Bicentennial Nigger is a comedy album by the American comedian Richard Pryor. David Banks produced the album, while Warner Bros. Records released the album on a cassette tape in September 1976. It is often considered one of his most influential recordings. The CD version of the album was released on 20 June 1989.It won the 1977 Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album. The album was recorded in July 1976 at the Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood, with the exception of the title track, recorded at The Comedy Store in Hollywood in February 1976. He performed "Acid" during his legendary appearance on Saturday Night Live. Bicentennial Nigger is a comedy album by the American comedian Richard Pryor. David Banks produced the album, while Warner Bros. Records released the album on a cassette tape in September 1976. It is often considered one of his most influential recordings. The CD version of the album was released on 20 June 1989.It won the 1977 Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album. The album was recorded in July 1976 at the Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood, with the exception of the title track, recorded at The Comedy Store in Hollywood in February 1976. He performed "Acid" during his legendary appearance on Saturday Night Live. false 2022-06-03 23:15:06 Bicentennial Nigger 1976 1976-09-10 1976-09-10 40 Comedy Standup Comedy 114260 2129850 2470531b-7036-4d49-b978-37198bdbaeab ba503a17-848c-4773-aa58-208f4163124f 1d6cd1d6-b68b-3559-970f-4673c489491b /media/data/media4/Music/Richard Pryor/Bicentennial Nigger/folder.jpg Richard Pryor Richard Pryor 1 1 Hillbilly 02:14 1 2 Black and White Women 04:05 1 3 Our Gang 02:48 1 5 Black Hollywood 05:24 1 6 Mudbone Goes to Hollywood 10:11 1 7 Chinese Restaurant 01:18 1 8 Acid 04:54 1 9 Bicentennial Nigger 02:24 1 15 Bicentennial Prayer 06:42 Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor Sr. (December 1, 1940 – December 10, 2005) was an American stand-up comedian and actor. He reached a broad audience with his trenchant observations and storytelling style, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most important stand-up comedians of all time. Pryor won a Primetime Emmy Award and five Grammy Awards. He received the first Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 1998. He won the Writers Guild of America Award in 1974. He was listed at number one on Comedy Central's list of all-time greatest stand-up comedians. In 2017, Rolling Stone ranked him first on its list of the 50 best stand-up comics of all time. Pryor's body of work includes numerous concert films and recordings. He won the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album for That Nigger's Crazy (1974), ...Is It Something I Said? (1975), Bicentennial Nigger (1976), Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip (1982), and Richard Pryor: Here and Now (1983). He is also known for Richard Pryor: Live & Smokin' (1971), Wanted: Live in Concert (1978), and Richard Pryor: Live in Concert (1979). Pryor served as a co-writer for the Mel Brooks satirical western comedy film Blazing Saddles (1974). As an actor, he starred mainly in comedies. He gained acclaim for his collaborations with Gene Wilder, including the films Silver Streak (1976), Stir Crazy (1980), See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989), and Another You (1991). He also acted in films such as Uptown Saturday Night (1974), Blue Collar (1978), The Wiz (1978), California Suite (1978), Superman III (1983), Harlem Nights (1989), and Lost Highway (1997). He appeared as himself on Sesame Street and Saturday Night Live before hosting The Richard Pryor Show (1977), and Pryor's Place (1984).