to Richard, it's like I am there at that SPECIFIC MOMENT AND TIME of the events he's expressing! Also, PRYOR'S comedy was the essence of Black life in the late 60s and 70s! Every Black person could RELATE to what Pryor was saying. It resonates to this day!

A pure genius. This man single handedly modernized stand up comedy.

He turned his pain into laughter for everyone else. It was not just his comedy, but he went into the mind and thoughts of other people and reflected them back to themselves. He was so observant about the little details of society, people and how so many people put on a front but they are so corrupt that it's ridiculous. He was so badly abused that he had to use comedy to try and ease his own internal suffering and in the process brought laughter and healing to all of his fans. RIP Rich thank you for the laughs, you made life a bit easier for millions of people with your movies and your comedy.

You can hear sooo many comedians. Richard touched them all!

He was one of the best, Richard you are truly missed ❤️

He was free styling this all from the top of his head making it up as he goes man is genius/ poetic at the same time

Genius...his impressions, timing, facial expressions, there are and will be many imitators but there will never be another Richard Pryor...Genius

Richard truly is the king of comedy. He's comedy platinum and diamonds

I just saw Damon Wayans’ whole suitcase full of humor in this Pryor piece. Richard was one of the geniuses from whom mostly all black comedy acts descend including Eddie Murphy who called Pryor a comedy father

Simply the GOAT. Dave Chappelle is close these days. But Richard broke the ground runnin

Richard Pryor was not joking in any interview I've ever seen he was just being bluntly honest on camera he's just being so pure people back then didn't kno any other way to react but laugh because he was the 1st of his kind

Only one Pryor, only one Chappelle. We're blessed to have them get us through some shit.

GOAT 🐐 hands down. Stories, he becomes the characters. Actor. Political humor. Everyone you hear now borrows from him.

I have never seen this before. Thanks for posting!

Crazy watching this I’m a comedian from Peoria IL and it’s super inspiring that someone from the city I grew up in took stand up to a whole other level

Met him at an MS/ALS benefit. He had this same energy even at his worst physical condition. I was 14 years old and I couldn't breathe from laughing while he and my mother shared their fight with the disease and the BS that bothered them.

He’s embodying the truth and expressing it creatively 😭💞 genius

Imagine this...but a bunch of us back in he day would listen to Richard Pryor cassette tapes around a camp fire when deer hunting. Good times.

Now I know where Damon Wayans got the wino skit from on Living Colors in the 90's

Learned so much by him just existing, thank you so much; and rest in peace Richard.

Greatest comedian of all time! No one comes close, not even Eddie Murphy and I love Eddie Murphy. No one could tell a story like Richard. Richard pryer was to comedy like Muhammad Ali was to boxing. He was a real comedian, very funny, full of charisma and charm. Richard could make u believe he was that character everyone, such as when he did mud bone the old wino, you could see him become that character, that was his baby. My favorite RP movie is "Which way Is Up". He did three different characters in that movie. He did numerous characters in a movie way before Eddie Murphy thought of it. The comedians they got now are not funny they just act stupid. There's a difference. Funny is Genius and stupid is just plain stupid. LOL

Richard was the King. I stayed up late at night quietly in the hallway as a eight year old listening to my Parents playing his records and howling with laughter.

This wasn’t comedy, this was a biography told in theater standup form.. Richard Pryor is the Greatest, no debating, everybody got their style from him in some form or fashion. I love the one he did after he came back from Africa, and he realized he needed to stop saying nxgga.. he didn’t see any nxggas in Africa, and we aren’t nxggas here either. RIP THE LEGEND!

Now I see where Eddie Murphy get that “say man!!!” voice from 🤝🏾

How he switch between people was so effortlessly and this man was a genius you can see he coming up with dialogue as he goes 🔥🔥🔥

Chappelle is the best at current topics and the hypocrisy of America thru comedy but Pryor was and is the best at playing characters and speaking for the streets.

It's amazing how One Man could make us see an entire community of people by himself..You could actually see a visual of each person he brought to life just by cracking jokes.Most of us knew or know a person like the many people he talked about.. some of them relatives of ours.He earned the title of Genius and every other title or Compliment he received.

