bette davis and richard pryor, that should be fun. we handed out cards since valentine's day is a week away -- >> monday. >> this coming monday? >> uh huh. >> we wanted to find out what was our audience's mind. [ laughter ] >> luckily is briefly, three cards we handed it out. complete this sentence, love means? -- and the second question we ask, if you could pick anyone in the world to be your valentine, who would they be and why? and what is your favorite romantic fantasy? i cannot read all of these cards [ laughter ] >> without having the show being busted. [ laughter ] >> you don't have to yell out where you are if you don't want it, jim ferguson? are you here jim? >> here. >> here is what jim says. love means never having to leave the money on the pillow. [ laughter ] [ applause ] >> what a warm, warm sentiment. >> yes. [ laughter ] >> brenda coleman. [ cheers ] >> thank you, brenda. love means never having to clean up the dog mess, particularly after it just rained. [ laughter ] i think that's willie nelson's latest hit, isn't it

"it's always intimidated me because you know, i've seen people like richard pryor, eddie murphy, chris rock, and sam kinison and these guys and i'm like god those guys are immortal...and now i'm in a really good place where everthing seems to work to awesome,"

we're going to take a break and -- you know richard pryor don't you? >> we just met backstage for one fleeting second. >> all ready. well, we'll have a couple of more fleeting seconds out here. [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] >> you are not going to get your record. this is mine. [ laughter ] >> i haven't got one. >> well, we'll get you one at tower records next week. >> i'll steal one at tower. >> steal one at tower. this is mine. my next guest is one -- i'm going to go out on a limb, i don't think he is one of the funniest man working anywhere in the world today. his new motion picture the toy is currently running, and he is costarring in the next episode of superman. [ laughter ] richard pryor. [ music ] >> how are you? [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you. thank you. i just want to say that i'm really honored to be here with you. i love you very much. and i'm really pleased to be here. >> thank you. >> yes, ma'am. >> thank you. [ laughter ] >> how about me? [ laughter ] >> i iare for you very much, you know that. >> i know you do. >

"it's always intimidated me because you know, i've seen people like richard pryor, eddie murphy, chris rock, and sam kinison and d these guys and i'm like god those guys are immortal...and now i'm in a really good place where everthing seems to work to awesome," says kattan. kattan says the art of comedy has many different levels and believes that he was born to make people laugh. . "because of the creative process, abt. it's about engaging and using your gift. i fyou have a gift, use it. there's a lot of people out there that want to laugh, you know?, says kattan. bria i asked chris what his secret show preparations are and he jokingly told me that he has a unique bathing method and he eats a lot ofofoast. reporting live in studio, bria bell abc 9 news. jess the west high school basketball team hosted a pink out tonight to raise money for the "susan g. coman siouxland" organization. besides the team and supporters wearing pink, the team and other volunteers sold everything pink...bows, cupcakes, tshirts, socks and other accessories! donations were accepted in addition to the items sol

. >> we did it with richard pryor and norman steinberg and alan uger and andrew bergman, and we thought, "let's do one movie to please ourselves." >> i understand when you first showed it, though, to the executives, in a screening room, they sat there like mount rushmore. it was-- >> i tell you, i don't know why my heart is beating today. [ laughter ] i-- i mean, i-- all-- the-the blood left me, and went into my friend benji. [ laughter ] that's how scared i was. we played "blazing saddles" for the executives of warner brothers, who shall be nameless-- ted ashley, jack. [ laughter ] >> easy, easy. easy. e-easy, there. easy, there. >> as a matter of fact, i-i loved them both, and they both-- >> love you. >> saved the picture, 'cause there were big fights. and they pushed it through. and-- but they watched-- you know, these-these are clinicians. these are professional people. they're not laughing like-like jews for happiness. >> right. >> you know what i mean? they're not-- or germans, know what i mean? they're just enjoying-- they're just enjoying their craft. >> right. >> so, it's not i

"it's always intimidated me because you know, i've seen people like richard pryor, eddie murphy, chris rock, and sam kinison and these guys and i'm like god those guys are immortal...and now i'm in a really good place where everthing seems to work to awesome," says kattan. kattan says the art of comedy has many different levels and heelieves that he was born to make ople laugh. "because of the creative process, at's what it's for and d at's what it's out. it's about engaging and using your gift. i fyou have a lot of people out laugh, you know?, says kattan. lukas what his secret show preparations are and he jokingly has a unique bathing method and he eats a lot of toast. lukas: stinin the entertainment world... it looks like deadpool is breaking the fourth wall and the box office. and sarcastic - anti hero d a record box fice opening film this weekend. it hauled in an estimated 135- million dollars at the domestic box office. that eclipses "the matrix reloaded," which opened to 91-point-seven million in may 2003. "deadpool" also became the biggest february opening ever ... overtaking l

