Groovy Movies: Steve Martin interviews Richard Pryor U.S. TV 6/19/78

[@simonreeves828]

What a great man Richard Pryor was 👌👌✅

[@cherylalt101]

Richard was almost always laid back, quite quiet and thoughtful when doing interviews. Seeing him on a talk show makes you appreciate just how much he put into his standup. He was an absolute genius and Steve Martin is no slouch either. These old shows, which happened when I was about 20, are great glimpses into that time which was a really cool time to grow up.

[@kristinaniemeyer5256]

Richard Pryor was a wonderful gift 🎁!!!

[@tvanderson1960]

2 incredible guys ❤!

[@2slick35]

Two funny guys! Both certified comedic legends jabbing jokes at one another! We'll never see comedy this pure again! Great stuff!

[@charlesciminera5881]

I don't know why Martin stopped being funny after a while he sold out and just got paid to act it corny kids and family movies while Pryer just hilarious for life

[@srldwg]

@@charlesciminera5881 Only Murders in the building 😍 Bowfinger (saw it in the theater when it came out in the late 90's All of me (saw that as a kid in the 80's). He was very good, the movie. was just ok. People seemed to like Father of the Bride, I had no interest in it. Parenthood he was ok, in that, ok movie. Beyond that, I wonder what happened as well.

[@charlesciminera5881]

@@srldwg he sold out and cashed in much more money in corny kids movies than stand up only movie he did was funny was the jerk just in my arrogant oppiion

[@Tusc9969]

Pryor was a comedic genius and masterful story teller, period.

[@metropunk2236]

Just shows how easy Carson made it look. Not just anyone can do it.

[@classierobertson9975]

Exactly 🧡⭐

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[@vintage0fan_0]

Man that was hard to watch. Thank God for Richard Pryor.

[@zappasmoustache23]

Pryor referencing Beckett came out of leftfield, a real testament to his intelligence and humble nature.

[@yuljohnson6838]

2 great comedy legends together,wow! Both has done some of the greatest and legendary comedy films that will forever be in the great halls of comedy. Even though they didn't share any scenes in it it's great that they actually shared the movie together, The muppet movie which was great!

[@smokedog2185]

A love watching these old videos, comedy gold

[@labanachecklowery5662]

My heroic comedians & legendary!!!!

[@sohooded]

Always miss you, Richard. 💕💖💕💖❤

[@etohhhh]

How can the worst interview of all time be the best comedy interview of all time? Because that's exactly what I'm watching right now.

[@srldwg]

Richard Pryor just had a way of being funny, and helping others to look funny too! He was an amazing comedic genius!

[@robertbruce2128]

Steve Martin has changed so much since then. Amazing.

[@SheaAujanel]

This was amazing. Kings.

[@christiancuniah8411]

Richard is so cool!

[@michellerosemarieflynn8897]

I LOVE STEVE MARTIN !

[@clintperry799]

Two of my favorites ❤

[@BuddyBoo123]

Richard Pryor's The Greatest

[@paulconway8481]

Either this was rehearsed and brilliant... or completely adlib... which is genius!!

[@DecipleX]

Rest in peace Richard Pryor... This is amazing!!! And a complete brilliant work by two comedy masterminds. I'm betting Andy Kaufman was fully mesmerized if he saw ever saw this! :D

[@pacedom1]

Two legends.. awesome

[@SheaAujanel]

This was amazing

[@chinaman393]

its weird how ahead of its time this was/is apparently, with people thinking they had bad comedic chemistry. This was almost a short masterclass on meta-humor. And to people who think they didnt like one another Pryor's on words about Martin were "Steve is an artist." (and 'dont talk shit about think' lol something to that effect its in the mormon interview)

[@Pimp-Master]

This is just incredibly funny. Pryor is so honest and funny and Steve Martin was just starting to explode and become the number one funny man in the nation.

[@Danimal77]

There was nothing funny about this interview at all.

[@jakepalmer4690]

This interview is a lot more entertaining when you realize Steves just trying to take control of Pryor, Steve isnt as fummy as Pryor but he still holds almost a debate for laughter

[@evonza4858]

Two comedy genuises 🥰❤️🖤💚

[@JumpJeho]

Steve Martin has remained 50 years old for the last 50 years!

[@ProjectDystopia]

I miss this type of tv....., it was really real.

