Mudbone

I just listened to a few of Richard Pryor's performances as Mudbone.  Based on this (and quite a  number of other performances), I cannot but think that Richard Pryor is, without a doubt, one of the most talented comedians in the history of stand-up.  The depth of his material goes so far beyond the norm that it is hard to compare him at all to most other stand-up-and-tell-a-stupid-joke comedians.  Absolutely brilliant.

And to think my first exposure to Pryor was through films like The Toy...