### Author:  [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2005, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-reports-richard-pryor-has-died/335063/29 "2005-12-11T02:11:54Z")
> [@Good Egg](#):
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> It was the first time I ever saw him and it completely cracked me up. About taking a hit of acid from some white guy. “You gonna be trippin man!”
I associate that with the album _Bicentennial Nigger_.
> [@](#):
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> It ain’t about shit. \
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> Waaawaaaawaaawaaaaa weeeweeeeweeewweeeee
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> I’ve… got… to… get… the… fuck… out… of… here…
Here’s a nice TMI memory of the influence Pryor had on my developing psyche:
On those (rare, honestly!) occassions where things on an unexpected hair-trigger, I usually hear Mr. Pryor’s falsetto in my head: “That’s okay, I’ll just lay here and use my vibrator.” And I have a hard time not giggling.
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### Author:  [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2005, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-reports-richard-pryor-has-died/335063/30 "2005-12-11T02:43:14Z")
> [@Dung Beetle](#):
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> “You wanna suck _what_? You ain’t suckin’ nothin’ here, Junior! Suck yo ass on away from here is what you _betta_ do!”
“I hope you get sickle cell.”
“I’m gonna go out and find me some more pussy!”
"If you’r dick was two inches bigger you could find some more pussy right here!
Go to any concert in which a woman is singing and yell, “Sing that song, you bitch!” and hope that everybody is a Pryor fan.
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### Author:  [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2005, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-reports-richard-pryor-has-died/335063/31 "2005-12-11T03:07:07Z")
_macho maaaaaan!!_
First I knew of Richard Pryor was **The Toy** , one of my favorite movies as a kid.
When he felt I was old enough my dad handed me _Live at the Sunset Strip_, which had me ROTF. Over time I came to appreciate not only his genius, but just how important he was both to comedy and to black culture.
I can’t wait to sit down with some classic Pryor in the near future and laugh again.
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### Author:  [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2005, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-reports-richard-pryor-has-died/335063/32 "2005-12-11T03:38:42Z")
Aww man… ☹
Richard Pryor at the top of his game was my benchmark for all comedians.
RIP, you crazy MFer!
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### Author:  [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2005, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-reports-richard-pryor-has-died/335063/33 "2005-12-11T03:54:19Z")
Some time ago, George Carlin on Richard Pryor:
Comedians are very competitive. Pryor had a heart attack, so I had a heart attack. Then Pryor set himself on fire, I said fuck that, I had another heart attack.
* * *
Pryor: You know, when you’re on fire, people get out of your way.
* * *
Farewell Richard, you sure were one crazy sob.
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### Author:  [@Good\_Egg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Good_Egg)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2005, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-reports-richard-pryor-has-died/335063/34 "2005-12-11T03:54:47Z")
Heaven just got R rated now.
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### Author:  [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2005, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-reports-richard-pryor-has-died/335063/35 "2005-12-11T04:07:28Z")
> [@Good Egg](#):
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> I loved his opening monologue on one SNL. It was the first time I ever saw him and it completely cracked me up. About taking a hit of acid from some white guy. “You gonna be trippin man!”
> ☹
…and there hasn’t yet been a monologue to match it. He threw his hand away and everything. \*Sniff.
RIP, Mr. Pryor.
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### Author:  [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2005, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-reports-richard-pryor-has-died/335063/36 "2005-12-11T04:09:46Z")
My favorite line from one of his stand-up routines, after his woman catches him cheating.
“Who are you going to believe, me or your lyin’ eyes?” 😃
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### Author:  [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2005, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-reports-richard-pryor-has-died/335063/37 "2005-12-11T05:21:28Z")
Sometime during my teens (mid 70’s) I heard an album of Pryors, and one of the jokes was about two black men pissing off a bridge into a river.
“Man, that water’s cold,” says the first one.
“Yeah, and it’s deep, too,” says the other.
RIP Richard, you’re already missed.
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### Author:  [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2005, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-reports-richard-pryor-has-died/335063/38 "2005-12-11T05:24:50Z")
Comedy Central is currently showing bits of his stand-up, along with commentary from several African-American comics, including Steve Harvey, Wanda Sykes, and George Wallace.
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### Author:  [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2005, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-reports-richard-pryor-has-died/335063/39 "2005-12-11T05:30:58Z")
> [@Cluricaun](#):
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> > [@St. Peter](#):
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> > Say, did that fellow just call me motherfucker?
Brilliant. Richard himself couldn’t have done any better. Well done sir, well done.
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### Author:  [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2005, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-reports-richard-pryor-has-died/335063/40 "2005-12-11T06:33:07Z")
I wonder if he will be cremated.
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