@@diabolusvincitthere’s multiple videos of him calling out bill Cosby and jokes about the Hollywood elites , he was doing this before anyone in mainstream comedy at the time
I accidentally came across Chico and the Man on Tubi, I was going to change it but recognized the name Freddie Prinze which caught my attention so I gave the show a chance and immediately fell in love with the show.
There are so many trajectories his career could have taken had he not killed himself. He might have become an A-List comedy actor like Richard Pryor or Steve Martin, host a variety show at a time when the genre was still popular, become a staple on Broadway, or maybe become an eventual contender to take over as host of the Tonight Show.
He played drums, could sing, was so adorable, and I thought he was very funny. I doubt he could get away with his comedy routine today. I looked forward to seeing him on Chico and the Man, loved Jack Albertson, too.
Alan Parker's "Fame" (1980) was recently inducted into the Library Of Congress in 2024 as "an artistically and culturally important" film. Nominated for six Academy Awards and winner of two Oscars, the core of the film centers around the character of Raul Garcia, a gifted and troubled young Hispanic teenager from the South Bronx ghetto aspiring to be a stand-up comedian, and going into the same downward spiral as his fallen idol Freddie Prinze. It was essentially a fictionalized "roman a clef" portrait of the then-recent Prinze tragedy, and it remains to this day a relevant and undimmed cautionary tale about Hollywood, the young, and the dark underside of "The American Dream", with a powerful performance at its center (Barry Miller) that garnered the lion's share of the film's critical acclaim.
@@termsofusepolice "Fame" was set in the actual school that Prinze attended (New York City's High School Of The Performing Arts) and the comedy club sequences were filmed at the actual comedy club ("Catch A Rising Star") where Prinze was discovered by his first manager and where his meteoric rise to stardom began. This reaffirms the nature of the movie's "roman a clef" aspects: a fictional character alluding to, or based upon, a real person. The 1979 TV movie "Can You Hear The Laughter? The Freddie Prinze Story" (a typically standard non-fiction Hollywood bio-pic) was a dismal, poorly reviewed, and deservedly forgotten failure. "Fame" got ironically closer to the truth of Prinze's elemental trajectory by using an indirect and fictional "mask" that was a far more effective device in terms of illuminating his life story and the deeper psychological and sociological implications that his tragic end represented.
Freddie had a different type of comedy style it was so fresh he didn't curse at all He made Richard Pryor look like a boy scout I don't why someone didn't ask him to record a comedy album I'm sure it would've been a hit
I'm Puerto Rican from the NYC area and Freddy Prince Sr. & Richard Pryor were and still are, ultimate legends of comedy !! Remember Richard Pryor's, " Get him he's all of them " ! 😂
I heard of him growing up but unfortunately I never heard his jokes, or watched his TV show and I'm 55 years old, he was definitely a funny individual 💕
Oh wow.... I just watched Katt Williams and Cedric the Entertainer say that THEY came up with the driving joke ... Cedric even went to the MOON in his 😮 when Freedy did it 20 years earlier ....
@@whayes8084 Why would I make that up? I have no reason to. It came as a complete shock to me. He was not my kind of funny but I didn't think he was a sleaze.
@@whayes8084 I can't post links, so what do you want me to do? Fly out on a helicopter and hand you the evidence on a silver platter? He was a creeper.
And in his suicide note he mentioned a friend that came there and tried to stop him. He didn't want him to be accused of murderering him. When he didn't.
What a natural stand-up! He made it look easy.
Left us long before his time.....
Facts, it’s amazing how he was ahead of his time.
@@diabolusvincitthere’s multiple videos of him calling out bill Cosby and jokes about the Hollywood elites , he was doing this before anyone in mainstream comedy at the time
It was his choice.
Can't believe I just heard about him 😳 and his son 😳 😢 so talented and accomplished so much in just 22 years 😮
@NeoNeo01101 I said the same thing.
"Looking Good" Freddie 😭😭
My god the memories...he was awesome! Thank you!!
I forgot all about the line "It's not my job." Now that I hear it again it comes right back to me.
