Richard Pryor passes away

10-12-2005 9:27pm #1

Just heard on Sky News.

One of my favourite comedians, and he will be truly missed. RIP

Basq · 10-12-2005 9:29pm

Shame... very sad!

Always loved his partnership with Gene Wilder.

RIP Richard!

PS - just the other day i was thinking whatever happened to him after seeing Moving in a local video shop.

mik_da_man · 10-12-2005 9:31pm

ahh pity,

He was good

Mr.Nice Guy · 10-12-2005 9:32pm

Ah that's terrible news. RIP.

lomb · 10-12-2005 9:32pm

RIP, a great actor..one of the best

IvaBigWun · 10-12-2005 9:33pm

Very funny man, I have his stand up act on DVD. Rest In Peace.

damienom · 10-12-2005 9:34pm

Was just reading this online, made me think of the story about when The Guardian got modern comedians together to ask him one question. Being the wanker that he is Jason Byrne really shamed the nation.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/features/story/0,,1279223,00.html

RIP Richard Pryor

Uthur · 10-12-2005 9:36pm

What was the actual cause of death? He had MS didn't he?

damienom · 10-12-2005 9:37pm

Died of a heart attack in the end according to his ex-wife

http://www.macon.com/mld/macon/entertainment/gossip/13378419.htm

Lafortezza · 10-12-2005 9:47pm

damienom wrote:

Was just reading this online, made me think of the story about when The Guardian got modern comedians together to ask him one question. Being the wanker that he is Jason Byrne really shamed the nation.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/features/story/0,,1279223,00.html

RIP Richard Pryor

" Jason Byrne: You talk about Muhammad Ali in your latest DVD and how frightening it was to be in the ring with him. But do you reckon you could beat him now that the two of you shake like maracas?"

Idiot should be shot. I've a couple of Audio CDs of Priors stuff and some of it's up there (almost) with Bill Hicks.

byte · 10-12-2005 9:47pm

Awh, shame.:(

RIP

jonnybadd · 10-12-2005 9:49pm

Funny funny man

RIP

scojones · 10-12-2005 9:49pm

RIP

You're up there with the best of them. Bill Hicks included.

IvaBigWun · 10-12-2005 9:51pm

I hope Sky give it the coverage it deserves at 10

skye · 10-12-2005 9:52pm

Sad news - RIP

Rantorama · 10-12-2005 10:09pm

Aww f**k:(

RIP Richard

wheres me jumpa · 10-12-2005 10:11pm

sad news, RIP.

kmurphy · 10-12-2005 10:11pm

Richard Pryor

R.I.P

10-12-2005 10:11pm

IvaBigWun wrote:

I hope Sky give it the coverage it deserves at 10

Almost 15 seconds.:(

peckerhead · 10-12-2005 10:13pm

Think of all those websites they're gonna have to pull down...:eek:

No disrespect. He was one of the best...

IvaBigWun · 10-12-2005 10:16pm

I heard it was their 3rd or 4th story at ten so I knew they weren't going to give it much. Madonna having a fall gets 5 minutes and the lead story and a comic genius gets 15 seconds. Sky News are like the Daily Sun of news broadcasting.

Has anyone got his other DVD (not the Live In Concert one, t'udder one)? What year did he do it in and is it as good as Live In Concert?

Blisterman · 10-12-2005 10:55pm

This is sad. Well, at least he won't have to suffer any more.
I made a thread in Films before I saw this.

Sparky · 10-12-2005 10:58pm

damn it, he was so funny

The last film i just seen him in recent was The Toy http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084809/

arbeitsscheuer · 10-12-2005 10:59pm

One of the finest stand-up comedians America has ever produced.

He will be sorely missed.

RIP

Mossy Monk · 10-12-2005 11:18pm

one of my favourite ever films is See No Evil, Hear No Evil

RIP

boneless · 10-12-2005 11:22pm

The world just got heavier with his passing. A very funny and brave man.

Basq · 10-12-2005 11:24pm

Mossy Monk wrote:

one of my favourite ever films is See No Evil, Hear No Evil

RIP

Definantly one of my favourites also.. found myself actually over the last few weeks using and thinking of random quotes from it:

Capt. Braddock: Okay no more bullsh*t
[to Dave, talking fast]
Capt. Braddock: was there or wasn't there a woman?
Dave: Are you serious?
Capt. Braddock: Yes I'm goddamn serious.
Dave: Fuzzy Wuzzy was a woman?

