Pryor's Place

Pryor's Place
Genre	Children's television series
Created by	Sid and Marty Krofft Richard Pryor
Starring	Richard Pryor
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Running time	25 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	CBS
Original run	02015-09-15-0000September 15 – December 8, 1984 (1984-12-08)

Pryor's Place is an American children's television series that aired on CBS. The live-action series starred comedian Richard Pryor as himself.

Overview

Despite a reputation for profanity from Richard Pryor, Pryor's Place was aimed at children. Like Sesame Street, Pryor's Place featured a cast of puppets, hanging out and having fun in a friendly inner city environment along with several children and characters portrayed by Pryor himself. However, Pryor's Place frequently dealt with more sobering issues than the series it so closely resembled.

The theme song was performed by Ray Parker Jr.^[1] of Ghostbusters fame, who also appeared in the show's opening credits. The show was also fitted with a laugh track.

Pryor's Place was broadcast on CBS (at 11:30 AM Eastern/10:30 AM Central) from September 15 to December 8, 1984, with repeats airing until June 15, 1985.^[2] Four video tapes were released between September 1997 and June 1998 by Rhino Entertainment, each containing one episode of the series.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]

Cast

Richard Pryor ... Himself
Akili Prince ... Little Richie
Cliffy Magee ... Wally
Danny Nucci ... Freddy
Tony Cox ... Allen
Keland Love ... Meatrack
Leanne Richelle ... Patty
Michael Sheehan ... Puppeteer

References

↑ Retrojunk.com - Pryor's Place (intro)
↑ TV Party - Saturday Mornings 1984
↑ Pryor's Place 1 [VHS]. "Pryor's Place 1 [VHS]: Richard Pryor, Akili Prince, Marla Gibbs, Cliffy Magee, Danny Nucci, Tony Cox, Keland Love, Leanne Richelle, Michael Sheehan, Marty Krofft, Sid Krofft, Mark Evanier, Paul Mooney: Movies & TV". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
↑ Pryor's Place 2 [VHS]. "Pryor's Place 2 [VHS]: Richard Pryor, Akili Prince, Marla Gibbs, Cliffy Magee, Danny Nucci, Tony Cox, Keland Love, Leanne Richelle, Michael Sheehan, Marty Krofft, Sid Krofft, Mark Evanier, Paul Mooney: Movies & TV". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
↑ Pryor's Place 3 [VHS]. "Pryor's Place 3 [VHS]: Richard Pryor, Akili Prince, Marla Gibbs, Cliffy Magee, Danny Nucci, Tony Cox, Keland Love, Leanne Richelle, Michael Sheehan, Marty Krofft, Sid Krofft, Mark Evanier, Paul Mooney: Movies & TV". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
↑ Pryor's Place 4 [VHS]. "Pryor's Place 4 [VHS]: Richard Pryor, Akili Prince, Marla Gibbs, Cliffy Magee, Danny Nucci, Tony Cox, Keland Love, Leanne Richelle, Michael Sheehan, Marty Krofft, Sid Krofft, Mark Evanier, Paul Mooney: Movies & TV". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
↑ Vol. 1 at AllMovie
↑ Vol. 2 at AllMovie
↑ Vol. 3 at AllMovie
↑ Vol. 4 at AllMovie

External links

Richard Pryor

Mudbone

Albums

Laff/Other labels	Richard Pryor (1968) (Dove) Craps (After Hours) (1971) That Nigger's Crazy (1974) L.A. Jail (1977) Are You Serious??? (1977) Who Me? I'm Not Him (1977) Black Ben The Blacksmith (1978) The Wizard of Comedy (1978) Outrageous (1979) Insane (1980) Holy Smoke! (1980) Rev. Du Rite (1981) Richard Pryor Live! (1982) Supernigger (1983)

Warner Bros.	That Nigger's Crazy (1975) (reissue) ...Is It Something I Said? (1975) Bicentennial Nigger (1976) Wanted: Live in Concert (1978) Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip (1982) Here and Now (1983)

Compilations

Pryor Goes Foxx Hunting (1973)
Down And Dirty (1975)
Richard Pryor Meets... Richard & Willie And... The SLA!! (1976)
Richard Pryor's Greatest Hits (1977)
...And It's Deep Too! (2000)
The Anthology (1968–1992) (2002)
Evolution/Revolution: The Early Years (1966–1974) (2005)
No Pryor Restraint: Life In Concert (2013)

Television

The Richard Pryor Show (1977)
Pryor's Place (1984)

