Furious Cool: Richard Pryor and the World That Made Him (32 page)

Richard Pryor Here and Now.
Directed by Richard Pryor. Delphi Films, Columbia Pictures, 1983. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (06674), 2002.

Richard Pryor Live & Smokin’.
Filmed at the New York Improvisation on April 29, 1971. Produced and directed by Michael Blum. MPI Home Video (MP7233), 1984.

Richard Pryor—Live in Concert.
Filmed at the Terrace Theater, Long Beach, California, December 28, 1978. Directed by Jeff Margolis. Special Event Entertainment, Inc., 1979. MPI Home Video (DVD7084), 1998.

Richard Pryor Live on the Sunset Strip.
Filmed at the Hollywood Palladium, October 22-23, 1981. Directed by Joe Layton. Columbia Pictures, 1982. DVD released by Columbia TriStar Home Video (40909), 1999.

Silver Streak.
Directed by Arthur Hiller. Frank Yablans Presentations, Miller-Milkis Productions, Twentieth Century Fox, 1976. 20th Century Fox (2221490), 2004.

Some Call It Loving.
Written, produced, and directed by James B. Harris. James B. Harris Productions, Two World Film, 1973. Video Supply Depot, a division of the Monterey Movie Company (V763).

Some Kind of Hero.
Directed by Michael Pressman. Paramount Pictures, 1982. Paramount Home Video (VHS 1118), 1998. Legend Films, 2008.

Stir Crazy.
Directed by Sidney Poitier. Columbia Pictures, 1980. Image Entertainment, 2010.

The Toy.
Directed by Richard Donner. Rastar Pictaures, Delphi Films, Columbia Pictures, 1982. Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, 2001.

Uncle Tom’s Fairy Tales
(aka “Bon Appétit,” aka “The Trial”). Directed by Richard Pryor and Penelope Spheeris. 1969. Unreleased. Whereabouts unknown.

Uptown Saturday Night.
Directed by Sidney Poitier. Verdon Productions, Ltd., First Artists, Warner Bros. Pictures, 1974. Warner Home Video, 2004.

Wattstax.
Directed by Mel Stuart. Stax Records and Wolper Productions, 1973. Warner Home Video, 30th Anniversary Special Edition (34997), 2004. Audio commentaries by Chuck D and Rob Bowman; Mel Stuart, Al Bell, Isaac Hayes, and Larry Clark.

Wild in the Streets.
Directed by Barry Shear. American International Pictures (AIP), 1968. Reissued as
MGM Presents Midnite Movies Double Feature: “Wild in the Streets/Gas-s-s-s”
(1004881), 2005.

The Wiz.
Directed by Sidney Lumet. Motown Productions, Universal Pictures, 1978. Universal Studios Home Entertainment, 2010.

You’ve Got to Walk It Like You Talk It or You’ll Lose That Beat.
Written, produced, and directed by Peter Locke. J. E. R. Pictures, 1971.

Notable TV Appearances

Away We Go.
Summer replacement for
The Jackie Gleason Show
hosted by Buddy Rich, Buddy Greco, and George Carlin. Richard Pryor appeared as a guest on the third of the show’s seven episodes. CBS. Aired June 24, 1967.

The Barbara Walters Special.
Richard Pryor interview. ABC. Aired May 29, 1979, December 2, 1986,
http://youtu.be/3MTAQwBL0Gw
.

Chicago Hope.
“Stand.” Richard Pryor received an Emmy nomination for his role as a patient suffering from multiple sclerosis. CBS. Aired November 20, 1995.

The Ed Sullivan Show.
Richard Pryor stand-up performance as “militant black poet.” Included on
The Very Best of The Ed Sullivan Show, Volume One: Unforgettable Performances
. Buena Vista Home Video (1345). CBS. Aired February 8, 1970.

The Kraft Summer Music Hall
. Summer replacement for
The Andy Williams Show.
Richard appeared as a guest in 1966 and 1968 when it was known simply as
The Kraft Music Hall.
NBC. Aired August 8, 1966, and July 3, 1968.

Lily.
CBS. Aired November 2, 1973. Reissued as The
Lily Tomlin Special—Vol. 1,
Karl Home Video (VHS 054).

The Mike Douglas Show.
Richard Pryor (guest host), Juliette Whittaker, Milton Berle, George C. Scott, Trish Van DeVere, and Tuffy Truesdale with Victor the Wrestling Bear. Westinghouse Broadcasting Co. Aired November 25, 1974. Accessed at the Paley Center for Media, New York, June, 9, 2011.

Mod Squad.
“The Connection.” ABC. Aired September 14, 1972.

NBC’s Saturday Night.
NBC. Aired December 13, 1975. Reissued as
Saturday Night Live: Richard Pryor, Guest Host.
Warner Home Video (29003), 1989.

On Broadway Tonight.
Richard Pryor’s national TV debut. CBS. Aired August 31, 1964.

The Partridge Family.
“Soul Club.” Guest stars Richard Pryor and Louis Gossett Jr. as brothers whose Detroit nightclub is in peril of being taken over by the mob. ABC. Aired January 29, 1971. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2005.

Pryor’s Place.
Richard’s unlikely foray into Saturday morning children’s TV featured guest appearances by his friends Lily Tomlin, Scatman Crothers, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Willie Nelson, Robin Williams, and Sammy Davis Jr. The show ran for ten weeks and won two Daytime Emmys—for art direction and costume design. CBS. Aired September 15–December 8, 1984. Rhino Home Video, 1998.

The Richard Pryor Show.
Indigo Productions, Burt Sugarman, Inc. NBC. Four episodes aired September 13, 20, 27, and Oct. 20, 1977. Image Entertainment (IDO165BMDVD), 2004.

The Richard Pryor Special?
Indigo Productions, Burt Sugarman, Inc. NBC. Aired May 5, 1977. Image Entertainment (IDO165BMDVD), 2004.

A Time for Laughter: A Look at Negro Humor in America (ABC Stage 67).
Produced by Harry Belafonte. ABC. Aired April 6, 1967. Accessed at the Paley Center for Media, New York, June, 9, 2011.

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.
Guests Richard Pryor and Chevy Chase promote their NBC specials. NBC. Aired May 4, 1977.

T
he Wild Wild West.
“The Night of the Eccentrics.” CBS. Aired September 16, 1966.

The Young Lawyers.
Pilot episode. ABC. Aired October 28, 1969.

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