Wednesday, November 27, 2013

I Could Be Wrong, But These Clips May Be the Greatest Things in the History of Television

From 1977 and his ill-fated variety show (it lasted exactly four episodes)...


...please enjoy comic genius Richard Pryor as he invents death metal. (Don't blink or you'll miss a shot of Sandra Bernhard in the audience.)





I should add two things.

1) This predates Spinal Tap by seven -- count 'em, seven -- years.

And

2) That isn't actually the funniest bit from the Pryor show.

THIS is.



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8 comments:

  1. Brooklyn Girl11/27/2013 9:42 AM

    The riff in the first clip is too good to be death metal. :-)

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  2. Sal Nunziato11/27/2013 10:03 AM

    I think those ARE The Pips.

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  3. steve simels11/27/2013 10:31 AM

    Oh yeah, absolutely. That's the cream of the jest...

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  4. Jim H.11/27/2013 11:48 AM

    What? No Stonehenge? No dancing dwarves?

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  5. Shriner11/27/2013 12:19 PM

    My memory always thought the "...and the Pips!" segment was longer.

    I remember seeing that when it first aired. I thought it was hilarious!

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  6. Billy B11/27/2013 2:35 PM

    Richard's TV show was short-lived. Which was a shame. Funniest man I've ever seen or heard.

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  7. jim dunn11/27/2013 3:28 PM

    agreed re: the Pips. I have told people about this for years.

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  8. Anonymous11/27/2013 4:40 PM

    Spinal Tap reduced to seven minutes! What an incredible segment, great find. Richard Pryor is perfect.

    Allan R.

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