"Freebasing" | Richard Pryor: Live on The Sunset Strip | Now Playing

[@biglyon541]

I love how this dude just straight up keeps it real and doesn't hide from his mistakes. I have so much love and respect for the man

[@DH-xm3hc]

Exactly. He was an incredible person. Funny, brilliant, could do it all, and he did. TV, Movies, Starring, Directing, Writing, Producing and anything else he wanted. He was the King of Comedy and is still rembered and loved. Rest in Peace Richard Proyer ✌️❤️🌼

[@twinitedkindle5159]

He's real. OG For ever

[@KaiserSoze-dp1hw]

What a legend

[@graham2631]

And l think this is over 30 years ago

[@bigtoelittlefinger6133]

Keep it real av got a brick of fantanol and inject right into my eyeballs 😂😂

[@bardwelldavidjelliff7632]

The 70s and 80s had some of the best music and comedians of the ages.

[@intellectic9155]

A lot of 80's music is also hot trash. To be fair. 50/50.

[@kevinhillary4057]

Best boxers too

[@dannyturner7967]

And movies and tv shows

[@Gunsmoke2220]

They had a boost from the crack

[@zejaguar]

Your right. Comedians were allowed to be funny & reflect.

[@craigprice1598]

His genius was turning tragedy into comedy. Comedy at its highest level.

[@branevans3705]

Yes!

[@clifftanton8385]

The greatest comedian of all time or for that matter any time incisive intuitive observational honest funny quick witted brilliant

[@craigprice1598]

@@clifftanton8385 , yes sir I must concur

[@EleyonTheGamer]

Tragedy and truth are the pinnacles in which comedy is built on. So absolutely agree.

[@rsb8380]

It’s art at its higher level! Not even just comedy. He turned one of the most painful, tragic and personal experiences of his life and transformed it into this thing where thousands of people (and now millions) watching are laughing and empathising and feeling a deep connection. As an ex-addict this bit always struck a chord with me and honestly he’s forever a genius.

[@bennettprice3968]

How in the world did i find this today of all days. Ive been 12 years clean today. This is the most accurate description of addiction ive ever heard. Live you Rich and the world misses your insight.

[@ferrarimanterrance]

God’s timing!

[@WandaBeasley-qu8yj]

Miss hi to 😢😢😢😂😂tell Truth ook✌️👋💯

[@richardhayman4868]

Congratulations! Here's to the next 12 clean years! The Doobie Brothers did an album cover ('74), "What were once vices are now habits." Richard said that if you've been doing it two weeks, then it's already a habit. It doesn't take long to go from vice to habit.

[@thehuemanimal3626]

​@ferrarimanterrance I'd say god's hella late then

[@michaelbarry5933]

All the best to you, Bennett - well done!

[@ATT-02]

He’s literally describing every addiction! Also, the denial most of these people are in. To go through what he went through with drugs and to be able to come back and explain it so honestly and openly, is amazing. He will always be one of the best comedians that ever lived! According to me!! 👏👏👏

[@normanthusy5135]

You're absolutely 💯 👌 correct

[@JerryMonden]

You got it wrong Richard is the Goat​@@normanthusy5135There will never be another B fore or after him.

[@mikeyxcel]

No such thing as addiction

[@tomanderson7129]

"It'll be different this time." "I know how to handle it now." "I just overreacted. I just have to toughen up." "I'm not that bad." "The cops are picking on me. I'm no worse than any of these other people."

[@themiseducationoftheameric7407]

@@mikeyxcel $tupid

[@rickwhite5849]

The greatest of all time Richard Pryor

[@budway1942]

Gone almost 20 years and he still be king.

[@jwil757]

R.I.P. to the greatest!!!!

[@libanjama8622]

“ How much you want ?” “ A kilo..” 😂😂

[@kdcustoms1272]

I would say that would last me 2 years, but probably not😂🤷

[@catherinemcenhill2921]

I. Love him ❤️ 💕 😅😅

[@jacobmyrick2961]

I don’t want nothing to do with it. My life is pretty bad.

[@JanetStarChild]

All it takes is drugs for an American to understand the Metric system. ...Well, that and guns.

[@bigdeal6852]

Richard.... really telling it like it is....but making it funny but also a "strong" message ! He was amazing ! 😊 👍

[@Texasfarmer]

I miss Richard Pryor , he made everyone laugh , and there will never be anyone like him

[@EdKoller]

Check out George Carlin.

