I remember when Richard Pryor on the Sunset Strip came out. It was the year I graduated from high school. To see it on a theater screen was remarkable. I pray people don't forget the genius of this man.
Pryor and Carlin were my first exposure to standup comedy. In the 70s, my parents had their albums, and we would sneak them into my room and listen in my record player over and over. I could recite those bits, but didn’t understand all of it until I was older. I’m still awed by Pryor and his material has stood the test of time. What a legend.
Richard Pryor is the funniest man that ever lived and I wish he was immortal. What a fucking comic genius. Without him, modern stand up would not be fit to stand in his shadow. He paved the way.
The city he’s talking about called Youngstown is my hometown and I will live here unfortunately. But i can tell you his story is accurate and the mafia is still in control
I had a super-pleasant experience with what I can only assume was a mafia guy and his lady who hosted my date and at “his” table at Idora Park ballroom when we went to a big band concert there in 1979.
@@michaelfoxbrass you absolutely had a mob guy take care of you and your date. They are fantastic people in all honesty they just have “different business practices”
I worked in Youngstown for 4 months in the 90s. Wow that place was rough. Back then it was one of the most violent towns per capita in the u.s.. don't get me wrong.. I met some really cool homies there.. but over all I saw some brutal stuff. My buddy lived in what I think was called to west side projects. And I drove him home from work one night and as we pulled into the parking lot a gun fight broke out between to BIG groups of guys.. it was like an old West movie. There were literally like 12 people shooting at each other. Scared the bejeezuz out of me lol. What I remember most about those projects was that right across the street there was a giant grocery store parking lot that was filled with thousands of pigeons. My bud said everyone in youngstown knew about it and came to feed them. If you threw food out your window thousands of pigeons would cover your car till you couldn't see it. Like a giant flock of flying piranha.
@@joshythehand2960 we cleaned up but we’re back at the most dangerous city in the state again lol. Trust me it’s still super rough but they have cleaned up the streets of a lot of drug homes but it’s till an everlasting battle against the poverty and the aftermath of the rust belt dependency
Don’t think that the mob is still active in Youngstown, Youngstown never had an independent family it was the Cleveland and Pittsburg family who were operating in there . There was a war between those two families for the control of Youngstown back in the 70s/80s , it’s because of that war that the city earn his nickname of “bombing city” , but the thing is that those 2 family are defunct today . I heard people saying that the Chicago outfit took over the city but I find that unlikely because the outfit is near extinction with 12 active made guy .
I used to sneak Richard Pryor records and take them to my friends house 😂 thanks for putting this out guys, everybody should see this guy. This dude is legend.
@D. Rüesch In the year of anti vaxxers and US election fraud conspiracy nuts, this might be the worst comment I've read. Well done. Maybe if there were more explosions and snappy jokes you'd be into it?
Guys, I love Bill Burr. That guy made me fear death a few times from laughing convulsions. But, Richard Pryor is a special category. His charisma & voice is the magic. Love his movies too.
Actually the mafia guys were really good to Pryor (Rich lol), and took him under their wing. What he's not saying here is that they helped him get into the comedy stand-up business.
You must listen to Pryor doing his Mudbone routine about the voodoo lady Miss Rudolph and Junior with the little tiny feets. Heard it 50 years ago and it remains the funniest thing I ever heard in my life. ( Yes, even funnier than Old Man Face. )
Missed you ...such funny storytelling...hilarious Rip ...Love laughing with you .. the most uplifting channel you are absolutely amazing thanku so much love you x god bless x
@Gen7486 how do you know their not lying? They be laughing too much before the video starts and I'm not saying this to be a hater I'm just saying it's looking like their on something
@@WillieDuitt1 Youngstown never had any independent family . The two only family that were really active there was as you said the Cleveland and Pittsburg mob
Mafia was a name coined in America. In Sicily its called the "Mano Niura" which in Sicilian it means the "Black Hand". Sicilians speak a dialect very different than Italian.
