Do you remember this Richard Pryor movie?

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bearshark84@reddit

Scott Schwartz would come into the pizza place all the time. I think he owned the baseball card shop next door.

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NoPanda5634@reddit

Yup. Saw it in the theater. With my mom, no less. My mom was pretty cool about movies though. I pretty much got to watch what I wanted when I turned 12 or so.

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trustyaxe@reddit

Came here to say that, but you beat me to it...

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AdAdministrative7674@reddit

I watched this movie a hundred times as a kid and that joke undoubtedly went over my head every single time.

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Background-Tax-1720@reddit

I literally JUST got it reading this post!

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It's the exact same way with airplane and airplane two. Not only does the age gap change the movies to be funnier in many ways, but the innuendos appear, everything that went over your head now slams you straight in the face, and it gets better every time!

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bropez9@reddit

“Came” here to say it 😅

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athornton@reddit

Master Bates!

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Supreme_Moharn@reddit

Yes, that was the first thing that came to my mind too

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Express_Area_8359@reddit

![gif](giphy|km2mais9qzYI) RIP my favorite time to watch Brewsters Millions

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KISSALIVE1975@reddit

Say The Toy In The Theatre, Loved It!!!

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NaviZenabi@reddit

One of his best.

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Justin_Sideme@reddit

Wonder Wheel

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Keefer1970@reddit

Honestly, the Wonder Wheel scene is the only bit of this movie I remember.

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Justin_Sideme@reddit

As a kid watching this I also remember SpiderMan jammies or outfits and being jealous....

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Cyrano17@reddit

“Don’t do this to me, Wonder Wheel!”

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badannbad@reddit (OP)

Yesss https://preview.redd.it/1dx0jpvo8vxe1.jpeg?width=260&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8ae8245be4778ab9fe424ec7d953d96d34bc44e2

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Low-Flamingo-4315@reddit

Always haha watched it as a kid in the 80s Classic!

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Waste-Forever5694@reddit

I loved this movie when I was little!!

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NurkleTurkey@reddit

An absolute favorite of mine.

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soul_and_fire@reddit

I loved this movie!

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redditoramatron@reddit

Saw it in the movie theater.

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Katriina_B@reddit

I loved this movie!!! Oh my God "Get off the phone. Get off the phone.". That little shit....

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Primary-Cattle-636@reddit

Nope

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Jealous-Network1899@reddit

Didn’t the kid from this movie go into porn?

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badannbad@reddit (OP)

![gif](giphy|3o7527pa7qs9kCG78A|downsized)

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Jealous-Network1899@reddit

Look it up (but not at work)

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badannbad@reddit (OP)

This is true. https://preview.redd.it/56pkzg845wxe1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7d4a879ba02f200bfb7ddeea19c0fc7a51c04c18

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CelticSith@reddit

He became a different kind toy. 😉

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Ha-So@reddit

Iirc he was also in A Christmas Story

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Jealous-Network1899@reddit

Stuck his tongue to the flagpole

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BurnesWhenIP@reddit

Yes he did

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GoldenAgeGamer72@reddit

"It's U.S. not You Ass".

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deltalitprof@reddit

A movie that I've never seen offered on streaming and one that after its initial run on HBO in the 80s never got run much again. Not on HBO. Not on cable.

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Fritzo2162@reddit

It had some racist overtones with a rich white guy buying his son a black man as a toy. It was pretty controversial when it came out.

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deltalitprof@reddit

Oh yes. Well aware of all that. I was about 10 or 11 when it came out and then only saw it on HBO. Considering how vital Richard Pryor's comedic work is considered these days, it's surprising the movie hasn't been more available.

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Scarsdale_Punk@reddit

My dad took my brothers and I to see this

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TheMasterP832@reddit

U Ass, it's U S Except for you, you can say U Ass

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PaddlesOwnCanoe@reddit

No no Wonderwheel!

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mstrong73@reddit

I watched it on HBO a million times and loved it. Watched it a few years back with my kids (16 and 19 at the time) and oof. It’s tough to watch

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Breklin76@reddit

Yeah. I remember my dad has HBO and I watched it a few times over.

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Breklin76@reddit

How could you forget it!?

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Background-Tax-1720@reddit

“U Ass…you kinky devil you!!”

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WalkerTimothyFaulkes@reddit

I was around 12 when this came out, and this kid had arcade games in his bedroom and go carts that looked like real cars. I loved this movie just because I wanted to be that kid and have all that cool stuff. When I watched it years later as an adult, none of that mattered anymore and I could appreciate the humor. Great flick!

