It doesn't take a math professor to know that Prince is one comic loon in his own right(The chic in the Time's The Walk, ol' man's jive talkin' in Cho-Co-Late!, Movie Star, Adore and many proofs that could be found through his music not to mention his Under The Cherry Moon flick and some of his interviews such as MTV circa 1986).

But I can't help but to hear/see these 2 in his sense of humor,,,




Which comedians does he echo in your opinion?

You are so right! The general public sees him as some werid, quiet, shy guy but I think his funny, crazy, quirky sense of humor is evident in his music and films. He really strikes me as a fun, crazy kinda guy if he feels comfortable around you. I think I remember him saying he liked Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, Chris Rock and Dave Chapelle.

At the end of Purple Rain, when Prince sprays the audience with his "seed".....

Illustrator said:

hahah...i used to get SOOOO embarrassed at this part when I watched it with my mom!
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Lately during some of Tamar's songs he's been screaming out "Sexual Chocolate!" from the movie Coming To America.

babynoz said:

Hahah really? That's funny. I was watching an old preformance of Prince's once with him in '83 singing "Do me baby" and just his rendition of the song had my boyfriend laughing out loud. My bf was like "Omg he sounds just like Murphy in coming to America! Sexual chocolate!"

Bernie Mac~
POPE

PleasurePrinciple said:

Damn, beat me to it

Dave Chapell was in 1 off his videos years ago

mplsmike said:

Which one?

mplsmike said:

i remember he had a really BIG hat on rite,lol~

kinna hard to say, since ol' boy's pretty much got his own sense of humor...a dry sense of humor, at that.

Is that Franklin Ajaye in the 1st pic

I know he likes Woody Allen.

Also, Muhammed Ali isn't a comedian, but he could have been if he wanted to, and he influenced some the the Time's comedy.

Redd Foxx and LaWanda Page. I think he was amused by Aunt Esther.

"eddie murphy? i'm a big fan of your comedies. would you like to come to my house and listen to some music?"

wait...that WAS a real documentary, right? RIGHT?

"assemble your crew. i'll be outside."

theghostoftonym said:

shoot the j...SHOOT IIIIIT!!!

SexyBeautifulOne said:

Nice thread, by the way. I would have said everyone already mentioned. Ya'll ever notice the theme to "Sanford and Son" and a certain musical section in the song "Diamonds and Pearl"?

Didn't Prince sample the line from the late Robin Harris' routine - the part where he says "you don't understand. I ain't scared of you motherf*krs".
What song was this sampled on? Or was that Bernie Mac? hmmmm
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Krystal666 said:

Some of his voices on the Exodus album sound alot like Pryor too. Maybe he liked Richard back in the day.

Soulsista said:

That was Bernie Mac on The Pope.

Harlepolis said:

I cant remember ..i think it was "love 4 one another" vh1 special
Dave was doing some standup b 4 the per4mance

babynoz said:

Oh I'm sure he did! Who didn't? Pryor was hilarious!

blackguitaristz said:

Yes. Also on the musicology concert didn't they do a brief verison of the Sanford and Son theme song?

mrwigglesdaw1rm said:

i thought so. "The Fly" Bzzzzz.