Kind of ironic hearing Richard Pryor do a bit on the mafia since legend has it he slept with Marlon Brando in Cuba, The Godfather himself lmao. Marlon wasn't actually Italian but that's ironic lmfao
My father once turned down a "job offer" from the Mafia. They needed a number's runner and my dad was smart enough to know there wasn't a future in that venture.
You guys know how popular the golden girls are, lol. Yes mafia is in Ohio, they are in Lousiana, every state with a big city, somewhere you will find the mafia, garaunteed
Not anymore the only place where there still a mob is in New York, Philadelphia, Boston/RI , Jersey and in Chicago even is they are almost defunct there .
Youngstown, Ohio is a "Mafia-controlled" city. It is located in the Eastern part of the state, near the Pennsylvania border. Youngstown, Ohio is located between Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Cleveland, Ohio, and in between New York City, New York and Chicago, Illinois. It is a highly-disputed territory between Mafia families, and a lot of people and politicians have been killed over the years in long, violent gang wars here. Assassinations, drive-by shootings, car bombings and house bombings have happened in Youngstown, Ohio. It is not a surprise that in Youngstown, Ohio, there are houses that cost less than a brand-new automobile or SUV, due to the Mafia-related crime.
@@LaptopLarry330 back in the days the mob did control Youngstown but the two family that were operating there ( Cleveland and Pittsburg crime families) went defunct around 2010 .
one of the GOAT's, as far as comedy is concerned.. like a Eddie Murphy, Paul Mooney, Redd Foxx, George Carlin, Joan Rivers, Don Rickles, Lenny Bruce or Rodney Dangerfield.. Pryor and with his partner in crime, Gene Wilder is a legendary team. Loved these two MOFO's...
The Godfather is a great movie some think of it as the perfect film. Should defo check it out. Its one of most important and most influential films in cinema history
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He was saying that the stripper aged as well as Lena Horne, and Lena Horne looked almost as good at 65 as she did at 25. It was strange how well she aged.
As a full blooded Sicilian woman, I can attest that everything he said his true 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹 lol got the accent down and everything 😆 Pryor was the best! 👑
What part
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Sicilians don't speak English, they speak Sicilian and Italian. It's an Italo-American accent. I'm Milanese and visit the south often.
@@bzilla1090 what?
So American then presumably.
I remember when Richard Pryor on the Sunset Strip came out. It was the year I graduated from high school. To see it on a theater screen was remarkable. I pray people don't forget the genius of this man.
One of THE GREATEST comedy routines in HISTORY. I laughed so hard I was choking.
Such a classic bit. My favorite of all time. The mafia laugh, the hugging, "what's the matter Rich, you don't look so good?"
When he's doing the impression of the gangster stabbing the guy with the ice pick, it just sounds like Joey Diaz talking normally lol
Uncle Joey "Coco" Diaz from (New) Jersey
Weirdly it was like a Goodfellas or Sopranos anecdote. This was the early 80s. So brilliantly observed. RP was genius!
Grew up in Brooklyn with guys just like that. Always nice, always polite but scary AF
Pryor was a comedic genius!
Pryor and Carlin were my first exposure to standup comedy. In the 70s, my parents had their albums, and we would sneak them into my room and listen in my record player over and over. I could recite those bits, but didn’t understand all of it until I was older. I’m still awed by Pryor and his material has stood the test of time. What a legend.
Richard Pryor is the funniest man that ever lived and I wish he was immortal. What a fucking comic genius. Without him, modern stand up would not be fit to stand in his shadow. He paved the way.
This bloke was way ahead of his time.
Merry Xmas boys from over here 🇬🇧👍
Richard is my favorite of all time -- this one is cleverly inserted bits of humor it to a dark reality. What a genius is was. RIP.
My mother wanted to see it, so she took me with her to see it in the theater when I was 9yrs old. Miss You Mama!
