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Richard Pryor (Photo by Yvonne Hemsey/Getty Images) The Wild Story of Richard Pryor’s Lost Blaxploitation-Style Movie
The bizarre, unfinished film was nearly destroyed, and its whereabouts remain unknown
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George Carlin (Photo: NBCU Photo Bank/Paul Drinkwate) Answering Comedians’ Questions: 4 Rhetorical Musings Examined
Getting to the bottom of the things comics were pondering over in the pre-internet days
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Art Carney (Photo by American Broadcasting Companies via Getty Images) Did a Famous Comedian Record the First Rap Song?
A 1954 record by one comedy legend sounds like something the Fresh Prince could’ve made decades later
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The roast of…. (Photo: Frank Micelotta/Getty Images) The Comedy Central Roast That Was So Brutal It Only Aired Once
The network supposedly struggled to even get people on the dais
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Jay Leno (Photo: Wendy Perl/NBCU Photo Bank) Why Jay Leno Says There’s ‘Nothing Greater’ Than a Comedian’s Funeral
Comics have a funny way of looking at death
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Chris Farley (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images) How Chris Farley Managed to Blow His ‘Home Alone’ Audition
The ‘Tommy Boy’ star tried out for the role of the Santa Claus impersonator
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Jim Carrey (Photo by Kristy Sparow/Getty Images) Jim Carrey Is Responsible for Norman Bates Terrorizing You at Universal Studios
The ‘Ace Ventura’ star inadvertently inspired the theme park to expand on one of its attractions
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Bill Murray (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images) Bill Murray Only Agreed to Voice Garfield Because of a Misunderstanding (Or So He Says)
According to Murray, he didn’t realize who he’d signed up to work with
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Jerry Seinfeld (Photo by Valerie Terranova/Getty Images for Bob Woodruff Foundation) Did Jerry Seinfeld Really Say ‘What’s the Deal With…’ as Often as People Think?
If the comic is to be believed, the phrase was never a part of his stand-up routines
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'Bad Boys' stars Martin Lawrence and Will Smith (Photo by Hector Vivas/Getty Images) ‘Bad Boys’ Was Originally Written for Two ‘SNL’ Stars (Who Hated It)
‘That would’ve been a very different movie,’ Will Smith told Jimmy Fallon in 2024
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Bill Maher on HBO's 'Real Time With Bill Maher' (Photo by Chris Polk/FilmMagic) Did a Famous Actor Punch Bill Maher on TV Back in the Day?
The ‘Real Time’ host took a minor hit during a game show appearance years ago
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Director John Landis with Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd, on the set of the movie 'Trading Places' (Photo by Stanley Bielecki Movie Collection/Getty Images) Eddie Murphy Only Got Blackout Drunk One Time, and It Was Because of John Landis
The two got into a ‘tussling confrontation’ on the set of ‘Coming to America,’ causing Murphy to hit the bottle pretty hard
