I want everyone to remember this was before movies like Goodfellas and Casino. He was so authentic with the impressions.

@francus7227

Жыл бұрын

More like Harlem Nights...

@rarerod74

Жыл бұрын

I was like that is the Goodfellas screen play !! Richard Pryor is truly of voice of a culture timeless !

@Jpeezy-ds1ce

Жыл бұрын

Never thought about that. This was before all those movies

@richinoable

Жыл бұрын

So well acted. Top level funny, but you know it's from a truth he experienced directly

@aidanmagill6769

Жыл бұрын

​@@francus7227 such an under-rated film, he and Eddie Murphy are both brilliant in it.

“Wait a minute, Rich do the gun again.” 🤣🤣🤣

@cavalierfan1995

Жыл бұрын

hey tony STICK-UP AHHHH HA HA HA HA

@dukewinfield4741

Жыл бұрын

@@cavalierfan1995 LMAO! 🤣🤣🤣

@lesleyd2448

Жыл бұрын

Lol

@fredbraxton5092

Жыл бұрын

😂😂

@thashittv2885

Жыл бұрын

You Funny Af for pointing that out 😆

"Fry it up, they like fried food." 😂😂

@RobertBoyle11

Жыл бұрын

A fuckin kid can you believe that shit ahhhahaha

@lesleyd2448

Жыл бұрын

😂

@Daddywood2230

Жыл бұрын

lol, blacks do love fried food!

@richardhart9204

Жыл бұрын

... and put a little scongini on it. LOL!

@flintsky7706

Жыл бұрын

Get him a little sanini farolla

"Who is it Carmine ? Tell him I'll call him back .....tell him its a stick up 😂😂😂😂 "

@oNedrous_oNe

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@sanguinecynic8529

4 ай бұрын

I don’t get it

@tonygrace3435

4 ай бұрын

Yeah look him up

@maureenrodts7769

3 ай бұрын

GOOGLE PRYOR AND CARMINE...you had to be there 😅

“We’re crime and crime don’t pay”😂

@yankee2666

Жыл бұрын

That's because they funded the restaurant owner's business.

@oimelgoimel

4 ай бұрын

​@@yankee2666u mean they pay protectional fees?^^

@cesarfernandez8779

2 ай бұрын

My favorite line in this whole bit…right next to “wait till it melts asshole” hahaha

@user-ul7og5up4v

Ай бұрын

In my opinion Richard Pryor was the funniest man ever in comedy!❤❤❤

This is 40 years old and funny as hell. A timeless comedian.

@cheezeeanyone

4 ай бұрын

So true. Richard was for real, no holding back. Will never be another.

@VANNYRAMS

3 ай бұрын

Search up Rodney dangerfield, now that’s timeless money

@brawlmaster127

Ай бұрын

Richard was a genius so fucking funny😂😂

Richard Pryor was probably the best storyteller standup to ever live. His delivery was so natural and just hilarious.

@pifflepockle

Жыл бұрын

Billy Connolly

@LeonAllanDavis

Жыл бұрын

Bill Cosby was way better. Timing was exquisite. Flip Wilson was a great story teller. His Leroy the Cop stories were classics.

@michaelbrock4048

11 ай бұрын

Him and Billy Connolly. The best because they came from nothing

@mannkris1

9 ай бұрын

Billy Connolly

@aakarshchaudhary7359

7 ай бұрын

he is the most talented, you know what happened to the people who stepped to mafia without being funny, you don't see them anymore

When you think martial arts you think bruce lee, when you think basketball, think michael Jordan, when you think comedy you think richard pryor

"Whatsa matter Rich? You don't look so good." 🤣🤣🤣🔥🔥🔥

@SteveBerryhill

21 күн бұрын

My great Uncle was a made guy. As an Italian American I can attest to his stories.

@ereynacarde-borre6803

21 күн бұрын

@@SteveBerryhill Wow 😳 so I bet you have some really wild stories to tell too 🤣

@SteveBerryhill

21 күн бұрын

@@ereynacarde-borre6803 As a matter of fact...I do. My grandfather in the 1930's older brother Guido (I swear) was makin' his bones and drove up in a brand new car. He offered to pay my Grandfather (16 at the time) $10 to drive the car across town and park in a certain spot. My trepidatious grandfather inspected the car and then, to Guido's objection, opened the trunk. There was a body wrapped in a carpet. My Grand father refused the offer. It's what kept him out of the mob. My Great Uncle Guido went on to control all the farm labor unions in Central California. True story.

