The Richard Pryor Show
series not in production
Ended
Comedy
Seasons | 1
Episodes | 5
avg.Runtime | 60 min
First EP | 1977-09-13
Last EP | 1977-10-20
Overview
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The Richard Pryor Show is an American comedy variety series starring Richard Pryor. It premiered on NBC on Tuesday, September 13, 1977 at 8 p.m. opposite ABC's popular television shows Laverne & Shirley and Happy Days. The show was produced by Rocco Urbisci for Burt Sugarman Productions. It was conceived out of a special that Pryor did for NBC in May 1977. Because the special was a major hit, both critically and commercially, Pryor was given a chance to host and star in his own television show. TV Guide included the series in their 2013 list of 60 shows that were "Cancelled Too Soon".
Created by
Produced by
Burt Sugarman Productions
Season List
season 1 || Season 1
Relesed on | 1977-09-13
1
(Episode 1)
1977-09-13
Guests: --Paula Kelly (singer-dancer) --The O'Jays - sing ""Work on Me"" Sketches: --""Star Wars Bar"" - Mudbone (Pryor) works as a bartender at the galactic bar from ""Star Wars."" --Presidential Press Conference - The first Black president (Pryor) holds a press conference. (Marsha Warfield, Robin Williams, and Sandra Bernhard appear as reporters.) --""Club Harlem"" - Paula Kelly plays a chanteuse in a WWII era nightclub.
2
(Episode 2)
1977-09-20
Richard Pryor is a Black samurai, a Mississippi prosecutor, the owner of a pet head, an archeologist in Egypt, a come-from man, and a rock-star from Black Death.
3
(Episode 3)
1977-09-27
Richard Pryor is a diner who uses his food as foreplay; a caveman who discovers fire; Mr. Fixit; and Little Richard. A woman describes a lesbian encounter.
4
(Episode 4)
1977-10-20
Richard Pryor is a Chinese chef, a wino, El Neggro, a ranch owner, a survivor of the Titanic and Santa Claus. The cast roasts him. Charlie Hill tells jokes.
5
(Episode 5)
Sketches: Pryor plays former Ugandan President Idi Amin Dada and a clergyman hustling for donations; Belushi portrays the master of a slave ship. Also: the Pips demonstrate how they would sound without Gladys Knight.
CAST
charactor: Host
Original: Richard Pryor
Total EP: 5
charactor: Various
Original: Robin Williams
Total EP: 5
charactor:
Original: Sandra Bernhard
Total EP: 5
charactor:
Original: Charles Fleischer
Total EP: 5
charactor: Floyd
Original: Paul Mooney
Total EP: 5
charactor:
Original: Shirley Hemphill
Total EP: 5
charactor:
Original: Peter Cullen
Total EP: 5
charactor:
Original: Edie McClurg
Total EP: 5
charactor:
Original: Marsha Warfield
Total EP: 5
charactor:
Original: LaWanda Page
Total EP: 5
charactor:
Original: Tim Reid
Total EP: 5
charactor:
Original: John Witherspoon
Total EP: 5
charactor:
Original: John Belushi
Total EP: 5
charactor:
Original: Maya Angelou
Total EP: 5
charactor:
Original: Charlie O'Donnell
Total EP: 2
CREW
“I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.” – Walt Disney