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Snugrilla@reddit

I remember seeing that poster as a kid and thinking it was a movie about a man who was turned into a puppet, just like in the picture. I never did see the movie but I always liked that poster.

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NocturnalPermission@reddit

I always loved Richard Pryor in movies. He was such an authentic, lovable presence. Remember Brewster’s Millions? Stir Crazy? And he was very forthright and honest about his struggles in life. I remember watching an interview with him after his freebasing incident and feeling nothing but empathy even though I had nothing in common with him. Contrast him with how history has unmasked Bill Cosby. For all his posturing and self-righteous preaching the man was a horrible monster.

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GloomyGal13@reddit

Watched this movie about a month ago with my teen. We talked about how one of the running jokes was how afraid the main character (Richard) was of the police. How that's really not a joke, because we all know the truth now, that wasn't commonly shown in the media - that POC have a very good reason to fear the police. See, my teen son is also a POC. I've always 'passed'. We're Ojibway, and son is also Inuit. In Canada, the Indigenous people are afraid of the police.

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Kodiak01@reddit

There are some movies from decades ago that I would rather have the memories of watching them than see them again. This is why I am not seeing Monty Python & The Holy Grail on the big screen for it's 50th Anniversary; I've seen similar classics over the past few years in theaters and the jokes just didn't hit me the same way as they did later in life.

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Bagoong4Lyfe@reddit

I saw this in the theater with my grandmother. Afterwards, she told my parents the "Master Bates" joke. I told them that I didn't get that joke at all. "That's good," my grandmother said, "it will make you go blind." That was when my dad lost it.

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dsmac085@reddit

One of two movies that I will never watch again. Our brand new mall with its fancy 5 screen theater opened in the early 80's. I'm guessing since they were new it was hard to get the contracts for film distribution going. This led to a one year period where the only two movies shown in our small town were Tootsie and The Toy. I was 13 or 14 and cannot even think about watching either one again😄

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cmuadamson@reddit

"Last year we drove across the country from New York to LA. We had one cassette tape to listen to on the entire trip... I don't remember what it was." -Steven Wright

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badannbad@reddit (OP)

Well I can understand that.

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NegScenePts@reddit

Oh yeah, I definitely saw that one. ...not sure I'd ever watch it again though, it's a bit...uh...yeah, now.

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vondee1@reddit

I was going to LSU in Baton Rouge when they made this there. Had several friends who met Richard Pryor during that time.

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Cutthechitchata-hole@reddit

You Ass!

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tacomeat247@reddit

It’s U.S. …

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tacomeat247@reddit

“WONDER WHEEL!!!!!”

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Befuddled_GenXer@reddit

My dad took me to see this one on the Big Screen. I don't remember how old I was, definitely single digits, at any rate I was to young for it and loved it even more.

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xczechr@reddit

I sure do. https://preview.redd.it/9ousgv6mqyxe1.png?width=1024&format=png&auto=webp&s=0e925fe729e76a019b9d9ee09cc78e99fa260392

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badannbad@reddit (OP)

Her voice.

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marshallkrich@reddit

The scene where the sprinklers go off and everyone gets soaked, including the blonde with big breast. Made me a man.

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Thomisawesome@reddit

They were pro-pellas.

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Competitive-Bee7249@reddit

The only movie you will ever see where a rich white spoiled kid can buy a black man and not get in trouble for it.

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DeadpoolOptimus@reddit

My pal and I snuck into the theatre to see this. I couldn't get enough of Pryor.

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Fritzo2162@reddit

I saw this in the theater with my dad 🙂

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spacemusicisorange@reddit

Omg I have to watch it again now!!!!

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badannbad@reddit (OP)

Me too!

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Yeag3r@reddit

My dominoes just fell down

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thelimeisgreen@reddit

It's U, S. ...Not U Ass. I thought it was funny AF. Actually I watched it maybe about a year ago, still funny. To those who say it wouldn't be made today, I wouldn't be too sure about that. There's some pointed social commentary here and while I think if made today many of the jokes might need an update, but the premise would totally still work and be valid.

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mrkrag@reddit

There it is!

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Traditional_Fan_2655@reddit

I'm not sure who could pull it off quite as well.

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Reign_n_blud@reddit

Watched it on HBO so many times as a kid. “Master Bates” went over my head early on until I got it a laughed at it. I remember laughing every time at the scene when he went into the water and ran out when the piranha started attacking him. Still probably in my top 3 comedies of all time. Richard Pryor was great and I made sure to see all his movies after this one

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forchristssakesrita@reddit

My sister and I conned my grandmother into taking us, I remember a black couple got up and left not to far in, the cast was brilliant, the script was awful, they must have payed Richard Pryor a freaking massive amount of cash for this one!

