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* The African safari: "'Its just a rabbit'. 'Fuck you! Ain't no rabbit ever looked at me like that!"

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* The African safari: "'Its just a rabbit'. 'Fuck you! Ain't no rabbit ever looked at me like that!"that!'"
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--> (as Creator/GeneWilder) "What do you think they'd do to us if we were here Rich?" ... "FUCK us".

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--> (as Creator/GeneWilder) "What do you think they'd do to us if we were here Rich?" ... [[PrisonRape "FUCK us".]]
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* "Her apartment was ''baaad''. The kind of place where if I ''don't'' get the pussy, I can fuck this couch!" (on a Playboy model)

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* "Her apartment was ''baaad''. The kind of place where if I ''don't'' get the pussy, I can fuck this couch!" (on a Playboy ''Magazine/{{Playboy}}'' model)

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* Using a lit match to portray himself running down the street while on fire after a freebasing accident.



** Creator/GeorgeLopez said in an interview that, when he was a young man, he and a friend traced the route that he ran when he was on fire. [[NoOneCouldSurviveThat According to him, it was far in a CAR, nevermind on foot]].

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** Creator/GeorgeLopez said in an interview that, when he was a young man, he and a friend traced the route that he ran when he was on fire. [[NoOneCouldSurviveThat According to him, it was far in a CAR, nevermind never mind on foot]].
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** Another from "The Richard Pryor Show": Pryor as the barkeep at [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnUJJM7bLwQ The Star Wars Bar]].
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--> (as Gene Wilder) "What do you think they'd do to us if we were here Rich?" ... "FUCK us".

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--> (as Gene Wilder) Creator/GeneWilder) "What do you think they'd do to us if we were here Rich?" ... "FUCK us".



* The pet Squirrel monkey: "Wanna get this monkey's dick out of my ear Rich?" "Well you won't be making any movies for Warner Bros that's for goddamn sure."

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* The pet Squirrel monkey: "Wanna get this monkey's dick out of my ear Rich?" "Well you won't be making any movies for Warner Bros Creator/WarnerBros that's for goddamn sure."



** GeorgeLopez said in an interview that, when he was a young man, he and a friend traced the route that he ran when he was on fire. [[NoOneCouldSurviveThat According to him, it was far in a CAR, nevermind on foot]].

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** GeorgeLopez Creator/GeorgeLopez said in an interview that, when he was a young man, he and a friend traced the route that he ran when he was on fire. [[NoOneCouldSurviveThat According to him, it was far in a CAR, nevermind on foot]].



--> "And get the cross out ya pussy".

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--> "And get the cross out ya pussy".pussy".
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* "Goddamn! Water's cold!" "Yeah, and it's deep, too!"

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* When describing two men taking a leak over the Golden Gate Bridge. "Goddamn! Water's cold!" "Yeah, and it's deep, too!"
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** GeorgeLopez said in an interview that, when he was a young man, he and a friend traced the route that he ran when he was on fire. [[NoOneCouldSurviveThat According to him, it was far in a CAR, nevermind on foot]].

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** GeorgeLopez said in an interview that, when he was a young man, he and a friend traced the route that he ran when he was on fire. [[NoOneCouldSurviveThat According to him, it was far in a CAR, nevermind on foot]].foot]].
* His "If ''Film/TheExorcist'' happened to black people" bit.
--> "And get the cross out ya pussy".
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* You'd think a cocaine junkie accidentally lighting himself on fire during a free-basing accident and almost dying wouldn't be funny, but Pryor turns the whole bit into the most pure example of CrossesTheLineTwice in comedy. Best part is at the end when Richard gets back at all the people who mocked him by lighting a match on stage. "[[TakeThat What's this? Richard Pryor running down the street.]]"

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* You'd think a cocaine junkie accidentally lighting himself on fire during a free-basing accident and almost dying wouldn't be funny, but Pryor turns the whole bit into the most pure example of CrossesTheLineTwice in comedy. Best part is at the end when Richard gets back at all the people who mocked him by lighting a match on stage. "[[TakeThat What's this? Richard Pryor running down the street.]]"]]"
** GeorgeLopez said in an interview that, when he was a young man, he and a friend traced the route that he ran when he was on fire. [[NoOneCouldSurviveThat According to him, it was far in a CAR, nevermind on foot]].
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* "Goddamn! Water's cold!" "Yeah, and it's deep, too!"