Our Beloved Freddie SR. ❤😢
He was talented. Funny and very charismatic
That's what Johnny Carson told him ( Ur gonna do well in this business because the audience likes you ur gonna go a long way)
You are truly missed❤
freddie prinze could've been an all time great comedian too bad his demons got him may he rip.
Lost a good one there!
RIP Chico🙏
It sadnens the died before his time. He will forever be a LEGAND 😢😢❤
I miss him ❤❤
I still remember all of the bits
I was 12 when I saw him live at 6 Flags. I WAS OVER THE MOON
So great seeing this again. Freddie was so great. So sad when he left us. Need to find some Chico and The Man episodes.
Tubi
It's on tubi Chico and the man
I accidentally came across Chico and the Man on Tubi, I was going to change it but recognized the name Freddie Prinze which caught my attention so I gave the show a chance and immediately fell in love with the show.
To think he was only in his late teens early 20s. Pure talent
How sad this is that he took his life so early he was such an amazing man
And he was afraid that he would be a has been when he reached 24 that he would have to be doing a comeback. He doubted his own ability. So Sad!!
legend.
nope
The hubcaps on the moon buggy are gone, so true those people steal everything 🤣😂😅
He was so cute , and so funny i loved him
There are so many trajectories his career could have taken had he not killed himself. He might have become an A-List comedy actor like Richard Pryor or Steve Martin, host a variety show at a time when the genre was still popular, become a staple on Broadway, or maybe become an eventual contender to take over as host of the Tonight Show.
I have looked for Chico and the Man episodes. This is a special treat ❤
The series is on Tubi
Well his son Freddie Prince,Jr is carrying on his dad's legacy doing very well so far Keep up the good work Junior
He hasnt done anything since scooby do
Pure talent
Freddie Prinze... a rare talent
Ok my mistake I just found out that Freddie did record a comedy album Really, I didn't know that Wow! Learn something new everyday
I heard of Freddie prinze from George Lopez. this guy is funny lol
Damn I wish that I wasn't born '89 just to see him. So hilarious.
He played drums, could sing, was so adorable, and I thought he was very funny. I doubt he could get away with his comedy routine today. I looked forward to seeing him on Chico and the Man, loved Jack Albertson, too.
Sure he could. He would just give the finger to the crying woke left who wants to police thoughts and speech.
I wonder if this might have been the routine that got Freddie noticed by James Komack for him to star as Chico?
I think it was his debut appearance on the Tonight Show earlier that year
Why Freddie why?? 💔😭
Alan Parker's "Fame" (1980) was recently inducted into the Library Of Congress in 2024 as "an artistically and culturally important" film. Nominated for six Academy Awards and winner of two Oscars, the core of the film centers around the character of Raul Garcia, a gifted and troubled young Hispanic teenager from the South Bronx ghetto aspiring to be a stand-up comedian, and going into the same downward spiral as his fallen idol Freddie Prinze. It was essentially a fictionalized "roman a clef" portrait of the then-recent Prinze tragedy, and it remains to this day a relevant and undimmed cautionary tale about Hollywood, the young, and the dark underside of "The American Dream", with a powerful performance at its center (Barry Miller) that garnered the lion's share of the film's critical acclaim.
Fame was also set in a high school of performing arts very similar to the one Prinze himself had attended.
@@termsofusepolice "Fame" was set in the actual school that Prinze attended (New York City's High School Of The Performing Arts) and the comedy club sequences were filmed at the actual comedy club ("Catch A Rising Star") where Prinze was discovered by his first manager and where his meteoric rise to stardom began. This reaffirms the nature of the movie's "roman a clef" aspects: a fictional character alluding to, or based upon, a real person. The 1979 TV movie "Can You Hear The Laughter? The Freddie Prinze Story" (a typically standard non-fiction Hollywood bio-pic) was a dismal, poorly reviewed, and deservedly forgotten failure. "Fame" got ironically closer to the truth of Prinze's elemental trajectory by using an indirect and fictional "mask" that was a far more effective device in terms of illuminating his life story and the deeper psychological and sociological implications that his tragic end represented.
actor, freddie prinze Jr daddy
they DON'T look-a-like😂😅😂
I believe he looks more like his mother's side of the family.
