Since the 1920s, entertainers, athletes and celebrities have been “roasted” to much fun and fanfare. At the conclusion of the short-lived “Richard Pryor Show,” the cast got together to roast Pryor. After taking everyone’s best shot, Pryor ripped each panelist in his signature classic style.
The Richard Pryor Show debuted on September 13, 1977. Lasting only 4 episodes, the show faced controversy airing in primetime with subject matter just a little too raw. Pryor was ready to quit because of the disagreements but was eventually wooed back and began production. He agreed to do four episodes of the show instead of the ten he promised in his contract. He did the four episodes and they aired in consecutive weeks. The show did not do well in the ratings while the shows that were in front of it and behind it ended up #1 and #2 in the ratings and The Richard Pryor Show was dropped after those four episodes.
While the show may not have lasted, many of the writers went on to highly-distinguished careers. Some of the more notable castmbers/writers who went on to major stardom were Robin Williams, Paul Mooney, Tim Reid, John Witherspoon, Sandra Bernhard and Marsha Warfield.
With material written by Mooney, each of the members of the show took their shots at Pryor. Patiently waiting his turn, Pryor lit his co-workers up in a way that only the true “King of Comedy” could. While he lovingly torn into everyone, he saved some of his best and most personal material for Mooney, who wrote material with Pryor for years.
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kulpimssays...something's wrong with the playlist embed, again. try these:
Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvY2JpK_pgk
Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCVpJ6DFqao
Part 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXGNulYC6xE
Part 4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYrEHWO8G90
Part 5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTXmU6E_h24
edit: works fine now. seems it was those yt embeds playing dumb again
dotdudesays...Take notes roasters! We've got another one coming up VERY SOON.
schmawysays...Welches jelly glasses! No way, I had those.
kronosposeidonsays...^We did too! We also had bowls that were actually empty butter tubs.
Ah, my white trash childhood. It prepared me so well for my white trash adulthood.
aspartamsays...Part 4 is hilarious. A definite must watch.
choggiesays...*promote
In the spirit of the upcoming Roast, for a user who has proved itself worthy of public humiliation, a broken nose, and a new flat....and for the children.
siftbotsays...Promoting this video back to the front page; last published Friday, August 8th, 2008 4:10pm PDT - promote requested by choggie.
xxovercastxxsays...*dead
siftbotsays...This video has been declared non-functional; embed code must be fixed within 2 days or it will be sent to the dead pool - declared dead by xxovercastxx.
siftbotsays...Awarding chingalera with one Power Point for fixing this video's dead embed code.
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