Died at 85
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Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor (December 1, 1940 – December 10, 2005) was an American stand-up comedian, actor, film director, social critic, satirist, writer, and MC. Pryor was known for uncompromising examinations of racism and topical contemporary issues, which employed colorful vulgarities, and profanity, as well as racial epithets. He reached a broad audience with his trenchant observations and storytelling style. He is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential stand-up comedians of all time: receiving praise from notable comedians such as Jerry Seinfeld, Bob Newhart, and Bill Cosby. His body of work includes the concert movies and recordings starting in the 70s and spanning three decades. He also starred in numerous films as an actor, in both comedic and dramatic roles. He collaborated on many projects with actor Gene Wilder and actor/comedian/writer Paul Mooney. Pryor won an Emmy Award (1973), and five Grammy Awards (1974, 1975, 1976, 1981, and 1982). In 1974, he also won two American Academy of Humor awards and the Writers Guild of America Award. The first ever Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor was presented to him in 1998. Pryor is listed at Number 1 on Comedy Central's list of all-time greatest stand-up comedians.
Richard Pryor
Brainiac
for Brainiac in Ilya Salkind's Superman III (1983)
Suggested by optimistic_writer
What if Ilya Salkind's treatment of Superman III was actually used for the final film? Before the credits roll, it's revealed that Lois has transferred out of Metropolis and is replaced by a young woman named Lana Lang and she and Clark take a liking to each other. It is then revealed through flashback that another being escaped Krypton, another young baby, a girl, who remains unnamed. She lands on Colu, the home world of Brainiac who adopts her. She grows up and Brainiac begins to show affection for her and asks her to marry him but she denies it and leaves for Earth. Here, she finds Clark Kent/Superman and they fall in love (they aren't related in this universe) and she becomes Supergirl. Brainiac eventually finds them and starts to wreck havoc on Earth which involves changing Superman's personality to make him unpredictable, going back in time to the dark ages and becoming a tyrant, and fighting in a pocket dimension against Superman and Supergirl. As well as the Man of Steel meeting the being from the 5th dimension, Mr. Mxyzptlk. [Poster by Peter Stults]
