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The Richard Pryor show
Title
The Richard Pryor show / executive producer, Burt Sugarman ; produced by Rocco Urbisci ; co-produced and directed by John Moffitt ; written by David Banks, Jeffrey Barron, Booker Bradshaw, Paul Mooney, Arthur Sellers, Jeremy Stevens and Tom Moore, Rocco Urbisci ; Burt Sugarman, Inc. production in association with Richard Pryor Enterprises ; Paul Brownstein Productions ; Indigo Productions.
Distribution
Chatsworth, CA : Image Entertainment, [2004]
Copyright Notice Date
©2004
Physical Description
3 videodiscs (246 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet
Medium
DVD video 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Originally aired on television in 1977.
Special features: Vol. 1: Never aired original series opening; Cold open: camel love; Chimp symphony. Vol. 2: TV violence; Improv segment outtakes; Audience Q&A. Television special: Mudbone monologue; The complete Richard Pryor roast.
Art director, Roy Christopher ; costume designer, Stephen Loomis ; musical director, Johnny Pate ; choreographer, Claude Thompson.
TV special: art director, Bill Bohnert ; costume designer, Ret Turner ; choreographer, Donald McKayle ; musical director, H.B. Barnum.
Summary
The only four episodes of Richard Pryor's short-lived television show from 1977, plus additional outtakes and footage that network censors would not allow to appear on television.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 04, 2017
Credits
Art director, Roy Christopher ; costume designer, Stephen Loomis ; musical director, Johnny Pate ; choreographer, Claude Thompson.
TV special: art director, Bill Bohnert ; costume designer, Ret Turner ; choreographer, Donald McKayle ; musical director, H.B. Barnum.
Cast
Richard Pryor ; guest appearances, John Belushi, Sandra Bernhard, Vic Dunlop, Argus Hamilton, Paul Mooney, LaWanda Page, Tim Reid, Marsha Warfield, Robin Williams, John Witherspoon, Jeff Corey, Paula Kelly, Sam Laws, Al Alen Peterson, Thalmus Rasulala, Chuck Davis Dance Company, Charles Fleischer, Roger Jacobs, Eric Laneuville, Jimmy Martinez, Juanita Moore, Bryan O'Dell, The O'Jays, Joey Camen, Bob McClurg, Edie McClurg, Stu Black, Marlene Clark, Leroy Lambert Jr., Charlie O'Donnell, Neil Thompson, Rocco Urbisi.
TV special: Paul Mooney, Bob Ellison, Richard Pryor ; soliloquy by Maya Angelou ; guest appreances, Maya Angelou, Shirley Hemphill, LaWanda Page, The Pips, Glynn Turman, John Belushi.
System details note
DVD; Region 1; NTSC, 1.33:1 aspect ratio; Dolby Digital mono.
Audience
MPAA rating: Not rated.
Contents
Disc 1. Episode 1 (9/13/77) ; Episode 2 (9/20/77)
Disc 2. Episode 3 (9/27/77) ; Episode 4 (10/20/77)
Disc 3. The Richard Pryor special? / executive producer, Burt Sugarman ; produced by Bob Ellison ; directed by John Moffitt ; written by Rocco Urbisci and Alan Thicke ; Burt Sugarman, Inc. production in association with Richard Pryor Enterprises ; Paul Brownstein Productions ; Indigo Productions.
Videorecording number
ID0163BMDVD Image Entertainment
ID0164BMDVD Image Entertainment
ID0165BMDVD Image Entertainment
Subjects
Genre/Form
Comedy sketches.
Drama.
Television comedies.
Variety shows (Television programs)
Comedy television programs.
Television comedies.
Variety shows (Television programs)
Comedy sketches.
Also listed under
Chuck Davis Dance Company, performer.
O'Jays (Musical group), performer.
Pips (Musical group), performer.
Burt Sugerman, Inc. (Firm), production company.
Richard Pryor Enterprises (Firm), production company.
Paul Brownstein Productions (Firm), production company.
Indigo Productions Ltd., production company.
Image Entertainment (Firm), film distributor.
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