"Stopping Drinking" | Richard Pryor: Here And Now | Now Playing

[@kuleebaba9014]

I'm not addicted to cocaine. I just like its smell. - Richard Pryor

[@guthax30]

He was one smooth mother F'r deflecting those heckles like that

[@DanielAppleton-lr9eq]

He barely acknowledged that guy, just kinda waved him aside. CLASS.

[@lilezur543]

@@DanielAppleton-lr9eq he mocked without making eye contact near him lmao using his words like a conversation in his head.

[@djslicelasvegas3964]

He mastered hecklers with ease…they couldn’t touch him. The GOAT!

[@Steven-x9b6h]

True .Fact. Confident in his skin,humble,brutally honest.Loved and admired.Mr.Pryor

[@RyanHorn-fk1sg]

Definitely Quick

[@Harriston-g4c]

Didnt he , LOLOLOLOL, he loved it when they try to get in the show,,,

[@jmb-bj9gs]

That's becuz everyone gave him SHIT when he was starting out !! God bless him !! Loved him !

[@Steven-x9b6h]

@@jmb-bj9gs the world's full of shit talkers

[@beemactastic7026]

24 yrs sober last week

[@CalmPrayingMantis-wq5fu]

38 years

[@beemactastic7026]

@@CalmPrayingMantis-wq5fu awesome!

[@rm6652]

Well done my friend. Try to think, it's 24 years filling the obvious void with positive behaviour. If there's a void left empty, it's obvious it'll be filled with a quick fix. Every human would do that. You chose to find the right way for you. Absolute inspiration!

[@Ribsi62]

@@CalmPrayingMantis-wq5fu 7 years!

[@nadirfaroug2022]

congrats to all y'all for staying that strong and hopefully to many more years

[@TinkerTailorSoldier1]

Waking up in my car driving 90

[@morontv1401]

Derek, we miss you come back home honey.

[@AverageGenericN.O-Resident]

Dear John, Please Johnny Please come home

[@WandaBeasley-pi4hl]

Owo 🤔🙏

[@johnnessuno6515]

Literally me at one point,,; Ahahaha 111 three in a row let's goo *Thoughs over the next 1.5-2 seconds* /Hits lights out/ Cops can't see me coming Immmm,,,, not ,,, gonna speed up because I won't fucking feel a thing cus anything can go wrong on this straight ass highway and even tho I'm safe I'm not safe at all and I can rollover 17 times or not out or get busted or not grt busted then go on a chase but holy shit I'm fucked up let's go get back get home get safe get help" /Turns lights on/

[@zacharymccoy6376]

Crazy drunk!

[@zackdaniels6858]

He was an Absolute Gem of a Man that not Only Inspired but quite literally Changed the Scene and inspired The Best.

[@bigdaddypiggy]

To have been alive when both Pryor & Carlin were at the top of their game makes me feel extremely lucky 😉

[@leotimtom6637]

Carlin was clever, witty, asinine but maybe not that funny, I enjoyed his bits but rarely laughed, he was too sharp and bitter. Pryor is simply too weak in crafting jokes.

[@AP-gb3eh]

@@leotimtom6637🐂💩

[@tarascotland408]

Yeah they were ok but our local guy was Billy Connolly… ❤ Spoiled us for all the rest

[@rebelsixtynine1]

Wish we had both back.that was true comedy.

[@mavisser3211]

79 years sober tomorrow

[@brandanowens]

Either you are over 100 years old or never have had a drink period lol

[@Riplee]

​@@brandanowens maybe this comes as a surprise to you but the drinking age wasn't always 21... nor does that mean much

[@zero_zerozero_onepercent]

Excuse me?

[@YTcanLetUsDown]

So I gather you're on about day 2 of your detox...

[@coyoteboys2427]

👍

[@firsttorecess1074]

What a pro! Just uses the heckling in his act and stays cool the whole time.