[@yuljohnson847]

I love seeing 2 legends together, wether it's in comedy, music, boxing or any endeavor of entertainment. Seeing Richard and steve together is soooo incredible!!! Richard pryor whose known for such classics like Stir crazy, Superman 3, some kind of hero and Which way is up? and Steve martin who got his own set of classics such as The Man with 2 brains,Three amigos,All of me and the loney guy and seeing these 2 fine performers in those movies and meeting like this is a major landmark in TV history!!

[@yuljohnson5502]

Incredible clip involving 2 major talents!

[@st911000]

It's thrilling to see them claw at each other on a comedic level. It's like a aerial dogfight.

[@Refoops]

Oh man poor Steve. I thought this interview was pretty damn awkward. Steve is just not cut out to be interviewing someone. Luckily Pyror was laid back and helped him out. Numerous times Steve just threw out fluff when he had nothing to say and you can sense that look of 'Oh god.. what am doing' on his face.

[@donkeydan5996]

Imagine Chevy chase interviewing him on his train wreck show 😂😂

[@michaeltyler1834]

Richard Pryor as a child would have been the funniest and most adorable thing haha

[@jaywolf7428]

Steve Martin seems very nervous.

[@markshaw2009]

Steve Martin was selling out stadiums then, Pryor only night clubs and small venues.

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales7218]

Steve Martín 14/08/45 76 años

[@Roddog61]

Two greats "sparing". It's wonderful.

[@Pimp-Master]

Brush with greatness...

[@UUNNIICCEEFF]

Two legends! This was pretty “PROLIFIC”! They both played off of each other as only the greats can do. ZERO EGO!

[@Thorum13]

Fascinating.

[@user-cd1id3gb8t]

The one and only

[@durandjohnson1321]

I wish they had HD back then!

[@mokamo23]

so cool to see these 2 guys going back and forth, getting weirder and weirder, funnier and funnier.

[@porflepopnecker4376]

I found this so enjoyable that I literally almost exploded.

[@Danimal77]

Pretty dramatic of you, no?

[@philipleanza3]

That's Glen Campbell sitting next to Richard Pryor.

[@tuat.mvpformallybigd.2635]

I use to love hearing Steve getting small instead of high.

[@jayglamx3]

ICONIC

[@gengen1940]

I loved all of Richard Prior movies. Great comedy Steve Martin would be back on TV in October 2013.

[@patmason7276]

Great guys but TV host is not Steve Martin's Forte!!! Richard Prior the legendary man.

[@danheilman7729]

Two giants talking shop. Tremendous.

[@wessmith736]

i would agree that this interview clearly revealed a lot of tension between the two although Rich definitely held his composure in contrast. But I would not agree that it was the worst. I could just sense the rivalry so much between them that it made me feel uncomfortable. Even their body language gave it away.

[@3kimkim3]

wow 12min 45sec between commercial breaks... those were the days...

[@Tusc9969]

When guest go on a talk show they are usually expected to say something that would entertain the audience and do it with some degree of enthusiasm. Seems like Richard Pryor didn't feel like "entertaining" and just was content to schmooze with Steve. Richard's understated tone may have thrown Steve off just a little but Steve seemed to have played off of it and rolled with it. Richard might've recognized it in Steve and intentionally perpetuated the understated approach (maybe, maybe not). It seemed like a poker game or chess match in keeping coolness in a somewhat unconventional interview. It was an interesting meeting to watch especially when you understand that they were the 2 hottest names in stand-up back then and today are iconic figures in comedy

[@sirwob]

Joe, you said exactly what I came on to write. You nailed it I think

[@Danimal77]

Great analysis. I also think that Richard was very particular with whom he would open up to.

[@sierrahart3358]

That's cuuz Richard needs coke to perform. And he didn't have any at this point. He did after this but not now

[@stevegreen9460]

like two boxers feeling each other out. fair play to pryor its not easy getting steve martin on the back foot in a verbal sparing session but pryor did almost wright from the start. althought steve arguable had the harder task as host being expected to lead the questions. must be alot of pressure for comics together on a chat show, there both going be wanting to hold there ground and out wit the other. thay almost cansel each other out in this. there no stright player for a comic to counter off.

[@recordsbywoof]

Can anyone explain the Becket reference??

[@muscatiellon3005]

This was a fencing match. Pryor had a slight edge but what an exchange

[@j1u2]

the audience laugh at anything

[@Danimal77]

That's how American audiences are.

