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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051210/ap_en_mo/obit_pryor

RIP.

R.I.P.

The man lived a hard life. I don't know how he managed to live as long as he did.

RIP, to the father of stand up comedy

RIP. The man had a comedy style all his own. He will be missed.

Oh, some celebrity. Meh.

Oh, some celebrity. Meh.

Very nice. A man dies, and that's all you can say. How would you like it if you died, and someone said, "Oh, some troll. Meh."

Oh, some celebrity. Meh.

I concur

Oh, some celebrity. Meh.
Oh, you're gonna get it...I don't believe in idealizing or becoming obsessed with celebs, but you shouldn't talk about anyone's (well, maybe Hitler, Stalin etc. are exceptions) in such a nonchalant way.

I remember him the best in one of his movies, he is driving a school bus, they get stuck in the mud down south, he talks the KKK into helping him get out.

The funniest comedian ever, close 2nd is Red Foxx.

Oh, some celebrity. Meh.
He was an artist who contributed to my nation's culture. It's not like some vacuous moron like Jessica Simpson died.

He was an artist who contributed to my nation's culture. It's not like some vacuous moron like Jessica Simpson died.

She contributes to your culture, too. Scary, I know.

Very nice. A man dies, and that's all you can say. How would you like it if you died, and someone said, "Oh, some troll. Meh."

Oh, they probably would, since I am even more inconsequential than a celebrity. And you know what? I'd be dead and would thus not give a rodent's ass.

She contributes to your culture, too. Scary, I know.
I wouldn't call what she does a contribution. Contributions aren't supposed to diminish the culture.

Rarely raised so much as a chuckle from this quarter. Nonetheless, it is a loss, no doubt more keenly felt by others.

My condolences.

Oh, they probably would, since I am even more inconsequential than a celebrity. And you know what? I'd be dead and would thus not give a rodent's ass.

Thank you for the useless feedback. Good-bye. Don't let the door hit your ass on the way out.

Thank you for the useless feedback. Good-bye. Don't let the door hit your ass on the way out.
Temper, temper. 'Useless' is a relative term.

Temper, temper. 'Useless' is a relative term.

What? He pisses me off. Most of his posts seem to have no purpose, other than to annoy people.

I wouldn't call what she does a contribution. Contributions aren't supposed to diminish the culture.

You say a wonderfully irreverant Nancy Sinatra cover with ample boobage in car-washiness is not a contribution? Why, I never!

Oh, some celebrity. Meh.

Please tell me your fucking joking?

Didn't he set himself on fire while on coke?

Oh, they probably would, since I am even more inconsequential than a celebrity. And you know what? I'd be dead and would thus not give a rodent's ass.
ROFLMAO! Always the frakkin' cynic, ain't ya! :D

Thank you for the useless feedback. Good-bye. Don't let the door hit your ass on the way out.

Haha. A dec 2005 nation attempts to tell someone to leave. Oh, the folly of n00bieness. I hope I wasn't like that.

homg. a moment of silence please ; ;

ROFLMAO! Always the frakkin' cynic, ain't ya! :D

I have no illusions of grandure about my own (in)significance in the greater scheme of things, and neither of those of some coke-addicted celebrity.

What? He pisses me off. Most of his posts seem to have no purpose, other than to annoy people.
One person's annoyance is another person's entertainment. Fass has a finely-honed, if rapier-sharp, wit. Not everybody's cup of tea, true, but...

One person's annoyance is another person's entertainment. Fass has a finely-honed, if rapier-sharp, wit. Not everybody's cup of tea, true, but...

This does not fit well directly after my post about my insignificance. You live to foil me, don't you Dobbs?

Haha. A dec 2005 nation attempts to tell someone to leave. Oh, the folly of n00bieness. I hope I wasn't like that.

Leave the poor n00b alone.
Nobody expects much of them anyway.

Leave the poor n00b alone.
Nobody expects much of them anyway.

It accosted me, but you're right. Shan't toy.

This does not fit well directly after my post about my insignificance. You live to foil me, don't you Dobbs?
It's purely inadvertent, I swear Fass.

