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Re: Richard Pryor Youngstown Mafia joke
[Re: streetbossliborio]
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09/10/18 05:33 PM
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Pryor at his BEST Classic.
From now on, nothing goes down unless I'm involved. No blackjack no dope deals, no nothing. A nickel bag gets sold in the park, I want in. You guys got fat while everybody starved on the street. Now it's my turn.
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Re: Richard Pryor Youngstown Mafia joke
[Re: streetbossliborio]
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09/11/18 09:17 AM
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https://youtu.be/m3D6Qc6uByoMade me wet myself this. The way he talks about it makes me think there’s some truth to it, at least in the fact he worked for a mob run strip club in Youngstown. Also if someone thinking of making up a Mafia story why wouldn’t he say NY or NJ, why Youngstown of all places. Anyone know more? Why not Youngstown :-)
"Never walk in a room that you don't know how to get out of"- Henry Zottola
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Re: Richard Pryor Youngstown Mafia joke
[Re: streetbossliborio]
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09/16/18 02:55 PM
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I've always assumed it was based on his real life experiences working in mafia-owned clubs. I highly doubt a young Richard Pryor pulled a gun out on a bunch of wise guys, but I can definitely see them kicking it with a young comedian after the show, getting drunk and acting exactly how Pryor portrays them in his routine. There also really was a black stripper named Satin Doll. She's still alive and her real name is Toni Elling. She was originally from Detroit and she became friends with Sammy Davis Jr and Joe Louis from her performances between the 1950s-70s. Obviously there's no way to prove this woman complained to Richard Pryor about not getting paid at a nightclub in Youngstown, but the timeframe, location and details are right. I'd bet that it happened.
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Re: Richard Pryor Youngstown Mafia joke
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09/16/18 03:34 PM
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I've always assumed it was based on his real life experiences working in mafia-owned clubs. I highly doubt a young Richard Pryor pulled a gun out on a bunch of wise guys, but I can definitely see them kicking it with a young comedian after the show, getting drunk and acting exactly how Pryor portrays them in his routine. There also really was a black stripper named Satin Doll. She's still alive and her real name is Toni Elling. She was originally from Detroit and she became friends with Sammy Davis Jr and Joe Louis from her performances between the 1950s-70s. Obviously there's no way to prove this woman complained to Richard Pryor about not getting paid at a nightclub in Youngstown, but the timeframe, location and details are right. I'd bet that it happened. Isn't this the same guy that set himself on fire?
I invoke my right under the 5th amendment of the United States constitution and decline to answer the question.
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Re: Richard Pryor Youngstown Mafia joke
[Re: Moe_Tilden]
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09/16/18 03:47 PM
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I've always assumed it was based on his real life experiences working in mafia-owned clubs. I highly doubt a young Richard Pryor pulled a gun out on a bunch of wise guys, but I can definitely see them kicking it with a young comedian after the show, getting drunk and acting exactly how Pryor portrays them in his routine. There also really was a black stripper named Satin Doll. She's still alive and her real name is Toni Elling. She was originally from Detroit and she became friends with Sammy Davis Jr and Joe Louis from her performances between the 1950s-70s. Obviously there's no way to prove this woman complained to Richard Pryor about not getting paid at a nightclub in Youngstown, but the timeframe, location and details are right. I'd bet that it happened. Isn't this the same guy that set himself on fire? One night he mixed some low-fat milk and some pasteurized, then he dipped his cookie in and the **** blew up.
"I have this Nightmare. I'm on 5th avenue watching the St. Patrick's Day parade and I have a coronary and nine thousand cops march happily over my body." Chief Sidney Green
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Re: Richard Pryor Youngstown Mafia joke
[Re: streetbossliborio]
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09/16/18 04:51 PM
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Wouldn’t the average person think of ny, nj first? Youngstown Ohio seems so specific! Whats so hard to get? It's probably based on a true story.
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Re: Richard Pryor Youngstown Mafia joke
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09/16/18 04:57 PM
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Wouldn’t the average person think of ny, nj first? Youngstown Ohio seems so specific! Whats so hard to get? It's probably based on a true story. If you knew Youngstown like I knew Youngstown you'd know it's a true story.
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