[@dongorsegner4607]

In my younger years I was a cop………man he nailed the drunk crying telling his sad tale of sorrow😅

[@thesuncollective1475]

Richard was the original article

[@freespirit369-nb4jf]

I bet you have driven intoxicated before too

[@Got2gofishin]

As a recovered alcoholic, coming up on 23 years sober, I can relate to everything he was talking about. Occasionally, my sick alcoholic mind will try to tell me that I could handle it now and that I could have just one drink. Thank God i know better. If I were to have even one beer today, that overwhelming obsession for more would overtake me and I would be that guy Richard was talking about. But, The real problem would be, I would be that way for probably the rest of my life, which most likely, not be very long. What a great skit this was for me. It reminds me of myself and of the miserable existence I had for so long and what a wonderful life I now live that could be totally destroyed by just one drink.

[@neriobrandolini3347]

Stay strong brother. You're an example for everyone.

[@xXHashassinXx]

Thanks man. I struggle, and I'm drinking a small amount of lab grade alcohol right now. (I run a lab from home and make a humble living that way) and you may have a point. You'd think a man of science would know better, but I keep telling myself if I just analyze and act accordingly, I can keep a handle on it, but every time I slip up, sooner or later I regret it.

[@PillarGuillot]

good for you and most of all, forrecognizing it. You sound thoughtful and a realist with hope. Keep going Forward, my friend. x

[@johndoe2883]

I get blind drunk every day for two years now, how long do you think it will last...

[@PurpleHazePro]

@@xXHashassinXx please reach out for help? you’re suffering and punishing yourself why? 🥺

[@BMiStudioz]

Brilliant entertainer. Handled hecklers like light work! That crowd thought he was hilarious by the way...

[@Kumzle]

The crowd knew* he was hilarious and not "thought".

[@leotimtom6637]

He barely handled the hecklers, he couldn`t. Who can? Jimmy Carr can.

[@inthejcurve7968]

the most often told lie…”I ain’t never gonna drink again”

[@jambreakfast4341]

I said it today …,

[@niteshades_promise]

Every bad hangover we say that🍻

[@seasonedbeefs]

It's the truth when you say it though

[@bpal7006]

Quitting is actually easy. I’ve done it about 100 times.

[@MattieBennett]

I used to drink. I still do. But I used to too.

[@tubes-lut]

I don't drink anymore. Don't drink any less either.

[@tonyfisher2014]

I understand you, I used to drink to puke or pass out. But I no longer, do my self that way any longer.

[@alaskahudson]

Mitch!

[@myflatlineconstruct]

​@@alaskahudson Dougs description of Mitch "drug enthusiast " 🤌

[@janedoe4858]

I know it gets tossed around alot but Pryor really was The GOAT.

[@travelinman]

Undisputed

[@mackdog3270]

Yeah, I really liked his movies with Gene Wilder. Hilarious

[@leeowsley561]

What does goat mean?

[@travelinman]

@@leeowsley561 GREATEST OF ALL TIMES!!

[@janedoe4858]

@@leeowsley561 Greatest Of All Time

[@Yapostadodat]

Sober or Stoned, he was absolutley THE BEST!

[@MrRudyc]

The funniest man that ever existed! RIP Richard

[@nortesfgangsfmtohaystack3805]

Fr

[@Turfbaby831]

Red fox is funnier

[@MrRudyc]

@@Turfbaby831 you are correct. But he observed, Red Foxx told jokes.

[@DanielAppleton-lr9eq]

@@MrRudyc The BEST. Even if he could be really raw.

[@Jlh0023]

110%% accurate he's in a category on his own. I'm sorry everyone else. He's the GOAT

[@Blondie42]

Bit stupid to heckle a comedian of Richard's caliber. Those couple of audience members musta been drunk/high

[@edog7059]

I remember watching his TV show when young. Although a very funny man - he could also make you cry.

[@branevans3705]

Pryor is my FAVE forever. Seriously now ❤

[@sophiecartman]

SAME❤

[@Steven-x9b6h]

The Goat. RIP Mr.Pryor

[@ryanjessen9181]

I like Richard pryor too

[@trevorberridge6079]

It doesn't matter how many times I've watched Richard Pryor's routines over the decades he makes me laugh just as much every time. The absolute GOAT of stand up comedy.