Didn't he set himself on fire while on coke?
Yes, and following that incident he teamed up with Michael Jackson, who had recently caught fire in a Pepsi commercial, to start the Ignited Negro College Fund.

It's purely inadvertent, I swear Fass.

Inadvertent like a fox! I'm on to you, oh, yes I am.

It accosted me, but you're right. Shan't toy.

Good Fass.When it grows out of its noobishness you may then seek out revenge.

Thank you for the useless feedback. Good-bye. Don't let the door hit your ass on the way out.


Yes! Yes! Feel the anger! Let the hate flow through you! Only then can you realize your true power!

Yes, and following that incident he teamed up with Michael Jackson, who had recently caught fire in a Pepsi commercial, to start the Ignited Negro College Fund.

I don't get it... oh, wait, just got it. I think.

I don't get it... oh, wait, just got it. I think.
Try harder next time, Fass. A tasteless joke is a terrible thing to waste.

Try harder next time, Fass. A tasteless joke is a terrible thing to waste.
Is there such a thing as a taste-ful joke?

Is there such a thing as a taste-ful joke?
Yeah. Here goes Two homos were fucking a dead aligator in a bar....

Try harder next time, Fass. A tasteless joke is a terrible thing to waste.

I believe it is a jeux de mots of sorts on "United" and "Ignited."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051210/ap_en_mo/obit_pryor

RIP.

Oh man Hear no evil see no evil, which that article does not seem to think too highly of, is fuckign amazing. If you havn't seen it in awhile, or ever, you need to go rent it right now. Gene Wilder is awesome in it as well.

Now if you dare smoke before you watch it you just may piss yourself.

Yeah. Here goes Two homos were fucking a dead aligator in a bar....

Why would they be fucking an alligator and not each other? Doesn't seem very homoish to me.

Why would they be fucking an alligator and not each other? Doesn't seem very homoish to me.
Some people like some Alligator Steak in between rounds of Man Sausage.
Variety is the spice of life, much like Oregano.

that man was funny incarnate.

RIP :(

Some people like some Alligator Steak in between rounds of Man Sausage.
Variety is the spice of life, much like Oregano.

Yes, yes, but not very homoish, now, is it?

Why would they be fucking an alligator and not each other? Doesn't seem very homoish to me.
It's part of an old response that Buddy Hacket (I think, one of those older Jewish comics anyway) used when someone heckled him because his act was too blue.

It's part of an old response that Buddy Hacket (I think, one of those older Jewish comics anyway) used when someone heckled him because his act was too blue.

Dated, methinks.

Yes, yes, but not very homoish, now, is it?
He never said that alligator wasn't a male, and bestiality isn't an exclusive sexuality.
Meanwhile, you are incredibly over analyzing the situation for reasons that are not entirely clear. This is a place of platitudes, not bitchiness.

He never said that alligator wasn't a male, and bestiality isn't an exclusive sexuality.
Meanwhile, you are incredibly over analyzing the situation for reasons that are not entirely clear. This is a place of platitudes, not bitchiness.

Platitudes and bitchiness aren't exclusive, either.

Not that you'd have a lot of luck sexing a gator. Males and females both have nearly identical vents for the purposes of fucking.

Platitudes and bitchiness aren't exclusive, either.
Foul creature, to turn my own words against me with accuracy and hardness. Your thrust has stricken true, and I am left with ought to cover my back from questing stabs.
You have left a black mark on my heart, and may its shame return upon you a thousandfold in the next life.

Foul creature, to turn my own words against me with accuracy and hardness. Your thrust has stricken true, and I am left with ought to cover my back from questing stabs.
You have left a black mark on my heart, and may its shame return upon you a thousandfold in the next life.
Whose shame? The black mark's shame, or your heart's shame?

Foul creature, to turn my own words against me with accuracy and hardness. Your thrust has stricken true, and I am left with ought to cover my back from questing stabs.
You have left a black mark on my heart, and may its shame return upon you a thousandfold in the next life.

Now that surprises me. I thought we had gotten rid of your heart a while back.