The city he’s talking about called Youngstown is my hometown and I will live here unfortunately. But i can tell you his story is accurate and the mafia is still in control
I had a super-pleasant experience with what I can only assume was a mafia guy and his lady who hosted my date and at “his” table at Idora Park ballroom when we went to a big band concert there in 1979.
@@michaelfoxbrass you absolutely had a mob guy take care of you and your date. They are fantastic people in all honesty they just have “different business practices”
I worked in Youngstown for 4 months in the 90s. Wow that place was rough. Back then it was one of the most violent towns per capita in the u.s.. don't get me wrong.. I met some really cool homies there.. but over all I saw some brutal stuff. My buddy lived in what I think was called to west side projects. And I drove him home from work one night and as we pulled into the parking lot a gun fight broke out between to BIG groups of guys.. it was like an old West movie. There were literally like 12 people shooting at each other. Scared the bejeezuz out of me lol. What I remember most about those projects was that right across the street there was a giant grocery store parking lot that was filled with thousands of pigeons. My bud said everyone in youngstown knew about it and came to feed them. If you threw food out your window thousands of pigeons would cover your car till you couldn't see it. Like a giant flock of flying piranha.
@@joshythehand2960 we cleaned up but we’re back at the most dangerous city in the state again lol. Trust me it’s still super rough but they have cleaned up the streets of a lot of drug homes but it’s till an everlasting battle against the poverty and the aftermath of the rust belt dependency
Don’t think that the mob is still active in Youngstown, Youngstown never had an independent family it was the Cleveland and Pittsburg family who were operating in there . There was a war between those two families for the control of Youngstown back in the 70s/80s , it’s because of that war that the city earn his nickname of “bombing city” , but the thing is that those 2 family are defunct today . I heard people saying that the Chicago outfit took over the city but I find that unlikely because the outfit is near extinction with 12 active made guy .
One of my fav Pryor routines.
I saw a 60 year old belly dancer. She had young boys going crazy. I think it depends on how well they take care of themselves and she was gorgeous.
I used to sneak Richard Pryor records and take them to my friends house 😂 thanks for putting this out guys, everybody should see this guy. This dude is legend.
"You don't hear a LOT of things in the news that you should hear." no doubt.
If you haven't seen it, gotta watch this whole show. Freakin classic
Richard Prior one of the top 5 funniest men ever .
Halle Berry is 54 and I'm pretty sure she is still going to be pretty at 60
Halle Berry isn’t just pretty she’s smoking hot and into her guns now as well 🥵
Halle berry is overrated as fuck .....Angela Bassett is 62 and kills Halle...gtfohwtbs
@@hendrix-giovannijohnson9701 I wouldn't say she is overrated, but you are right Angela Bassett is still gorgeous to this day.
Yes i agree
Halle Berry is Always Lovely!!
Absolutely, you should watch the Godfather. We all should.
@D. Rüesch In the year of anti vaxxers and US election fraud conspiracy nuts, this might be the worst comment I've read. Well done. Maybe if there were more explosions and snappy jokes you'd be into it?
@D. Rüesch you crazy bro godfather is a masterpiece
Just found this. One of my favorite routines by any comedian. Seen it dozens of times, but I still laugh out loud with each new viewing.
I live in northern Michigan and years ago a lot of the Mafioso's had summer homes up by Traverse City.
Flint
Toni Elling (born Rosita Sims, c. 1929), also known by her stage name Satin Doll
THE goat doing the best story ever lmao such a master of laughs and dynamics
Guys, I love Bill Burr. That guy made me fear death a few times from laughing convulsions. But, Richard Pryor is a special category. His charisma & voice is the magic. Love his movies too.
Classic Pryor...gotta hear him do “mud bone”...I always laugh watching this “we’re crime and crime don’t pay” 😂
My father and I used to laugh our asses off on this mafia skit! Lol
Anyone else Like the video before it even starts playing?
