The Wizard of Comedy [Explicit Lyrics]

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With this CD, Richard Pryor demonstrates that an ill-spent youth can yield comedic gold. He introduces the audience to the characters he encountered as a boy in the after-hours clubs of Peoria, Illinois--Black Irma, with her 280-pound butt; the pimps known as Smoov and Cold-Blooded; Pryor's shifty childhood chum Weasel; Torsy the cop; and so on. A grade-school production of "Rumpelstiltskin," with all the characters voiced by Pryor, is the highlight of the disc, showing a sweeter side than usual. The Wizard of Comedy is a solidly funny effort; Pryor's debt to Bill Cosby is evident throughout (on "Heart and Brain," among others), but the more theatrical, more versatile Pryor went places Cosby never dared, or wanted to. --Michael Gerber

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British Light Overtures, Vol. 1

Manufacturer: White Line
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B0000631BV
Release Date: 2002-04-23

Tracks:

Caramba
Overture To A Costume Comedy
Overture And Beginners
Tantivy Towers
Boy Wizard
Festive Overture
Overture To An Unwritten Comedy
The Arcadians
A Spa Overture
Concert Overture
Sussex Symphony Overture

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Best of British Light Music

Manufacturer: Asv Living Era
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music

Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

Marches | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music

Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00012SHYI
Release Date: 2004-08-24

Tracks:

The Roots Of Heaven
The Indian Queen
A Trip To Italy
Colonel Thornton's Strathspey
The Perthshire Hunt - Reel
Loch Earn - Reel
Carleton House
Miss Ann Carnegie's Hornpipe
An Impression On A Windy Day
The Glass Slipper
The Coloured Counties
The Barber Of Seville Goes To The Devil - Overture
Tarn Hows - A Cumbrian Rhapsody
Two Worlds - Overture
The Bird's Lament
The Window Bird
The Ladybird
Glow-Worms
The Lark
Joie De Vivre - Overture

Tracks:

I. Prelude
II. Siciliano
III. Rondo
The River
I. Newcastle And Navvie
II. Irish
III. Del Caro's
IV. Oak Hill
V. Fisher's
VI. Billy Bones
Rossini On Ilkla Moor - Overture
I. Shepherd's Dance
II. Lute Book Lullaby
III. Christmas Jig
IV. Wexford Bells
The Path Across The Moors
I. Allegro Moderato
II. Andantino
III. Molto Vivace
An English Overture
Wheatley Processional
Constant Billy
Brighton Camp
Jockie To The Fair
Ladies Of Pleasure
Princess Royal

Tracks:

Hrh The Duke Of The Cambridge March, Op.60a - BBC Concert Orchestra
Preambule - BBC Concert Orchestra
Marche - BBC Concert Orchestra
Barcarolle - BBC Concert Orchestra
Provencale - BBC Concert Orchestra
Elegiac Blues - BBC Concert Orchestra
Round Dance - BBC Concert Orchestra
Pas De Deux - BBC Concert Orchestra
Hornpipe - BBC Concert Orchestra
Overture For Farnham - BBC Concert Orchestra
Entracte - BBC Concert Orchestra
Sinfonia - BBC Concert Orchestra
Alla Maria - BBC Concert Orchestra
Toccata - BBC Concert Orchestra
Musette - BBC Concert Orchestra
Burlesca - BBC Concert Orchestra
Adagietto - BBC Concert Orchestra
Finale - BBC Concert Orchestra
Promenade - BBC Concert Orchestra
Prologue - BBC Concert Orchestra
Waltz - BBC Concert Orchestra
March - BBC Concert Orchestra
Doll's Dance - BBC Concert Orchestra
Round Dance - BBC Concert Orchestra

Tracks:

Vivace
Aria (Lento)
Finale
A l'ombre D'un Buissonet
Triste Est Le Ciel
Allons Gay
The Padstow Lifeboat
Fantasy On Dover Castle
Walk Up, Walk Up
Boat On The Lake
The Little Merry-Go-Round
Distorting Mirrors
Child Asleep
Miniature Railway
Allegro Commodo
Andante Con Moto
Andante Con Moto, Molto Vigoroso
Andante Sostenuto
Allegro Molto
Allegro Moderato
Andante
Minuet
Gigue

Tracks:

Caramba
Overture To A Costume Comedy
Overture And Beginners
Tanitivy Towers
Boy Wizard
Festive Overture
Overture To An Unwritten Comedy
The Arcadians
A Spa Overture
Concert Overture
Sussex Symphony Overture

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Not good...
The best of his Laff records compilations

The Wizard of Comedy
Richard Pryor
Manufacturer: London / Umgd
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music

General | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music

Country Comedy | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music

Classic Comedy | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music

Contemporary Comedy | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music
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Are You Serious???
Who Me? I'm Not Him
Supernigger
Black Ben the Blacksmith
...Is It Something I Said?

ASIN: B000001EFM
Release Date: 1995-05-23

Tracks:

Touch Yourself
Kinky Hair
Hank's Place
Black Irma
The Weasel
2 Pimps
Torsy The Cop
Churches
Sweet Songs
White Protestants
Heart & Brain
Rumpelstiltskin
Worms
Country & Western Show
Swagger Stick
Japanese Movies

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With this CD, Richard Pryor demonstrates that an ill-spent youth can yield comedic gold. He introduces the audience to the characters he encountered as a boy in the after-hours clubs of Peoria, Illinois--Black Irma, with her 280-pound butt; the pimps known as Smoov and Cold-Blooded; Pryor's shifty childhood chum Weasel; Torsy the cop; and so on. A grade-school production of "Rumpelstiltskin," with all the characters voiced by Pryor, is the highlight of the disc, showing a sweeter side than usual. The Wizard of Comedy is a solidly funny effort; Pryor's debt to Bill Cosby is evident throughout (on "Heart and Brain," among others), but the more theatrical, more versatile Pryor went places Cosby never dared, or wanted to. --Michael Gerber

Customer Reviews:

Not good..........2006-12-21

Laff Records should be ashamed of themselves for releasing this mess. Richard left Laff Records for Warner Bros. Laff released him from his contract but held on to his material. Everytime Warner Bros. would release a Richard Pryor album, Laff would go into their vaults and release one also to cash in. This album sucks. This is the only Richard Pryor CD I listened to and didn't laugh one time. Please, do not waste your money on this. I gave this CD to my brother because he laughs at everything.

If you love Richard like I do, go with his Warner Bros. recordings (That N----- Crazy, Bicentennial N-----, Is It Something I Said?, Wanted). Stay away from this one and 'Are You Serious??,''SuperN----' 'Black Ben the Blacksmith,' and 'Holy Smoke.' 'Who Me, I'm Not Him' is another thrown together Laff compilation but it's not really all that bad. It's better than this one. If you must have some Richard Pryor in your life and his box set is too expensive, go with his Anthology or the 'Evolution/Revolution' CD. But please, whatever you do, stay away from this one! You've been warned by a die-hard Richard Pryor fan.

The best of his Laff records compilations.......2005-02-09

Usually, Pryor's recordings for the low budget Laff records in the late 60s and 70s (as opposed to his more legit records on Warner Bros) are cheapshot affairs that are poorly edited and recorded, not often with the best of his material (such as Who Me I'm Not Him, Supern----r, Black Ben The Blacksmith, Are You Serious, Holy Smoke, etc.). This is different. Almost a comic opera of sorts about his youth and neighborhood.

The "Rumplestilskin" piece is important as Pryor has said that appearing in this play as a child changed his life. Black Erma would later evolve into Big Bertha on "Craps Afer Hours" and the Churches/Sweet Songs/White Protestants routines would later be crystallized into "Our Text for Today" on his other classic "Is It Something I Said." Enjoy.