Now that surprises me. I thought we had gotten rid of your heart a while back.
I keep it on my mantle as a nostalgia piece and a place to put black marks of shame on.
Sort of like those stupid ass trophies that they give to everyone on the T-Ball team even though your team came in dead last that year.

richard was a good man....

I keep it on my mantle as a nostalgia piece and a place to put black marks of shame on.
Sort of like those stupid ass trophies that they give to everyone on the T-Ball team even though your team came in dead last that year.

T-ball? You are a silly people.

T-ball? You are a silly people.
I have an excuse, I was 6, or somewhere around there. At that age I was also still setting the house plants on fire, because that was "edgey" back then.
The coaches, however, are indeed the saddest people I have ever seen. The worst one was that creepy guy whose kid had left T-Ball several years ago, but he stuck around to stare and yell at kids as they ran in circles.
Nothing pedophilic about that, no certainly not.

A great man indeed has left us today. May he rest in peace.

Oh great.

Well, as much as I admired the absolute hell out of Richard Pryor, who I saw as second to none in "funny", I had to go and click "News Home" to find out that two of my personal heroes died today.

Pryor, and apparently so did Sen. Eugene McCarthy (you right wing neocons won't care).

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051210/ap_on_go_co/obit_mccarthy;_ylt=A9G_RxiEbptDHkUA8wWs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2Z2szazkxBHNlYwN0bQ--

*SIGH*

Sad day. Sad indeed. :(

Good bye, Richard. Thank you.

Oh, some celebrity. Meh.
This is the man who wrote Blazing Saddles. If that doesn't earn him a little respect, nothing ever will.

Too bad he died. It's a shame, especially when some many of the comedians spew out such pointless crap and then some retard at the bakc laughs, so everyone does. RIP.

Haha. A dec 2005 nation attempts to tell someone to leave. Oh, the folly of n00bieness. I hope I wasn't like that.

Hah, A september 04 nation calls someone a n00b,
A complete inconsiderate prick of a sept 04 nation who would piss all over someone simply attempting to lament the death of kind and generous man who had the audacity to try to make people laugh.

Fass, most of the time you are funny, and considerate of considerate people I dont see your purpose in agitating Mag for doing nothing but being human.



Rest in Peace Rich.

Oh, some celebrity. Meh.

Hooray! Fass uses his groovy sandpaper wit to keep a thread alive.

I love you. :) *smooch*

Any man who has the courage to get laughs from an audience by describing what it was like to set himself on fire during a drug mishap is deserving of my eternal respect. :(

Any man who has the courage to get laughs from an audience by describing what it was like to set himself on fire during a drug mishap is deserving of my eternal respect. :(

A-fuckin'-men.

I heard about this when I woke up. Sucky.

Richard Pryor. One of the funniest men of all time. And I mean that.

Requiescat in Pace

Hooray! Fass uses his groovy sandpaper wit to keep a thread alive.

I love you. :) *smooch*

A lot of people just don't seem to get it. They really don't, which is actually quite n00bish, too. :p

Oh, and Keru, you know I love you and your hotness, too. *humps a bit*

When that fire hits yo ass, that'll sober yo ass up quick!

I have no illusions of grandure about my own (in)significance in the greater scheme of things, and neither of those of some coke-addicted celebrity.


Youre an asshole.


Pryor made millions laugh.

If nothing else, he should be thanked for bringing even a fleeting moment of laughter into a dank, dreary life, filled with people like you who are incapable of contributing anything positive to anything else.

What the hell have you done?

The difference between Pryor, and you....is that Richard Pryor will be long remembered fondly, and you...will be appropriately forgotten.
...and when that day comes, its good riddance to bad rubbish.

I know you like this nose in the air prick routine that you do here, but I don't think it's too much to ask to let somethings be. It starts to blur the line between the prick routine and actually just being a prick.

It's a routine? Well, I'm always the last one to know.

And, yes, he's still a mere celebrity. When Tom Cruise dies, I'm sure we'll have a thread about that too and some people will be all "omg, but he made Top Gun and was this really 'important' scientologist and, like, really, really famous for suing people who said he's gay, respect him, dammit!!!" and I'll just say he's a celebrity, too. Some people being fond of him won't make his death any more interesting or worthy of lamentation or make him important.