@ereynacarde-borre6803

20 күн бұрын

@@SteveBerryhill 😲😲😲 Wow! That is quite a story! It's a good thing he looked in the trunk.

"Johnny Salami, what do I do?" "Wait 'til it melts, asshole!" Always makes me 🤣, every time.

He's not only hilarious but when you watch him, you feel happy for him that he found such big success... he earned it!

@shaunjenson5584

2 ай бұрын

Yep

"Come Here You Fucking Kid" 🤣🤣🤣

As an Italian American , I am not offended. Funny as hell.

@kingkongkong8316

2 ай бұрын

So you’re not in the mafia but work for them ?

"He's gotta pair of gugoozi's on him, ahh!"

@gulgul2006

Жыл бұрын

I lost it when he said that!!! It's actually gullions (but people pronounce it wrong all the time. "Gugoozis" or "Cool-Yahns" but it is "Ghoul-yoons" So if you ever want to sound authentic, now you know :D

@humanforotherhumanst4619

2 ай бұрын

​@@gulgul2006and I thought he was using an italian term!

@fossilqexplorist2578

2 ай бұрын

@@humanforotherhumanst4619 Yeah it is actually Italian but it's proper language and means testicles. Not balls. English We say balls which to a foreigner would mean like the object (basket ball baseball etc) so it isn't some colloquial where it means something else in their language but used to described testicles. It is actually the word for it.

"you on your way home? you want us to give you a ride?" 🤣🤣🤣

That’s why he’s the goat. He started it all. He paved the way for everyone that came after him

@jaimewalls8416

3 ай бұрын

Yup, greatest comedian ever.

@danielbrown3461

3 ай бұрын

He was influenced by Jackie Gleason...the goat.

@kingfame_

2 ай бұрын

@@markasread4349 he most definitely did. To the level he took it. Being in movies. How big he was as a standup comedian. He started it all

@danielbrown3461

2 ай бұрын

Rodney Dangerfield was better@@markasread4349

@marshawnbooker8317

4 күн бұрын

None better....

"Who is that Camine?, tell him I'll call him back, tell him it's a stick up" 🤣🤣😂

A true gauge of talent is timelessness!! I was 22 in 1982 and remember this show on HBO. Everybody I knew loved Richard Pryor.

@itsjustme8947

Жыл бұрын

Same here! I was also AT the Vegas show! Priceless! I was one of the 'whities' in the audience that he picked on because I was there with a 'sistah'! He said "Sistah, you here with whitey tonight? What, you get tired of taking a REAL dick or was you lookin' for a relationship with insurance?" I've never been happier to be picked on in my entire life! Sadly, this was edited out of the show .

@noblemann4898

Жыл бұрын

I'm from the UK and Richard Pryor's late 1970s concert - the one where he is wearing a red shirt - was aired late at night. I love my comedy, but that was the first and only time I have ever cried with laughter. 😂

@idanben-barak9920

Жыл бұрын

Even the Mob loved Richard Pryor.

@Hallands.

Жыл бұрын

He had me in stitches when I was a teen but he wore a bit thin as I matured. His genius consisted of two things mainly, an eye for racial tensions and the complete shamelessness which made him the eternal victim and never the villain…

@itsjustme8947

Жыл бұрын

@@Hallands. When was he the villain?

A man before his time. Just a comedy legend

@robberezowski68

Жыл бұрын

How so?

@gregbors8364

9 ай бұрын

“Before his time” (?) He was a huge star. They even wrote a terrible Superman movie script just so he could be in it.

@williamfernandini967

9 ай бұрын

@@gregbors8364 meant his comedy was like nothing people were doin back then

@gregbors8364

9 ай бұрын

@@williamfernandini967 It’s actually a lot like Red Foxx’s act from the 1950’s and ‘60’s

@xavierharding8938

5 ай бұрын

That makes no sense at all. He was a man during his time.

The original “KING” of comedy

@choppwhite4189

4 ай бұрын

THEE KING OF COMEDY!

