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The Weird Story of How Dave Coulier Was Once Paid to Pretend to Be Richard Pryor

Dave Coulier’s Pryor impression got him a bizarre dubbing gig, while Bob Saget ended up sharing scenes with the comedy legend.

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One thing Richard Pryor could never be accused of was keeping his act clean. During his heyday, the irreverent comic was highly rewarded for his blue humor, and it remained a part of his live performances for the rest of his life. Naturally, when Pryor’s film career took off, the profanity that was a staple of his stand-up shows came along with him. The only problem with that was that when his movies eventually made their way to television, Pryor’s dirtier lines had to be dubbed over.

In true Pryor fashion, he refused to do the dubbing himself, so others had to imitate his voice for the clean edits of his........

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