God I miss the 70s SO MUCH! Greatest time in Earth history to be young. I wouldn't trade it for youth NOW. It was a privilege to be alive when real freedom and happiness were king!
It was also before MTV I’m gonna get a lot of flack for this but I really think MTV screwed up music because band started writing songs to fit the style of a music video you’ll notice that overall album creativity went down the toilet after MTV came out
Facts bro 70’s was the best era best decade to be alive the car’s the entertainment just everything and I wasn’t even alive yet i wish you were lucky to have experienced it
He was a legend before his time, you can tell he grew up around black people because he got us down solid. RIP Freddie, after watching this he is now on my top five of favorite comics! #Respect
Of course Freddy grew up around black people like most of us Puerto Ricans did. In fact Puerto Ricans are a combination of black, white and Indian people.
I adored Freddie Prinze. I loved Chico and the Man. I was sad when he passed away 😢. The world was sad for me the day I heard he was gone. He was amazing.
I had such a crush on him and even though I was very young, I was devastated when he died. I just pulled this video up to show my daughter who he was because she is a fan of Freddie Prince Jr.
Because of his sitcom fame, people forget what a great stand up comic Freddie Prinze was.. I prefer him doing stand up than playin his "Chico" character. Stand up is where he really shined. He was the whole package as a comic: charismatic, great stage presence, great delivery, nice empathy with the crowd and of course funny material. He could've clearly done this special by himself but he was generous to throw a bone to his comedy peers. The golden age of stand up was definitely in the '70s.
Well said 👍 Prinze was up there with the late great Bill Hicks and George Carlin. Authentic social commentators as well as brilliant comedian's wonder if those three ever met ( Carlin was from New York too so I hope so )
Freddie prinze..1976..I can watch his performances, STILL LAUGHING...had material, 40 plus years later, still hits home...we loved you, freddie... you made us all laugh, even 40 plus years later...
I was a huge fan of Freddie Prince (still am) and I had such a crush on him when I was a tween. When he died, I was heart broken for days. Loved him in Chico and the Man. He was a rising star and left us at such a young age.
Freddie was undoubtedly one of the best to ever do stand up, his success would have never stopped but it was shorted much too soon by the evil pumped out through the pharmaceutical company’s at work and he never got the true help he needed, he will forever be one of my favorites even though he passed well before I was born!!
I was a young child when Chico and the Man was on televiion so I don't have many memories of it. I had no idea how funny and adorable Freddie Prince was. 😺
In 1985 I started working at this company in NYC called SERVICE MERCHANDISE and a co-worker, a beautiful African American sister by the name of THURSDAY, told me I looked like CHICO AND THE MAN, meaning Freddie Prinze. At the time I didn't know who Freddie was but looking at him and then looking at a pic of myself from the 1980s I totally agree with her. I admire him so much and I only wished I had known of him when I was growing up in Puerto Rico during the 1970s and his show was on. RIP Puerto Rican brother.
I saw this on HBO when it 1st appeared live. What a great comedian. And so sad his demise. Thank you for the few moments you graced us with your presence.
Freddie's style is cool, calm & collected. Especially, for a time when everyone was outrageously loud and coke'd up. BTW: Anyone catch the Cosby reference @ the 11:35-11:50 min mark? Industry folks knew about his shenanigans (4) decades ago!
It dogged Cosby almost from the beginning of his career starting in the sixties. He was a regular at the Playboy Mansion, and I am sure Prinze knew plenty of stories about him.
wiredwebmaster Exactly the industry knew about his shenanigans for decades. Yet they chose not to do anything about it. So his recent arrest only means that they’re angry at Cosby about something, other than rape.
Young Freddie like young Eddie, debuted as fully formed comedians who could appeal to all ages. Both mustached comics from NY. Both became national stars on NBC. Both great.
A classic HBO On Location. Saw this back when cable TV was still a new thing, and you changed channels by using a slider on the box (sort of like the old office phone directories).
