In 1981, the legendary comic retook the stage nationally for the first time after a drug-fueled act of self-immolation. It was proof of life for a worried audience and proof to Pryor that he could still make sense of his pain through laughter
‘I don’t ever want to pay my student loans off. That’s my FU to college. I hope this Earth burns down before I get a zero balance on my student loans. I want the balance on my tombstone’
