R.I.P. Richard Pryor

[ben grimm]

Sleep well Richard. Fucking genius.

[aMillionDreams]

He was a legend.  How about some quotes from Rich:

"There's nothing worse than being an aging young person."
"When you ain't got no money, you gotta get an attitude."
"I never met anybody who said when they were a kid, I wanna grow up and be a critic."

[ben grimm]

Amen.

[Specialist]

" Marriage is really tough because you have to deal with feelings ... and lawyers."

[wellfleet]

Thanks Richard for pointing out the sad, the obvious, the secrets, the lies, the "truths"...
Racist Word Association Interview

Interviewer.....Chevy Chase
Mr. Wilson.....Richard Pryor


Interviewer: Alright, Mr. Wilson, you've done just fine on the Rorshact.. your papers are in good order.. your file's fine.. no difficulties with your motor skills.. And I think you're probably ready for this job. We've got one more psychological test we always do here. It's just a Word Association. I'll throw you out a few words - anything that comes to your mind, just throw back at me, okay? It's kind of an arbitrary thing. Like, if I say "dog", you'd say..?

Mr. Wilson: "Tree".

Interviewer: "Tree". [ nods head, prepares the test papers ] "Dog".

Mr. Wilson: "Tree".

Interviewer: "Fast".

Mr. Wilson: "Slow".

Interviewer: "Rain".

Mr. Wilson: "Snow".

Interviewer: "White".

Mr. Wilson: "Black".

Interviewer: "Bean".

Mr. Wilson: "Pod".

Interviewer: [ casually ] "Negro".

Mr. Wilson: "Whitey".

Interviewer: "Tarbaby".

Mr. Wilson: [ silent, sure he didn't hear what he thinks he heard ] What'd you say?

Interviewer: [ repeating ] "Tarbaby".

Mr. Wilson: "Ofay".

Interviewer: "Colored".

Mr. Wilson: "Redneck".

Interviewer: "Junglebunny".

Mr. Wilson: [ starting to get angry ] "Peckerwood!"

Interviewer: "Burrhead".

Mr. Wilson: [ defensive ] "Cracker!"

Interviewer: [ aggressive ] "Spearchucker".

Mr. Wilson: "White trash!"

Interviewer: "Jungle Bunny!"

Mr. Wilson: [ upset ] "Honky!"

Interviewer: "Spade!

Mr. Wilson: [ really upset ] "Honky Honky!"

Interviewer: [ relentless ] "Nigger!"

Mr. Wilson: [ immediate ] "Dead honky!" [ face starts to flinch ]

Interviewer: [ quickly wraps the interview up ] Okay, Mr. Wilson, I think you're qualified for this job. How about a starting salary of $5,000?

Mr. Wilson: Your momma!

Interviewer: [ fumbling ] Uh.. $7,500 a year?

Mr. Wilson: Your grandmomma!

Interviewer: [ desperate ] $15,000, Mr. Wilson. You'll be the highest paid janitor in America. Just, don't.. don't hurt me, please..

Mr. Wilson: Okay.

Interviewer: [ relieved ] Okay.

Mr. Wilson: You want me to start now?

Interviewer: Oh, no, no.. that's alright. I'll clean all this up. Take a couple of weeks off, you look tired.

[dragonboy]

I used to love Richard Pryor's movies when I was younger & have been meaning to get some of his stand up on DVD for a while now. I guess now would be a good time.
Good place to start?

[ben grimm]

The anthology CD is great not sure about dvd.

[ycartrob]

I think it was Chris Rock who said, "Eddie Murphy made you laugh but Richard Pryor moved you".

Agreed.

[fitzcarraldo]

RIP

[wordawg]

A rare talent, and really funny bloke.