but-- did richard pryor damage you? did richard pryor damage me? yeah, you listened to richard pryor when your mom felt it probably wasn't appropriate. foul language. unless you had a very early richard pryor album. he started me off cursing, for sure. 'cause i curse like a sailor. but i'm grown. and when i got into richard pryor, i was 16, 17, trying to sneak that turnt-- but at the same time, there was a balance of, okay, my parents knew who richard pryor was. and they said, "yeah, i know richard pryor, but no, you can't listen to richard pryor." and so therefore, i just went on outside, because i'm not gonna get no turntable. but it might have been different if i was able to get a cd player or a cassette walkman. your concerns about parenting are echoed all over this country. but you are chuck "fight the power" d. yeah, but to my kids, i'm "daddy." "oh, daddy, turn the radio back on!" "no, because we can't play shake your ass, right, on--in the car." 'cause i got nieces that's three years old in the back based on the radio singing, "shake your a

he was very radical, the same or chris richard pryor rock or louis ck, these really the-thinking menhat are also really funny. and a bit nasty. twain.not mark >> yeah. he said, "when my book was first a list, it was banned at the library in concorde, massachusetts. one of the happiest days of my life." word oversing the n- 200 times, but for describing what people who treat people -- "they call my folks trash. not for using the n-word, but for describing what treating people like trash implies the implies." what halifferent from holbrook has done is going for more of a behind the scenes version, a more 3-d version of the character. it is really a character study. holbrook has a particular aspect of his character. said that. glad you i owe you an apology. i read something at the start of this conversation that i do not believe. i approved of this copy, but when i read it, i should have look at it a little more closely. i do not believe that artists compete against each other. that youed at the top had to compete with hal holbrook. for the last 10 minutes, i have been regretting my own

that's my argument. >> hal: from the point of view of people like richard pryor and eddie murphy andncluding lenny bruce made the case that the word was so poisonous for so long that there was a thought form that if we use it amongst ourselves we'll take some of the power away. and that was the choice -- wait a minute. that was the linguistic choice to do that. but it is a specifically racial term. every other word that you brought up can be used across race completely. would you not agree? is it difficult -- >> caller: no. >> hal: well, and if you want to use a similar -- what i'm saying -- >> caller: it is discriminating. >> hal: there can be ugly black people and ugly white people. there can be women described as bitches that are black and white. there are people who are fat what have you all of the derogatory terms we have for people's character or physical appearance that are across racial divides. would you not agree? >> caller: i would not -- no. because what i'm talking about is not the racial part of this. it is the discriminating part of it. there's a difference. >> hal: i

>> jimmy: is that richard pryor? [ laughter ] look at this picture of you here. this is insane.ere, yeah. you look like a -- yeah, "street fighter." >> this is right when i started out, when i was 17. >> jimmy: "double dragon," yeah. 17 years old? >> yeah. >> jimmy: that's wild, man. that's cool. but i can't wait to meet a comedian in the movie "expendables 3." i'm expendable. [ laughter ] >> you are? >> jimmy: yeah. if you want to. but this new show now. you're host of a show. >> yeah. yeah. >> jimmy: is that weird for you? hosting? >> yeah. you know, i was kind of nervous because i'm used to jumping out of a chopper with a machine gun and going, "hey, give me some more grenades, kill those guys." you know, but -- >> jimmy: you've got good one liners. >> "get down." >> jimmy: yeah. you're the best at "get down." >> "get down," i'm good at that. yeah. [ light laughter ] and -- [ as schwarzenegger ] "head for the chopper!" >> jimmy: head for the chopper, yeah. [ as schwarzenegger ] "head for the chopper!" fantastic. [ light laughter ] >> yeah, so, you know -- >> jimmy: can't you

it reminded me of richard pryor playing the president in 1997 and dealing with a heckler in an interestingthe man has a right to ask a question. please, please. let's have some defcorum. now what is the question? >> your mother was maid in atlanta. >> yeah. >> after your tenure, when your mother goes back to being a maid, will your mama do my house? >> we ask, how would you have handled the heckler? >> no one, including the first lady, has to tolerate such rude behavior. i support free speech but the constitution doesn't promote this. american manners have gone to the dogs. >>> we will dig into public support of drones. executive producer after new documentary is generating a lot of buzz. for your loss. still doesn't feel real. our time together was... so short. well, since you had progressive's total loss coverage, we were able to replace your totaled bike with a brand-new one. the tank, the exhaust... well, she looks just like roxy! you know, i'll bet she's in a better place now. i'm sure she is. [ ethereal music plays ] [ motorcycle revving ] getting you back on a brand-new bike. now, t

richard pryor somewhere down there just cursing up a storm. she's so funny.hey play well together. and they are both beautiful. >> if you'll remake a movie as iconic as the heat you make it with a brand new take. >> oh, "the heat" was an actual movie? i thought it was original. >> was it? >> maybe i'm wrong. >> there was a movie "city heat." >> maybe that's what i'm thinking of. >> and then "the heat of the night." >> but enough about me. >> all right. i'm wrong. write it down. once in a while -- >> i'm sorry. i thought there was an old classic movie -- never mind! >> in the heat of the night? >> that's not the one. >> anyway, go ahead. >> what is it like to make this amazing new, brand new movie? >> well, the brand new movie is amazing. working with both of them is great. sandra, i got to play her love interest. which is cool. >> how much of a love interest are you? >> i didn't get to kiss her. but i got to look at her in a lot of different ways like i wanted it but i couldn't have it. >> unconsummated love affair. >> put it this way. when they said cut, lik

. >> he really in the spirit of lenny bruce or red fox about race or richard pryor or who is going on that are going on that really matter to everyone, but with humor and love. >> jimmy: yeah, and he was one of the first guy. and his -- his style, his delivery is just the way you are doing it. >> and raw. he was pretty radical. he would say whatever he thought. he would go on stage with the paper and say "oh, congress. congress. imagine you are a member of congress. now, imagine you are an idiot." [ laughter ] "but i repeat myself." [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: what's next for this? val are you going to do -- what's -- what's next for this? i mean, we're going to go see you in l.a. -- so we're traveling to l.a. we'll go see this. >> yes. if you were traveling to l.a. or i think -- you can watch parts of it on my website. >> jimmy: valkilmer.com. >> how did you know that? >> jimmy: i just took a wild guess. [ laughter ] i figured somebody already owned marktwain.com. are you going to bring it to new york maybe broadway? >> yes. yes, i have been meeting producers here. and i -- >>

what's richard pryor doing in this?fice kryptonite of superman 4, the quest for peace, that buried the franchise for two decades. by that point, hackman returned looking like the producer were holding a loved one hostage. special effects are one step above kids with action figures and a camcorder. warner tried unsuccessfully to revive the series in the late '90s. tim burton was attached to direct with nicolas cage set to don the cape. because when you think all powerful superhuman, you think of this guy. >> not the bees! not the bees! >> here's a purported costume test with cage. yikes. comic superfan kevin smith was hired to write the script. quickly found himself bogged down by ludicrous producer te ma demands. >> three things. one, i don't want to see him in that suit. two, i don't want to see him fly. and, three, he's got to fight a giant spider in the third act. >> in the ots warner brothers tried again but struggled wits vision. j.j. abrams even scripted a version in which krypton never blew up. ashton curber. jos