I mean, the guy literally turned a failed ABC TV pilot with no surviving costumes or sets into a movie that some have ... because it featured Richard Pryor’s final screen performance.

Out of many stars who headlined blaxploitation genre movies in the ‘70s, Billy Dee Williams and Richard Pryor were just a few enduring talents who managed to crossover into mainstream cinema.

For comedy fans of a certain age, watching VHS copies of the 1982 concert film "Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip" ...