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣LHM!!!!! IN TIMES LIKE THIS, WE NEED A LAUGH!!! THANK YOU RICHARD PRYOR!!! R.I.P.

“How old are you boy?” 19 “Shit n**ga, you look 35.” I never knew that line from Bad Boys 2 was a Richard Pryor line.

Early '80s my Dad used to listen to this Man with the headphones in. -I remember when he pulled the headphones out. -Miss you Dad. Thanks for the share.

This is a great example of Pryor’s comedic, character acting chops. His observations & comedic depictions of people were so astute & perceptive; on the level of pure genius. #GOAT

All of our black comedians mention being inspired by Richard Pryor

The famous “bad boys” scene where Martin answer the door for his daughters date @5:15 Martin always paid homage, I’m todays old finding this out too 😂😂

When I was a kid in the 70's friend's of the family would come over knowing my father had Richard Pryor's new album of stand up comedy.

Martin Lawrence and Eddie Murphy absorbed so much from Richard Pryor. It's easy to tell how much Richard inspired them when watching this.

He the greatest black comedian ever

When I was pre-teens, I loved when my mom would go out with her friends. I would sneak and play her mass collection of Richard Pryor and Fred Foxx albums. Both were comedian legends. Rip🙏🏾🙏🏾

I miss Richard Pryor. He was so great. So talented. So real.

This man was amazing!!!! He should've had received SEVERAL OSCARS!!!!!

This is exactly what black Peorians sound like🤣😂🤣 slick talk

Cop: Mr. Pryor we got your son down here. Richard’s father: What about it? Fuck ‘‘em! Lol the GOAT

2:28 I wonder if this part of Richard Pryor's joke inspired Damon Wayans to create Oswald Bates?

pure...raw...uncut...talent...one of the greatest

Charlie Murphy was a great story teller RIP. But Richard made you feel like the character was standing right in front of you. He was the first to play multiple characters in a movie and Eddie Murphy followed suit. NOBODY i mean NOBODY comes close to Mr. Pryor.

I remember being down about something and being in a not so good place in my life and watching this one night and I swear this put a smile on my face and had me rolling. inswear comedy can really be a medicine to get you out of a funk.

I remember this from the movie Wattstax, the entire movie was absolutely awesome and Richard Pryor made it even moreso enjoyable with his incredibly fabulous comedic natural talents 💯👍👏

Hands down. Every comedian today owe their fame and fortune to Richard Pryor. Everybody that came after him.

We in the day & age where comedians could salute the great with more honor.. he left a trail otherwise many young black coming wouldn't be able to follow in the art form bless up

They're laughing But He was speaking the truth.

a true GENIUS

Always loved Richard Prior, I didn’t realize how much truth was in his comedy as a kid. As an adult, I have come to have a whole different respect for his genius! Hiding the truth in the laughter 🖤

Simply put...the best

True King Richard Pryor set the bar so high no one is capable of coming close to reaching it

Wow. Giving it to us straight, like a pear cider made from 100% pear.

He understood so much and was able to convey it perfectly through comedy so WE could get it. Love RP.

He wrote " Brazing Saddles " Try that trick in 2022 ?

Richard Pryor was a comedic genius. 💕

I have read that he was a scriptwriter for the movie "Blazing Saddles."

This really shows the transition of time and language. The fact what he is saying is still relative shows how good he was or how things haven't changed much. Legend of comedy and a legend of overcoming stereotypes!!!

I would get My behind beat for sneaking and listening to Richard, Red and Carlin. Gotta say, Richard is My favorite. 🇵🇷✊🏾🇦🇬

Truth Hurts! Thanks Richard for your Honesty, Humor & everything you left us with

I'm white but Richard Pryor is the man and speaks the truth much love rip brother

I was born right on time (67) to play his albums over and over again!!!

Man. A true treasure this guy was. There will never ever be anyone else like.

I Love this man he's from Peoria Illinois It's very great accomplishment 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 We are Proud Thanks Richard Pryor I still listen to All his greatness ❗❤️ Illinois

He was super talented and I never laughed so hard at his stories. He was transparent and told the truth.

