Stir Crazy may very well be one of the purest definitions of a guilty pleasure. This ramshackle prison comedy survives a barely existent plot, rhythmless editing, and dull interiors because the stars, Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder, have such spectacular chemistry. The most memorable scene concerns Pryor and Wilder trying to act much tougher than they really are while walking into the prison for the first time ("We Bad, uh huh, we bad"). That scene crystallizes the aspects of the film that work. Pryor and Wilder are such polar opposites, yet both so likable, that their energy bounces off each other right into the audience. Each of them delivered strong performances without the other, but they pushed each other to places they never went with any other co-stars. More than any of their other collaborations, Stir Crazy showed how far the pair could take their comedic pas de deux without losing the audience.