I always thought Don Rickles was the master at deprecating humor, and to my knowledge, he did not ever use vulgarities. Richard Pryor would of been a lot funnier, if he had not stooped to such vulgarities.
Exactly. Rickles was the master of the comedic insult. He used his brain and didn’t have to resort to profanity. I cut Richard Pryor a little bit of slack, as his use of profanity wasn’t the only thing he was drawing on as comedy. Yes, it was meant to have some shock value (and in it’s time it certainly did) but often it was more about portraying a certain “character” in the bit. He could be quite funny without being profane when he wanted to.