Re: OT - Richard Pryor - RIP


"LRod" <duckecho@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 17:40:28 -0500, "Lee Gordon"
> <bucketofspam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >Died today, age 65.
>
> A sad story. Immensely talented--possibly the funniest comic I ever
> heard.

I personally never found Pryor all that funny - seemed like he just cussed
for the sake of cussing.

>Followed the too-much-money-too-soon path common to celebrity
> and fried his body while trying to fry his brain.
>
> The ultimate irony was survinving that only to fall victim to a slow
> acting debilitating disease.
>
> Another candidate for the John Belushi memorial "you could have made
> us laugh for years, but, n-o-o-o-o" award.
>
Now HE was funny. Great physical comedian. He could draw laughs with a joke,
body language, or just a facial expression. The SNL show where he did the
Joe Cocker impersonation side-by-side with Cocker is still one of my
favorites. But to this day, nobody can reduce me to tears like Sam Kinison
when he got on a roll.

B.


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