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Her grandmother fueled her love for comedy by supplying her with VHS tapes of legends like Flip Wilson, Nipsey Russell, and Richard Pryor. Even as a baby, Haddish had a knack for making people laugh, ...
With Richard Pryor, Flip Wilson, Roscoe Lee Browne and Rosalind Cash. Poitier directed two follow-up films starring himself and Cosby, "Let's Do It Again" and "A Piece of the Action ...
These are my favorite films from 1974, which is clearly THE year for Mel Brooks! I can barely pick between the top two titles—Mel Brooks’ and Gene Wilder’s brilliant classic horror spoof “Young ...
By Seth Abramovitch Senior Writer “This is a perfect time for Richard Pryor,” says Jennifer Lee Pryor, the late comedian’s widow. “I’m just very excited and happy that we’re getting th ...
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 ...
Rhino’s new box set of the seven comedy albums Richard Pryor made between 1974 and 1983—released by several record companies, but now referred to collectively as The Warner Bros. Albums ...
He would one day be Richard Pryor’s tour manager, work Joe Frazier’s corner for the Fight of the Century, and sit in the passenger seat of Wilt Chamberlain’s purple Cadillac convertible.
Six of Richard Pryor’s comedy albums from 1974 to 1983 have been compiled into a 7xLP box set titled I Hope I’m Funny: The Warner Albums. The expansive reissue arrives tomorrow, April 18th via Rhino ...