@JJA_88

3 ай бұрын

@@choppwhite4189 Hands down

@ginafriend1690

3 ай бұрын

🙌 ABSOLUTELY!! 🙌 The Best!

@namer6914

2 ай бұрын

100%

The dancer, Toni "Satin Doll" Elling died on April 2, 2023, at the age of 94!!!

The way he's telling the story is just perfect.

@maleaeavenson3625

11 ай бұрын

It's true.

So many artists today, stood on the shoulders of this GIANT. I love his work. May he be RIP. Respect.

I've heard this bit so many times and I still laugh! Never gets old!

Because he was speaking from Experience, you can't and shouldn't be offended. And you gotta admit that was the best impression of an Ol Skool Mobster!

When a man is a genuis at his art , he and his art will live forever ! Richard Pryor will live forever !

@tulsacaupain2882

5 ай бұрын

Hear Hear

I am certain any surviving mobster absolutely adores this joke about them.

"And the f***ing ice pick BREAKS! Haaaaaaaaaahaaaahaaaa" Oh man makes me cry of laughing everytime 😂

Telling a Joke like this, while the mob was that powerful, that took some balls 🤣 respect.

@janblount

Жыл бұрын

Yup, and he was IN VEGAS

@blackcaesar4u

Жыл бұрын

They are-still powerful. I grew up in Youngstown

@vegaswillie

Жыл бұрын

Took a pair of gagoozzies.

@y-unespynchonesky9708

Жыл бұрын

Oscar Wilde once said: 'If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.' Mr. Pryor being the funniest, and a masterful storyteller helped, I guess.

@SopranoPizzaJMFNJ

Жыл бұрын

The Boys LOVE this type of PR. Pryor made the wise guys money by telling people to be fearful of wise guys. An interesting combination of balls & brilliance if you ask me.

He was a true genius of comedy. Cannot get enough of him.

I watched this whole show on VHS video back in 85 when I was in hospital, I was laughing so much everything hurt, by the end I didn't know if I was laughing at him or because of the pain I was in with my injury 😂😂😂, he was a comedy genius and way ahead of his time

@banks8514

Жыл бұрын

How great is comedy. It’s the greatest gift ever made being laughter.

@maleaeavenson3625

11 ай бұрын

Laughter is good medicine.

@saingmckinnon6631

6 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

They paid everybody off… But kept me 😂😂😂😂😂

Red Foxx, Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy Real Original KINGS of Comedy. 👑 👑 👑

@rwiconcepts4492

2 ай бұрын

Mike Epps...I'm just reaching. I noticed you said "Original Kings.."😂

@stephaniehowell1109

2 ай бұрын

Yes...and Fluffy!!!! 😂😂😂😂 (Gabriel Iglesias)

The G.O.A.T. This skit explains to young people why Pryor was the GOAT.

Silver Streak is a movie that still now has me rolling on the floor, literally! He was brilliant and get him with the right costar like Gene Wilder and it was just pure magic!

@menzicosce

Жыл бұрын

“How come all you who ties for such a right ass man?”

I lived in Youngstown back in the day this story is so accurate the stories I've heard from the OG'S . Youngstown was and still is no joke.

40 years ago and he is just cracking me up still 😂 Gold.

The way he's telling the story is just perfect.. “Wait a minute, Rich do the gun again.” .

Richard Pryor is the very first selection for my Comedy Mount Rushmore; the man was without peer to my mind.

@jaymo8206

Жыл бұрын

Gotta have Groucho Marx on the Mt. Rushmore of comedy too.

@gregbors8364

9 ай бұрын

GOAT 🐐 of stand-up

@danielbrown3461

3 ай бұрын

The Marx Brothers were better. They paved the way for Pryor. And also Jackie Gleason.

@dadaevan

2 ай бұрын

💯💯💯

A true comedy legend. RIP Richard Pryor!!

this bit he did is better and truer to life than any gangster picture you'd care to name. hell, should've been a movie!

I was laughing my ass off so hard I could barely catch my breath. Long Live Richard Pryor.

@saingmckinnon6631

6 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@davidevans6131

6 ай бұрын

Me2 😂

His father was a real bad ass and all that is real . Richard overcame a lot to be a comedy legend ! Great talent .

