In his new memoir, “Average Joe,” and in conversation, Piscopo presents himself as an awe-struck Jersey boy. Joe Piscopo is ...

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SNL alums have formed a who's who of comedy through five generations, from Chase, Belushi Radner, and Aykroyd to Eddie Murphy ...

By telephone recently from his New York home, Cooper ... Pat” Williams reminded me of people like Redd Foxx and Richard Pryor. Norman and I became friends, too, which gave me memories I will ...

By Penelope Green Karen Pryor once taught a hermit crab to ring a bell by pulling a string with its claw. She taught a cat to play the piano (ham was involved) and, most impressive, her mother to ...

The New Yorker will reach 100. Yet here’s an anniversary fewer will mark and no one will celebrate: Soon, we will have been without Richard Pryor for two decades. He died in 2005, and as the New ...

BOTTOM LINE: Gabby Turco and Rider host Ny'Ceara Pryor and Sacred Heart in MAAC play. The Broncs are 2-7 on their home court. Rider averages 18.7 turnovers per game and is 3-4 when it has fewer ...

Richard Snyder, a town justice in upstate New York, said he could not serve as an impartial grand juror because he believed anyone appearing before him was guilty. By Ed Shanahan When Richard ...

This New York judge had no defense. Petersburgh Town Justice Richard T. Snyder stepped down ... Snyder appeared to stand by his remarks in a jumbled explanation to the commission while providing ...

His mastery of both emotional honesty and sociopolitical truth-telling puts him in Richard Pryor territory. While most stand-up comedians aspiring to be edgy these days focus their specials on the ...

An upstate New York judge has resigned after he got out of jury duty by claiming that he couldn't be impartial — because he thought everyone brought before a court is guilty. Richard T.