[@knoxklay11]

I think its a laughtrack

[@JulieSmith-oc3nw]

Audience is so stupid

[@dru4670]

its a laugh track

[@robertsprouse9282]

@@Danimal77, yep, for instance, American audiences would laugh at you Dan Maler if you fell into a vat of sewage. Me, I would look to come to your non-rescue with more sewage and a dump truck.

[@refazenda0]

I saw him walking down the street one day in the 80s. He looked over and I said hello. Not bad!

[@TighelanderII]

The 2nd half of the interview is much better.

[@EdwardWLynn]

Steve Martin seems intimidated by Pryor and it almost seems as though Pryor decided to give him nothing after seeing that Martin didn't want to have a real conversation with him.

[@VolkXue]

put yourself in this time.. The Carson show was still huge at the time and Johnny Carson was royalty. It wasn't like today and all the failed late night hosts. To host the Carson show was a big, big deal and huge shoes to fill for this era.

[@r.dbergman4034]

One of those last shows was at CarnegieHall(ithink?) and featured TheBluesBrothers as an opening act..... And that movie theWiz just freaks me out.. "..gotta get on down, get on down, down the road..."

[@HG-pi3qp]

I love Steve, and he was a big troubadour of out of the box anti-comedy, even had a solid parody of Carlin at one point... but at least the hippie dippie weather man could host a talk show lol this is on par with Dick Cavett's interview with Richard. Dated as hell, yet comfy to watch with nostalgia goggles on. What I'm trying to say is that we will never get another like Richard Pryor and it hurts me poor caucasian soul.

[@RazaqIshola]

Has Steve ever not had grey hair? LOL!

[@porflepopnecker4376]

He still had brownish hair on The Ray Stevens Summer Show back in around '69 which is where I first saw him.

[@Pray-4-Me]

His pubic hair is black

[@premanadi]

@@Pray-4-Me He's shaving it these days.

[@RICHBLACKCOCK]

Razaquishola. yeah. on the DATING GAME back in the late 60`s. Steve won the date with Farrah Fawcett.

[@Reggie2000]

@@Pray-4-Me Your so full of it you liar!!! 🤬 It's red! Steve was born a filthy ginger. 🤣

[@tomnicholl]

This is way they started doing pre-interviews

[@pillarsofdoom4891]

Richard made a choice that he wasn't going to cooperate with some who didn't give him genuine respect at the beginning.

[@bbbbailey1958]

I think Steve was more intrigued with Rich that he laughed a lot.

[@TimothyJonSarris]

“Waiting for Johnny” starring Richard Pryor & Steve Martin (For a limited engagement )

[@r.dbergman4034]

He's filling in for Johnny on the TonightShow..

[@maximusprime3459]

I always wondered if these two ever crossed paths.

[@BrisbaneBruce]

it was very tense...maybe because Steve started by making him put his cigarette out...maybe something before that...but is was a brutal interview

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales41]

Stephen Glenn Martin, más conocido como Steve Martin (Waco, Texas, 14 de agosto de 1945), es un actor, comediante, escritor, productor, músico y cantante estadounidense. Martin se dio a conocer públicamente en la década de 1960 como escritor de The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, y más tarde como invitado frecuente en The Tonight Show. En la década de 1970, Martin realizó sus rutinas de comedia de humor absurdas, antes de que se abarrotaran en giras nacionales. Desde la década de 1980, habiéndose separado de la comedia, Martin se ha convertido en un actor exitoso, así como en un autor, dramaturgo, pianista e intérprete de banjo, que eventualmente ganó premios Emmy, Grammy y American Comedy, entre otros.

[@shamsam4]

The Pryor Beckett joke!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jamesstuart3346]

0% script, 1000% funny

[@dagulshyneshard]

I love the way Richard was so cool and collected in his interviews. His whole demeanor was , I tell jokes , but a ain't a clown for none of you motherf*****s. Love it. Daaang wish I could have met him.Richard Pryor is still one of my heroes.

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales41]

RICHARD PRYOR 01 DE DICIEMBRE DE 1940 10 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2005 82 AÑOS 65 AÑOS 17 AÑOS

[@Blackmace]

What was richard talking about with thay beckett reference?!

[@benjaminmontgomery2847]

My opinion: this was a rather awkward interview. He's referencing Waiting For Godot, by Samuel Beckett.

[@farshimelt]

@@benjaminmontgomery2847 Or Shakespeare.

[@benjaminmontgomery2847]

@@farshimelt that doesnt make any sense.