My late uncles on my momma's side of the family cracked up over this Richard Pryor skit. I miss them all. Thanks for sharing!

“Hey Jeff, I remember when I showed you how to drive.” Richard Pryor could make anything funny.

@KTKZon58

11 ай бұрын

Jeff: 😐

There are a lot of guys that did standup over the years; some of them were incredibly talented. Richard was in the conversation with ANYBODY.

@maleaeavenson3625

11 ай бұрын

Anybody and everyone.

Satin Doll was around in 2010/2012 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin she had a bar that was grandfathered in that could stay open like 24 hours. i was in milwaukee for work and one of my co-workers brings me to her bar, where she’s holding court at 4 am over the bar mantle was a huge photo of her in her prime framed. she tells us how Duke Ellington named a sing after her. and how she know a who’s who of all walks of life we stayed until about 7am talking to her and her daughters. lifetime memory, & now to see this bit to confirm some of her stories is great to see!! her place was on West Fond du Lac Avenue

@zora_noamflannery2548

9 ай бұрын

- Lucky you.

@mja91352

2 ай бұрын

Duke Ellington did NOT write "Satis Doll"; Bill Strayhorn did

This man was the greatest comedian the world has ever seen. Pryor was so unbelievably talented. I remember watching this on cable back in the 80s. I was laughing so hard I couldn't breathe.

@LIONTAMER3D

Ай бұрын

He set the greatest mold for others to follow

I was blessed to have seen Richard Pryor live. All I can say is that there are not enough superlatives to describe just how good he was. Nuff said.

@annrodriguez2891

9 ай бұрын

You were truly blessed.Pryor was the KING

@hugohackenbush1554

9 ай бұрын

@@annrodriguez2891 Thank you very much. Richard Pryor was the best. Not one comic, apart from Geg Giraldo and Bill Hicks, has come even close to the master. Imagine a packed out club and the MC announces those three as your acts!!!

@danielbrown3461

3 ай бұрын

The Marx brothers were better.

@hugohackenbush1554

3 ай бұрын

@@danielbrown3461 I grew up on the Marx Brothers. My grandfather was blessed to have been friends with Harpo and Groucho. No one comes close to them in terms of comedy on the big screen, however, Richard Pryor was the king of stand up. He took it to a level that only Dave Chappelle, Billy'Boy'Burr and maybe Jeselnik are approaching. "Marry me and I'll never look at another horse."

@danielbrown3461

3 ай бұрын

Not Nuff said...The Marx Brothers paved his way and had a massive inpact on him. He himself said so. Plus he said himself the 3 Stooges were better.

“What’s the matter Rich you don’t look so good” 😂

The G.OA.T.!!! 💪🏾💯✊🏾 There's still nobody better than Richard Pryor!

I will never forget Richard Pryor. He was a comic genius and lovable no matter what he said!

@GeorgeMorgan6600

5 ай бұрын

@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?

Wow - I always knew he was a genius, but his range is breathtaking. He was well ahead of his time.

@user-hp1ou3nb7t

8 ай бұрын

He and George Carlin were the top two comedians of their generation.

@AmariMarvelous

4 ай бұрын

​​@@user-hp1ou3nb7t I agree 💯. They're two of the greatest comedians with Richard coming out on top and George usually comes in at 2nd place.

@AmariMarvelous

4 ай бұрын

And just to think when Richard first hit the scene many critics were comparing him to Bill Cosby in which he said himself he was inspired by him. Once Richard started being himself and cussing in his standups, that's when he took off and never went back.

I saw this on VHS thirty years ago and watched clips of this same joke for decades and it's still funny every time.

I love this comedy skit. Richard Pryor was a great comedian and story teller.

@GeorgeMorgan6600

5 ай бұрын

@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?

Best standup comedian of all time right there. A legend. RIP Rich.

"you carry we bury" 😂😂

One of THE best comedians of all time.

"You got a family? Well you got family now." 😂🤣

I used to sneek in my moms record stash& listen to this as a youth in 80's!!

RIP, Richard Pryor. Gone, but never forgotten!