you've got richard pryor. >> he phs a hands own dad, and he was also very strict as a parent. which i think is hilarious. because i came home from school like in my show. i came home with hot pink hair, there will be no funk rockers in my house. when he was getting sec it must >> when your dad is diagnosed for multiple sclerosis and he loses that ability for movement it is painful as a child because been you're trying to finding some kind of connection. but i feel like during that time, he allowed us in more and more connected. i learned a lot about my dad's spirituality as a man, i learned about his ut pas more because he was more honest about it. hard it's part is when he lost his ability to be able to speak. about his faultut pas more how do u do that? so i'm ambassador for families with ms near and dear to me. >> fried which cannen and latka. tickets still available. >> come down to battery park for a great show. : how does your u jewish faith play into all of this? >> really. [laughter] wonderful jewish grandmother and again it's part of this show where she says to me the

. >> brown: richard pryor at the academy awards in 1977: >> i'm here to explain why no black people willr be nominated for anything. >> brown: chris rock, 28 years later. >> we have four black nominees tonight. it's kind of like the "def oscar jam" tonight. >> brown: in some ways, hollywood's lack of diversity is an old story, but as rock prepares to host his second oscar ceremony... and for a second straight year, no actors of color were nominated, the stakes and anger have risen, including calls for a boycott of the ceremony. >> i will not be at the awards and i will not be watching. >> brown: the academy of motion pictures, the group that oversees and votes on nominations, announced new rules to develop a younger, more diverse oscar voting pool. the aim: double the number of female and minority members by 2020. but many see the problem as much deeper. >> it goes further than the academy awards; it goes back to the gatekeepers, people who have the greenlight vote. >> talent is everywhere but opportunity isn't. talent can't reach opportunity unaided. >> brown: idris elba, whose performa

. >> we did it with richard pryor and norman steinberg and alan uger and andrew bergman, and we thought, "let's do one movie to please ourselves." >> i understand when you first showed it, though, to the executives, in a screening room, they sat there like mount rushmore. it was-- >> i tell you, i don't know why my heart is beating today. [ laughter ] i-- i mean, i-- all-- the-the blood left me, and went into my friend benji. [ laughter ] that's how scared i was. we played "blazing saddles" for the executives of warner brothers, who shall be nameless-- ted ashley, jack. [ laughter ] >> easy, easy. easy. e-easy, there. easy, there. >> as a matter of fact, i-i loved them both, and they both-- >> love you. >> saved the picture, 'cause there were big fights. and they pushed it through. and-- but they watched-- you know, these-these are clinicians. these are professional people. they're not laughing like-like jews for happiness. >> right. >> you know what i mean? they're not-- or germans, for killing. they're just-- you they're just enjoying-- they're just enjoying their craft. >> right. >>

. >> smith: richard pryor said about cocaine that it's an epidemic now because white people are doing>> well, you know, when things seep into the majority community, the nation pays a greater amount of attention than when it is confined to minority communities. and so yeah, there's an element of truth, there's an element of truth to that. >> narrator: one community hit hard by this new heroin epidemic gripping the nation is a short ferry ride from seattle. bremerton. the kind of place where the epidemic took hold early on. a working-class town, home to 40,000 residents, a navy shipyard, and a mayor who decided to try a different approach to the epidemic. >> make sure it doesn't become an eyesore. >> narrator: it all began when mayor patty lent recieved some alarming news. the towns bathros were clogging up with used need. >> we had to install sharps containers at all of our public buildings. we're trying to keep those syringes from getting into our parks, on our streets, and in our landfill. >> it was like a wave of heroin. i mean, we just started to see it wash over this county. >> y

. >> richard pryor said about cocaine that it's an epidemic now because white people are doing it. >>a greater amount of attention than when it is confined to minority communities. so, yeah, there is an element of truth, there is an element of truth to that. >> talking about heroin now, but it seems to me you were talking about prescription pills in the '90s and even into the early 2000s. isn't that really -- wasn't that the gateway drug to this to cause the explosion again? because, you know, i heard way too many stories about parents whose children overdosed on prescription medication, many of them die. >> yeah. as the deputy drugs are for obama said that pills are basically heroin prep school. so, you know, i think a lot of us take painkillers, go home with a bottle of 60 pills or whatever it may be, but, you know, about 23% of people get hooked. so this is, you know, serious stuff and you should consider it when you -- when you go on those painkillers. is your pain really 10 or 3, you know, think about it. >> right. my daughter recently got her wisdom teeth pulled and came home wi