Richard Pryor's Unstoppable Rise to the Top

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Richard Pryor went from severe poverty to being the biggest comedian in the world.
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0:00 Comedy GOAT
0:30 Pushing Boundaries
1:00 Tragic Origins
2:00 Street Comedy
2:40 On the Circuit
3:10 Hustle to the Top
3:45 Mainstream Calling
4:45 Squeaky Clean
5:45 On the Edge
6:20 Price of the Big Time
7:10 Breaking Point
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@VICE-TV 7 ай бұрын

In the US? Stream episodes of Dark Side of Comedy: bit.ly/DARKSIDEOFCOMEDYVICETV

@ClassicGameMusic 7 ай бұрын

Mr. Bad Example Crackhead himself. Volunteer and slave to drugs and “leading” Black Americans with no real heroes.

@MichaelLasotaTW 6 ай бұрын

Or use a VPN.

@ClassicGameMusic 6 ай бұрын

Mark deleted my comment

@stephaniespear8323 6 ай бұрын

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@happynclermont9678 5 ай бұрын

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@Hison3723 7 ай бұрын

“Do you know how you felt when you would lean all the way back in a chair, and just before you were about to tip over, at the very last second, you'd catch yourself ? That's how I feel all the time.” ― Richard Pryor

@BigtimeSauce 7 ай бұрын

🔥

@a34rwl 6 ай бұрын

You know when you see a well-known Steven Wright quote ascribed to Richard Pryor? That's how Steven Wright feels all the time.

@joejoe8490 6 ай бұрын

Damn😔

@jh230377 7 ай бұрын

Loved watching Richard Pryor growing up. One of the funniest comedians ever & his on screen chemistry with the late Gene Wilder was brilliant. RIP Richard Pryor!!

@dciach12 7 ай бұрын

Same lol

@rescuegirl 7 ай бұрын

Also same! Hear No Evil See No Evil!!! 😂

@chloethacker 7 ай бұрын

It’s exhausting performing for white pple? Love how black pple are allowed to be openly racist.

@a-damthemansixtynan4463 Ай бұрын

I remember my Mom yelling at my Dad for letting me hear Pryor and Chris Rock when I was a kid, lol. Back when comedy specials meant something.

@JahmBProducts 7 ай бұрын

The first truly "be yourself" stand up comedian 💯

@jeffgorski6754 7 ай бұрын

He was the best! Can’t wait to watch the full episode. I remember sneaking his albums out of my dad’s collection when I was kid 😂

@kincamell 7 ай бұрын

One of the best comedy albums ever is 'Craps' (After Hours). One of the best movies ever is Which Way Is Up. Its amazing that Richard Pryor endured all that trauma has a child yet brought joy to so many. I read Becoming Richard Pryor and it was trip to learn about the atrocities he experienced.

@brianstrathdee6107 7 ай бұрын

Humor was raw & f#%kin real. Loved the man

@josematias7021 7 ай бұрын

Please give us part 2 soon i love richard prior

@alexmojarro2065 7 ай бұрын

He said he was so high on crack that he started lighting his own furniture to see if he could get more high

@adammorrow5704 7 ай бұрын

a super dark childhood usually bring a right funny bastard .Strange old world we live in

@Jay-jb2vr 7 ай бұрын

Huh

@fcbma2895 7 ай бұрын

where do i watch the whole thing?

@ManelRuivo 5 ай бұрын

where can i watch the rest of this????

@franciscarodriguez2855 6 ай бұрын

He was the man I didn’t know I could laugh so much He brought everything to light

@Nicholas-Prince-Milverton 6 ай бұрын

Where can we watch this if not in the US

@elyrikdaengine 7 ай бұрын

The 🐐

@AdrianClavijo 7 ай бұрын

I think it lacks a description of how rough his childhood was. His imaginary friend, his personal account of events. It's all on video, you don't have to narrate his life.

@lexkanyima2195 7 ай бұрын

It's too shocking for Pryor

@criticalmass527 7 ай бұрын

Read his autobiography it's wild 😅

@m.dionlewis439 7 ай бұрын

The 2 most Beautiful words in the world of comedy …..Richard Pryor !! Mudbone was poetry , art etc.

@brandonsmith5880 7 ай бұрын

My uncle Randy looks just like Richard Pryor, and he's white. Dead ass serious. Other people think the same thing.

@chrisrepak4668 6 ай бұрын

Im really fascinated as to how that would look

@ArtTheSinger 7 ай бұрын

Richard Pryor also had Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). Meaning his mother was drinking alcohol while pregnant.

@petergreen5337 6 ай бұрын

❤😂Rest in Peace Richard Pryor a true master and pioneer. You are GONE but not FORGOTTEN.

@tomcassidy2525 7 ай бұрын

a great writer as well ..... blazing saddles ......

