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The Richard Pryor Show

NBC (Ended 1977)

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6.8 Fair
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The Richard Pryor Show ranks 5,827 out of the 18,228 shows on TV.com.

The 18 users who count themselves as The Richard Pryor Show fans have written a total of 1 reviews.

Status

Ended

Premiered

September 13, 1977

Ended

October 20, 1977

Genre

Reality, Lifestyle

Theme

Parody

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8.4

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Controversy and censorship forced Richard Pryor's variety show to be canceled after four episodes.

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  • Sam El just doesn't get it....

    Like most of in the Black community we enjoyed this show and were saddened by its quick demise. The show never got a chance...more »

    1 comments, last one Apr 2, 2008 + Add Comment
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    1 Abysmal

    This website says this show was cancelled due to controversy and censorship. I can't speak for those, but I can really understand an uncited reason why it may have been cancelled--the show is phenomenally bad. hide « show »

    This may be the most fantastically unfunny variety show I have ever seen. Even during the portions where I do find myself chuckle, I find that the jokes don't hold up under scrutiny. I pause and think, "wait, that wasn't funny; why did I laugh?" Also, bits that actually are humorous are overly long for the eventual punch line. Take, for example, the Clint Eastwood parody. After several minutes of admittedly dead-on Eastwood caricature, we get a joke about his gun getting stuck in the holster?! I mean, come on! And don't think this is some Richard Pryor bashing. I like Richard Pryor as much as the next person and I hate to speak ill of the deceased, but this show is just plain bad.
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