I Need Help

Post by **kelliecam** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 5:28 pm

My nephew is doing a black history report on Richard Pryor and i need to know if any one can help me?
This is the question/s What were his contributions to history and how?
so if anyone could please help me i would be very thankful!!!

Post by **Visitor** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 6:00 pm

kelliecam,

Watch and listen to what Richard Pryor had to say. It won't take you long to figure out what it was/is that Richard Pryor has done for American History. If all you can hear is the language, you aren't listening. If all you hear are jokes, you're not paying attention.

YouTube · Post by **bingolong** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 6:42 pm

kelliecam,
-Few comics today will talk about their own careers without mentioning the inspiration they received from Pryor. A talented yet controversial man, most people either love him unconditionally or hate him passionately — but few ignore him.

-In 1983, Pryor was paid $4 million (a unprecedented amount for a black actor and a million more than the film's star Christopher Reeve) for his role as accomplice to the villain in Superman III.

-Chosen as #1 in Comedy Central's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time (April 2004).

-After appearing in both dramatic and comedic roles in dozens of popular television shows, in 1991 Pryor was the subject of a well-received variety special A Party for Richard Pryor. His work also earned him such honors as NATO Entertainer of the Year Award (National Association of Theater Owners, 1982), Lifetime Achievement Honoree for the American Comedy Awards (1992), CableACE Best Entertainment/Cultural Documentary or Informational Special (1993), NAACP Hall of Fame Award (1996), and first recipient of the prestigious annual Mark Twain Humor Prize (1998).

-But Pryor's comedy has more than entertainment value. When he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Academy Award-winner Louis Gossett, Jr. credited Pryor as "the single most reason for us making it in this business. He made it possible for us [black people] to be in this business on equal terms." Composer Quincy Jones called him "a pioneer. . . who made us understand the truth about us." Indeed, Pryor's material is so socially astute and confessional that he continually expands our notions of what may be perceived as funny

http://www.richardpryor.com/history.cfm - Okay I just copied and pasted it.....'

Post by **Appaloosa** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 11:36 pm

bingolong,
I was reading your link you put up.....dayum....awesome link......awesome.......I read that an thought to myself....I ain't done a dayum thing myself....

YouTube · Post by **bingolong** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 6:28 am

Appaloosa and dumbass,

;p

Post by **chevyt454** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 9:32 am

Rich gave a great tour of ghetto life, family life, day to day experiences. He paints a vivid picture!

Post by **Visitor** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 12:29 pm

kelliecam,
to me richards contributions are great and wide. he is the one comedian that taught others the art of story telling as a comic form. no one can paint a picture the way he did. if you listen to his work on tape, record or cd you can see he was no simple joke teller. eddy murphys style is much like what richards was. he made major innovations in film and television ( the tv show went where no one had gone before, and didnt go again until dave chappel came to cable tv). the movie "which way is up" is awsome in the many different characters he portrayed, and the way they all came together in the film is unbelieveable. as far as i know no black actor had done that kind of thing before him on film, and not the his level richard was and is an inspiration to up and coming young comedians, black, white,and every other color under the rainbow.

life long pryor fan....