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Remembering Richard Pryor (PBS NewsHour, Jeffrey Brown, December 12, 2005)
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Bob Newhart once called Pryor the single most seminal comedic influence of the last 50 years. For black comedians the influence was even more direct and personal. One, Keenan Ivory Wayans, once said that Pryor demonstrated you can be black and have a black voice and be successful. Pryor's storytelling made his audiences laugh but also think about race in America, as here in his 1981 concert film "Live on Sunset Strip."
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