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Joe Rogan

I had seen movies before that that had made me laugh, but I had never seen anything even remotely close to as funny as Richard Pryor was, just standing there talking.

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Joe Rogan is saying that although he had watched many funny movies, none of them matched the level of humor he experienced when Richard Pryor simply spoke on stage. He emphasizes that Pryor's natural way of talking was uniquely hilarious compared to scripted comedy in films.

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