[@ITNerd1970]

I miss Richard Pryor too! I grew up listening to his shows and he always had me laughing, even when he was talking about messing up with free basing. He always seemed like a guy you could sit and drink beers with and just talk, tell stories and laugh your ass off with. RIP Mr. Pryor

[@DH-xm3hc]

I miss Richmond Proyer too. 😔 I miss George Carlin too. 😔 Grew up listening to them both. They both did it all for everyone. Red Foxx was another great comedian that we used to listen to. None of them could do their normal routines on Johnny Carson 😊 and that was funny in itself. Rest in Peace all of you. Hope you are all together being so funny 🙏🤗✌️❤️🌼

[@wayne8297]

I grew up listening to Richard and Eddie and Sam kinison. But Richard would always put himself out there for the audience with complete honesty. Thats how much he loved and thought of his audience as family

[@mg19cal]

This man put a face, 2 arms and 2 legs to a drug. *THAT* my friends is legendary 👍👍

[@hoosierbaddy3052]

An astute analogy of the body that is addiction. It will punch and kick you, especially when you’re down. Lies constantly therefore has a bad mouth to go with its body. I’ve had my share of addicted moments in my lifetime.

[@MichaelGranger-z3w]

25 years of free basing , crack, shooting heroin, coke and I don't know how I survived but I'm 59 now and my health is terrible 😔 I put so much trash 🗑️ into my body it's amazing I'm still here.

[@NickChemist-yf6oj]

Stay strong brother and find your purpose !

[@yommish]

The way I see it, never-ending eternal non-existence is up next, so ya take the pleasures you can and mistakes are inevitable. I hope you get lots of happiness and enjoyment out of the life you have left.♥️♥️

[@asoncalledvoonch2210]

This segment of Rich talking about this shit is the absolute most honest , most real and most truth that ever been told on a stage by an entertainer of any type. This wasn't a comedy routine, this was therapy for him. He was trying to warn people about cocaine and crack. About 5 years later the crack epidemic hit. Rip Mr. Pryor. To me, your the best comedian of all times.

[@Mubarak-yp9yz]

"Fxxx all your appointments me and you just gonna hangout in this room together" -said by every drug ever😂😂😂

[@RayoAtra]

thats not funny.

[@deagle2yadome696]

lol

[@Dolllas]

Marijuana say we gone hang out on the way 🤣

[@showtimevegas]

Lmao weed tell me let’s go outside

[@kieranbrain3733]

❤❤❤❤❤❤ as someone who is 3 years sober I could not have explained addiction any better.

[@sirlevi405]

🎉 Yeah Buddie! 2 years in recovery myself. Sep 9th 2022

[@jamesrochelle383]

The greatest comedian of all time; period , point blank !!!!!

[@EdKoller]

Uh, great communicator, but have you ever seen George Carlin?😂😅😂

[@mikeyates7931]

An honest man - respect

[@mic4902]

"We'll talk it over". You have to experience addiction on this level to know precisely how true those little details are.

[@smithmeister]

His honesty is his genius.

[@MamaTracy]

Richard Pryor was the best comedian that has ever lived! He was the funniest man that the world has ever seen! Loved this man!❤

[@Raymond-l4w]

Don't forget Robin Williams

[@OURNOTEBOOKLOVE1144]

Just sat down in England just gone two am and Richard Prior turns up on my feed and after a couple of difficult years he brought a little smile to my face and just when you have had enough of everything you catch yourself finding shit funny and life ain't too bad after all 😊 thank you Mr prior God bless you 🙏❤️

[@davidhowald4120]

r.i.p richard. thanks for the gift you shared with us.....your humanity. you were a talent extraordinaire.

[@imanijames3385]

Ugh Richard.. we love you

[@rockyv1balboa776]

Richard Pryor Was a Genius 💯🤣🤣🤣👌🏻✌🏻

[@DH-xm3hc]

Richard Proyer was the King 👑 of Comedy. Redd Foxx even admired him from what I understand. He opened soo many doors for young black show businesses in every way. Rest in Peace Richard Proyer. You are still missed and loved ❤️✌️❤️🌼

[@AficionadoOfArt]

Little Tiny Feets is the fuckin greatest lie ever told………stomach hurtin just thinkin about it😂😂😂😂😂

[@sp3ck4]

The way he could tell a story and seamlessly segue from one to the next was absolute genius.