And also:

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN I'M NOT WHITE?!... DOES DAD KNOW?!"

Chong · 10-12-2005 11:37pm

Very sad occasion today , a genious .

Sorely missed from a big fan.

R.I.P Richard Pryor

county · 11-12-2005 12:00am

Mossy Monk wrote:

one of my favourite ever films is See No Evil, Hear No Evil

RIP

that was a class film
RIP

Our man in Havana · 11-12-2005 1:19am

Brewsters millions was a good film!

scojones · 11-12-2005 1:30am

boneless wrote:

The world just got heavier with his passing. A very funny and brave man.

Very nicely put man.

nesf · 11-12-2005 1:41am

A very funny man. RIP

j22 · 11-12-2005 1:52am

One of my favourite comedians.

RIP

Standard Toaster · 11-12-2005 2:04am

One of the few comedians that could make you laugh 'till it hurt.

RIP Rich. Will be sorely missed.

sprinkles · 11-12-2005 2:43am

RIP. Legend

MrJoeSoap · 11-12-2005 2:55am

sprinkles wrote:

RIP. Legend

Exactly. RIP.

pwd · 11-12-2005 3:27am

Jason Byrne: You talk about Muhammad Ali in your latest DVD and how frightening it was to be in the ring with him. But do you reckon you could beat him now that the two of you shake like maracas?

RP: That's your ****in' question?

disgraceful, but hilarious nonetheless.
think he's overrated myself.

Roar · 11-12-2005 10:10am

IvaBigWun wrote:

Has anyone got his other DVD (not the Live In Concert one, t'udder one)? What year did he do it in and is it as good as Live In Concert?

i think you're talkin about Still Smokin??

Good, not as good as live in concert.. He's playing a little coffee shop type thing..

Crowd didnt know what to make of him..

man cant believe this, i only watched stir crazy on Friday.. A hundred and twenty five years!! Oh God, Oh God!! I'll be a hundred and sixty one when I get out!!!

RIP Richard, you'll be missed.

Setun · 11-12-2005 10:22am

Got a double CD of his, absolutely hilarious.

Another name on the list of famous talents who have died this year.

RainyDay · 11-12-2005 10:24am

lafortezza wrote:

" Jason Byrne: You talk about Muhammad Ali in your latest DVD and how frightening it was to be in the ring with him. But do you reckon you could beat him now that the two of you shake like maracas?"

Idiot should be shot.

1) It is just not funny
2) It is highly offensive
3) It shows that the tit Byrne does not understand the difference between Parkinsons disease (Ali) and MS (Pryor).

What's the chances that anyone will be posting on a bulletin board in 50 years time lamenting the passing of Jason Byrne? Ooooh about zero, I reckon.

Roar · 11-12-2005 12:46pm

bit of an interview with him here

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7945-1126458_1,00.html

also his site has a big graphic at the top, "I aint dead yet motherfu(ker", which made me laugh a bit.. he probably would have found it funny too...

http://www.richardpryor.com/home.cfm

Roddy23 · 11-12-2005 12:58pm

Legend. RIP

Hagar · 11-12-2005 12:59pm

A very funny man who suffered a lot. Married 7 times, 7 mothers-in-law.

Had to have a great sense of humour to live through that.

RIP

IvaBigWun · 11-12-2005 2:12pm

Roar wrote:

i think you're talkin about Still Smokin??

Thats the one, Ive seen it in HMV a few times. I'll pick it up during the week

Big Knox · 11-12-2005 3:48pm

Man was a legend, nuff said

YeatsCounty · 11-12-2005 4:02pm

basquille wrote:

Dave: Fuzzy Wuzzy was a woman?

And also:

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN I'M NOT WHITE?!... DOES DAD KNOW?!"

Great lines.

Richard Pryor was a wonderful talent. I was suspecting that the end was coming soon, his MS was getting staedily worse over the last while. May he Rest in Peace.

There might not have been much about him on Sky News, but there was an awful lot of talk about his passing on CNN. At least they respected him.

I wish I could have seen the (very short lived) 'Richard Pryor Show' from the Seventies.