Richard Pryor
Made films the shows talk about.
Wikidata Q294912: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to Some Kind of Hero, which Miami Vice - Pilot Episode credits them on.
No film of theirs is counted: acting and studio count only when asked for, so what they drew on and who drew on them comes only from the lines with them at one end. Count them as actor (4 films) instead.
Draws on
What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.
No line says they, or a film of theirs, drew on anything.
Drawn on by
What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.
No line says anything drew on them or a film of theirs.
What the speakers said they did
Acting (4) everyone in acting
- star, Bustin' Loose (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis)
- star, Richard Pryor: Here and Now (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Star 80 with Julie Klausner)
- star, Some Kind of Hero (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Miami Vice - Pilot Episode)
- actor, Blue Collar (Blank Check — Patreon, The Killing with Patton Oswalt (Ad-Free))
Other (3) everyone in other
- impersonated by Anthony Michael Hall, Weird Science (The Rewatchables, ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt)
- comedian, rival top comic of the late 70s, n/a (The Rewatchables, ‘Father of the Bride’ With Bill Simmons and Amanda Dobbins)
- almost-cast (Charlie Parker), Bird (The Big Picture, ‘Elvis,’ ‘Walk Hard’ and Top Five Music Biopics)
What was said about them, by kind
contrast (1)
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contrast (contrast):
Eddie Murphy → Richard Pryor.
Pryor and Bill Murray visibly wait for their moment to steal a scene; Eddie is present and connected instead.
“Richard Pryor was like this and Bill Murray can be like this where you can tell that they're waiting for their moment to do the thing that they're going to do that steals the scene.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ With Bill Simmons, Wesley Morris, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:04:18 · Wesley Morris (0.80 sure it was them)
craft (1)
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craft (craft):
Anthony Michael Hall → Richard Pryor.
Hall does a Richard Pryor impression in the Chet-stairs scene; Hughes and Hall both loved Pryor.
“He's basically doing a richer Pryor impersonation”
The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 0:35:16 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
what-if (1)
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what-if (almost-cast):
Bird → Richard Pryor.
For years Richard Pryor was supposed to play Charlie Parker before Forest Whitaker did.
“One for years was supposed to be Richard Pryor, portraying Charlie Parker, and it ultimately became Forrest Whitaker.”
The Big Picture · ‘Elvis,’ ‘Walk Hard’ and Top Five Music Biopics · 0:59:28 · Adam Nayman (0.90 sure it was them)
Fun items about them
None.