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Supreme_Moharn@reddit

I remember it.

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Dorothy_Zbornak789@reddit

I remember my mom taking me to see it. I was about 6 yo. About 1/3 through, the film melted and we had to go see another movie. Terms of Endearment. Don’t know what happened in that movie - I hate watched it and then fell asleep. Never did watch The Toy again, even when it came out on VHS .

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jonlevine@reddit

“He says he thinks I’m sexy and he loves the chicken!” Such a random line from this movie, but I use it as a non sequitur all the time. I don’t think I’ve ever said it once and anyone understood where it came from.

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badannbad@reddit (OP)

Yah I get nothing when I bring up this movie.

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Crazy_Drago@reddit

I do! Good movie. The kid went on to do A Christmas Story, as Ralphie’s friend Flick, the next year.

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Baloney_Boogie@reddit

Into the slammer, mammer!

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cantseemeimblackice@reddit

Chop chop give him a ticket!

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Meauxjezzy@reddit

Uasssssss!

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HatesDuckTape@reddit

You kinky devil

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cantseemeimblackice@reddit

Pronounced kanky

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CaptainKrakrak@reddit

It’s a remake of this French movie: [The Toy](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Toy_(1976_film)) I loved both versions, it’s the same story but with a different take on the humor.

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badannbad@reddit (OP)

I have never heard of it being a remake!

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sugarlump858@reddit

Brewster's Millions is a remake, too.

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RedKetchup73@reddit

The french version is far way better imo

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TSLBestOfMe@reddit

Will need to check it out!

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Ar-Oh-En@reddit

It seems Pryor liked remaking international movies. It turns out _Which Way Is Up?_ was a remake of _The Seduction Of Mimi._ I need to watch the original as well!

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Melman009@reddit

‘Tell me Mr Brown, Are you Brown all over… 😂

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Malgus-Somtaaw@reddit

I liked it when I saw it as a kid, and I can still enjoy it now. But I dislike how some people gleefully say it couldn't be made today, as if censorship by a different form is a good thing. It was a movie made to be stupidly humorous with a ridiculous plot.

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fun-bucket@reddit

IN THAT SOUTHERN DRAWL... U SSSSSSSSSS!

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soundslikefun74@reddit

WONDER WHEEL!!!

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user41510@reddit

It's U.S., not U ASSSSS!

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Glittering_Quit_7382@reddit

Yes. Yes, I do.

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ElYodaPagoda@reddit

Us GenX kids loved Richard Pryor, and Sheriff Buford T...errr Jackie Gleason. This movie is hilarious! Really, it was hard to go wrong with Pryor, most of us were too young for his "motherfucker" comedy, but we got to rediscover him as the years went on.

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My_Bad_00@reddit

The kid in that movie ended up doing porn as an adult.

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DerBingle78@reddit

He was triple dog dared, couldn’t get out of it.

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JeepPilot@reddit

Wait, that was Flick?

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DerBingle78@reddit

Yep.

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Aesik@reddit

ERIC!! My best friend’s dad growing up used to scream this at me every time I walked in their house or called.

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badannbad@reddit (OP)

Haha!

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JezmundBeserker@reddit

This was one of my absolute favorite movies as a kid. Besides the fact that Richard Pryor was already one of my comedic influences, for kids at least at the time, this movie was beyond what we needed and was perfect. I still love and watching this back to back with Big.

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badannbad@reddit (OP)

Same!

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rustajb@reddit

In the theater as a kid. They had a food drive promo where you brought a canned food item and you got in free.

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badannbad@reddit (OP)

That’s a sweet deal!

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TSLBestOfMe@reddit

Absolutely! Watched it a bunch as a kid. Hadn't seen it in a decade or two until recently. My wife and I were talking about it with our youngest, 10 at the time. So, we decided to watch it. Wow...I completely forgot about the KKK subplot!

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ImNotTheBossOfYou@reddit

Yes

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Jayrandomer@reddit

There aren't a lot of movies filmed in Baton Rouge, so I remember this one as a kid. Maybe I was too young for it, but it seemed so mean.

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Urban_forager@reddit

Great Movie but sadly very misunderstood and generally considered Racist today. I cringe at some of the scenes when I think of them. Richard was a hell of an actor and this was one of his most poignant roles. His treatment of Alex in the end of the move was touching.

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worrymon@reddit

It's U.S.

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DerBingle78@reddit

I remember watching this not all that long after it came out on home video in a small apartment my dad was living in after my mom threw him out again. I think it might’ve been my birthday. I think we went to Toys R Us and I got an X-wing.

