‘I was just on a flight with a medical emergency. Luckily, there were eight doctors on it, which was so comforting. But then I started thinking, ‘This is Frontier Airlines. They can’t be good doctors. This guy is f----d!’’
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