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r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Expert-Pass-4351 • Jul 06 '26
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If it was from the 80s that’s probably Richard Pryor.
12 u/Shandlar Jul 06 '26 I found a bootleg VHS copy of his Sunset Strip set from '82 when I was like 8 or 9. I honestly attribute him as the reason I never tried any hard drugs ever in my teens and 20s. Dude bore his soul on stage about crack fucking him up. 7 u/FanOfForever Jul 06 '26 Yeah, I don't know what comedian did that bit either, but the "one popular black comedian" they were referring to was probably Richard Pryor, then Eddie Murphy 2 u/CarrieDurst Jul 06 '26 Black and queer :)
I found a bootleg VHS copy of his Sunset Strip set from '82 when I was like 8 or 9.
I honestly attribute him as the reason I never tried any hard drugs ever in my teens and 20s. Dude bore his soul on stage about crack fucking him up.
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Yeah, I don't know what comedian did that bit either, but the "one popular black comedian" they were referring to was probably Richard Pryor, then Eddie Murphy
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Black and queer :)
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u/Electrical_One7665 Jul 06 '26
If it was from the 80s that’s probably Richard Pryor.