I started watching Freddie because of George Lopez .. the way he talked/admired him made me curious.. did not disappoint, he’s amazing ❤️ this whole stand up was on point 👌🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Same here.. Curiosity brought me here and Im glad i did. Freddy was the man! Hilarious! He really inspired George Lopez and I'm sure many other comedians
Man Freddie was aware of RedPill knowledge and knew how to convey it at an early age. He was going to be Huge and was huge. Him talking about the Rockefeller’s and aliens started to give me chills. Then jay leno over here wearing 2 gold watches. This is alternate universe potential all over it
I was so young and loved Freddie - so sad he couldn't hang on. What I think is so awesome is how intelligent he is about politics. Would of went over my head back then but really funny today. RIP Freddie.
Mad greek Wow can you imagine all the material we would have laughed our asses off with this great comedian.drugs took lots of great comedians and this guys in a class all by himself.god bless
Not everyone is butthurt it's actually a very small segment of our society that complains about things. It's the 18-35 progressive liberal who lives on Twitter and hates every opinion unless it's their own. They will eventually grow up, get jobs have kids and responsibility and not have time to SAVE THE WORLD.
This was HBO. Most mainstream comedians weren’t doing explicit material on things like Midnight Special and the Tonight Show either. Plus, Freddie Prinze caught heat during that time too. Protests outside of NBC studios because of Chico and the Man. Several of his early club appearances were cancelled because of risqué material. Also, several of his contemporaries and mentors like David Brenner pushed him to clean up his act. Let’s not try to rewrite history here.
Yes it's true you can't do that kind of material anymore. Society has not become sensative, we have become hypersensative. What a talent Freddie was. RIP
I think people could, but they just won't, or don't, as they're brainwashed via the 2020 effect. Something happened that year. Lots of comedians self finance their own specials and still do real uninhibited comedy, but it's rare.
Saw this when I was like 6-7 years old with my parents. I didn’t understand any of it but the Stagecoach bit stayed with me all this time. I’m now 52 and that bit still makes me laugh. The Sam Peckinpaugh part is the best. LoL. I loved growing up in the 70’s.
I can't believe he died so young. I can't believe he had a Puerto Rican mom because my mother was puerto rican and she had 2 Job raise 4 and would of never left him to take drugs. I had 3 and I was 💪 and non of my kids took drug because I would of kick butt. Even he was star I would of been with him.
always hear about this guy and his show and his suicide .. never heard him speak or do stand up .. he's really good and that confidence at that age wow .. he probably would've been huge had he lived .. sadly it seems a lot of gifted people have demons fkng with them and some just can't deal with it
Freddie prinze was a prince , so sad , I grew up in those days watching these shows , Chico and the man and everything that followed ,, but it was strange cause there were really no Hispanic shows on these stations ,, and all for the name of bias , racism , I don’t care , black , white , red. Green , talent is talent , open doors ,, to all who have talent ,, but shit will never change
@@tjduprey I wasn’t talking about the fact that it was a known name, I was talking about the fact that people have known that that family has been pulling strings across the globe for centuries.. c’mon now boomer
I have tons of respect for Freddie Prinze. He’s smart, he’s talented, he’s gorgeous, he’s the whole package. And at 21 years old! I wish he had lived to his full potential. Having said that, my gaydar is going off.
I tossed the idea around for awhile. I don’t think he was. I’ve watched a ton of videos and read everything I could find about his life and his tragic death and I’ve conclude his wife had a huge roll in this.
His wife huh? You don't suppose his wife was Ricky Martin or Bruno Mars do you? Naaahh... Peace. Check out Mitch Hedberg, Richard Jeni, John Pinette or D.L. Hughly for some other intelligent, great stuff. Sitting in sauna at gym as I type this, post 7 mile run. Listening to "Hayling" by FC Kahuna. Fade out....
@@Caracaraorangeberryyou sound like a bonehead. You called him gay then blamed his wife for his death despite him having known suicidal tendencies before they met.
Freddie was so IN YOUR FACE. Makes you wonder if someone shut him up. Image him replacing Carson instead of Jay Leno getting all demographics on Late Night.
