Becoming Richard Pryor Scott Saul
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Becoming Richard Pryor has 174 ratings and 31 reviews. Pryor in a crucifixion pose for his first album's cover shoot. Scott Saul discusses his new book, "Becoming Richard Pryor," which looks at the comedian's formative years. The tenth anniversary of Pryor's death has prompted a documentary, a bio-pic, and the new biography “Becoming Richard Pryor,” by Scott Saul. A digital companion to the biography Becoming Richard Pryor Thomas Bryant, Marie Pryor's second husband, was known as “Pops” amongst Richard's family. Browse by: It was also the club where Richard Pryor made his debut as a comic. A digital companion to the biography Becoming Richard Pryor. A digital companion to the biography Becoming Richard Pryor lost its liquor license and had to close, he gave Richard Pryor a lifeline with a $72 a week gig. Image courtesy of Henry Diltz and Harper Collins. As Bill Cosby reportedly once said, "Richard Pryor drew the line between comedy and tragedy as thin as one could possibly paint it. In April 1910, a laborer and chauffeur named Roy Pryor was arrested in Decatur, Ill., and charged with “using bad language” in public. There, the underage Richard was exposed to a very adult carnival. The boy Richard's grandmother and the woman he called “ Mama. Richard Pryor was snoozing, draped across the back seat of a car driven by an erudite, bespectacled white man named Alan Farley.