Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

Richard Pryor is arguably the greatest comedian of all time, even though he's not my favorite. I can't stand Tom Brady (in a sports context), but I won't deny that he's the greatest QB of all time.

I like Richard Pryor a lot. He's in my top ten for sure. "Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic" makes me appreciate him even more. He was a phenomenal comedian with some serious personal flaws. "Omit the Logic" interviews over a dozen friends, family, colleagues, and associates of Pryor detailing his rise and his fall. If you are a fan of comedy and stand-up comedians, this is a must watch.

I truly think this is the best portrait of Richard Pryor. Are you into Dave Chapelle, better start watching Richard Pryor first, because Dave Chapelle thinks Richard Pryor is without any question the best comedian that has ever lived.

What's sad about Richard Pryor is that his upbringing in a brothel was the source of pain from which he drew his jokes. His mamma got f90ked on a daily basis by white men. THAT should give you some idea where his jokes about white folks originated from.

"Nothing was too sad, some humor couldnt be found in it".

I got to know Richard Pryor from his block buster movies like "Silver Streak", like most people did, but the incrowd of comedians came to know of Richard Pryor through his stand up comedies that were too provocative and insulting to be aired on television. Nonetheless his longplay records (remember those?) of his live stand up performances topped the number 1 spot at the black music charts back in the sixties.

WHAT he said and HOW he said it and with the POWER he said it, has been unmatched ever since.

I highly recommend you for whomever is reading this review to google some of Richard Pryor's appearances at Johnny Carson. Youtube has tons of it available and it showed me what an extraordinary person Richard Pryor was. He was the real deal. Hurted, scared, unable to maintain any relationship, but making a career out of his pain by making jokes about it that the masses loved.

I truly think he was the best African American comedian that has ever walked this earth. I highly recommend this wonderful portrait of him, with an excellent biography of his entire life.

This didn't include much information that I hadn't already heard elsewhere. It did have a little bit about his grandmother, and some interviews with ex-wives and girlfriends so it was vaguely interesting what his taste in females was. His bio's talk about Peoria and his father ... he never says too much about his mother. Did she die young? My main problem with it was the sound track -- *extremely* hard to make out what people were saying. I would not recommend it. Although it's interesting to reflect on the differences in race relations in 2015 and how blacks and whites do and do not interact now as opposed to when Richard was making everyone laugh.