Rhino’s new box set of the seven comedy albums Richard Pryor made between 1974 and 1983 ... on Black and white America disguised as stand-up comedy, finding humor in the nuances, in how ...

By Seth Abramovitch Senior Writer “This is a perfect time for Richard Pryor,” says ... funny supernova of comedy, Pryor changed the face of stand-up by infusing social commentary — on ...

Stand-up legend Richard Pryor will always be considered a 1-of-1 talent in the world of comedy. As brilliant as he was blunt, his immortal jokes live on in an archive of comedy albums throughout ...

Richard Pryor’s legendary run is chronicled in the new box set I Hope I’m Funny: The Warner Albums (1974-1983), out now via Rhino. Scott Saul, an English professor at the University of ...

who died in 2005 Richard Pryor is widely regarded as a stand-up icon, someone who helped put Black comedians on the Hollywood map. But his daughter Rain Pryor says if her late father were alive ...

The late comedian set himself on fire at his Los Angeles home, resulting in severe burns covering more than 50 percent of his body Richard Pryor remains ... event in his stand-up comedy and ...

In this film that closely parallels his own life story, Richard Pryor plays Jo Jo Dancer, a popular stand-up comedian who has severely burned himself in a drug incident. As he lies unconscious in ...