Every Epic Rap Battles Of History Ranked

16. George Carlin Vs. Richard Pryor

Battle: At first Carlin and Pryor (Peter and ZEALE respectively) battle it out. Then, Bill Cosby (Gary Anthony Williams) arrives but is knocked out by Joan Rivers (Jackie Tohn) who does a verse, followed then by Robin Williams (Lloyd).

This showdown between several of history's greatest stand-up comedians is a fantastic four-way battle (Cosby doesn't really get a line in) and one of the very best ERB episodes to involve multiple rappers.

Including Bill Cosby and then not giving him a chance to rap was a distracting and jarring mistake that felt like an idiotic gimmick that added nothing to the battle, but the rest of it is fantastic.

All four of the other performers do fantastic impressions of their characters, especially Lloyd as Robin Williams, and it's just as clever, inventively written and utterly hysterical as you'd hope a battle of this nature would be.

Best Line:

Carlin: "Now, there's seven words you can't say on a TV set / But this is the pissing f**king c**ting Internet / And my c**ksucking motherf**king bits are the tits!/ Non-stopping brain droppings like my wit's got the s**ts!"

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Film Studies graduate, aspiring screenwriter and all-around nerd who, despite being a pretentious cinephile who loves art-house movies, also loves modern blockbusters and would rather watch superhero movies than classic Hollywood films. Once met Tommy Wiseau.