Still, on Sept. 13, 1977, The Richard Pryor Show aired its first episode. That the show ended on Oct. 20, 1977, after only four episodes isn’t surprising. That the show was aired in the first ...

Backstage: A woman (Shirley Hemphill), on an NBC tour, suggests Pryor have "...and the Pips" on his show. --Sketch: "...and the Pips" - The Pips appear without Gladys Knight. They sing the ...

Butler shares the story of Foxx’s 1965 appearance on “The Tonight Show” when Johnny Carson ... Foxx hired “Black famous” writers Richard Pryor and Paul Mooney to work on “Sanford ...

He became a household name by hilariously hosting “The Tonight Show” for decades ... Then you had a whole class of [George] Carlin, Richard Pryor, Robert Klein, suddenly there were comedians ...

For comedy fans of a certain age, watching VHS copies of the 1982 concert film "Richard Pryor ... sleight of hand to create a ...

Yet here’s an anniversary fewer will mark and no one will celebrate: Soon, we will have been without Richard ... The talk show host, knowing the film was an autobiography, asked Pryor what ...