God I miss the 70s SO MUCH! Greatest time in Earth history to be young. I wouldn't trade it for youth NOW. It was a privilege to be alive when real freedom and happiness were king!
It was also before MTV I’m gonna get a lot of flack for this but I really think MTV screwed up music because band started writing songs to fit the style of a music video you’ll notice that overall album creativity went down the toilet after MTV came out
May his name be remembered in Heaven.
Facts bro 70’s was the best era best decade to be alive the car’s the entertainment just everything and I wasn’t even alive yet i wish you were lucky to have experienced it
He was such a tremendous loss, not just to the world of comedy, but the world at large. He was ahead of all our times. Such a shame.
He was a legend before his time, you can tell he grew up around black people because he got us down solid. RIP Freddie, after watching this he is now on my top five of favorite comics! #Respect
Gone too soon
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Of course Freddy grew up around black people like most of us Puerto Ricans did. In fact Puerto Ricans are a combination of black, white and Indian people.
@@josevega3666 Amen hermano! Well said. The only thing I would go deeper, Instead of white I say Spaniards........ South Bronx In the house!
@@josevega3666 😉😊👍🏾 True, man got soul too.
I adored Freddie Prinze. I loved Chico and the Man. I was sad when he passed away 😢. The world was sad for me the day I heard he was gone. He was amazing.
I had such a crush on him and even though I was very young, I was devastated when he died. I just pulled this video up to show my daughter who he was because she is a fan of Freddie Prince Jr.
@@usfanlovesjiwoo1978 I was 13 and also had such a crush on him ...I remember crying for days!
Because of his sitcom fame, people forget what a great stand up comic Freddie Prinze was.. I prefer him doing stand up than playin his "Chico" character. Stand up is where he really shined. He was the whole package as a comic: charismatic, great stage presence, great delivery, nice empathy with the crowd and of course funny material. He could've clearly done this special by himself but he was generous to throw a bone to his comedy peers. The golden age of stand up was definitely in the '70s.
His stand up was great, but I loved him as Chico too. He was not only talented but had that IT Factor which made him stand out from the rest.
Well said 👍 Prinze was up there with the late great Bill Hicks and George Carlin. Authentic social commentators as well as brilliant comedian's wonder if those three ever met ( Carlin was from New York too so I hope so )
Freddie prinze..1976..I can watch his performances, STILL LAUGHING...had material, 40 plus years later, still hits home...we loved you, freddie... you made us all laugh, even 40 plus years later...
It's dynamics over "Did you ever notice....?"
he was brilliant studying people's accent.
Absolutely. Great observational skills.
Damn he was mad funny, just learned of him because i was curious who Freddy prinz jrs dad was
Me too cause my grandfather loved him... i see why now.
Same here omg he is too cute so funny
I was a huge fan of Freddie Prince (still am) and I had such a crush on him when I was a tween. When he died, I was heart broken for days. Loved him in Chico and the Man. He was a rising star and left us at such a young age.
Freddie Prinze was a savage on the mic, why dont more comedians praise him like they do Richard Pryor?!
Because he killed himself about a year later. Freddie's career wasn't very long.
@@roxannemoser fair enough.
Yeah Freddie took his own star out.
Freddie had it his set was🔥🔥🔥🔥
Freddie was undoubtedly one of the best to ever do stand up, his success would have never stopped but it was shorted much too soon by the evil pumped out through the pharmaceutical company’s at work and he never got the true help he needed, he will forever be one of my favorites even though he passed well before I was born!!
Freddie Prinze was so amazing ! Gone too soon ! RIP Freddie . Alot of us still think of you .
It's 2024 and his materials are still very funny! What a talent! Classic, never gets old. RIP Mr. Prinze.
wow he called out Bill Cosby before it was cool.
I know! What was that?
@Thomas Henderson Yup it was just a clean comedy joke referring to clean acts. Nothing to do with what people are making it into.
he Completely did
@Thomas Henderson Cosby said in his act that he thought about raping girls with drugs in their drinks since he was 13.
He called out Cosby because Cosby's exploits were well known in the comedy world. And, it goes way back to the late '60s and '70s.