Youre an asshole.

The difference between Pryor, and you....is that Richard Pryor will be long remembered fondly, and you...will be appropriately forgotten.
...and when that day comes, its good riddance to bad rubbish.

Oh, noes. That will surely smart the day I'm dead, because being dead and all, that will seem important to me.

Oh, noes. That will surely smart the day I'm dead, because being dead and all, that will seem important to me.


I only hope its sooner than later.
One less asshole to share oxygen with.

Alright dude. I'm not going to get into it with you. And while you'll no doubt respond with how much you don't care, I have to say I've lost a great deal of respect for you. Decency was too much to ask.

I'll manage somehow, I assure you.

"screw it. I'm done feeding this twerps ego."

Too late, it seems, for you to retract what you wrote, and then ironically do the very same thing you claim to not want to do via the "reason for edit" field. Ironic, almost in a non-Alanis way.

I only hope its sooner than later.
One less asshole to share oxygen with.

*sigh* You really should step away from the computer if teh Internets make you wish for someone's death over something as inane as the death of a celebrity. Over anything at all, for that matter.

I'll manage somehow, I assure you.



*sigh* You really should step away from the computer if teh Internets make you wish for someone's death over something as inane as the death of a celebrity. Over anything at all, for that matter.


One last thing for you, and then Im done.

Whatever little joy youre recieving from being a total ass, and showing no respect at all for life, or anyone else, I hope its enough to get you by.
If going on this forum and being such a complete prick, really does it for you, and it seems to be, I hope its enough to bring you whatever tiny shred of superiority you so desperately crave.
In the meantime, it makes you look pathetic.

One last thing for you, and then Im done.

Whatever little joy youre recieving from being a total ass, and showing no respect at all for life, or anyone else, I hope its enough to get you by.
If going on this forum and being such a complete prick, really does it for you, and it seems to be, I hope its enough to bring you whatever tiny shred of superiority you so desperately crave.
In the meantime, it makes you look pathetic.

Oh, the hypocrisy and the irony of someone who wishes someone else dead to be all indignant about "respect for life" and being a "prick." :rolleyes:

What's up with their abundance lately?

When that fire hits yo ass, that'll sober yo ass up quick!

Fire is a great motivator. They should use it in the Olympics because I did the 100 in 4.3!

:(

It's a routine? Well, I'm always the last one to know.

And, yes, he's still a mere celebrity. When Tom Cruise dies, I'm sure we'll have a thread about that too and some people will be all "omg, but he made Top Gun and was this really 'important' scientologist and, like, really, really famous for suing people who said he's gay, respect him, dammit!!!" and I'll just say he's a celebrity, too. Some people being fond of him won't make his death any more interesting or worthy of lamentation or make him important.

Fuck Tom Cruise!!!! :mad:


...


If you want to.

Fuck Tom Cruise!!!! :mad:
...
If you want to.

Nah, he'd hook me up to one of those coke can auditing devices and try to exorcise my thetans.

I like my thetans.

*sigh* You really should step away from the computer if teh Internets make you wish for someone's death over something as inane as the death of a celebrity. Over anything at all, for that matter.

ya, but he wasn't just a celebrity, he was a human being too, and though i know little about him i'm fairly sure that he made a difference in the way people thought about racial issues and drugs and the like. like everyone else he made mistakes but he battled on through a lot of problems and at least deserves some respect. so honestly Fass if you can only say bad things about him and show disrespect, why not just stay out of the thread all together and keep your comments to yourself.

Nah, he'd hook me up to one of those coke can auditing devices and try to exorcise my thetans.

I like my thetans.

See, Richard Pryor would never do that. He was loaded with thetans. :)

See, Richard Pryor would never do that. He was loaded with thetans. :)

You sure about that? Those celebrities do seem quite keen on Scientology these days. :\

-snip-
Forget it dude. He gets off on this shit and it's really just feeding him. It is what it is, if you don't respond to it then there is only so far he can take it.

You sure about that? Those celebrities do seem quite keen on Scientology these days. :\

Pretty sure. Heh.

