John Witherspoon Tells Funny Richard Pryor Stories | Joe Rogan

the Joe Rogan experience ya know what you were around when Pryor was in his heyday oh yeah that must have been something oh yeah we uh so you were you were just kind of that was in 74 when you were just getting there prior with that was he was he was oh he was already he was in the peak right big time oh yeah you know big time and um what was that like it was he would uh you know when I was around a communist or I was basically the host of the comment when I MCS you know and I go to the door if they have a problem I go to the door and settle the problem all this stuff just Mitzi once she knew I'd do honest up in it then wasn't no fighting and I'm just being polite and stuff and Richard would come in and look at the back of it surprise in the back don't hear it on he knew Paul Mooney Mooney was and David banks all these in it anytime you got all these guys in the comic store rich you want to do another elbow so what happened is Richard first time I saw Richard in the bag I said [ __ ] are you doing spoon I just come by to see how you're doing I said fine I'm doing with you never come out to see how I'm doing he's just saying this to to set it up for he wanna work on his act listen for new album so I submitted everything fans you want to drink nor smoke I'll be finally one of those days no no just come by and see how you doing how you doing bit above about so imma go I know to go away and come back and serve it you buy anything you want to drink daily wanna drink now see laundry he'd get up some of the red drink he like waiting all that cherry and it kind of stuff and so I know to go away I go with they told me in Michigan drive you crazy crazy come back we're just gonna drive you crazy so I I go away come back rich everything a fan you know anything else you wanted someone go Stacey knows yes come on I say only oh hey hey Bahama spoon real loud [ __ ] and so when I go away and come back to Richard do two minutes so people said Richard Pryor came by the cop so he said sure I go up didn't do to me he said whenever I go on I see it going on right up this guy get off you I put you on right now and he grew up they do a 2 and a 2 hours then his sin he'll call he'll have his secretary called me the next day said thanks for helping me get on stage helping me girls day he knew he had to be pushed on stage that's so weird yeah that's amazing in it but rather Williams me running Richard would do like two hours without around a half hour regular thing huh who is album you know he got yeah then he had his writers in the back morning would bet they're writing him give him coaching him on stuff to say you know and stuff he had all that and then he would have of three weeks in the original room where he worked every night he'd come every night Wow didn't like some kind of you know get to hide he can't come back he'll be better every night and so Missy put me on the show with him so I would open this show into 45 minutes and the [ __ ] would come up to it I wouldn't have hmm and then we moved to the main room after about three of about a month in the original room you moved to the main room that's one man and he would draw so miss would make so much money he would draw so many [ __ ] people old holes ain't been out on the street fur collars first coat of fake fur coat on pink and yellow and [ __ ] he would have in the main room he would have oh my god he had Mick Jagger what's the name - born it uh it was his name Willie Nelson I I thought Willie doesn't go up on the stage and sing a song and there is in the room really yeah really you got you you good time yeah I got it that's good you cook this sing a song I love Willie Nelson he was so good he's still around them maybe I'm scared to do it I'm so nervous he's [ __ ] people he went insane when his son boy that was that wasn't that was a thrill for me so then we move to the main but now but I would kill every night in the audience like that I'll get a standing ovation because I would do Mathis and I learned from Detroit and Nat King Cole in him I would do Matt Johnny Mathis at my last bit and I would do L Greene just before that and and I would I saw Al Green throw roses out to the ladies one time how's that yeah what is it this theatre down anyway he would throw roses he hands it to the ladies so I when I was working at The Comedy Store and I'm in front of it I would get down the lines and handed from the ladies and then lump-sum lady did exactly what I wanted to say she said Al Green give us roses I said boy you lucky these ain't plastic or dying got no damn money I go home and watch to you so I can get back to you and I did that doing dingy Johnny math this is just impressions and I add it to my act caused a lot of ladies out there they love that [ __ ] and I got it women through the Roses back at my feet I said damn this [ __ ] is cool in a [ __ ] and Richard told me as a Richard everybody said [ __ ] you should take spooning on the road with you going on the tour you know I love you spooning but you're too funny angle I can't have you out there on the road with me he said I was too funny for him Wow and he took finest you know finest hit the shore the finest would do impressive this day weren't all that precious so he took him on a road he told you you were too funny swung you too funny I love you but you too damn funny open for me I don't want me were had to work that damn hard that was a great compliment but I have the the billboard of the commie stolen richer crying John with a spoon Wow I hey somebody my phone yeah you you think mom posted it and then I I think I repost I helped you repost it on your IG story and then the Comedy Store screenshot it and posted it yeah they did that they do that like a month or two ago his own TV show you know he's on NBC at 8 o'clock and he was something I boy I knew we were gonna last that's it we only get four show they were scared to 22 richer was too [ __ ] high what was he high on cocaine in about good stuff you know but I didn't had no money I probably got me some if I had some money hey I'm making this look for dollars for the dollars that they give me for this week he said yo y'all ain't making the money but I'm making $250,000 show's over damn Wow he's making that much you know Richard Pryor and John Witherspoon Wow Jenni yeah I wish I had the year up there probably 70 that's amazing 77 but I know Richard please go his house every Sunday please baby sounds every Sunday and and he had he had a barbecue people him look you got a gym boxing gym where you box tennis court swimming pool he heads for about four acres over there and I realize it where was his own party Nia yeah house there was for sale recently for about four million but I don't think people realize they're [ __ ] prior living it they don't want to do that called he be caught on fire over there whoa remember the time you got caught ya knows that house it was in the house there yeah [ __ ] I would love to own that that's unlike Northridge or something part thing yeah yeah it's it's on part Dean and we doing more juice it's right down the street don't feel yeah yeah we're over every Sunday imagine owning Richard Pryor's old house gotta cool that spirit might hit me up five on run past the swimming pool you know the he don't came days must have been crazy there oh man and what's amazing about this is so cold boy when stuff got on radio that Richard Pryor is in hospital in critical condition he burned from burns from a pipe that blew up his family went then stole all of his his people that he probably never seen in seen in years jumped over that damn you had his huge fence and stolen all his watches and everything all this stuff take it out of his house then they say he's gonna survive they jump back over the fence to put it back what they jump back on the fence with his stuff they put it back yeah they put it back this Richard Pryor on steal his stuff you even borrow from him for foot 20 years now I was saying you gonna steal his watch that's crazy yeah hard to believe we had so much fun over there and Sammy Davis jr. would come there every Sunday on a limousine and a tuxedo on Kelly we got shorts on you know your raggedy short you can find old t-shirt we playing basketball send me come at the hi mine hi Sammy put some [ __ ] shorts on was he back then Sammy yeah oh I bet he weaved this was 76 so he must have been while he was young in because he dad about 61 62 63 he must've been in his 50s forties or fifties tuxedo tuxedo and a limousine imagine me in the wall but Sammy Davis jr. pulls up in a tuxedo oh man a limousine we all said it wasn't only basketball we also [ __ ] uh we also [ __ ] raggedy stink and we don't play ball Oh Sammy wrong house one day I'm gonna play some ball with a semi but we look at that look at the bell-bottoms oh yeah Wow [ __ ] to play tennis Danny yeah you play tennis yeah and basketball we playing ball [ __ ] he checking me grabbing my dick funny man 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Length: 10min 51sec (651 seconds)

Published: Wed May 29 2019