Page 1 of 1
I Saw 'Raw' Uncut Last Night.
Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 4:14 am
by walrusjk
On Comedy Central. Murphy does about 10 minutes on Richard Pryor. I wonder how Rich felt about it. He must have liked it but I've never heard a comment maybee because it was in a routine of putting Cosby down. I grew up putting stacks of Cosby records on every friday and Satarday nights. Really love all 3 of those guys. I wonder why Murphy just quit doing stand-up. Steve Martin did also. Must be a hard gig....
Re: I Saw 'Raw' Uncut Last Night.
Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 4:52 am
by mojones
walrusjk,
Murphy used Richard's material without his permission and from what I understand, never compensated Pryor for it. Routines are a comedian's bread and butter. That's like Michael Bolton trying to screw over the Isley Brothers awhile back.
Stand up is difficult. When you do get a routine that everyone loves, you can only rely upon it for so long before people clamor for new material. Good material takes time. In the old days it was possible to develop one routine and milk it for 20 years. But with the internet, Comedy Central and all that -- it's virtually impossible to do so. Then there's the money factor. When you start making millions of dollar acting, it undermines your incentive to do stand up...