- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Coaching Changes
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
How come Richard Pryor movies weren't that funny?
Posted on 12/21/19 at 9:28 pm
Posted on 12/21/19 at 9:28 pm
His best one had Gene Wilder carrying most of the load. The rest just weren't that funny, nothing like Eddie Murphy's.
9
Posted on 12/21/19 at 9:30 pm to prplhze2000
Hear No Evil, See No Evil was one of the only ones I really liked and Gene Wilder absolutely carried that one
Posted on 12/21/19 at 9:37 pm to prplhze2000
quote:He's the one I never found funny
Gene Wilder
Posted on 12/21/19 at 9:44 pm to prplhze2000
Brewster’s Millions is hilarious
Posted on 12/21/19 at 9:48 pm to prplhze2000
Uh, The Toy is a fricking classic.
Posted on 12/21/19 at 10:28 pm to TideSaint
Stir Crazy
/thread
/thread
Posted on 12/21/19 at 10:39 pm to prplhze2000
I saw Peyor doing stand up live in the early and mid 70s ... he was hilarious.
His particular brand of comedy didn't translate well to the big screen bit he still had some funny movies.
Gene Wilder and he were good together. It takes two to really tango in comedy .... Murphy was the exception.
Even Jerry Lewis, a god in france, wasn't as funny after the breakup with Dean Martin.
Stir Crazy AND Silver Streak were both solid. I thought See no Evil, Hear no Evil was very solid as well.
His particular brand of comedy didn't translate well to the big screen bit he still had some funny movies.
Gene Wilder and he were good together. It takes two to really tango in comedy .... Murphy was the exception.
Even Jerry Lewis, a god in france, wasn't as funny after the breakup with Dean Martin.
Stir Crazy AND Silver Streak were both solid. I thought See no Evil, Hear no Evil was very solid as well.
Posted on 12/21/19 at 10:42 pm to prplhze2000
The Toy and Brewster's Millions are both great. He actually turned down Blazing Saddles. That would have been something.
Posted on 12/21/19 at 11:20 pm to prplhze2000
Car Wash was one of the greatest films of its genre.
Posted on 12/21/19 at 11:21 pm to Brosef Stalin
quote:He was desperate to do it but the studio rejected him
He actually turned down Blazing Saddles
Posted on 12/21/19 at 11:44 pm to Kafka
One of two times he was supposed to work with Mel Brooks that fell through.
The other was History Of The World Part I, where he got replaced by Gregory Hines after Pryor’s freebasing incident.
The other was History Of The World Part I, where he got replaced by Gregory Hines after Pryor’s freebasing incident.
Posted on 12/22/19 at 7:16 am to Brosef Stalin
quote:
He actually turned down Blazing Saddles
He didn't turn down Blazing Saddles. He cowrote it with Brooks for himself, but could not get the role because of insurance purposes.
Posted on 12/22/19 at 8:56 am to prplhze2000
Pryor was great, but not traditionally funny. He was more outrageous like the black Lenny Bruce. Once he set himself on fire smoking rock he was more pathetic than anything else.
Posted on 12/22/19 at 9:36 am to prplhze2000
Stir Crazy is my favorite comedy of all time
Page 1 of 1
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News