Concert films

Documentaries

Sid and Marty Krofft

Television shows	H.R. Pufnstuf (1969) The Bugaloos (1970) Lidsville (1971) Sigmund and the Sea Monsters (1973) Land of the Lost (1974) Far Out Space Nuts (1975) The Lost Saucer (1975) Donny & Marie (1976) The Krofft Supershow (1976) The Brady Bunch Hour (1977) The Krofft Superstar Hour (1978) Pink Lady and Jeff (1980) Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters (1980) Pryor's Place (1984) D.C. Follies (1987) Land of the Lost (1991) Family Affair (2002)

Krofft Supershow Segments	Dr. Shrinker (1976) Electra Woman and Dyna Girl (1976) Kaptain Kool and the Kongs (1976) Wonderbug (1976) Magic Mongo (1977) Bigfoot and Wildboy (1977)

Krofft Puppets appeared in	The Dean Martin Show (1965) The Banana Splits (1968) The Great Space Coaster (1981)

Pilots and TV specials	Here's Irving (1957) Fol-de-Rol (1972) The World of Sid & Marty Krofft at the Hollywood Bowl (1973) Really Raquel (1974) Jimmy Osmond Presents ABC's Saturday Sneak Peek (1976) The Paul Lynde Halloween Special (1976) The Brady Bunch Variety Hour (1976) Kaptain Kool and the Kongs Present ABC All-Star Saturday (1977) The Bay City Rollers Meet the Saturday Superstars (1978) The Krofft Komedy Hour (1978) Bobby Vinton's Rock 'n' Rollers (1978) Anson & Lorrie (1981) Saturday's the Place (1984) The Cracker Brothers (1985) Rock 'n' Wrestling Saturday Spectacular (1985) The Patti LaBelle Show (1985) Sid & Marty Krofft's Red Eye Express (1988) Krofft Late Night (1991) Electra Woman and Dyna Girl (2001)

Films	Pufnstuf (1970) Harry Tracy, Desperado (1980) Middle Age Crazy (1980) Side Show (1981) Land of the Lost (2009)

Live shows	Howdy, Mr. Ice of 1950 (1949) Les Poupées de Paris (1961) Circus (1966) Funny World (1966) Kaleidescope (1968) Fol-de-Rol (1968) A Broadway Baby (1984) Comedy Kings (1988)

Other	The World of Sid and Marty Krofft Theme Park Sid & Marty Krofft Television Productions Inc. v. McDonald's Corp.

Children's programming on CBS in the 1980s

First-run animated series	The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle (1979–81) The All-New Popeye Hour (1978–83) Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (1972–84) Tarzan and the Super 7 (1978–80) The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show (1980–82) Drak Pack (1980) The Tarzan/Lone Ranger Adventure Hour (1980–82) The Kwicky Koala Show (1981) Trollkins (1981–82) Blackstar (1981–82) Gilligan's Planet (1982–83) Pandamonium (1982–83) Meatballs & Spaghetti (1982–83) The Dukes (1983) The Biskitts (1983–84) Saturday Supercade (1983–86) Dungeons & Dragons (1983–85) The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show (1983–86) The Get Along Gang (1984–85) Muppet Babies (1984–91) Pole Position (1984) Inspector Gadget (1985–86) The Berenstain Bears (1985–87) The Wuzzles (1985) Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling (1985–87) Wildfire (1986) Galaxy High (1986–87) Teen Wolf (1986–87) Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater (1987–88) Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures (1987–88) Popeye and Son (1987–88) Dennis the Menace (1986–88) The Adventures of Raggedy Ann and Andy (1988–90) Superman (1988) Garfield and Friends (1988–95) Dink, the Little Dinosaur (1989–91) The California Raisin Show (1989–90) Rude Dog & the Dweebs (1989–90)

First-run live-action series	Captain Kangaroo (1955–84) In the News (1971–86) 30 Minutes (1978–82) CBS Saturday Film Festival (1971–78; 1982–84) Benji, Zax & the Alien Prince (1983) Pryor's Place (1984–85) Jim Henson's Little Muppet Monsters (1985) CBS Storybreak (1985–87) Pee-wee's Playhouse (1986–91) Hey Vern, It's Ernest! (1988–89)

Rebroadcasts	The Bugs Bunny Show/Road Runner Show (1968–71; 1975–78; 1978–85) Shazam! Speed Buggy He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Shirt Tales Land of the Lost The Transformers Kidd Video

Schedules	1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

Related topics	Garbage Pail Kids The Young Astronauts Animation in the United States in the television era Modern animation in the United States