Originally posted by demonseedThe stories he told during his stand-up routine were so personal and so full of emotion that you can't help but feel for him out there. To be able to discuss such tragic and difficult personal moments and make it something so hysterically funny was simply genius. No one does it like him. No one even comes close.
I think Chris Rock is funny but Richard Pryor wasn't just funny, there was something tragic in his early stand up rountine, that gives him an extra dimension.
He may have made some shitty films but I thought he was great in "Blue Collar" as a straight role.
The greatest ever!