Hat's off to Richard Pryor

[UCO]

Just given respect to my favorite stand up.

[Road Mage]

Indeed. A true legend. May the man rest in peace.

Owen

[scot]

I'll take my hat off for him. He certaintainly has the money to fill it. And when I say, "him" i mean his estate. And when I say hat, i mean bucket.

[Doctor Eric]

Actually his illness sapped almost all of his cash, that's why his family put out that dvd.

[pablo]

That Crazy Nigga.

On stage, Richard Pryor ruled. Hands down. No contest.

I never saw him live, but I remember seeing several of his concert films (especially Live on the Sunset Strip after his freebasing accident) and he was - pun intended - on fire.

Pryor's genius was his ability to veer from laughter to tears and back again in a look, a phrase or just a word. He talked about visiting Africa, and how he was never going to use the N word again. Brilliant, brutally honest & scary stuff. You could hear a pin drop as the audience waited for the punchline... but he was serious.