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PGMHN@reddit

Remember it? I saw this in theaters with my dad

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RegSogo@reddit

WONDERWHEEL!!!

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Ghostrecon3068@reddit

Omg...funniest movie ever

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Sensitive-Elk7093@reddit

Filmed in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It was a film crew from New York and my brother partied with them and scored some really good pot. Time frame is perfect. Brother graduated in 1982 and it was filmed that summer. Good times! 😎

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BillyyJackk@reddit

Pitch Meeting: are you ready, a Remake!!!! I know I know, heres the thing....wait for it...race swap! amirite lol

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mikeyfireman@reddit

Okay, but can we take it a step further and make it a cross over. Billy Ray Valentine is the rich asshole.

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Mako3303@reddit

I'm a... man of a certain age. Had watched "Smokey and the Bandit" a few years earlier with my dad, whovloved that flick. And then PRYOR WITH GLEASON"?! Hats of to borh of them, great one of the "final roles" in history.

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HatesDuckTape@reddit

Parents dropped us off to see it in the theater. Released in ‘82, would’ve made me 6 years old. My brothers (twins) are a year older, so I guess it’s ok to leave us alone in the theater when there’s 3 of us lmfao. Same for Beverly Hills Cop, only 2 years later. Best one was the drive-in double feature with War Games and Trading Places. Right after the “I’ve been waiting for you, Billy Ray” scene, my father looked at us and said “I don’t think this is a kids’ movie.” We weren’t happy. Either was he 🤣

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Mobile_Aioli_6252@reddit

You ass ( U.S. )

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ZooterOne@reddit

Employee: I'm gonna tell your dad! RP: Is that what everyone says around here? Kid: Yes. RP: Then I'm not going to say it anymore. When I was a kid I was so moved by these lines but I didn't understand why. Now I do.

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badannbad@reddit (OP)

His love for the child when he realized he just needed love despite being a spoiled brat.

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let-it-rain-sunshine@reddit

Wonder wheel!

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WesternSpinach9808@reddit

It had a good message love cant be bought and people are more than the color of their skin

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bigSTUdazz@reddit

Sooo jealous of that kid's room.

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No-Wolverine5288@reddit

When the German lady wants to give him a bath

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Bioshock_Jock@reddit

Ohhhh Mr Brown! Are you brown all over?

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ZooterOne@reddit

Loved it as a kid. As problematic (God I hate that word) as it is, it actually has a lot on its mind.

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Meowie_Undertoe@reddit

Not only do I remember it...I re-watched as an adult and could not believe that my parents let us watch it. The good thing was that most of it went over our heads as kids.

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Kindly-Birthday-1414@reddit

Holy cow! Yes!! I hadn't thought about that movie in at least 40 years, but I remember seeing it at the local drive-in, with my brother and sister and I all in the back seat. Parents up front of course 🙄

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badannbad@reddit (OP)

Ahhh the drive ins!

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No_Detective_But_304@reddit

Great movie. Probably wouldn’t fly today.

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tedsgloriousmustache@reddit

This and Savannah Smiles are my all time favorite 80s movies. Richard Pryor is amazing in it. And damn did I want all those toys.

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TiniestJ@reddit

Pro-PELL-uhs

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AcanthocephalaDue715@reddit

Sure do, it was filmed in Baton Rouge

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ThatOtherOtherGuy3@reddit

I saw this in the theater with my dad when I was nine. That was definitely a bad idea on his part but thumbs up from a nine year old.

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MachineGunTeacher@reddit

This was one that was on HBO several times a day. I watched it whenever it was on because Richard Pryor is so goddamned charismatic. Dude carried that movie (and Jackie Gleason was underutilized).

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badannbad@reddit (OP)

I watched it on repeat too.

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Upper-Affect5971@reddit

i was so jealous of that kids toys.

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tdpoo@reddit

Saw it in the theater

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Inquiringwithin@reddit

Saw it in the Theater

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Storyteller678@reddit

I absolutely loved it. That was the first VHS tape I ever bought for myself. Richard Pryor was my Krusty The Clown, a comedic idol and I’d watch anything he was in.

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dingonugget@reddit

Friggen hilarious movie

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TimHuntsman@reddit

“What are you doing…you azzhole?”

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Overall_Tip1063@reddit

Saw it in the theater with my dad

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Jessieoxen@reddit

You ass , You ass ……

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Saxmanng@reddit

You’re allowed

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Saxmanng@reddit

One of my favorites as a kid.

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14MTH30n3@reddit

No but I remember this, the original https://preview.redd.it/0ayhcfdkavxe1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=816b4eb81764a1b0252123df5185d924b022e64a

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