Mudbone (character)

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| first_date = 1975

| first = ...Is It Something I Said?

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| last = Richard Pryor: Here and Now

| creator = Richard Pryor

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| portrayer = Richard Pryor

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| race = African American

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| origin = United States

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Mudbone is a recurring character in Richard Pryor's stand-up shows. Debuting on the 1975 album ...Is It Something I Said?. Mudbone is perhaps Pryor's most famous creation.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1999/09/13/1999_09_13_068_TNY_LIBRY_000019041 |title=A Pryor Love |first=Hilton |last=Als |magazine=The New Yorker |date=September 13, 1999 |accessdate=April 10, 2011}} A black wino philosopher born in Tupelo, Mississippi, his character was an alter-ego for Pryor.{{cite news |title=Talkin' Trash, Telling Truth: Richard Pryor's Mudbone |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17785153 |work=News & Notes |department=In Character (story series) |publisher=NPR |date=January 2, 2008 |accessdate=February 20, 2015}}

During Pryor's concert film, Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip, the audience begins to yell "Do Mudbone!" and Pryor reluctantly resurrects the character.