Rest in peace, Richard Pryor.
I just found out that Richard Pryor died of a heart attack this morning, and I am sad.
Richard Pryor was for me simply the funniest human in the world. I distinctly remember one appearance on "The Tonight Show"--Johnny Carson's "Tonight Show"--in which Pryor did not make one dirty joke, nor did he utter one obscene word, and still I was literally on the floor and out of breath from laughing so hard.
Thank you, Richard Pryor. May you rest in peace.
Thank you, Richard Pryor. May you rest in peace.
posted by WCharles @ 12/10/2005 10:59:00 PM
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And Eugene McCarthy who is destined to become the patron saint of war protesters.
I first heard about McCarthy's passing this morning. I was all of six years old during McCarthy's 1968 campaign, and Richard Pryor actually had a bigger impact on me personally (even though my parents had a McCarthy bumper sticker on our car).
From what I remember about McCarthy, he was genuine and passionate in a way not defined or restricted by politics--and that's a lot more than I can say about most members of Congress today. And I direct that towards many Democrats who went along to get along in the run-up to the war. I can't imagine McCarthy would have done that.
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