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Special Features
- The complete 42-minute program plus 30 minutes of bonus material
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Hosted by Pryor, diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in the 80’s, the hour-long tribute includes appearances from a few special friends, including Dave Chappelle, Margaret Cho, Jamie Foxx, Whoopi Goldberg, Steve Harvey, Chris Rock, Denis Leary, Robin Williams, and many more popular entertainers. The program also features clips of previous concert appearances, recordings, and unreleased diary excerpts. The entertainer describes the irreverent special himself: "It’s not a B.S. didn’t-he-USED-to-be-great tribute. It’s a funny (expletive) show. I may have MS, but I ain’t dead yet, (expletive)."
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
By R. Thorp
Perhaps the worst tribute DVD I have ever seen. Jump cut editing will give you ADD (we're talking literally two-second sound bytes!), the grabs are pointless with very few comedians talking about Pryor getting more than one sentence in before they jump to the next trendy talking head. None of them say anything funny or enlightening either, which is surprising for something that is supposed to be a comedy/tribute DVD. A handful of Pryor clips from an existing concert (just one) and two short clips from the Richard Pryor show. The sycophantic background laughter at EVERYTHING their interviewees say (and I mean EVERYTHING, it's pathetic) is really grating. And there's too many terrible comics on here - Margaret Cho, Cedric the Entertainer, George Wallace, Jamie Foxx and a bunch of sub-Martin Lawrence jarheads. Spend your money on one of his live concert DVDs. This is rubbish made by people who think they have a sense of humour. It's a beer coaster.
83 of 102 people found the following review helpful
By Chris
Ok, so Richard Pryor is the greatest stand-up comic in the whole freaking world and he still is because nobody's been able to surpass his comic genius. Anybody who doesn't think R.P is the greatest should go f**k themselves. So, why did I give this dvd a 3 star rating? Because it is just a bio with some commentary and some clips of his material. Now, don't get me wrong, I have nothing against a biography, but if you ask me, I think they they could make a lot more money if they make this: A three dvd set. Two of those dvd's hold all of R.P's material, and the other dvd holds the biography and commentary of other stand up comics. I think that would be the ultimate dvd set ever! Anybody who is with me on that idea, please answer yes when it says, "was this review helpful to you?".
-PEACE YO!
-PEACE YO!
18 of 20 people found the following review helpful
i m a huge fan of richard pryor, and i m very disapointed by this dvd, i was waiting for unreleased stand up, and all i had was a "not too bad documentary" hbo level, with extract of already realeased show...live on the sunset, new orleans stand up and the late 70's one with the monkey's joke... i m very very very very dispointed, and pissed off, not for the money but for the joy i made myself about wieving something new about pryor, no just exploitation of the goldmine...hope more dvd will be released with old treasure that i don t know about...plus on the dvd it is nowhere written that its a documentary...
Most Recent Customer Reviews
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not a stand up....
If you want Richard Pryor's stand up, just buy the stand up dvd's. This is bunch of comedians talking about Richard Pryor's other stand up (which due to this dvd i ended up... Read more
Published 3 months ago by BigBoy
5.0 out of 5 stars
Richard Pryor DVD
Item is excellent, I am a big fan of Richard Pryor and I feel like I have purchased a little slice of history. Have watched it numerous times and it plays perfectly. Thanks so much
Published 3 months ago by Lynne Cebulske
1.0 out of 5 stars
Depressing
I really did not like this very much. In my opinion it was more of a chance for those that had bad things to say about Richard Pryor to voice their opinion. Read more
Published 7 months ago by giggles
1.0 out of 5 stars
Wish I didn't order this one.
I ordered 2 DVD's, Live In Concert and this one.
L.I.C. is great, but this one's not. I thought this was going to be an actual concert/show
like L.I.C. Read more
L.I.C. is great, but this one's not. I thought this was going to be an actual concert/show
like L.I.C. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Thomas R. Cofino
1.0 out of 5 stars
Not what I expected.
Disappointed I thought this a DVD of his Comedy, but instead it is full of interviews. Not what I expected.
Published on January 11, 2011 by tashab
5.0 out of 5 stars
RIP Richard
This tribute DVD was filmed before Richard's death. It shows footage of some of his greatest comedy routines and movies with Gene Wilder. Read more
Published on October 18, 2009 by Myrtle A. McDonald
5.0 out of 5 stars
Richard Pryor
We received this video in the mail it was in great condition, and plus it's a classic if you haven't seen it and like stand up like the kings of comedy or eddie murphy this is... Read more
Published on June 15, 2009 by Chanel Giddens
2.0 out of 5 stars
Deception
It is not the show I was looking for. My mistake, however, it is NOT very clear. Ergo, a big deception once I played the DVD at home expecting the show..... Read more
Published on March 28, 2008 by J. L. Swagers
3.0 out of 5 stars
I thought this was one of his routines and I was disappointed!
This is a tribute to Richard Pryor, NOT a comedy routine. I wouldn't have purchased it if I'd known that. It wasn't horrible, but I was disappointed nevertheless. Read more
Published on November 18, 2007 by Chrissy
4.0 out of 5 stars
Pretty good
not bad. A great tribute to one of the best comedians of our time.
Published on May 6, 2007 by Jeffery D. Giuliani
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