S4E5: The Tears of a Clown | Richard Pryor & Roseanne Barr and Tom Arnold

Trashy Divorces

Hemlock Creatives

Comedy, History

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2019

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

They say that if you don’t laugh, you’ll have to cry, and that seems very true of our subjects this week. Comedian Richard Pryor revolutionized the art form when he stormed onto the scene in the 1960s. By the end of the decade, he was one of the edgiest and most successful voices in comedy. Alicia documents his five wives, six divorces, and seven marriages – as well as the profoundly difficult childhood he survived but never quite outran. Then, Stacie has the strange life and career of pathbreaking comedienne Roseanne Barr, whose quick rise from the comedy clubs of Denver to the bright lights of Hollywood inspired a generation to take a stab at stand-up. Her early ’90s romance with comedian Tom Arnold was seemingly designed for the tabloids. Her story is complicated, baffling, and in many ways, sad. Can’t get enough #trashcandy? Join us at Patreon.com/TrashyDivorces for early ad-free releases, bonus divorce stories, weekly Trashy Tidbits, limited series like Trashy Tudors, Funne with Dunne, Side Pieces, and a whole lot more. Advertise with Hemlock Creatives We are growing our show offerings! To learn about advertising opportunities with Trashy Divorces, Done & Dunne, and other forthcoming projects, contact AdvertiseCast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.3	Welcome to Trashy Divorses, friends.
0:32.4	Trashy Divorces!
0:34.0	The Tears of a Clown.
0:36.0	We... are doing two controversial comedians this week and I think we thought it was going to be a lot.
0:42.0	I thought it was going to be a lot. I thought it was going to be very, I thought I would, I thought I would be dunking on Rosanne Barr, but it turns out her really screwed up life is pretty sad. You had a, well yours made me cry, I'm not going to lie.
0:55.0	I was surprised that you actually did the crying, Richard Pryor.
0:59.0	Yeah.
1:00.0	Yeah, you've got a beautiful portrayal of him.
1:02.0	Tragedy of a life story.
1:03.8	This week, Tears of a Clown, recorded by Smoky Robinson in the Miracles.
1:08.4	Written by Hank Cosby, Smoky Robinson and Stevie Wonder, which I didn't know.
1:13.6	released in 1967 on a subsidiary of Motown Records,
1:18.4	released again in the UK in 1970,
1:21.2	becomes a number one hit there, in the US number one all over tears of a clown yeah
1:27.6	When there's no one around yeah, it was a fitting
1:31.8	No, it's really I think for this week.
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