Burt Reynolds at a Party For Richard Pryor (1991)

[Music] ladies and gentlemen reynolds [Music] oh [Music] i'm uh i'm mary delany anderson and i i just wanna name it and uh both of which make you very big uh i'd like to uh i was too hip for the room almost you know i uh i want to say a couple of things ricky this thing is so good it has its own dandruff [Applause] we all know that richard has occasionally gotten into a little trouble but his really close friends know that if you're with richard sometimes you can actually get into trouble too i can best describe this by telling you about one night one single night which i spent with richard and uh he knows that i'm a big fight fan and and he asked me if i would like to go to vegas in a private jet to see hitman tommy hearns fight sugar ray leonard and i said are you crazy yes so i i drove out to the airport and a great big limousine came up with five of the richest black people i've ever seen in my life richard said guys you remember you remember reynolds used to be big in movies and then we was getting on the plane and rich said sit in the back so uh we arrived in vegas and we were riding along you know to from the airport and limousine and we drove right past our senior hall he was just he was just walking along you know of course this was this was before you know except anyway he rolled down the window and said hey arsenio you remember birdie used to be bigger movies he said you just keep walking because he don't want any more black people in the car [Applause] i never appeared on our senior show i don't i don't know why the fight was one of the greatest fights i've ever seen in my life and uh after the fight was sugar sugar one and and what you said let's go up to their rooms and we'll pay our respects guys i said great and so we we sailed right through 21 bodyguards and richard in front of course and we went in and and sugar was lying on the bed and he had ice on every part of his body and richard leaned down and said sugar remember birdie used to be big in movies he said he thought tommy won but he thought you was the best dancer and you got most congenial but you see i i i think that sugar knew that you know richard has a tendency to make those kind of remarks and so sugar would have smiled but his lips were too far away from his mouth anyway you know i love you and and i know how much you care about champions and but champions world champions can lose their title you're never ever gonna lose your title hello [Applause]

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Length: 3min 53sec (233 seconds)

Published: Thu Apr 14 2022