“Every comedian will tell you that is by far the greatest piece of standup ever done. It’s actually Richard Pryor’s best movie. It’s actually one of the best movies ever. I was a kid when I saw it—probably when I was 10, 12 or whatever. But I couldn’t understand it until I became a man. It was kind of too dense for a kid to understand. Richard Pryor: Live in Concert, you’ve got to live some life to know what the f-ck he’s talking about. This is some grown-people sh-t. It’s vulnerable. It’s political. I wish I could do one half that good. Every comedian will tell you: there’s nothing even close.”

I obviously saw Richard Pryor: Live in Concert.

Favorite comedies: Richard Pryor's joke about the monkey fucking him in the air.