Could you imagine how hard the real mafia laughed at this material....lol The laugh is spot on . .This was when we could still laugh at each other....lol

A lot of people nowadays won’t get that this is one of the greatest bits of all times. Another comedian could makeup a more outrageous story but Pryor lived it. Even great comedians write stuff down but you can tell that he’s so good he was telling the story in the moment! The timing and the energy doesn’t lie. Pryor is the greatest

The best thing about this clip is it reminded me how my Dad would laugh at these jokes. It brought back vivid memories like I could see him and hear him laugh. It was the best! Miss you Dad and thank you to the GOAT for making us laugh even through the toughest times!

@istast

10 ай бұрын

Hey Vin, I am the Dad now. So I need to laugh for my kids and theirs -- knowing that you and kids like you, actually do care. I am a terminal dad and you have given me inspiration to share laughter and to thank the Eternal Father of Free Will and laughter.

@davidevans6131

6 ай бұрын

Miss ya pops but I will carry the torch. ❤ RIP Don Ronaldo and RIP Pop Don❤🇮🇹🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

My hero. I started doing stand-up because of Mr. Pryor. RIP!

My favorite and the best comedian to ever step foot on stage. Richard Pryor is still alive. Love ya Big Daddy Rich

😂🤣😂🤣 I absolutely loved Richard Pryor! Genius! 😂🤣😂

I still miss good comedians and actors like Richard. RIP brother.

“Ice pick’s my thing Rich”.😅

Richard pryor is a legend and was a genius. "This fucken kid." "And they kept me, like a pet"

@stephenle-surf9893

3 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂 I just love the idea that for the remaining time he was at that club he was easily the safest black man in the world. 😂😂😂f##King kid àaaaaahàaaaaah!

I can't stop watching this clip. What a legend

He was the best. I saw him live in San Francisco in about 1973.

@LIONTAMER3D

Ай бұрын

Lucky you, comedy is nowhere near this good in 2024

I saw this in the movie theater, before it was on HBO. Long, long ago. Never forgot this routine.

Hands down, one of the most epic stand-up bites of all time.

Pryor was in a league of his own among comedians

All the funny skits he wrote for "Sanford and Son", Blazing Saddles, The Kentucky Fried Movie.... The list goes on and on!!!! WE DEARLY MISS YOU MR. PRYOR!!!!....

"Crime doesn't pay"- BRILLIANT!. Much missed, damned funny cat.

His imitation of a good guy getting stuck up is so spot on

His affection for the Mafia guys and Satin Doll is so funny.

Seen Richard Pryor in a Italian Nite Club in Steubenville Ohio just down the river from the mafia night club.

When I was a young teenager me and my buddies listened to old Richard Pryor albums, way before he became popular, funny as hell,rip genius

I love Pryor. I saw all his movies and had records of his standup. True genius.

The Original King of Comedy 👑.

The original King of Comedy! RIP Richard ❤❤❤

“What’s the matter Rich you don’t look so good, ahh ahh ahh” 😂😂😂

This is the absolute mastery of the craft.

Just the number 1' best standup to ever live! He left the world way to early. 'Genius'

He nailed it. the with the mafia story. Lol.

The king of comedy we miss your Richard

The very best stand up delivery period. Stomach ache to attend a show live or recorded.

Richard Pryor was. BRILLIANT. Funny as heck and didn’t have to rely on crassness and four-letter words throughout his jokes! Today’s comedians could learn a lot from him!!

@th1ssucks

3 ай бұрын

He definitely has range. A lot of his material was considered very edgy at the time but the guy also was on Sesame Street! G.O.A.T.

The funny thing is this story is probably true.

I had this on cassette and used to listen to it with my friends all the time. We would be laughing til we cried, especially this part!

This might be the best stand up ever ❤

Johnny Salami. 😂😂😂

Lol, Richard Pryor was the very best comedian back in the day!! ‘you carry we bury’ ‘you stab’em we slab’em’ 🤣🤣🤣🤣

I'm half Italian and mafia or not this is spot on especially with the grabbing and giving him and rubbing his head I love the ice pick part

Richard Pryor is the GOAT of standup comedy. Barr none. I miss this guy..❤ Godspeed RP 🙏

I can't even put into words,this standup joke,I don't think it's a joke.But it's hilarious,his physical motions,the voice. The material.Wow

That man is SO amazing. His stand up is STILL the best ever, even with all since him having the advantage of having seen/heard him. Such a RARE thing, crazy.