Poll Is Richard Pryor A Top 5 Comedian?

[Goldie]

Notable Stand Up Specials

Live On The Sunset Strip
Here & Now
Live & Smokin
Live In Concert




Notable Movies

Which Way Is Up
The Mack
Harlem Nights
JoJo Dancer
The Car Wash



Notable TV Shows

The Richard Pryor Show​

 

[Lion_Heart]

Hell yeah. He fathered a lot of comedian styles.

 

[O.G.]

Absolutely.

Hollywood threw money at him for major movie deals way back then just like they did for Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence, Kevin Hart etc. Pryor is the blueprint to what these guys have become.

 

[Revolver Ocelot]

Hell yeah. He fathered a lot of comedian styles.

Absolutely.

Hollywood threw money at him for major movie deals way back then just like they did for Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence, Kevin Hart etc. Pryor is the blueprint to what these guys have become.

^What they said

 

[Dwayne]

Not to me.

I understand his impact but he aint as funny to be top 5

 

[GNS]

Not to me.

I understand his impact but he aint as funny to be top 5

Always this guy

 

[Dwayne]

Always this guy

Hes not funnier than
Dave
Rock
Eddie
Mac
Martin

 

[genocide_cutter]

rhetorical question?

 

[GNS]

Hes not funnier than
Dave
Rock
Eddie
Mac
Martin

I understand, it's your opinion
The thing is he birthed those guys. If u listen to richard after u listened to any other comedians he sounds stale cause everybody already ran with his style

 

[Dwayne]

I understand, it's your opinion
The thing is he birthed those guys. If u listen to richard after u listened to any other comedians he sounds stale cause everybody already ran with his style

Somebody birthed him (we can go there)


That dont matter if I find them funnier.

 

[Duwop]

imma go for #1

Dude came out in a time when shit wasn't just cool for black people to go that fucking hard in front of white america.....but he was so nice with it they laughed anyway.....


and he was still busting his guns, snorting coke, and doing whatever the fuck he wanted the whole fucking time...

i just consider him the greatest

 

[Duwop]

this his first filmed special....

 

[Lion_Heart]

Somebody birthed him (we can go there)


That dont matter if I find them funnier.

Who birthed his style? When he first came out he took Bill Cosby's style but that wasn't him so he switched up to what he had become.

 

[O.G.]

And the great thing about Pryor is his popularity spread through comedy albums. He was already reaching legendary status. Then when he started filming his acts it was a wrap for the industry.

 

[justanotherreason]

First time i heard him was the "That n***** crazy" album. And that was it.

 

[oldman_Ghost!]

Shouldn't even have to be asked..


And @Thor I am just gonna chalk it up to your age and not knowing....


Eddie Murphy would tell you. Without Richard Pryor there would be no him..

 

[oldman_Ghost!]

imma go for #1

Dude came out in a time when shit wasn't just cool for black people to go that fucking hard in front of white america.....but he was so nice with it they laughed anyway.....


and he was still busting his guns, snorting coke, and doing whatever the fuck he wanted the whole fucking time...

i just consider him the greatest

Ever seen his movie "jo jo dancer" nigga was doing standup for mobb bosses who wasnt even fucking w black ppl but fucked w him..

 

[Dwayne]

Shouldn't even have to be asked..


And @Thor I am just gonna chalk it up to your age and not knowing....


Eddie Murphy would tell you. Without Richard Pryor there would be no him..

What?


You aint old bruh.

Most ppl in this thread are around the same age

 

[oldman_Ghost!]

Who birthed his style? When he first came out he took Bill Cosby's style but that wasn't him so he switched up to what he had become.

Red fox, Dick Gregory.

 

[Dwayne]

Red fox, Dick Gregory.

Red funnier than Richard too