[@weezie5432]

Without a doubt! The best!❤

[@mr8966]

It is rare that anything a person says is funny, Pryor was one of them. #Legend

[@WillNMechelle]

4 months sober after 20 years. By the grace of God

[@roshambo5895]

God has nothing to do with it friend

[@WillNMechelle]

@@roshambo5895 that's ypur opinion my friend. I didn't do it

[@antonvrb1510]

​@@WillNMechelle I'm really happy for you and every single person who wins this battle. So many people say God helped them. I've been struggling for thirty years. Stop for a few weeks or few months at a time. I lose every time. I wish I could believe. Just don't...

[@justinparks5280]

I wish I could say the same but I’m still here and I still have hope!!

[@francismuiruri9064]

9 months for me after 25 years I feel great.

[@hippydippy]

He's about the only comedian who actually used profanity without making it sound offensive. He was that good. His "Mafia" bit is comedy at the highest level.

[@IWillSayMyPeace]

This was funny and all but drunk driving is no joke.

[@eoin1350]

Miss you Richard.

[@LIONTAMER3D]

"I'll probably die tomorrow" with no pun intended

[@RobK32]

Huh?

[@jasong6027]

Doesn't know what a pun is

[@paulhammons7077]

You can learn a lot from a comic. They known the world, just listen and they will tell you.😊

[@studiolonepine]

This is why he is the GOAT!

[@mybachhertzbaud3074]

Thank goodness for performing arts preservation. Richard was a very unique guy thar should be seen and heard thru the ages.🤔

[@madjack18]

"Hey, looking forward to the Richard Pryor show tonight! I can't wait to hear him constantly be interrupted by the audience, that's what I love paying for!"

[@terrencebrown5966]

My stomach is hurting from laughing.

[@EarthlyMix]

It is your opinion after all, but the way I'm hearing and seeing it people where having a good laugh, and so was I. Love from South Africa.

[@rays2794]

The GOAT period!

[@Turfbaby831]

Not true

[@sherrylove2536]

The house starts moving and I have lots of bruises from bumping into walls.lol

[@Elias-oe1xt]

That cat was gold

[@darrenyancey914]

He was the greatest comedian ever he made you look at your self and laugh so all of need to put some sunshine on face and have good time

[@mariebruzdowski6466]

Very hard to stop drinking. I do it every night to take the edge off each day

[@WillNMechelle]

When you realize you can't drink and you can't even have one, that's when it starts

[@williamcarter665]

I’m 38 I stop drinking at 35 never have I felt better

[@brianballard1153]

Getting off the vapors and living in reality is the best !! Grateful

[@jonathansmith3742]

When I got arrested for my 2 DUI I was parked in my driveway. The Officer asked me if I had anything to drink. My mouth said Yes, lots and lots. I got a free nights stay in lockup.

[@leotimtom6637]

And what?

[@jonathansmith3742]

@@leotimtom6637 and then I had to pedal thousands of miles because my license got suspended. I got what I earned.

[@BlahBlah-xf4je]

Want to hear a fun story? My girlfriend was driving down US 50 towards Los Angeles and hit a elk. We went into Ely Nevada and got a hotel room and the police showed up. The police asked her for a breathalyzer and when they did that her breathalyzer was point 33. Not 033 but 0.33 and I looked at the sergeant that was on the scene I said yeah you're going to let her go right now because that is wrong and you know it's wrong. One third of her blood could not possibly be alcohol

[@richardstokes3625]

That’s clever

[@BlahBlah-xf4je]

We had to stay in Ely for 2 days because they didn't have a windshield for the car and it had to come from Los Angeles. And the cops were literally outside of the hotel the whole time we were there. They were like no you guys can't get away with all this but we did

[@ralphcolerick4939]

pryor mocking people one of the best

[@MichaelLuke-w6p]

Richard was without doubt the funniest bloke that ever lived😂 absolutely timeless humour, always cheers me up whenever I am down. RIP Richard the great❤😢

[@DanielAppleton-lr9eq]

Richard The Great. He'd like that.

[@ryanjessen9181]

Richard pryor he was great man I like Richard pryor too Richard pryor he was hilarious

[@robertabray-enhus3198]

Love Richard Prior! So effing funny!

