Episode 8 – Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip (w/Mike Preister and Jeremy Guskin)

It didn’t take long for Richard Pryor’s work to crop back up on Comedy on Vinyl, which is mostly due to popular demand.  Not only is “…Is it Something I Said?” still our most-downloaded episode, but two of my favorite comedic minds specifically said they needed to talk to me about this one.  And I do mean to me, folks, as Live on the Sunset Strip is, sadly, fairly new to me.  But not to my detriment – there are some amazing moments on this album, and it clearly had an impact on this week’s guests – Mike Preister and Jeremy Guskin. It’s an interesting change of pace for Richard Pryor, if only spurred on by what he took as the necessity to talk about a very public drug problem.  But by 1982, and this album, he’s clearly learned a lot, and his comedy shows it.  Equally mature and child-like (as all of his stories have some innocence peeking through, Live on the Sunset Strip takes is also of a rare breed of film, given the popularity of the concert movie of the same name.  It’s a brilliant piece of work that you need to listen to.  But first, listen to us tell you why. Subscribe on iTunes (And please leave your comments and rate us.  We need to know if you think we are sexy or not.) Host: Jason Klamm Producer: Mike Worden This Week’s Guests: Mike Preister and Jeremy Guskin Comedy on Vinyl is recorded at Fort Awesome Studios in beautiful downtown Burbank.  The samples played in these non-commercial (see: free) podcasts are used without permission, and are intended to sell more albums, not to endorse Vinyl Piracy.  Follow us on Twitter or at the Facebooks – also, we finally have comedyonvinyl.com, which is almost designed and up.  But not quite. Official Richard Pryor Site: http://www.richardpryor.com/  Buy “Live on the Sunset Strip” on vinyl: http://goo.gl/pNC0x Comedy on Vinyl Live! A Tribute to Phil Hartman! A FREE show is on Saturday, September 17 in Hollywood – http://goo.gl/99yRb Jeremy plays a bad guy in the upcoming NBC mini-series “Blackout” soon! Thank you, Jason Klamm Episode 8 Direct Download