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* "Goddamn! Water's cold!" "Yeah, and it's deep, too!"too!"
* You'd think a cocaine junkie accidentally lighting himself on fire during a free-basing accident and almost dying wouldn't be funny, but Pryor turns the whole bit into the most pure example of CrossesTheLineTwice in comedy. Best part is at the end when Richard gets back at all the people who mocked him by lighting a match on stage. "[[TakeThat What's this? Richard Pryor running down the street.]]"
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--> (as Gene Wilder) "But I'm not homosexual!" "That don't matter! They don't fuck you cause you LIKE IT."
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* "Men hold that shit in like it don't hurt. Walk around and get hit by trucks... 'Didn't he see that truck? Motherfucker wouldn't have seen a seven-forty-seven!'"

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* "Men hold that shit in like it don't hurt. Walk around and get hit by trucks... 'Didn't he see that truck? Motherfucker wouldn't have seen a seven-forty-seven!'"747!'"
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* One from ''The Richard Pryor Show'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdN27HzoyO4 "And The Pips!"]], one of the most surreal musical experiences you'll ever see.

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* One from ''The Richard Pryor Show'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdN27HzoyO4 "And The Pips!"]], one of the most surreal musical experiences you'll ever see.see.
* "Goddamn! Water's cold!" "Yeah, and it's deep, too!"
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* "I'm going to be in that long-ass line!" - choosing between OutWithABang or being hit by a bus.

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* "I'm going to be in that long-ass line!" - choosing between OutWithABang or being hit by a bus.bus.
* Using a lit match to portray himself running down the street while on fire after a freebasing accident.
* One from ''The Richard Pryor Show'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdN27HzoyO4 "And The Pips!"]], one of the most surreal musical experiences you'll ever see.
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--> "Why did you kill everybody in the house?" "They was home."

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* "Men hold that shit in like it don't hurt. walk around and get hit by trucks... 'Didn't he see that truck? Motherfucker wouldn't have seen a seven-forty-seven!'"

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* "Men hold that shit in like it don't hurt. walk Walk around and get hit by trucks... 'Didn't he see that truck? Motherfucker wouldn't have seen a seven-forty-seven!'"



* "I'm going to be in that long-ass line!" - choosing between DeathBySex or being hit by a bus.

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* "I'm going to be in that long-ass line!" - choosing between DeathBySex OutWithABang or being hit by a bus.

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Pretty much all of the [[http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/cb4e61dab2/richard-pryor-prison-from-classicstandupfan Arizona state penitentiary]] bit is six minutes of hilarity:
--> (as Gene Wilder) "What do you think they'd do to us if we were here Rich?" ... "FUCK us".

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* Pretty much all of the [[http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/cb4e61dab2/richard-pryor-prison-from-classicstandupfan Arizona state penitentiary]] bit is six minutes of hilarity:
--> (as Gene Wilder) "What do you think they'd do to us if we were here Rich?" ... "FUCK us".us".
* "Her apartment was ''baaad''. The kind of place where if I ''don't'' get the pussy, I can fuck this couch!" (on a Playboy model)
* "Men hold that shit in like it don't hurt. walk around and get hit by trucks... 'Didn't he see that truck? Motherfucker wouldn't have seen a seven-forty-seven!'"
* The African safari: "'Its just a rabbit'. 'Fuck you! Ain't no rabbit ever looked at me like that!"
* The pet Squirrel monkey: "Wanna get this monkey's dick out of my ear Rich?" "Well you won't be making any movies for Warner Bros that's for goddamn sure."
* "I'm going to be in that long-ass line!" - choosing between DeathBySex or being hit by a bus.
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Pretty much all of the [[http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/cb4e61dab2/richard-pryor-prison-from-classicstandupfan Arizona state penitentiary]] bit is six minutes of hilsrity:
--> (as Gene Wilder) "What do you think they'd do to us if we were here Rich?" ... "FUCK us".

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Pretty much all of the [[http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/cb4e61dab2/richard-pryor-prison-from-classicstandupfan Arizona state penitentiary]] bit is six minutes of hilsrity:
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--> (as Gene Wilder) "What do you think they'd do to us if we were here Rich?" ... "FUCK us".
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Pretty much all of the [[http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/cb4e61dab2/richard-pryor-prison-from-classicstandupfan Arizona state penitentiary]] bit is six minutes of hilsrity:
--> (as Gene Wilder) "What do you think they'd do to us if we were here Rich?" ... "FUCK us".

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