The Richard Pryor Show is an American comedy variety series starring Richard Pryor. It premiered on NBC on Tuesday, September 13, 1977 at 8 p.m. opposite ABC's popular television shows Laverne & ...

American comedian Richard Pryor (1940 – 2005) during a stage show, circa 1977. (Photo by Fotos International/Getty Images) We caught up with Jennifer to discuss the pioneering writer-actor-comedian ...

During his lifetime, Richard Pryor never shied away from finding belly laughs in hard truths. The stand-up legend used the comedy stage as a pulpit to comment not only his own troubles, but the larger ...

For the December, 1977 issue of High Times, Scott Cohen interviewed Richard Pryor (December 1, 1940 — December 10, 2005). To pay tribute to Pryor and his illustrious career, we’re republishing the ...

In the fight against John Briggs, desperate times called for a deeply personal tactic. We're sorry, but something went wrong while fetching your podcast feeds. Please ...

Richard Pryor’s widow not only stands by the bombshell assertion that the late comedian had a fling with Marlon Brando, she also says he had zero regrets about it. “He wasn’t ashamed of it,” Jennifer ...

Stand-up comedy is largely a solo act, but as Netflix‘s fantastic new documentary Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution proves, there’s long been a community of LGBTQ+ comics at the forefront of our social ...

Hollywood icon Pam Grier recalled to Page Six that she and Richard Pryor were nearly the first Brangelina. “Pryor wanted to be a partner and produce movies together,” Grier said. “We would’ve been an ...

Set to air March 15 on the Paramount Network after its SXSW world premiere, “I Am Richard Pryor” is a largely satisfying if thoroughly conventional portrait of the immensely gifted and deeply troubled ...

During his lifetime, Richard Pryor never shied away from finding belly laughs in hard truths. The stand-up legend used the comedy stage as a pulpit to comment not only his own troubles, but the larger ...