RICHARD PRYOR SHOW, THE {ROBIN WILLIAMS, CHARLES FLEISCHER} (TV)
Summary
One in this comedy variety series hosted by comedian Richard Pryor.
Highlights include: a sketch featuring Pryor as a samurai engaging several other samurai with katanas; a sketch taking place in a Mississippi courthouse in the 1920’s, featuring Pryor as a white Southern prosecutor and Robin Williams as his legal opponent; a sketch featuring Pryor attempting to conceal his “pet head” (played by Charles Fleischer) from the NBC studio; a performance of “Work On Me” by the O’Jays; a sketch featuring Pryor and Williams as early 20th-Century archaeologists discovering an ancient Egyptian tomb; an African-themed dance segment; a sketch featuring Pryor as an African genealogy expert attempting to scam tourists; and a sketch featuring a parodic rock band which murders their fans with deadly poisons and machine guns. Commercials deleted.
Details
- NETWORK: NBC
- DATE: 8:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:50:08
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: 121980
- GENRE: Comedy/Variety
- SUBJECT HEADING: African-American Collection - Comedy; TV - Comedy/Variety
- SERIES RUN: NBC - TV series, 1977
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Burt Sugarman … Executive Producer
- Rocco Urbisci … Producer, Writer
- John Moffitt … Co-Producer, Director
- Tim Steele … Associate Producer
- Harold Huff … Researcher
- David Banks … Writer
- Jeffrey Barron … Writer
- Booker Bradshaw … Writer
- Paul Mooney … Writer
- Arthur Sellers … Writer
- Jeremy Stevens … Writer
- Tom Moore … Writer
- Richard Pryor … Writer
- Chuck Davis … Choreographer
- Chuck Davis Dance Company, The … Dance Company
- Richard Pryor … Host
- O'Jays, The … Performer
- Jeff Corey … Guest
- Charles Fleischer … Guest
- Roger Jacobs … Guest
- Eric Laneuville … Guest
- Jimmy Martinez … Guest
- Juanita Moore … Guest
- Bryan O'Dell … Guest
- Robin Williams … Guest