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He has been called the "Prophet of Doom" and his followers conjure visions of Armageddon and apocalypse with the mere mention of his name: Nostradamus (1504-1566).

RICHARD PRYOR: COMIC ON THE EDGE examines Pryor's rise as a comedy superstar from his childhood in Peoria, Illinois, to his debut on the segregated CHITLIN' CIRCUIT, and his eventual rise to unprecedented crossover success on stage...

To most Americans, Benjamin Franklin is remembered as a flyer of kites in storms, a quaint, somewhat eccentric gadgeteer, and the author of folky witticisms.

His face is everywhere--from the portraits that hang in virtually every public building in America--to the images we see daily on our dollar bills.