This is one of Richards' best. React to more Richard, Carlin, Red Foxx, and Rodney Dangerfield, please.
having growed up In Youngstown " Crimetown USA" . as a Italian he hits the nail on the head.
my favorite stand up show. RIP
Watch "Goodfellas". A must see. Maybe you dudes have?! Thanks for the vid!
Always enjoy the stand up, you guys are the best. Keeping great comedy alive.
He’s the greatest of all time. I won’t say an acronym. GOAT is disrespectful to this genius!
Actually the mafia guys were really good to Pryor (Rich lol), and took him under their wing. What he's not saying here is that they helped him get into the comedy stand-up business.
Pretty sure that was his point..he had to make it funny lol.
The GOAT! I grew up watching him, what a gift!
You must listen to Pryor doing his Mudbone routine about the voodoo lady Miss Rudolph and Junior with the little tiny feets. Heard it 50 years ago and it remains the funniest thing I ever heard in my life. ( Yes, even funnier than Old Man Face. )
Just reading your comment most of the routine replayed in my head.
Like I always said: “that moolie Pryor is a funny fuckin smoke!”
Lol I'd already seen this bit a couple of times ,and I'm sitting here cracking up with tears coming out, watching it again with the reaction 😅
I'm loving the champion shirt and hat comb, love you both so much, you balance each other out well
Missed you ...such funny storytelling...hilarious Rip ...Love laughing with you .. the most uplifting channel you are absolutely amazing thanku so much love you x god bless x
My grandfather was a freshman in highschool the year richard pryor was a senior in hs in peoria illinois he still lives in the area
You guys should check out some of Aries Spears’ stand up if you haven’t already
Immigrant at Popeyes is hilarious
the part before that about the nazis is the funniest. that whole special is top 5 all time.
RIP Pryor. You're legend will live forever
How much did y’all smoke before this video lol eyes mad low. You guys came up with an awesome concept, smoke up and react to funny videos lol
Neither of them smoke, they said that in a Q&A 👀
@Gen7486 how do you know their not lying? They be laughing too much before the video starts and I'm not saying this to be a hater I'm just saying it's looking like their on something
This was the 70’s I’d say mafia was in every major US city. Fuggitaboutit
What a great man Richard Pryor was. RIP the king of comedy👌
I've honestly never seen this set. Great reaction video as always guys. 👍🍻
Love watching this as a kid with my dad....
Richard Pryor hands down the funniest comedian to ever live
This never gets old, he is an icon my favourite comedian . I’ve seen this so many times still makes me laugh 😂
💥Richard Pryor💥 in SunSet strip live was the show of all time!🥁😎
Youngstown was the meeting place of the mob. It's in between Chicago and New York
It was the meeting place of the Cleveland and Pittsburgh families, but Youngstown had their own thing going hardcore.
@@WillieDuitt1 I'm in the area. Used to dj at a club there and still seems connected
@@AllThingsHalloweenChannel I have heard the first Ramones show outside of NYC was in Y-town
@@WillieDuitt1 Youngstown never had any independent family . The two only family that were really active there was as you said the Cleveland and Pittsburg mob
Mafia was a name coined in America. In Sicily its called the "Mano Niura" which in Sicilian it means the "Black Hand". Sicilians speak a dialect very different than Italian.
You guys should switch to lower-wattage light bulbs. It's so bright in there that you can barely open your eyes. ;-)
😂😂😂😂😂😝😉
Salute to you from Youngstown
Ya gotta try to find richard pryors SNL monologue
The saying:" Black don't Crack has its roots in a lot of reality, bro.
Sunset strip is his later work you should look up old school stuff from back in vinyl days
Awesome guys!
react to more Louis ck his new stand up
Has CK released a new special?
@@zachcarder8681 doesnt matter haha.. I dont see much Louis Ck on here.. theres plenty to react to still 😎🤙
@@zachcarder8681 on his website
The Godfather is the greatest movie ever made.
