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'''Richard Pryor''' (1940-2005) is often cited as one of the greatest Stand-Up Comedians. And just for once, they might actually be on to something there. His act influenced (and continues to influence) comedians varying from [[Eddie Murphy]], to [[Bill Hicks]] to [[Eddie Izzard]].
Starting out as a fairly non-controversial figure, he was influenced more by [[Bill Cosby]] than [[Lenny Bruce]], and generally peddled his safe observational material to predominantly white audiences. It wasn't until his [[Epiphany (trope)|"epiphany"]] during a performance in Las Vegas in 1967 - where he exclaimed, "What the fuck am I doing here?" over the microphone before walking off the stage - that he would begin to develop his own increasingly confessional, profane and raw style of comedy.
Although he took pot-shots at a variety of targets, it's arguable that his most hilarious and cutting material concerned his own life. Whether it was shooting up his own car with a magnum, his cocaine addiction, his childhood or his health problems, Pryor would bare his private life in front of his audience in a way that even his most devoted followers would never be able to. (Seriously, can you even picture Eddie Murphy trying to laugh off that whole "Good Samaritan" incident in his stand-up?)
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* [[Sesame Street Cred]]: Doing the alphabet back in 1976 in this video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJh_EUrEAZg
* [[Talking Animal]]: Usually dogs.
* [[What Could Have Been]]: Pryor was originally slated to play Bart in ''[[Blazing Saddles]]''.<ref>Opposite ''[[John Wayne]]''. Just think about what that would have been like.</ref>
** Brooks also wanted him to play "Josephus" in ''[[History of the World Part One]]'' but Pryor was injured from the freebasing incident before production. He was replaced by Gregory Hines.
* [[White Dude, Black Dude]]: The original. Accept no substitutes.
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