[@MZHARDBODYENT]

Why is ths world trained to divide & conquer there was no tention here you can tell it was high respect & regard from them both. Thet both had become successful for what they both loved agreed to free lance the interview & got away with some great chemistry during an improv type of interview let's just bounce off each other as comedians

[@paulpolpiboon9535]

Man Steve Martin just wasn't feeling it from him, not that prior was holding back or bein a bad guest, there was just no conversation he could take from him, but then at 8:50 things picked up and became more natural, sincere connections between them, relating better to each other. Steve IS just a guest host but at that point it got better

[@teadough703]

You're dead wrong. Rich was humoring Steve. Steve knew it and was intimidated (CLEARLY). This is one of the worst interviews that I have ever watched unfold.

[@ericconnor5439]

P r o j e c t I o n

[@TighelanderII]

It feels like Pryor is talking to Chevy Chase.

[@yuljohnson6838]

I thought this was a great interview, Steve and Richard showed great calm and collectiveness showing their great showmanship that they've expertly homed throughout their fabulous careers!

[@russelldolter]

Monday June 19 1978

[@BrisbaneBruce]

you may want to watch it again because he was clearly slamming Martin with a back-handed compliment

[@cameronhood40]

Was that Glen Campbell on the couch next to Richard?

[@robertsprouse9282]

Back in his Uni-bomber groupie days.

[@galesayers]

They were both super talented, but this struggle just proves, without a doubt, what a genius Johnny Carson was. Steve had a great comic ability himself, but couldn't pull it out of Richard. Richard was not at his best, and Johnny wasn't there to bring it out, which he could do with ANYBODY. This is a great piece of nostalgia just seeing these two at this moment in their lives, but you have to know the best work of both of them to get anything out of this SAD segment.

[@epif]

Whoosh! The sound Richard Pryor's Thomas Beckett reference makes as it goes over Steve Martin's head.

[@cellardweller8]

The really awkward part came before this started, when they were discussing "The Wiz." That's the part I still remembered from when I was 16!!! I didn't even remember Glenn Campbell was on that night. Also, we get clues to Steve Martin's leaving stand up behind when he speaks of doing the same show and sold out auditoriums. After the release of "The Jerk" he never did another stand up tour.

[@carl1095]

7:31 "I never rehearse."

[@mrblondnyc]

Pryor was tense in every interview. Just watch any clip of his interviews here. He was an intense guy, There was no rivalry but Pryor didn't know Martin at the time. Search "Richard Pryor on cocaine" where he says Martin is a genius.

[@krlm2280]

mrblondnyc "don't knock steve to build me up"

[@rosss1959]

Good point. (I just finished watching the one you're talking about....for the 100th time...lol) Rich was high as a kite. But you are right though. The guy doin the interview tried to 'slam' Steve Martin but Richard cut him off, and gave big props to Steve Martin, acknowledging what a huge talent he is.

[@Kmg200]

I love that about a lot of comedians back in the day they can chill talk laugh not trying to separate people. We be strong if we all stay together ahh sorry not government video. lol Zip.

[@dusterss6290]

Christopher "He looking cool to me, MAMA" Still comedy is in the tension and I feel some tension. I dont think anyones wasted, theres too much wit.

[@HEADLINEZOO]

Hosting a talk show is hard.

[@BlackFistUpHigh]

steve martin had his own show ???

[@markdavis3306]

I thought they were both feeling each other out!

[@rustymertz]

I feel like comedians, especially years ago, were highly competitive and jealous of another one stealing their spotlight. As great as Richard is, he’s definitely not giving Steve mush here. Seen him not getting along with Chevy Chase, and even Eddie Murphy has said that he wasn’t supportive behind his back.

[@TighelanderII]

Seems like Pryor is acting as if Chevy Chase was there and not Steve.

[@fefe9111]

Johnny really dig richard pryor. Something was off about this interview. Steve appears intimidated by Pryor. I like how Pryor, started interviewing Steve Martin

[@maximusprime3459]

Richard was top of his game at this point and Steve was just about to become the next big thing. This is a very interesting point in both of their careers.

[@djames6780]

" new years eve one night" It usually is!

[@letsif]

Steve, the Emperor, has no clothes.

[@porflepopnecker4376]

No, you're just totally overreacting inappropriately in addition to feelings of misplaced wrongness.

[@robertsprouse9282]

@@porflepopnecker4376, how much longer does he have to stay on your couch, Dr.?