![]() a bold young man named Richard Pryor who uses language like I had never heard before on stage! (New York, 1965)įrom "Makeba: My Story," by Miriam Makeba (New American Library, 1987) fine young comedians who do their acts before I go on. Miriam Makeba, singer and wife of Stokely Carmichael (New York, early 1960s)įrom "I Put a Spell on You: The Autobiography," by Nina Simone and Stephen Cleary (Ebury Press, 1991) He never stopped being nervous - at least not while I was there. ![]() The next night was the name, and the next, and I rocked him each time. I couldn't bear to watch him shiver, so I put my arms around him there in the dark and rocked him like a baby until he calmed down. He shook like he had malaria, he was so nervous. (New York, early 1960s)įrom "Enter Talking," by Joan Rivers with Richard Meryman (Delacorte Press, 1986)Ĭolpix recorded my set there and it became my next album, "Live at Village Gate." Opening the show was a young comedian, Richard Pryor, and on the first night of my booking I stood in the wings with him as he waited to go on. ![]() with jacket sleeves lengthened so many times, he looked like an admiral. Richard Pryor, skinny, brilliantly shocking. On that bench with me at one time or another were comics. I would go to The Bitter End during the day and get a piece of paper with a number on it telling me when I went onstage - like at a bakery. ![]()
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