He was so charming 💕
Masterful performance by Freddy Prinze. I couldn’t stop laughing from this delivery almost 45 years ago.
Freddie was a legend !
I got to see this special! Freddie was on top of his game! The funniest comedian I had seen in years! R.I.P.
Tim Thomerson is possibly the most underrated actor and comedian in history of mankind
I was a young child when Chico and the Man was on televiion so I don't have many memories of it. I had no idea how funny and adorable Freddie Prince was. 😺
This particular episode with Tim Thomerson had me in hysterics as a teenager. I have been looking for this for such a long time! Pure comedy GOLD!
My dad had him on vhs. I love his acts. I love we from the same neighborhood ❤ yes the pigeons have an attitude
Freddie Prinze.
Jay Leno.
Elayne Boosler.
Tim Thomerson.
...
LehendDy
Legendary
Awful list now, but a pretty good list for 1973
Gary Muledeer fathered Carrot Top.
Steve Landesberg !
The way Tim Thomerson shook his face and hair out and suddenly transformed into Charles Bronson was incredible!
In 1985 I started working at this company in NYC called SERVICE MERCHANDISE and a co-worker, a beautiful African American sister by the name of THURSDAY, told me I looked like CHICO AND THE MAN, meaning Freddie Prinze. At the time I didn't know who Freddie was but looking at him and then looking at a pic of myself from the 1980s I totally agree with her. I admire him so much and I only wished I had known of him when I was growing up in Puerto Rico during the 1970s and his show was on.
RIP Puerto Rican brother.
Freddie is so funny, loved his comedy.
I saw this on HBO when it 1st appeared live. What a great comedian. And so sad his demise. Thank you for the few moments you graced us with your presence.
Damn john u old af
My mom taped it when it first aired(on an audio tape recorder). I was surprised how much of it I still remember.
Freddie's style is cool, calm & collected. Especially, for a time when everyone was outrageously loud and coke'd up. BTW: Anyone catch the Cosby reference @ the 11:35-11:50 min mark? Industry folks knew about his shenanigans (4) decades ago!
It got a pretty big laugh too.
It dogged Cosby almost from the beginning of his career starting in the sixties. He was a regular at the Playboy Mansion, and I am sure Prinze knew plenty of stories about him.
wiredwebmaster
Exactly the industry knew about his shenanigans for decades. Yet they chose not to do anything about it.
So his recent arrest only means that they’re angry at Cosby about something, other than rape.
Let's not call it shenanigans. Rape, that's the word you're looking for.
Facts, tip of the iceberg tho, i bet there's worst shenanigans out there.
Freddie Prinze is awesome was awesome
Young Freddie like young Eddie, debuted as fully formed comedians who could appeal to all ages. Both mustached comics from NY.
Both became national stars on NBC. Both great.
I love this guy, the charisma is infectious.
What amazing talent! RIP, Freddie..
I loved this man!❤❤❤❤
Time Goes So Fast
Wow! I knew Tim Thomerson from Trancers. Never knew he did stand up. His style reminds me of Robin Williams
Freddy man ...this Dude is Hilarious ... His Impressions of Blacks are the best
I swear... my grandfather loved him that's why i love him.
He did the best Cosby. See if you can find it on you tube. He was a very talented comedian.
He was SO cute!
Ain't it the truth.
A classic HBO On Location. Saw this back when cable TV was still a new thing, and you changed channels by using a slider on the box (sort of like the old office phone directories).
Boy the audience loved this Thomerson guy. I’ve never even heard of him. He was pretty good.
I did hear about this comedian Freddy Prince, but never watched him...He is outstanding...👏👏
And cute too.
Watched this when it first came out. Funniest thing I’d ever watched
Revisited this during covid , such fun & im so glad this is available! Thanks !
Freddie was one of the best in his day we lost him way to soon,to drugs, depression
I loved Freddy. He was so fine.
Yesssssssssss!!!
He reminds me so much of Eddie Murphy. I bet Murphy was inspired by him
You really might be on to something there.
