Richard Pryor Carson Tonight Show 9/2-1983

to record hisses man we'll get you one at our records new one at our this is mine my next guest is one of I'm gonna go on to limb I don't think he's one of the funniest men I think he's a funniest man working anywhere in the world today uh his new motion picture the toy is running currently and he's go starring in the next edition of Superman Richard Pryor oh yeah thank you I just want to say that I'm really honored to be here with you I would love you very much and I'm really pleased to be here thank you yes ma'am thank you how about me I care for you very much you know I know you do thank you for letting people know I was sick too the time I couldn't come that's right you Rover no it's true he was in Hawaii and you called me the next day and you said I'm not feeling well and I said I appreciate that a lot of people say I'm not feeling good they don't show but you got on the phone call thank you from me some people do not show but don't call it has happened where it has really happened yeah where somebody you'll just hear that they're not feeling well and and so they don't bother to call yeah charming I don't know anyone who could say as much with that word as you can charming yes so hang it man though is this a is this a new were walking stick or something oh I got this in Zimbabwe when we using Bob we yeah and I was leaving and a gentleman gave this to me and I'm going to keep it till I go back in April I want him know I still have it what is it uh just a walking stick huh a walking stick one then you can made out of some kind of a hit people with special would cost beautiful that's very beautiful look like ham yes handmade hope so what were you doing in what we're doing in Zimbabwe I just went mmm a friend of mine lives there have a time-sharing condo there so I took no no I just finished the Superman in England and I uh I flew over there and I was it's great yeah it is great the nicest people on the earth this is really one of the nicest places on earth I mean you can go at like at night I get up at the hotel about 11:00 at night you go to the park and you sit in a part and you see older ladies walking yeah you know and it's never no no rapes and murders or people getting robbed ya know and not many people knew me that it was really nice to be somewhere and just walk down the street and anonymously and then they didn't know you know and looking when sometimes when you see women you know I try to get that look on my face like they should recognize my sarong and I had a feeling they were saying what is wrong with that idiot - did you miss not being recognized there have been cases that I know of entertainers in this country who have gone to another country and think well I really want to get lost here so nobody will know me which is good for about a day mm-hmm then all of a sudden they go to a restaurant hmm and the maitre d just looks at them because they don't know who they are and all of a sudden come back home go start to bond I find those feelings exciting to me really to feel that cuz it's been like 15 years for me since somebody just accept the Rs hasn't record and they're kind of pen pals aren't they yeah I saw I really enjoyed it I really is right how long were you there I was there about two weeks yeah that's time I'm going back for a month yeah sounds good um the toy yes a Jackie Gleason yeah yeah yeah that's out now yep guess we've established Andy's I think if you take your kids is here no my children went I didn't see it I haven't seen it I let my children know why not I don't I'm afraid I don't like to go one a minute I don't mister you said that rationally I put it off as long as possible because you have dreams each time of what a film will be and you're petrified that it won't live up to that dream so I I can wait forever before I see my work are you gonna go see this picture oh I don't know you know but I mean I was really worried about you know when your kids want to see your trust agreement after they see a movie you're kind of worried you sure we have money for college you want to see the will before they from you wellis gives you a little insecurity uh are you tough cutting on yourself when you see yourself work I can't see myself with I just really cannot okay I get petrified I don't know what it is I just I don't like what I see I had not seen the first concerts you had done I've seen the other concert there's some but I had not seen the one you've done I think in Long Beach yes a couple years ago yeah I saw it on telly I was hysterical I literally was hysterical I'm screaming with laughter I mean you want to see it honey do you know something if I appear strange to you some I hope I don't know but it's just like you know in life you change you go through a lot of changes and sometimes it's an energy thing you know yeah it's like I don't drink anymore how hard are do drugs right and it really it's a strange meeting people I used to know when I was drunk and loaded because I don't have the same I don't remember him first of all why you doing hi and I find no it's real interests you remember being here I was here once what no I remember stuff you know I remember stuff like this but it's just I don't know what I'm trying to say stop the college it's not interesting nose yes it is well zoom Bobby will do that to you get little melih let me take a break and write come back stay where you are Richard Pryor and Betty Davis tell me my Superman oh yeah Superman you know I was a Superman 3 she's mine 3 Superman you know one was like my favorite movie Superman I like that did you read it as a comic when you were a kid no no I just in a movie I like to move it yeah and hmm I wanted to work in it I was just kidding with some people about working in it and they called me up and now I got a job well you're hot yeah you saw I was flying I got to tell you flying with Christopher Reeves Superman and they fly you on these wires I was gonna ask you how they do that and in the studio when you rehearse flying it's real nice you know because it's mats on the floor and there's walls you know and you feel real comfortable but then they take you outside you know they put you up about 60 feet and man hey I mean I'm up there and the wires move wrong you get all paint mats or anything when you're outside no ma'am there was no in rejection no you're crazy yes that's been said yeah we can get medieval panel wires and now they stretch out my squatty though I was really petrified man I'm talking about I was ready to cry yeah I was up here and Chris said Kristin don't worry I've got you and I looked at him I looked at his wires and we both hang it up they're like Pinocchio and he's done but I've got you and I said this guy really believes leave are you Superman's pal is this it yeah we end up being friends I tried to kill him and yeah then I I know is he married to Lois Lane did they uh no we didn't get my don't take up merry Gardevoir he kissed her and divorced her remember never that super kiss ah wipe her memory clean up did they ever consummate that to consummate consummate that relationship in the picture no he wasn't Superman when he did it that's right he would be Clark here in this Clark Kent I just look okay but in this one he makes love to a woman as Superman oh yeah I ain't I ain't tell no more no no any faster than Superman doesn't faster yeah unfortunately Lois Lane is wearing a kryptonite coil for nothing Oh I'm sorry about that no I'm not eat I think I'm very late at night might as well drop one in there just for the ladies uh so now you go back home to uh mm yeah Wow you like Hawaiian music I like a wine people and let the music I like the land I like I love it there very much yeah but after a while I thought I was gonna take off a year you know I said I'm taking a year I'm off and I'm not working I was very serious for the first three or four weeks and I don't know it's just something that you start thinking you get ideas when you're off you know and well I have opportunity now to do something out of so I'm gonna good you guys are working again yeah great you take your time I'll be right back I thank you for coming rates good to see you my pleasure yeah look forward to seeing again miss Davis Betty thank you oh I've loved it's really a thrill tonight

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Reddit Comments

[u/Gato1980]

"Chaaaarrrrming." You don't get reactions like this anymore. Bette Davis is the quintessential movie star. She's phenomenal.

[u/BetaRayBlu]

Classic clip. Found out this week my wife had never seen Moving, and I had to leave her

[u/PrincessBananas85]

What year did he do this interview?

[u/Re_dit_Syl_a_ble]

Didn’t even try to cover up his coke nails lol

[u/Vannsback]

Brewsters millions is one of my favorite movies. Wish i could have seen him live.

[u/prettylieswillperish]

Why did Dave chappelle go to africa?

sometimes i feel like history doesn't quite repeat itself but it does try to make a simulacrum

pryor was a visionary and chappelle is too

[u/DeanSmartin]

Wow. Thank you for this. A stage full of legends.

[u/PrussianBleu]

whats a Tower Records?