Showing posts with label Richard Pryor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Richard Pryor. Show all posts

Monday, February 1, 2010

Richard Pryor - Live on sunset strip - stand up comedy

One of comedian Richard Pryor's live performances (at the Sunset Strip, obviously) caught on film. Pryor talks about most of his standard subjects, including rascism and the differences between blacks and whites, along with talking about some of his recent film roles.



















Richard Pryor : "I ain't dead yet mutha fucka" - Live in Concert stand up comedy

Richard Pryor is without a doubt one of the best stand-up performers to ever grab a mike, because he breaks the performance wall, and just has a conversation with the audience, which is rare for a comic to do. He talks to the audience, and involves them in the show, and the things he talks about on stage are not really jokes, but his retelling of certain life events that he has had, and you get the feeling that you would be hearing the same thing if you were just sitting alone with him in a room, and that is what makes his comedy so good, that conversational quality. No other comic that I can think of has done that with such a level of success that Pryor did...he was a real natural.
No, he's not dead! Like any other actor or artist, he lives trough his movies and stand up shows. This is "Live in Concert" show back in '79. Enjoy!