that because i was moved by the profundity of what you had to say about the artistic genius of richard pryor and this is bob newhart talking about prior. tell me about your respect for his craft. >> he is just huge. i may have mentioned, i am not sure. i received an award from the kennedy center. and pryor was the very first to receive it. which to me, was very appropriate because what mark twain was doing at the turn-of- the-century, talking about life on the frontier, talking about life in the inner city. they were doing the same thing. as a comedian, the language doesn't bother me at all. i know all the words, they were directed at me very often. but i would feel cheated, describing life in the inner city, gosh darn it is not life in the inner city. i never found it offensive. i think my bone is just a piece of genius. i gave him the comedy award and he turned to me, in a wheelchair at the time and we went to commercial and came back. i handed him the lifetime achievement award, and he looks up at me and says, i stole your album. i stole your album and you're into. i walked into a record

there could be a richard pryor bio pic on the way. y weinstein starring as pryor could be michael b. jordan or eddie murphy so they should continue jamie fox or chris tucker. what could make this film special is it's being made from pryor's last wife who is providing pages from pryor's private journals. it's an honor to have you in the guest spot. tell us what kind of person emerges from pryor's journals. >> thank you so much. it's great to be here, toure. i love your show. i love everybody on it. yeah. the diaries are vivid in richard's recollections. his childhood is poignant, colorful, extreme. it jumps off the page when you read it especially in his own handwriting. and obviously this formed richard in his entire life. colorful in his recollection but of course not without a great deal of pain and humor. >> you talk about the way that his childhood formed his whole life. he talked about growing up in a whore house. both his mother and grandmother working in the sex industry. how did that impact the man he would become and his work?

cat stevens, richard pryor when he was starting out. >> jimmy: richard pryor was there. old. >> jimmy: you must have learned a lot of things? >> well, actually dad kicked me out that night. i snuck in. listening. laughing my head off. my father saw me, said, uh-uh, not tonight. >> jimmy: that is a shame. were you a well-behaved kid in general? a good kid? >> i was raised a street boy catholic. >> jimmy: okay. >> i was, you know, a lot of, well, altar boy. >> jimmy: i was also. >> really? did you ever do anything illegal back in the sanctuary. >> jimmy: no, never. >> never sipped a little red wine? >> jimmy: no, no, no, never did that. did you? >> maybe a little. maybe a little. >> jimmy: i grew up in las vegas. and our wine came in a box. even then i knew it was beneath me. so, wait a minute. is this before it is consecrated. >> no, i would never drink consecrated wine, no, no. in the refrigerator. >> jimmy: i see. all right. you and altar boys. >> just a little sip. >> were you friendly with the priests at the church? not what i mean? >> yeah, exactly. i will tell you a

stuff life you know life do you have a favorite monologist favors stand up of all time it would be richard pryor because he was so deeply personal and he had such a joy for life even when he was just in the gutter you know in what he was talking about in his own life experiences just sublime so i hear later on to them in a lot of ways and he had great delivery as well if you can't beat it were you a funny kid. no i don't think that i was funny until i got to maybe junior high or high school i guess that's still a kid but when i was a young kid i was very serious and i read an all the time and while in depression were you funny. funny the first time you know during both of them i was i was doing comedy and it was onstage were were like islands of comfort for me and so yeah that and that was instructive i was like whoa this is because you feel that endorphin blast you know when you're performing and so it was yeah i did perform as i'm told was and the people have told me they could be backstage. was terrible low on walk to amanda's and then go back to be depressed soon as they go off stage i wish

richard pryor. >> how many chicken wings are fans across the country expected to consume on super bowlllion, 2 billion or 90 million? >> 2 billion. >> i added the 90 million. >> the correct answer is 1.25 billion. >> what doing of that? >> is that real chicken? >> we don't really know. drew, thank you so much. i want to give you a hug. thank you for coming. >> great to be here. >> i really, really appreciate it. >> love being here. >> kat is going to come back. jeff is going home. >>> and nfl players, randall cobb and others come together to help kids understand why being different is so important. a terrific story. good-bye jeff. good-bye. might ha... next! digital insurance id cards. just a tap away on the geico app. could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. everybody knows that. well, did you know that when a tree falls in the forest and no one's around, it does make a sound? ohhh...ugh. geico. little help here. yeah... try new alka seltzer fruit chews. they work fast on heartburn and taste awesome. these are good. told ya! i'm feeling better already. [ male announcer

it's a phenomenal documentary, billy crystal and richard pryor is in it.talking about jerry seinfeld in the documentary, and watch what happens. >> jimmy: a lot of the guys like either if they were doing bits on "the tonight show," you know they want to get their act ready. so they come in and rehearse their "tonight show" bit to make sure they get all the kinks out and you'd see the best of the best. to see ray romano do standup is amazing. to be jerry seinfeld, it's just killer. even like, robin williams -- >> you saw me there? >> jimmy: oh, my gosh. >> i was there when you were there. >> jimmy: how embarrassing. >> how exciting! >> jimmy: i didn't know i was there when you were there. >> oh, my gosh. >> jimmy: we gotta stop talking about it. >> that's exciting! >> jimmy: that's so embarrassing. [ applause ] >> jimmy: i had no idea that he was there. [ applause ] it's one of the best things ever. my mother thanks you. my father thanks you. my sister thanks you, and i thank you for everything. >> thanks, jimmy. >> jimmy: budd friedman, everybody. "the imp

richard pryor's widow sets the record straight about her late husband. no laughing matter. >> people should not be afraid of the government. government should be afraid of their people. >> v is for vendetta. we're not

i did something on the "n" word where richard pryor and chevy chase said it so many times you could notple are so sensitive. >> right. no, it's ridiculous. the thing is i was watching the episode and i'm a huge fan of the show. but putting that aside, i was waiting and i was talking to the producers over in new york, i was like where is the offensive part? i don't know where it's offensive. at the end when they showed the mustache, here's the deal. if the guy had a regular mustache like a regular americanized mustache, you wouldn't even be able to tell that he's playing an asian guy at that point. and they're talking about ancient martial arts, that's an ancient mustache. i think it would be too far if he starts speaking with a terrible asian accent and starts eating a dog in front of everybody. that would be really offensive. >> the whole crew is laughing. i'm trying to conduct a serious interview and you have the entire studio laughing. >> really? >> does it bother you at all -- when i read the introduction i said the all-white cast. does it bother you there is no diversity on a show