Ahhhh. Racial comedy ... LUV IT 😁👍🏻👍🏻
Thinking the same. Funny and no harm.
Until they poke fun at white people...
His story is so sad
Freddie had a different type of comedy style it was so fresh he didn't curse at all He made Richard Pryor look like a boy scout I don't why someone didn't ask him to record a comedy album I'm sure it would've been a hit
Freddie did make a comedy album, it's called Looking Good,it's on you tube.
What? Richard Pryor is the King of Stand up. There is NO comparison.
He made Pryor look like a Boy Scout by NOT cussing? Uh, ok.
I'm Puerto Rican from the NYC area and Freddy Prince Sr. & Richard Pryor were and still are, ultimate legends of comedy !! Remember Richard Pryor's, " Get him he's all of them " ! 😂
@@chrisharris7931 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I heard of him growing up but unfortunately I never heard his jokes, or watched his TV show and I'm 55 years old, he was definitely a funny individual 💕
True about the roaches 😅
Couldn't have ben too long before you know.
First time i noticed how close he mimicked Cheech and Chong during that time. Good times.
Ees nat mai yab!!
So funny
Bro mans got cake no 🧢🫣
✌🏼RIP Freddie SR 🕯
His father was of German descent, but "Germarican" was a lot harder to get across in the standup routine.
Try Hungarian. He mentions it in this video.
@@martinevans9939Yes, they are saying he used Hungarican because it was catchier.
His dad was a German Jew.
@@ontheroadhome4796 His father was a German Lutheran immigrant.
@@martinevans9939 Try reading before you comment.
He was an amazing stand up. Had he lived, he would have been a massive success in the 80’s and onwards.
Eddie Murphy had the career that Freddie Prinze was probably supposed to have.
Not convinced
Grew up with the biggest crush on Freddie ❤ him still , such a great loss
Jr is kinda cute but i dont see it in dad
If you look at todays larino comedians, you can tell they saw him an a big influence
He sounds like Pryor
Classic comedy.clean and funny!
They make comedy like this any more!
Yes, they still make comedy like this - good of you to notice.
this was pretty much his only bit
He was a kid. Keep in mind dude blew up when he was 19 and died when he was 22.
@@HovaNirvana yes. point well taken
Cutest dimple ever ❤
So pretty
So talented and very tormented. . Sad
Now PrinZe, next PrinCe? 😊
🇵🇷✌️🗽🤣🤣
His father was German, not Hungarian.
Oh wow.... I just watched Katt Williams and Cedric the Entertainer say that THEY came up with the driving joke ... Cedric even went to the MOON in his 😮 when Freedy did it 20 years earlier ....
Died of what??
Self inflicted gunshot.
He just a lighter colored Richard pryor
Without the perversion. Richard was into little girls.
@@TheKazadoodle Source: Trust me bro
@@whayes8084 Why would I make that up? I have no reason to. It came as a complete shock to me. He was not my kind of funny but I didn't think he was a sleaze.
@@TheKazadoodle Still no proof.
@@whayes8084 I can't post links, so what do you want me to do? Fly out on a helicopter and hand you the evidence on a silver platter? He was a creeper.
Too much coke
As well as qualudes and booze. But, he shot himself in the temple.
And in his suicide note he mentioned a friend that came there and tried to stop him. He didn't want him to be accused of murderering him. When he didn't.
People thought he was good looking
never laughed once.
That's because he wasn't funny.
About as funny as rabies!
agree. Totally weak and lame.
This was a different time comedy was different then
He’s not funny at all
Check him out on "Chico and the Man" with Jack Albertson, he had a natural talent that was developing.
Funny how Freddie’s biological son does not look at all like him, but Paul Rodriguez does!!!
this guy had a massive ego. was going to kill Travolta, due to travolta being a bigger star than him. A movie needs to be made.
He also suffered from cocaine psychosis. As per his best friend Alan Bursky.