Re: Richard Pryor

On Mon, 1 Dec 2003 15:10:10 -0600, Tom Enright wrote
(in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>):

> Daniel Seriff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 
> news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>> On Mon, 1 Dec 2003 7:11:10 -0600, Tom Enright wrote
>> (in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>):
>> 
>>> Has he ever been funny?  I remember seeing him on my friend's top-loading
>>> VCR circa 1980, and I thought that their was something I didn't get about
>>> his adult humor.  Comedy Central profiled him last night and showed 
>>> numerous
>>> excerpts from his routines and the crowd was falling out of their chairs
>>> laughing. But, nothing.  Nothing he said was remotely funny.  What gives?
> 
>> Um. You have no soul?
> 
> Apparently not, judging from other responses.
> 
>>> Dishonorable Mention:
>>> 
>>> 1.  Robin Williams (over the last 10 years)
>>> 2.  George Carlin  (over the last 15 years)
> 
>> Well, that clinches it. And I thought it was bizzare that my dad doesn't 
>> think Monty Python is funny. You, sir, are a freak.
> 
> Can someone post some funny Pryor schtick? I know he is about setting a
> mood and not a one liner guy like Stephen Wright, but please...why is he
> so damb funny?

Well, there was the thing about having a heart attack. And "See No Evil, Hear 
No Evil" (or whatever it's called) is kind of underrated as stupid buddy 
movies go.

It's been too long since I've seen any of his old routines for me to remember 
much more, and I was busy this weekend and didn't get to watch much of the 
Comedy Central tribute show.

> For the record, funny people/shows:
> 
> Seinfeld

Eh. There are only a few episodes that I found funny (Soup Nazi). The rest of 
it is just kind of boring.

> Office Space

Absolutely. Can I have my stapler back?

> Curb Your Enthusiasm

I don't subscribe to the movie channels, so I've never seen it.

> Monty Python

The benchmark of all comedy.

> Kids in the Hall

A latter-day Monty Python.

> Chris Rock

Sometimes.

> Robert Schimmel

Who's Robert Schimmel?

> PS:  Margaret Cho, Robert Klien and Eddie Izzard stink.

Margaret Cho is marginally entertaining. I saw Robert Klein live once, when 
he did a gig at the annual JCC fundraising party a few years ago. Not bad. A 
little cheesy. Eddie Izzard is great.

-- 
Daniel Seriff

The power of Debbie's breasts compels you.