I’ve been exposed to Richard Pryor for the first time again in my adult life. I remember as a kid hearing him, and not really getting the jokes. NOW it’s on.
Between him, Eddie Murphy, Dane Cook, Greg Giraldo, and all my other favorites, I can’t help but realize alot of the people in comedy today are by-products of Pryor. There’s not one comedian I can think of that doesn’t seem to take SOMETHING from this man. It’s a shame I discovered him only after he died.
My next comic to submerge myself in is Eddie Izzard. Google him. He’s the smartest comic alive, and doing a new television show called ‘The Riches’.
Between him, Eddie Murphy, Dane Cook, Greg Giraldo, and all my other favorites, I can’t help but realize alot of the people in comedy today are by-products of Pryor. There’s not one comedian I can think of that doesn’t seem to take SOMETHING from this man. It’s a shame I discovered him only after he died.
My next comic to submerge myself in is Eddie Izzard. Google him. He’s the smartest comic alive, and doing a new television show called ‘The Riches’.
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