Presenting: Badlands, Richard Pryor: Stabbing, Shooting, F**i*ing, Burning, and Freebasing

Dead and Gone

Tenderfoot TV & Double Elvis Productions

Music, Society & Culture, Music History, Documentary, True Crime

4.5 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Richard Pryor was one of the funniest people who ever lived. He elevated stand-up comedy to an art form. But the real life that informed his stand-up – a life of pool halls, brothels, stabbings, shootings, and lots and lots of cocaine – was a source of constant pain. A pain that he managed with a freebase habit so out of control it nearly killed him before he was even 40 years old. This episode contains themes that may be disturbing to some listeners, including descriptions of domestic violence and suicide. If you're thinking about suicide, or are worried about a friend or loved one, call the Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-8255 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, what's up, dead and gone listeners?
0:01.3	This is Jake Brennan, Payne Lindsay's co-hosts for the show.
0:04.5	If you're digging these stories about the underbelly of Deadhead culture,
0:07.6	then you're probably going to like the newest season of another podcast that I host called Badlands.
0:12.8	Season 7 of Badlands, it digs into even more crimes and scandals of Hollywood stars,
0:18.3	including an episode on the painful, violent, and drug-filled life of stand-up comic Richard prior.
0:23.8	Take a listen to our episode on Richard Pryor. If you like what you hear,
0:26.2	you can find our new episodes of Badlands every Wednesday and Friday wherever you listen to podcasts.
0:30.9	Hope you enjoy. This episode contains content that may be disturbing to some listeners.
0:36.0	Please check the show notes for more information. Badlands is a production of Double Elvis.
0:56.5	Badlands has been made by Badlands, Badlands, Badlands!
0:58.8	Badlands has been made by Badlands, Badlands!
1:00.8	Badlands has been made by Badlands, Badlands, Badlands!
1:06.8	The stories about Richard Pryor are insane.
1:10.3	In fact, there are so many insane stories that it's impossible to fit them all into one episode.
1:15.8	I could easily go on about his insatiable sexual appetite,
1:19.0	as many ex-wise, including the one who tried to kill him,
1:21.7	all the cocaine he snorted and Gunsy shot with Fertey Prince,
1:25.2	or his profound trip to Africa, which forever changed the words he used.
1:30.0	But as Richard Pryor would understand, we ain't got time for all that shit.
1:34.9	A good story is like a good comedy routine.
1:37.6	The set's gotta be tight.
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