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Eddie Murphy’s Music Career Started With a $100,000 Bet That Richard Pryor Never Paid
In summation, you can thank Pryor for ‘Party All the Time’
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ABC Photo Archives/Contributor/Getty Images The Weird Story of How Dave Coulier Became Richard Pryor’s Voice Double
The ‘Full House’ star’s Pryor impression got him a bizarre dubbing gig, while Bob Saget ended up sharing scenes with the comedy legend
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Photo by Columbia Pictures/Getty Images 5 Dream Comedy Collabs That Happened in Disappointing Ways
Some things aren’t as exciting as they sound on paper
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Fotos International/Contributor/Getty Images When Comedians Attack: 3 Stand-Up Comics Who Got Physical With Audience Members
Some people really don’t like being interrupted
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Richard Pryor on stage in the 1970s (Photo by Fotos International/Getty Images) Why Richard Pryor Threatened to Shoot One of the Hosts of ‘Def Comedy Jam’
The issue was short-lived and the two remained cordial until Pryor’s death in 2005
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Burt Reynolds and Richard Pryor (Photo: Bob Riha, Jr./Getty Images, Ron Eisenberg/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Richard Pryor Was Planning to Remake an Oscar-Winning Laurel and Hardy Movie With Burt Reynolds
‘Pink Panther’ director Blake Edwards conceived the idea in the early 1980s, and both actors agreed to do it
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Richard Pryor (Photo by Yvonne Hemsey/Getty Images) The Wild Story of Richard Pryor’s Lost Blaxploitation-Style Movie
The bizarre, unfinished film was nearly destroyed, and its whereabouts remain unknown
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Demond Wilson (Photo by NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images) The Iconic Stand-Up Comedian Who Almost Played the Demond Wilson Role on ‘Sanford and Son’
Another rising star was in the running to play Lamont Sanford in the early stages
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Dave Chappelle in 2022 (Photo: Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/For The Washington Post via Getty Images) Dave Chappelle and Dane Cook Broke Each Other’s Stand-Up Records (And No One’s Topped Them Since)
The two comics spent a ridiculous amount of time one-upping one another
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Demond Wilson as Lamont Sanford, Redd Foxx as Fred G. Sanford (Photo by NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images) 5 Comedy Legends You Didn’t Know Wrote for ‘Sanford and Son’
Several heavy hitters contributed ideas to the classic Redd Foxx sitcom
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Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder in 1989 (Photo by George Rose/Getty Images) 3 Gene Wilder-Richard Pryor Movies We Missed Out On
The comedy team came close to collaborating a few more times
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Norm Macdonald (Photo by Gabe Ginsberg/Getty Images) Norm Macdonald Only Met Richard Pryor Once, And It Was Appropriately Hilarious
The ‘SNL’ alum left a lasting impression
