"What better way to recognize and honor America's funniest moments and greatest laugh artists than an insightful, anecdote-laden multimedia presentation that allows readers and viewers to fully experience the sharpest comedians throughout broadcast and film history. That's exactly what Made You Laugh! offers, as author Joe Garner applies his magic touch to one of America's most treasured forms of entertainment. Joe's insightful text, ori ..."
Pryor Convictions(1st Edition) And Other Life Sentences by RichardPryor, Todd Gold, Tod Gold Hardcover, 257 Pages, Published 1995 by Pantheon Books ISBN-13: 978-0-679-43250-0, ISBN: 0-679-43250-7
"The personal memoirs of a revolutionary comedian follows Pryor's streetwise childhood, early successes, battle with cocaine, six marriages, quadruple-bypass surgery, and diagnosis with multiple sclerosis. 75,000 first printing. $75,000 ad/promo."
Pryor Convictions(1st Edition) And Other Life Sentences by Todd Gold, RichardPryor Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 1995 by William Heinemann Ltd ISBN-13: 978-0-434-00294-8, ISBN: 0-434-00294-1
"At the height of his career, Richard Pryor did something no other comedian had done up to that point: he took listeners deeply into his life, baring himself before audiences as he exposed his foibles and his follies, his tumultuous dealings with women and his misadventures with drugs. "People can't always handle it," he writes in Pryor Convictions. "But I knew that if you tell the truth, it's going to be funny." The pain and truth came ..."
Warriors of Life Conquering Grief and Battling Your Way Back to Happiness by RichardPryor Paperback, Published 2018 by Black Card Books ISBN-13: 978-1-77371-031-0, ISBN: 1-77371-031-1
Holy Smoke Library Edition by RichardPryor Published 2012 ISBN-13: 978-1-4708-1658-2, ISBN: 1-4708-1658-X
Holy Smoke by RichardPryor Published 2012 ISBN-13: 978-1-4708-1656-8, ISBN: 1-4708-1656-3
Holy Smoke by RichardPryor Published 2012 ISBN-13: 978-1-4708-1657-5, ISBN: 1-4708-1657-1
"Two small time hustlers loose a winning lottery ticket in a robbery. They scour the city and battle thugs to retrieve it.DVD Features:Featurette:Dynamite Duo: A RetrospectiveTheatrical Trailer"
Pryor Convictions(Reprint) And Other Life Sentences by RichardPryor, Todd Gold, Tig Notaro Paperback, 257 Pages, Published 2018 by Rare Bird Books, A Barnacle Book ISBN-13: 978-1-947856-05-9, ISBN: 1-947856-05-7
"Finally back in print, Richard Pryor's 1995 smash hit Pryor Convictions follows Pryor's life from his upbringing in a brothel in Peoria, Illinois, where he was sexually assaulted by a man in his neighborhood, to his early years as a stand-up comic in New York through fame, fortune, drug addiction and the infamous freebase cocaine incident, seven marriages to five women, and finally a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis.Still pertinent and ..."
"Der reiche Guy Carrell befürchtet, er könne, wie einst sein Vater, aus Versehen lebendig begraben werden. Seine Verlobte nutzt seine Angst für einen skrupellosen Plan aus. Doch Guy Carrell trifft Vorkehrungen seinem scheinbar unvermeidlichen Schicksal zu entkommen - jedoch nicht ohnegrausame Konsequenzen für ihn selbst und viele Beteiligte..."
"The essence of Billie Holiday, one of America's most loved and memorable blues singers, is captured brilliantly in a tour-de-force debut performance by singer Diana Ross. Filled with the greatest songs of the incomparable "Lady Day," this stunning film biography received five Academy Award. nominations, including Diana Ross for "Best Actress." Costarring Billy Dee Williams and Richard Pryor."
"One of the looniest pictures to come along in some time! STIR CRAZY teams two of the most brilliantand zany comic performers today: Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder. Skip (Wilder) and Harry (Pryor) have both been fired from their jobs, so they take off in their van for California to seek fame and fortune, but somewhere along the way the van conks out and they're broke and...well, they have to eat, right? So they land a gig as singing and d ..."
"Max julien is the mack a sharp smooth-talking hustler whos back on the streets after five years in prison. He and his sidekicks have the brains the muscle and the cool to take on the takers and push out the pushers. It takes a street fighter to clean up the streets. Studio: New Line Home Video Release Date: 09/14/2004 Starring: Max Julien Roger E. Mosley Run time: 110 minutes Rating: R Director: Michael Campus"
"Discovered in a desert cave is an ancient document which casts new light on an old story. The infant Moses, as the story goes, was dispatched down the Nile and rescued by the Pharaoh's daughter. But on the same morning, another child - Herschel - was also set afloat. Herschel just happened to sail past the Princess with a helpful nudge from Moses. So the question is, who was truly God's Chosen? Moses or Herschel? Dudley Moore star ..."
"It was murder! The blind guy couldn't see it. The deaf guy couldn't hear it. But now they're both wanted for it in the drop-dead comedy, SEE NO EVIL, HEAR NO EVIL, that reunites the outrageous comedyduo Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder (Silver Streak, Stir Crazy). Meet Wally and Dave. Wally is blind,Dave is deaf. When a man is murdered outside the newsstand where they work, the police collar thesetwo unlikely buddies as their main suspects ..."
"In the world of 1930s Negro League baseball, a spirited team of renegade players travels around the Midwest looking for that one big score. Richard Pryor, Billy Dee Williams and James Earl Jones star as three barnstorming ballplayers who take on prejudice and their own League's unfair rules while stealing cars, food and home base - anything to prove that they're the best team around. It's a showdown of brains over booby traps and sports ..."
"CALIFORNIA SUITE is the story of five couples who have come to the Beverly Hills Hotel for diverse reasons and who must all confront some rather amusing personal dilemmas. Sidney Cochran (Michael Caine) becomes the victim of wife Diana's (Maggie Smith) outrage when she misses winning an Oscar(r). (Smith won a real Oscar(r) for Best Supporting Actress in this role). Marvin Michaels (Walter Matthau) must somehow explain to his wife (Elain ..."