[@RichardGolden-f2m]

I stopped drinking cold turkey and had a heart attack within two days. Dead serious. Made it through.😊

[@itinerantpatriot1196]

Wanna know why drunks talk so much and talk so loud? Matt Damon breaks it down pretty well when he explains how the point of drinking is to kill brain cells. "First the sadness cells die so you smile real big. Then the quiet cells go so you just say everything real loud for no reason at all. But that's okay because the stupid cells go next so everything you say is real smart." ― Captain Randolph Junuh: The Legend of Bagger Vance

[@KageNoTora74]

I had a drinking problem in my early twenties. I went to a punk concert, got trashed on rum and Cokes, staggered home and went to bed, waking up on the couch with no clue how I got there. According to my roomates I got out of bed, prayed to the Almighty Porcelain Idol and crashed back out on the couch, none of which I remember. I'm just glad I had the right fucking house.

[@slickrickybob3447]

You don’t think someone is going to read all the bullshit do you ?

[@KageNoTora74]

@@slickrickybob3447 I don't give a fuck about your opinion.

[@SaltyAsTheSea]

​@@slickrickybob3447I did, u mad hating for what my guy it was a decent read 😂

[@jefferythomas4414]

That’s not a problem, that’s what we’re supposed to do in our twenties. Stop trying to play the victim….:)

[@SaltyAsTheSea]

@@jefferythomas4414 bro

[@tigerscott2966]

I saw that same thing on an episode of Everybody Loves Raymond. I also saw a guy have those charges tossed out... He got the answer from Black's Law Dictionary.

[@johnbarroll1120]

Absolutely the alltime best improvisational comic. Ever!

[@cafiend]

I really miss him.

[@gerald_14]

CARLIN AND PRYOR ARE THE GOATS

[@turboboy0]

I stopped drinking alcohol back in December 1994.

[@niteshades_promise]

"ill never drink again!" -voodoo glow skulls, not sure what song🍻

[@joaoadbud9082]

This was on my mind sometimes now.richArrd is going to help me put the juice down

[@EmpyrionBlackthorn]

Good luck my friend

[@don2547]

10am and im drinking still worries the hell out of me

[@jaspal201]

Pray brother. Pray to Allah, trust me.

[@don2547]

@@jaspal201 thank you I honestly appreciate it but I don’t believe in a higher power as much as iv tried.

[@tukinski]

Matthew 11:19 The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say: Behold a man that is a glutton and a wine drinker, a friend of publicans and sinners. And wisdom is justified by her children.

[@myflatlineconstruct]

These fear mongers, spreading the worry of where this debauchery will lead. So silly. Same place all that clean living ends up. In the dirt. We all die. I question the sanity of anyone that wants those "sunset" years. The years of , all your friends dead or dying, failing mind and body, a complete burden to anyone who gives a shit to care after you. Then , three generations later no one who ever spoke to you is alive to remember good deeds or no. So, drink or don't. Do what YOU want, not what's expected. Be somewhat independent and original. Why sheep it to the last breath. Well unless that's your thing. Do you

[@CalebBrownlee-bf8lp]

It's 9am for me but I don't give a damn

[@Bunbuns12345]

We miss you Rich

[@remaraguilar9901]

Made a mistake watching this clip on shrooms. 😢😅

[@DT-ct2ms]

2 years sober I wanna have 1 drink but I know that 1 will eventually turn to weekly bottles. I miss getting wasted but the danger it brought not worth it. I hope I can find myself in my sweet life.

[@anonuser1]

Cunning, baffling. The insanity of wanting just one, but knowing it will never be just one.

[@Krmyas]

Scary how much alcohol my body can take when i practice hard enough. Glad you are pulling out for good!!

[@jeffwest6479]

Miss that dude.

[@kellymccance1342]

If I weren't an alcoholic, I'd get drunk everyday!!