@philsophkenny 7 ай бұрын

❤

@DavidWright-ow9jt65 6 ай бұрын

The 🐐 of comedy

@laverdadescatolica5 7 ай бұрын

Basically, he is Roarshack if Roarshack became a black stand-up comic 😀

@Vera150607 3 ай бұрын

Excellent analogy, I agree.

@brainjellyTV 7 ай бұрын

Wow he was half Boricua 😱

@GooseOD 7 ай бұрын

Watch his movie Jo Jo Dancer, his life story directed by him.

@Mimi-cq4bg 6 ай бұрын

The funniest people you know have most likely seen some 💩 that would make you cry

@jamesgreenldn 7 ай бұрын

Richard Pryor was on fire 🔥

@taimereblackston9891 7 ай бұрын

literally

@worldpeacefrog 6 ай бұрын

PEACE🍁 🌏✌🏿🐸

@nicpreen 7 ай бұрын

So this is where the good vice went 🙏🏼💙

@carter3369 7 ай бұрын

“Is Richard Pryor still alive, if not I’m sicker than he was prior to him dying.”

@jedimindtrixr4kidz294 7 ай бұрын

Rhyming Pryor with Prior, that's why he's in the hall of fame.

@crappymeal 7 ай бұрын

I thought that in my head, looked down and you had wrote it Infront of me, D12?

@kincamell2 6 ай бұрын

Craps is the best comedy album, ever. Which Way is Up and Harlem Nights are 2 of the best movies, ever.

@TC8787-yq7og 7 ай бұрын

The greatest of all time, the current crop of US comedy isn’t too bad but in the UK it is atrocious.

@9thMaestro 7 ай бұрын

s/o Pam Grier

@369admingroup 7 ай бұрын

🤔

@oogdog8105 7 ай бұрын

I heard his favorite movie was the god father.

@jedimindtrixr4kidz294 7 ай бұрын

No blow, no Robin, no Richard. It is what it is.

@rashidareeves78 7 ай бұрын

Okay so it came out that Barbara Walters and Richard slept together and the way she’s leaning in so much to him as she talks is evident that she really wanted Dick Pryor 😱🤭 Respectfully 💜💜💜 I love them!

@GeronFletcher 5 ай бұрын

He left a lucrative residency to reserve his dignity and be himself. Sounds a lot like what chappelle ended up doing

@kardave2848 7 ай бұрын

G.O.A.T: 1. Richard Pryor 2. Rodney Dangerfield. 3. George Carlin. 4. Chris Rock. 5. Dave Chappell

@AnitaShower 7 ай бұрын

Solid roster but I’d throw Fluffy in spot 3 or even 2

@samanthab1923 7 ай бұрын

I love the way your mind works ❤

@kingfish4200 7 ай бұрын

Bill hicks should be in that list

@h.hholmes.492 6 ай бұрын

yeah then patrice sat on your goat and named it elephant in the room

@a-damthemansixtynan4463 Ай бұрын

Not the best list. But I respect it. Carlin belongs bc of his early career, but around the middle and end of his career he was annoying af. If Dave Attell isn’t on the list, then it’s mehhh imo.🤷‍♂️

@ctwhiskey3058 7 ай бұрын

Vice? I thought you people went bankrupt 😂😂, get out of my recommendations

@SexyUndisputed2All 6 ай бұрын

Never knew he was gay until this week

@h.hholmes.492 6 ай бұрын

WHAT

@mrjebbie420 7 ай бұрын

They really had to end it that way.. that's whack

@deal-doe-1776 7 ай бұрын

6:18 did your audience buy tickets to your show? Then quit your complaining

@Eli_B3000 7 ай бұрын

She stinks anyway, she's not a good comic and ruins every podcast she comes on by yelling over everyone.

@Ocelotonatiuh 6 ай бұрын

Who invited Godfrey? Dudes a hack.

@giovannigiorgio2262 6 ай бұрын

he looks weird with mustache.

@yrnx9334 Ай бұрын

He looks weirder without it

@RickJames-hy3wb 7 ай бұрын

Couldn’t you call his mother a lady of the night.

@Dan-eq6po 6 ай бұрын

Eddie Murphy was better

@ShyTuna 7 ай бұрын

Richard Pryor‘s great . Vice is trash. That’s why I didn’t wash this.

@civilwildman 7 ай бұрын

*watch

@nazsalabarria860 7 ай бұрын

Vice sucks

@nickbloom6861 7 ай бұрын

Unpopular opinion, but I never understood how anyone could think he is one of the greatest... By all means he wasn't the worst but I still don't get his following.

@Jay-jb2vr 7 ай бұрын

*His comedy wasn't for you, you didn't understand his content*

@ALotOfCancer 7 ай бұрын

The same could be said about every comedian. Name the best comedian.