[@BCWasbrough]

Imagine watching this when you were seven or eight. On the bright side, between his stories, Carlin's and Robin William's tales of bad drugs, letting me watch this was probably one of the most effective things my parents ever did to keep me off from drugs. On the bad side, I learned VERY quickly these weren't jokes I could tell the next day at school.

[@eletricavenue]

Equal parts hilarious and sad with hilarious winning the tiebreaker. That was his genius.

[@jamocabrown1975]

Richard Pryor is the G.O.A.T of comedy.

[@agentlesoul1975]

I miss Pryor. A legend.

[@hoppydoppy9456]

As a ex crack addict let me tell you....worst year and a half of my young life...that drug dont care about nothing or nobody...to God be all the glory...24 years clean!

[@MrOmar..86]

That s great man..24 years is a huge milestone ,Congratulations...I m from Italy,in Europe we don t have so much crack, people free base ,is it the same?

[@ashleyt11686]

Congratulations 🎉💕

[@AndrewJacobs1962]

Cool story bro

[@Banzaii2]

The worst thing that can happen is getting a $100 piece of soap.

[@AndrewJacobs1962]

@@Banzaii2 you've obviously never dropped the soap in prison then. My bumhole is still like a yawning hippo

[@kdcustoms1272]

The way his pipe talked to him got me looking at my beer bottle like🤔

[@anthonybreed8137]

😂😂😂😂

[@gerardmetzger6182]

Richard was the Best. Thank you Richard.

[@sammylacks4937]

I like other comedians but none were in this man's league. Richard was one of a kind. How many people can joke about themselves being burned. I think that showed he had moved on past that and I'm proud of him for it. RIP Richard , king of comedy.

[@PaulRichter-ti9su]

He is a Legend Had same disease have 248 days clean

[@jessemiranda326]

I was there that night. My best girlfriend and I laughed hard . He wasn't even on the list of entertainment marquees. He just dropped in .we knew we were lucky that night. I loved that girl so much.

[@starstalker316]

It's one of the all-time greatest . A king of comedy if you will.

[@DorretteGYoung]

"Everybody knows 4:28 that I have milk and cookies before going to bed " 😅😅😅

[@THEJAM-EATERS]

So deep and hilarious at the same time.

[@johnpendarvis7885]

That freebase shit scared the hell out of me. Haven't touched anything since 1983.

[@karenbrown1043]

He was amazing

[@MindyMurnane]

This came out as a movie way back when. Richard Pryor Live on the Sunset Strip. Thats how I saw it. One of the GOAT.

[@paulrummery6905]

It's real beautiful, genius work right there. Rest the great man.

[@mezdrums]

One of a kind. Brutal honesty.

[@rajeeb3500]

"you could sooner get free food in a Chinese restaurant" 😂

[@zuckfacegobbels4527]

I know lmao!

[@johnbarroll1120]

funniest dude of all time. I watched this live performance on NYCs upper eastside in the late 70s, released as a movie.

[@Stantonthestandardstanding]

Miss you forever, Richard Pryor.

[@MarjoMay-korish]

I miss Richard Pryer. He was a gift to all of us. ❤

[@earl4989]

As a man who's been through decades of drug and alcohol abuse, I understand his humor all so well. It's funny because I'll laugh, then I'll have a sad/dark moment of introspection and feel sad, then I'll laugh again!

[@alexanderjones4324]

Richard Pryor The Genius with it. He inspire me. Telling the reality and yet its humor in it... if you can look at it that way

[@Robin-oh4pz]

No one comes close. Hands down, The best ever.

[@David-q2v]

It's easy to get hooked on it because it's such a good high. But people that's never had an addiction will never understand.

[@craigprice1598]

You gotta promise not to tell nobody 😂

[@charliepickard7798]

The funniest guy ever. My introduction to comedy

[@DH-xm3hc]

Mine too. To me he was the King of Comedy. He surpassed Redd Fox, who was a funny, funny man. Richard Proyer did it all. I apologize if I'm wrong, I just remember reading it somewhere ✌️❤️🌼

[@sabrinaestrada3590]

This helps me understand family members' addictions. RIP RP!❤️

[@rachiddiouri1997]

This was is spot on and funny, unfortunately been there. A kilo🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@learhaynes1002]

R.I.P. to Richard Pryor, pioneer, traiblazer, icon and legend.

