October 7, 2009 – 7:16 am
Bet you didn’t see this one coming. After such comedic names like EDDIE MURPHY, DAVE CHAPPELLE and MIKE EPPS have been floated as possible headliners in a Richard Pryor biopic, in the end it was MARLON WAYANS who walked away with the role Murphy called ‘the chance of a lifetime.’
The Bill Condon (Dreamgirls) helmed film [...]
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FOX Searchlight (the studio currently celebrating Slumdog Millionaire’s 8 Oscar wins) has announced that they will be backing the long-fabled Richard Pryor biopic – with a few changes.
The script, originally written more than ten years ago, has been bouncing around Hollywood trying desperately to find the right package. Though everyone thought the anticipated film would finally [...]
November 12, 2008 – 11:07 am
OK, let me be honest. I don’t remember it either. Actually I really didn’t even know that Richard Pryor has a show on NBC until about 6 years ago. But apparently in 1977, before my parents even got married and long before I was even thought of, the network F’d up and gave arguably the [...]
September 30, 2008 – 9:00 am
Today’s Showing: Classic ‘Sesame Street’ episode featuring Richard Pryor as he reads through the letters of the alphabet.
Is he drunk? Is he high? Either way, this clip is too funny. Where was Pryor when I was in kindergarten class learning this? I wish he could of stopped by, lol.
…and remember T was mean though, he [...]
