Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic Page #5

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He wasn't just telling jokes,

he was telling stories.

And stories that were so vivid

and so funny

that you had to stay with him.

And you think, "OK, that's amazing."

I mean, he just had

that laser-like wit.

Bringing so much tenderness

to it. Doing the wino on the street.

I'm going to help you, boy, because

I think you've got potential.

That's right. You can do

with some money. You're shot.

You know what I mean?

Try some of that.

Don't you drop it, N*gger.

Put it safe.

Watching the world...

If these were my kids, I would never

have known but for Richard Pryor.

What a colourful world it is

that he paints.

He'd go out and he'd do two minutes,

three minutes - sometimes,

if the wind was right,

he'd do four or five minutes.

Eventually, there'd

be about 40 minutes of material.

In those 40 minutes of material,

he knew then he could get

from there to a concert.

I discovered masturbating

by accident.

I'm not lying.

I was about ten. I was in a tub.

And that's when you used to hold

your dick with two fingers.

Hey!

I'm on to something here.

I bet Dad don't know about this.

He understood how to excavate

the human soul on stage

in front of 600 people

without blinking.

First time I came to ejaculate,

it scared the f*** out of me.

I thought something was wrong.

I just went, this woman, "Look,

what the f*** you've done there!"

About an hour later, I was back.

"Can you do it again?"

I think if comedy was a woman

I'm in love with,

I know Richard Pryor

would just f*** the sh*t out of her.

He'd f*** her in every orifice

of her body.

Can I...? Is there anywhere this guy

didn't f***ing put his prints on?

Richard had become big

in the live concert,

doing his brand of risque humour.

These large audiences

were fascinated with Richard.

He had not crossed into film.

Somehow, Berry Gordy

tracked him down and wanted him

to audition for the role

of Piano Man in the film

he was about to do of Billie Holiday,

which was going to star Diana Ross.

Lady Sings The Blues, when Richard

auditioned, they let him do improv.

You can't let Richard to improv,

he'll steal the show.

Which he did. The rest is history.

Everybody got

a room full of girls at home.

You're just going to be another one.

Billie, you've got too much going.

You don't need this.

He was huge in Lady Sings The Blues.

It sealed it for him

in terms of his performance

and having the audience crave

to see more of him.

We're coming.

That part got bigger

and bigger and bigger.

By the time they finished

cutting that movie,

Richard was co-star in that movie.

I met him in '72. He wasn't that

famous, but the word was out.

I said to him, why don't you meet me

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