As a 90s kid growing up watching In Living Color I can see Richard Pryor in Damon Wayans characters that he played.

Pryor was really something... How many people actually lived in that body ?

This is an absolute gem of stand up comedian.

Never seen this clip. Gold!

Many do not realize that Richard Pyror - not long before his passing - said he would never call a Black man by the N-Word again. And, he didn't. We as a people should shun and never use this word again. EVER!

I’ve had this on vinyl for decades… It’s amazing to see the actual video👍🏾

The most prolific undisputed king of comedy was,,,,is. Richard Pryor. Hands down

Richard was the Best by far , met him several times and watched him All the time gone way to soon 💖❤️

I this album and it’s probably my most prized. Feels like an important one to preserve.

He played 10 different characters in this video lmao

This is the worlds greatest mini comedy live album!!!!

He’s not even trying and it’s better than almost all the standups I’ve seen this year not named Chappelle

A true legend with real talk

This man could've been a legendary voice actor like Robin Williams. It's so effortless for him to do these different voices and make it sound believable

WOW he was good💯👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

Love me some Richard Pryors🙌🏽🙏🏽😂😂😂

He's not just a great comedian but a great story teller ,he becomes the character he's joking about, really convincing, genius.

2:30 the inspiration for the 'Oswald Bates' character on In Living Color.

During this monologue I heard Damon Wayans, Eddie Murphy, and DL Hughley… They and many more comedians sampled Richard Pryor’s brand and flare… He’s the GOAT. RIP Legend. 🙏

Genius !!! There'll Never Be Another Like Him Rver.

Maaaan amazing! Tell it

I have been watching Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy standup comedies since childhood into adulthood. The craziest shit I can now see and respect is how People of Color "Black" in America (Turtle Island) BACK THEN were far more in touch with OUR origin story and spiritual principles without the assistance of TikTok, RU-vid, or Instagram to circulate the information! Our people STUDIED (read, experimented, applied knowledge, created content and events) THEN and readily shared what could uplift their fellow brother or sister- to the point that mainstreamed "Black" comedian Richard Pryor dropped major gems of TRUTH all disguised in a whacky Black stereotype (actually ACRHETYPE energy) character voice with a whole lot of cussing and exaggerating to "shuck and jive" around the backlash of NON-MELINATED folk who provided access to "Hollywood". I see why they dropped crack in every hood just on time for the 80s shortly after knocking off all the new "Black Messiahs" from the 60s-70s as the Alphabet mafias put it in their "classified" papers : Martin Medgar Malcolm Bobby Huey and the list goes on as the ages go on...smh gems you may have snoozed on that's worth deeper thought: -black like the universe...666....carbon...melanin... dark matter...as above, so below -dispersal of tribes...paper genocide.. slave trades across the Americas -black people know God... we have our own spiritual connection with or without religion to guide our thinking or destiny -don't eat pork ... for all the reason Pryor joked off, but Dick Gregory Dr. Laila Afrika, Dr. Sebi, Dr. Blair all flat out explained (no judgement... wormwood herb is a good all natural and affordable parasitic detox) DAMN the SETBACK has been REEEAAAAL...😒 thanks HIP HOP infiltrators for bringing it on home.

*Cocaine* makes you feel like a new man, only problem is ten minutes later _that new man wants more cocaine._ - Richard Pryor

Richard came to me in a dream a year back. It was beautiful yet it was silent. For some reason we were in China and he was giving me a great tour of it. I haven’t gotten it’s meaning yet but I’m grateful for our visit. It was a wonderful dream

2:28: Oswald Bates channeling Eric Michael Dyson channelling Richard Pryor right here.

Richard Pryor's jokes are Mexican approved!

Richard Pryor was a free Black man in America. He said what he wanted. He did what he wanted. His social commentary was unmatched.

The greatest screenwriters and playwrights of all time barely touch this level of genius verisimilitude.

@2:40 I wonder if this is where In Living color got inspiration for that skit about the "enlightened" black guy in jail