Every standup comedian of the late 70’s- early 80’s was inspired by Freddie Prinze..
Burning Marl it’s the other way around. Eddie Murphy reminds you of a Freddie...
@@sig9girl I know who came first. Did you read the second sentence in my post?
Burning Marl yes, I read your whole comment. 🙂
Freddie princze was a funny guy he made me laugh love this guy.
Loved this Man, and Chico and the man ,,, GOD BLESS HIM !!!
I started watching Freddie because of George Lopez .. the way he talked/admired him made me curious.. did not disappoint, he’s amazing ❤️ this whole stand up was on point 👌🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Same here.. Curiosity brought me here and Im glad i did. Freddy was the man! Hilarious! He really inspired George Lopez and I'm sure many other comedians
one of the best stand up routines ive ever saw..what an amazing person,rip freddie
Genius ❤ so missed RestInParadise
CLASSIC!!! Thanks SO much for posting! 😍😍
Wow he passed always in 1977 He was a sexy man
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Freddie Prinze was an amazing talent...
We love you Freddie
fantastic comedian
Wow, I remember watching this when it first came out on HBO. I was 13 years old. I laughed my ass off to this.
Joe Griego You had HBO in ‘75. We were lucky to have 3 channels and one was 70% fuzzy!
Man Freddie was aware of RedPill knowledge and knew how to convey it at an early age. He was going to be Huge and was huge. Him talking about the Rockefeller’s and aliens started to give me chills. Then jay leno over here wearing 2 gold watches. This is alternate universe potential all over it
I was so young and loved Freddie - so sad he couldn't hang on. What I think is so awesome is how intelligent he is about politics. Would of went over my head back then but really funny today. RIP Freddie.
I went to the Freddie prince show in 6th grade and i saw the spinners. .
Nichols Nichols Wow, that's so cool!
Thats cool! the spinners is one of my favorite groups
Awesome 😎
He was so good at making people happy...but he didn't include himself :(
tim thomerson was always so funny. even later when he appeared on tv shows..
Mad greek
Wow can you imagine all the material we would have laughed our asses off with this great comedian.drugs took lots of great comedians and this guys in a class all by himself.god bless
Remember back in the days when you could laugh and talk?
That one guy was Jim Carey before Jim Carey.
I missed the old-school comedy stand-up. These jokes won't work in today's society. Everyone is butt-hurt over everything.
Not everyone is butthurt it's actually a very small segment of our society that complains about things. It's the 18-35 progressive liberal who lives on Twitter and hates every opinion unless it's their own. They will eventually grow up, get jobs have kids and responsibility and not have time to SAVE THE WORLD.
And this is during the time before HBO comics like George Carlin get arrested at Summerfest in Milwaukee for saying the 7 dirty words in 1972.
Most people nowadays wouldn't get the jokes he told.
This was HBO. Most mainstream comedians weren’t doing explicit material on things like Midnight Special and the Tonight Show either. Plus, Freddie Prinze caught heat during that time too. Protests outside of NBC studios because of Chico and the Man. Several of his early club appearances were cancelled because of risqué material. Also, several of his contemporaries and mentors like David Brenner pushed him to clean up his act. Let’s not try to rewrite history here.
Fucking legend so glad I could see this love watching the classic comics do their thing
Yes it's true you can't do that kind of material anymore. Society has not become sensative, we have become hypersensative. What a talent Freddie was. RIP
I think it wouldn’t be that offensive today if the rest of society had progressed the way it should have
I think people could, but they just won't, or don't, as they're brainwashed via the 2020 effect. Something happened that year. Lots of comedians self finance their own specials and still do real uninhibited comedy, but it's rare.
Puerto rican from New York. My family from Chicago Puerto Rican 🇵🇷
I'm so in love ❤😢
That charles bronson bit was actually pretty good..!!!
"I dug 17 tunnels......with my face."
Could you imagine the backlash if a comedian today made these jokes?!?! Thank god there was no cancel culture back then!