[@Karaokuma]

People are always comparing George Carlin and Richard Pryor. They had a friendly rivalry for years, but Carlin himself said that Pryor was beyond comparison. Let me repeat that: George Carlin himself said that Richard Pryor was the best.

[@pedrocajada3731]

Some of the funniest standup you'll EVER watch, to this day in 2024 and it's from 1982. At the same time a great reflection on addiction, absolutely timeless. RIP RIch

[@EmpyrionBlackthorn]

THE king of comedy

[@jesseechavarria8488]

Truly a master of comedy. One of the greatest.

[@greendrewgreen1]

True story, age 12, family moved to a new city, a couple hundred yards from a drive in theater (Monrovia -Big sky drive in theater). This played for months, I would sneak out at night, hole in the fence and watch. Dozens of times, I was telling jokes that I had no idea what they ment at the time. This movie changed my life.

[@thekidd2189]

Dude wasnt scared to tell his story

[@DH-xm3hc]

I think I remember reading something about the day before, he couldn't do it. Sorry if I'm incorrect. Rest in Peace Richard Proyer The King of Comedy. He surpassed Redd Fox, who was a great friend to him I'm sure. Again, I apologize if I'm incorrect. So glad I didn't start smoking, but know some that do, and some that did. ✌️❤️🌼

[@myvideosbrown4026]

just like bernie mac

[@Platinumkings]

Real and raw! I loved watching and hearing richard. Rest in peace brother 🙏

[@myphd-myprisonhistorydiplo691]

Greatest comedian of ALL time!! I am grateful to be recovered from addiction and Richard described it to a tee and made it hilarious

[@leslietaylor6361]

I know the feeling 😢

[@matthuff9682]

RICHARD PRYOR the best ever never held anything back you got the 💯 all the time

[@cheftino7074]

Some of the realest s**t ever spoken, by one of the realest!!

[@howieg2019]

to me cell phones📱look like the new crack pipes, because can't go a whole day without them😅

[@SammyColeman-mv3co]

One of a kind there will be no other 😊

[@branevans3705]

"Come in here with me, cuz I love ya" 😭💯😃

[@markadams9595]

I always laughed at him but until now I lacked the perspective to see how courageous he was.

[@TheRandogg100]

Richard Pryor Was a Genius

[@starstalker316]

Awareness came from the strangest places when you're young. I must have been 10 or 11 in this time. The time of Nancy Reagan's Dare program. 80's crazy

[@donnawilliams5210]

He was the best. Rest in peace 🙏🏾.

[@jehammond2119]

He did so much to help people with real life issues and did it thru laughter

[@fumanchu9418]

Comedy is always is based in tragedy. It's possibly linked to the bonds that are made in hardship.

[@joejones5637]

One of the GOATS 🐐

[@wantsome-zs5sq]

All my relatives were smoking crack in the 80's. They all quit but they have funny stories to tell.

[@KINGSUPERIOR-s1c]

HE'S RESTING IN COMEDIAN POWER

[@GerardMongeon]

2nd thing. I was a kid and I still Loved Richard Pryor.

[@alyaward4094]

Legend

[@blucheer8743]

He was one of a kind… though he carried the cross for many he died alone

[@jrs1145]

Everybody dies alone. So, whatever

[@durresl1723]

Real as it gets

[@blahtido6414]

"Time for some smoke rich"

[@soundboyeric2276]

I've been saying this recently when I wake and bake

[@YakThaWiseman72]

I saw this at the Movies with my Pops I was 10 years old, 1982. At that age the facial expressions voices and body movements is what had me laughing. Qhen I got older and understood some of the jokes a little more it became funnier

[@SGhosht]

So good , so accurate

[@lesliewilson5451]

He was the real king of comedy

[@lordhester7525]

19 years here!!! It works if you work at it!!!

[@eltonwashington596]

In the HOOD we sat around smokin and listened to him !!GREAT TIMES

[@annrodriguez2891]

Richard Pryor...King 👑👑👑👑👑

[@Tina-d8f]

Genius.

[@melindapentz7729]

my favorite ❤️

[@melindapentz7729]

amen

[@harrymills2770]

"What's that?" "That's Richard Pryor running down the street."

[@sarahbyrne8501]

Damn. 😂 no at your darkest moments… he was so brave. Hats off to Richie!

[@andysenadbajric]

Crazy good...

[@fasthracing]

Loving the shoes

[@People-are-strange85]

Love ya Richard RIP

[@JosePerez-on4vd]

The best of the best