When you hear that a celebrity spent some time in the military, maybe you think of them serving honorably like in a war drama, or turning the whole system on its ear like in a comedy. But there's a third category: celebrities who had absolutely no right to be anywhere near the real military at all, like in the Battleship movie. For example ...
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Richard Pryor Spent His Army Years Getting Into Fistfights And Stabbing Dudes
There's no person in the annals of history who, on reflection, was less suited to a career in the military than Richard Pryor. Pryor served in the Army from 1958 to 1960, and spent much of that time putting on comedy shows and doing as much violence as possible. In the first of two major incidents, Pryor was jumped in the shower by three soldiers armed with tire irons. Instead of taking the beating, he flew into beast mode, grabbed a length of piping, and smacked one of them in the head. His attacker/victim then stumbled back into the arms of his comrades and gave up, awed by Pryor's show of dominance. "Well damn! You're alright with me, I'll tell you that."