It's definitely up there in the top five. I'd put Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Thing and Goodfellas up there with it.
My dad was at work at JFK airport during the Lufthansa diamond heist..
Kind of ironic hearing Richard Pryor do a bit on the mafia since legend has it he slept with Marlon Brando in Cuba, The Godfather himself lmao. Marlon wasn't actually Italian but that's ironic lmfao
Greatest stand up comedian of all time. :)
Simply IMHO the best comedian that ever lived.R.I.P
Hey cuties, glad to see you back bringing funny content
Hello from Youngstown, Ohio.
A classic bit!!!
Pryor had a rough fucking life, grew up in a brothel, you can believe his stories.
My father once turned down a "job offer" from the Mafia. They needed a number's runner and my dad was smart enough to know there wasn't a future in that venture.
When ? And where you’re father from ?
@@Emory_OrginalG_Tate This was during the '50's in Detroit.
You guys know how popular the golden girls are, lol. Yes mafia is in Ohio, they are in Lousiana, every state with a big city, somewhere you will find the mafia, garaunteed
Not anymore the only place where there still a mob is in New York, Philadelphia, Boston/RI , Jersey and in Chicago even is they are almost defunct there .
Youngstown, Ohio is a "Mafia-controlled" city. It is located in the Eastern part of the state, near the Pennsylvania border. Youngstown, Ohio is located between Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Cleveland, Ohio, and in between New York City, New York and Chicago, Illinois. It is a highly-disputed territory between Mafia families, and a lot of people and politicians have been killed over the years in long, violent gang wars here. Assassinations, drive-by shootings, car bombings and house bombings have happened in Youngstown, Ohio. It is not a surprise that in Youngstown, Ohio, there are houses that cost less than a brand-new automobile or SUV, due to the Mafia-related crime.
There’s no more mob in Youngstown.
@@Emory_OrginalG_Tate B.S..
@@LaptopLarry330 back in the days the mob did control Youngstown but the two family that were operating there ( Cleveland and Pittsburg crime families) went defunct around 2010 .
one of the GOAT's, as far as comedy is concerned.. like a Eddie Murphy, Paul Mooney, Redd Foxx, George Carlin, Joan Rivers, Don Rickles, Lenny Bruce or Rodney Dangerfield.. Pryor and with his partner in crime, Gene Wilder is a legendary team. Loved these two MOFO's...
the master at work
Y'all look high af lol I fuck wit it hahaha
Rip to the king of comedy we still miss you
@Frankensteins Lab Do you guys take paypal or cashApp requests???
The Godfather is a great movie some think of it as the perfect film. Should defo check it out. Its one of most important and most influential films in cinema history
best stand up ever this guy
THE TRUE KING
The guy on the left should say “ok, ok” more often
Born and Raised in Youngstown Ohio,former Teamsters shop steward.👍👍
You’ve never seen The Godfather? 1 and 2 are arguably the best movies ever made. They are really that good.
I gravitate to Rich as the goat because he reminds me of my dad. RIP Rich, and my Dad. 🙏✌️
"Johnny Salami" !!!! Haaaaaa
Legend
Richard Pryor inspired legends.
Everyone should have to watch the Godfather and Richard Pryor.
Hey Fellas, Thank You Fellas..
Godfather is in my top ten all time favorite
Stir Crazy is my favorite Richard and Gene movie!!
I think I got a contact high from the guy on the left just by watching this video
Why does Richard Pryors clothes always want me to take a big olé blast?
First of all, U guys kill me...I've been watching y'all for a while now, I don't know how you'd get it done but y'all need to react to this playlist on soundcloud...listen to the first 3 songs of the playlist called Shark Week by Jaws the Great White...not all SoundCloud rappers are...well... SoundCloud rappers
ICON
He was saying that the stripper aged as well as Lena Horne, and Lena Horne looked almost as good at 65 as she did at 25. It was strange how well she aged.
Adrenochrome
You know you aged well when your still smashable in your 60s