Richard Pryor (Where Funny Starts)

    

 

Here is where funny started for me. You could say I grew up with this comedian because I watched his movies, listened to his records, and learned what funny was from him.

Richard Pryor wouldn’t just say something funny—he would act it out on stage. He also had characters that he would play off of, which made his comedy even funnier. He had a hard upbringing, which is true for a lot of comics. I think sometimes comedians are always looking for the funny because they’re trying to stop the pain.

I remember listening to comedians like Richard Pryor and Cheech & Chong because I didn’t have a great upbringing either, and laughing always made me feel good. Looking back, I guess comedy was kind of my escape.

I wish I would have gotten into comedy earlier, but I never really had the confidence that I was funny. To be honest, I still don’t. Every time I get up on stage, I ask myself, “Is anyone even going to laugh?”

When people say laughter is the best medicine, they’re right. Even today, that is what helps me make it through the day, the week, or sometimes the month.

If you want to watch a movie about Richard Pryor’s life, there is Jo Dancer,Jo  Your Life Is Calling. There are also countless documentaries that go into his life and career.

I think the first movie I remember seeing Richard Pryor in was Car Wash. I saw it at the movies when it came out in 1976, and I laughed through the whole thing. I was only eight years old, and somehow I was at the movies by myself. How I got in, I have no idea. Apparently, movie theaters had much looser security back then.

Richard Pryor was not someone to look up to because of everything he did in his personal life. But he was definitely someone to look up to for his comedy and for the way he could make people laugh. His comedy gave many people like me  a way to deal with the bad times and made their lives a little more manageable.

And I think that is what comedy is really about. Sometimes you can’t fix what is wrong in your life, but you can laugh about it for a few minutes. Sometimes those few minutes are enough to get you through the day.

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