Richard Pryor isn't a celebrity. He was a comedian. A real comedian. Sure, he did a few movies. Pretty good ones too. But what he WAS was a comedian.

Comedians don't do Scientology.

Pretty sure. Heh.

Richard Pryor isn't a celebrity. He was a comedian. A real comedian. Sure, he did a few movies. Pretty good ones too. But what he WAS was a comedian.

So? There's something in comedy that prevents you from being a celebrity? Tell that to Roseanne, please!!!

Comedians don't do Scientology.

IIRC, Seinfeld was reported as one. Granted, "comedian" is iffy in his case.

So? There's something in comedy that prevents you from being a celebrity? Tell that to Roseanne, please!!!



IIRC, Seinfeld was reported as one. Granted, "comedian" is iffy in his case.

Jerry Seinfeld hasn't been a comedian in ten years. Maybe longer. :(

Comedians are semi-celebrities. Kind of like athletes. Sometimes other celebrities hang out with them. You know, if other real celebrities aren't around. But comedians haven't had their souls crushed out of them by media agents yet. So they can't remain in the company of celebrities for long or the celebrities will pounce and devour their quivering souls. Like poor Eddie Murphy. :(

...
Well, as much as I admired the absolute hell out of Richard Pryor, who I saw as second to none in "funny", I had to go and click "News Home" to find out that two of my personal heroes died today.

Pryor, and apparently so did Sen. Eugene McCarthy (you right wing neocons won't care).

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051210/ap_on_go_co/obit_mccarthy;_ylt=A9G_RxiEbptDHkUA8wWs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2Z2szazkxBHNlYwN0bQ--

*SIGH*

Sad day. Sad indeed.... :(


As an American, I'd like to convey my embarrassment for the extensive news coverage of reactions to Richard Pryor's passing, of anyone from available Hollywood celebrities to random passers-by; while notice of a man who really stood up for peace zipped by on the ticker. My consolation is in my thoughts of Richard looking down off that cloud, with that bug-eyed amazement... "WHAT THE FUCK?"


'bye, Gene...

Why would they be fucking an alligator and not each other? Doesn't seem very homoish to me.


Well, it was a male alligator, you see. :D

As an American, I'd like to convey my embarrassment for the extensive news coverage of reactions to Richard Pryor's passing, of anyone from available Hollywood celebrities to random passers-by; while notice of a man who really stood up for peace zipped by on the ticker. My consolation is in my thoughts of Richard looking down off that cloud, with that bug-eyed amazement... "WHAT THE FUCK?"


'bye, Gene...


Good point. Eugene McCarthy will be missed as well.

Yes, and following that incident he teamed up with Michael Jackson, who had recently caught fire in a Pepsi commercial, to start the Ignited Negro College Fund.

I feel as though that's a comment I could imagine the late Mr Pryor making. Nice one.

:D

It's part of an old response that Buddy Hacket (I think, one of those older Jewish comics anyway) used when someone heckled him because his act was too blue.

Dude! You know Buddy Hackett's work? I used to dig his stuff even though I didn't hear as much of it as I'd have liked. Also got to hear some of Lenny Bruce before he died. An experience and a half.

Oh great.

Well, as much as I admired the absolute hell out of Richard Pryor, who I saw as second to none in "funny", I had to go and click "News Home" to find out that two of my personal heroes died today.

Pryor, and apparently so did Sen. Eugene McCarthy (you right wing neocons won't care).

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051210/ap_on_go_co/obit_mccarthy;_ylt=A9G_RxiEbptDHkUA8wWs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2Z2szazkxBHNlYwN0bQ--

*SIGH*

Sad day. Sad indeed. :(

I voted for Eugene McCarthy -- my first election. I couldn't stand it when he lost.

Youre an asshole.


Pryor made millions laugh.

If nothing else, he should be thanked for bringing even a fleeting moment of laughter into a dank, dreary life, filled with people like you who are incapable of contributing anything positive to anything else.

What the hell have you done?

The difference between Pryor, and you....is that Richard Pryor will be long remembered fondly, and you...will be appropriately forgotten.
...and when that day comes, its good riddance to bad rubbish.