Saw this when I was like 6-7 years old with my parents. I didn’t understand any of it but the Stagecoach bit stayed with me all this time. I’m now 52 and that bit still makes me laugh. The Sam Peckinpaugh part is the best. LoL. I loved growing up in the 70’s.
Aside from all legends who were unknowns at the time..😬.. I didn’t know HBO was that OLD..😲!!
Yes, HBO been around since 1972.
He was so funny!
Wow. Fredie Prince was so talented. R.I.P.
He’s so good!
He was so funny bless him. Shame he had to leave us so soon x
I miss Freddie.
I can't believe he died so young. I can't believe he had a Puerto Rican mom because my mother was puerto rican and she had 2 Job raise 4 and would of never left him to take drugs. I had 3 and I was 💪 and non of my kids took drug because I would of kick butt. Even he was star I would of been with him.
Aw the cutest pouting face ever. 16:50. 😉😘
that guys bronson was spot on and funny
Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us all .So Funny
always hear about this guy and his show and his suicide .. never heard him speak or do stand up .. he's really good and that confidence at that age wow .. he probably would've been huge had he lived .. sadly it seems a lot of gifted people have demons fkng with them and some just can't deal with it
Hey Vinny, break his fin
Lmao that was funny as hell
This was the 2nd Comedy Special on HBO. the 1st was with Robert Klein. It's a Great Show ! ;-)
What's ironic is, Johnny Carson gave Freddie His start on the tonight show, and Freddie gave future tonight show host Jay Leno his start on here.
Full Circle?
@@vintagetvandexciting
Paying it Forward....
I've never seen Jay Leno perform before! :О Coool!
He was so great sad that he passed
Dyn-O-Mite! The autobiography of Jimmie "J.J." Walker brought me here.
ME TOO! Haha - what a Crazy story about Freddy. :D
What did J.J say about Freddie?
I knew coincidently that Freddie Prinze was gonna announce the next comedienne as Elaine Boosler.
Freddie prinze was a prince , so sad , I grew up in those days watching these shows , Chico and the man and everything that followed ,, but it was strange cause there were really no Hispanic shows on these stations ,, and all for the name of bias , racism , I don’t care , black , white , red. Green , talent is talent , open doors ,, to all who have talent ,, but shit will never change
Dude mentioned Rockefeller before anyone even knew the name. Wow just goes to show that truths have been acknowledged for a long time
In what fantasy in your mind did people not know the name Rockefeller in the 70s???
@@tjduprey I wasn’t talking about the fact that it was a known name, I was talking about the fact that people have known that that family has been pulling strings across the globe for centuries.. c’mon now boomer
I have tons of respect for Freddie Prinze. He’s smart, he’s talented, he’s gorgeous, he’s the whole package. And at 21 years old! I wish he had lived to his full potential. Having said that, my gaydar is going off.
You think Fred was gay?
I tossed the idea around for awhile. I don’t think he was. I’ve watched a ton of videos and read everything I could find about his life and his tragic death and I’ve conclude his wife had a huge roll in this.
His wife huh? You don't suppose his wife was Ricky Martin or Bruno Mars do you? Naaahh... Peace. Check out Mitch Hedberg, Richard Jeni, John Pinette or D.L. Hughly for some other intelligent, great stuff. Sitting in sauna at gym as I type this, post 7 mile run. Listening to "Hayling" by FC Kahuna. Fade out....
Winds of March Journey/Perry tribute band
I know one thing- he was funny as hell and beautiful. I wish I knew why he did this.
@@Caracaraorangeberryyou sound like a bonehead. You called him gay then blamed his wife for his death despite him having known suicidal tendencies before they met.
genius
Wow J Lenno 🙂. I'm 30 years old I've never seen him do stand up before. So young.
at 18:09 Freddie introduces a young Jay Leno and he was pretty good! He even said "shit" a couple times (OMG!)
Even right here you can tell double chin wanted the attention by following prince.
His humor was great then and it would’ve still been the best today
great upload omg
Freddie was so IN YOUR FACE. Makes you wonder if someone shut him up. Image him replacing Carson instead of Jay Leno getting all demographics on Late Night.