[@Undermineded-333]

Just stop unbothered joke @@@ hurt me with truth lies don’t affect me

[@NancyFreire-dv4pi]

He 😂😂was awesome

[@Mark-rg8ns]

😮 he was so freaking funny! God do I miss the old school comics

[@weenttaguy223]

He was the best at any stage of his life when performing his natural gifted craft, the best! 💯My all time favourite along side Robin Williams, and Dave Chappelle...👍👍👍

[@prod3362]

This crowd sucks.....no one paid to listen to em

[@Johnny-mi1kt]

Rest In Peace to the Old Heads on Lexington Avenue in White Plains like that. Messed up from cheap liquor.

[@mztweety1374]

He used to date Nikki Sixx‘s mother back in the 60s… Am I glad or sad that they never met up again when Nikki was grown😂 😂

[@60secondsofhope]

Wow

[@FreeJohanPia]

Absolutely love this man ❤

[@mjcruiser4238]

You had to have had some big ones to heckle Rich!

[@nitedrummer931]

3 years sober last February!!

[@rickybunch6990]

I stopped ciggs i dont do booze and drugs are a no go life is still a motherfer

[@scottpadilla6631]

The goat !!!!!!!!

[@billlyon802]

20 years clean and sober

[@ClintScottFischer]

The GOAT!!

[@bull419]

Wow 7 months what a trooper!

[@joeblackman80]

Love you Richard rip

[@ArthurDesentz]

A Kevin heart let me tell u something u did a stadium but still no were near Richard Pryor

[@augustusbetucius2931]

I didn't 'get' Richard Pryor as a kid, watching him on TV with my day, who loved him. I appreciate him now. He makes it *so* *clear* how modern comedy of the last twenty years is just tame, tepid, weak and often boring compared to comedians of the 60s, 70s , 80s and even 90s.

[@tarusprentice7782]

That moustache tho 😂

[@madffx1986]

When I explain to my foreigner friends that I didn't drink for 37 years and I'm 37 years old, they say you know after hearing that we need a drink.

[@karolisjuknys398]

You will never experience the laugh till you fart feelings if you do not know Richard Prior gems 😭🤣🤣🤣😅

[@Paige-hh2zp]

Dude. I drove my car over 90 stone cold sober, listening to music, in this highway area where cops were usually just waiting for ya. But they weren’t for some reason. Other times I’ve been drunk - though not driving like that or anything. Lol. Usually some other dumb shit. Lol. Ridiculous. But I didn’t set my hair on fire freebasing coke dude.lol. Didn’t I hear tell that some dude once did that? 😂🌈🤣🙄🙏

[@WilliamKraus-m8x]

You let them take care of you R.I.P.

Masters-- Singer: Nina Simone Musician: John Coltrane Writer: James Baldwin Historian: WEB Dubois Comedian: Richard Pryor

[@pamelafdouglasc5659]

36 this June

[@deeppurple883]

Hate to say it but I have to say, playing a drunk is best played by a Irishman from the old day's and way's, while talking they did the swaying and nearly falling but never . Richard is king of stand up, .RIP☘️👦🏿🌹

[@2023lm]

19 hours sober

[@gamblerIX2]

10 years of my life 😮

[@thevasilakis]

Alcohol is a euphemism for what oil refineries add to gasoline for cars.. ETHANOL.. 😅

[@shadowman2192]

The crowd was really disrespectful that night. Bunch of jerks.

[@WandaBeasley-pi4hl]

Some people go all way back to child that when it time to give up.😂

[@michaelgarcia2050]

The hecklers ruined this film. I tried watching it on VHS and had to stop, around this point. Annoying.

[@crackfare1989]

For like 2 seconds I thought Borat was doing blackface.

[@RichardGolden-f2m]

Withdrawals. Started when I was 15 and decided to go cold turkey when I was 55. Didn't quite work out how I had planned. 😊

[@georgeduncan8946]

Yeah .Self .improvement....ratchit yellin in the Audience 😂😂😂😂

[@SugaBee]

Oh God 🤣🤣🤣🤣😅

[@anthonyikedakolar9375]

That laying on the ground part, crawling to the toilet, man that is too real. It makes me instantly remember the times that's happened to me. Watching that is an instant cure for when you feel like drinking 😂😅

[@menotq]

love and miss this human!