-and-

I only hope its sooner than later.
One less asshole to share oxygen with.


Get a sense of perspective man. Did Pryor make people laugh? Oh yeah, you and me and a lot of other people. Does that mean something to you? Obviously. But is that a good reason to get nasty with somebody who doesn't share your taste and doesn't feel all melancholy? Hell no!

Think about it a minute. Do you honestly think if Pryor were alive now, he'd get abusive with somebody just because they don't think he was an important part of their lives? Do you think he'd approve of what you said? If you think that I don't think you got the man.

As for what Fass or anybody else on NS has done, that's not relevant now is it? I've met some interesting people here and on the rate occasions I've gotten to know some of them, I've been amazed at what they've done with their real lives. That just isn't a question to ask here as if it proves anything. The best you can do with it is make somebody think, "yeah, what's my life worth?" And are you sure your own life would pass that test, Squatches?

I just don't see how you honor a comedian you obviously liked and respected by attacking somebody.

It's a routine? Well, I'm always the last one to know.

And, yes, he's still a mere celebrity. When Tom Cruise dies, I'm sure we'll have a thread about that too and some people will be all "omg, but he made Top Gun and was this really 'important' scientologist and, like, really, really famous for suing people who said he's gay, respect him, dammit!!!" and I'll just say he's a celebrity, too. Some people being fond of him won't make his death any more interesting or worthy of lamentation or make him important.


Wow, you really are a jagoff. The death of anyone, famous or not is something that should be respected. If you do not like people remembering someone for something that they accomplished during their time here on earth, than I encourage you to please leave this discussion.

Thank you.

Dude! You know Buddy Hackett's work? I used to dig his stuff even though I didn't hear as much of it as I'd have liked. Also got to hear some of Lenny Bruce before he died. An experience and a half.
That is so frickin' cool.

Nah, he'd hook me up to one of those coke can auditing devices and try to exorcise my thetans.

I like my thetans.


Coke cans? They're supposed to be Campbell soup cans. Tomato, I think.
;)

Pretty sure. Heh.

Richard Pryor isn't a celebrity. He was a comedian. A real comedian. Sure, he did a few movies. Pretty good ones too. But what he WAS was a comedian.

Comedians don't do Scientology.

Isn't a sense of humor one of the things you have to get rid of so you can go OT -- like spontaneous human emotions generally? They start on it right away, as soon as you start the Comm Course you do the TRs and if you smile or laugh they tell you "Flunk!" and you have to do the TR over until you just sit there and stare like you're dead. That's got to make it rough to funny.

Wow, you really are a jagoff. The death of anyone, famous or not is something that should be respected. If you do not like people remembering someone for something that they accomplished during their time here on earth, than I encourage you to please leave this discussion.

Thank you.
If he knew who Pryor was and had a problem with him it'd be one thing. But he didn't. So he's just dragging his dick through here like an attention whore.

Which is the problem, and I fell into the trap. He's just being an attention whore and if we keep feeding it we're just rewarding his behavior. Let it slide and he'll move on to other pastures.

do you guys remember the Word Association skit with Richard Pryor and Chevy Chase on SNL?

http://assets.jolt.co.uk/forums/images/icons/icon10.gif
Talking

do you guys remember the Word Association skit with Richard Pryor and Chevy Chase on SNL?

http://assets.jolt.co.uk/forums/images/icons/icon10.gif
Talking
Use 'img' instead of 'url' if you want the image to show up. For that one you can just us a : and a D and it will show up, :D And I missed that sketch...gonna have to start watching some reruns...

Use 'img' instead of 'url' if you want the image to show up. For that one you can just us a : and a D and it will show up, :D And I missed that sketch...gonna have to start watching some reruns...


If you can download it or anything you have to watch it.

Nothing funnier.

HERE IT IS!!!!!!!!!

ATTENTION!!!!!

Click the link for the Richard Pryor/Chevy Chase SNL skit...

One of his most famous...

http://media.putfile.com/SNL---Richard-Pryor-Chevy-Chase-FUNNY