unhinged and more importantly, unhappy. i'm friends with mostly comedians. most of us are on antidepressants. and i don't think that's a coincidence. >> as you see in the news, comics can mess up. we do everything from shoot at our cars to od. and we're the people that make people happy, you know. >> richard pryor grew up in a very unusual situation. his grandmother ran a house of prostitution. and his mother worked in it. his father was a pimp. and he was very aware of that situation growing up. >> i grew up seeing my mother go in the room with a men, and my aunties go in the room with men. >> who believed in you? who cared about you? >> richard franklin lennox thomas pryor iii. >> you. >> and magic dust. >> my dad's humor came from life. and i don't think dad had a choice. i think you either laugh your way through it or you die through it.