Pryor's Place

*Pryor's Place*
Pryor's Place
Genre	Children's television series
Created by	Sid and Marty Krofft ; Lorne Frohman
Starring	Richard Pryor
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Running time	25 minutes
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	September 15 –; December 8, 1984

Pryor's Place is an American children's television series that aired for one season in 1984 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 VHS videotapes were released between September 1997 and June 1998 by Rhino Entertainment, each containing one episode of the series.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Cast

Richard Pryor ... Himself
Akili Prince ... Little Richie
Cliffy Magee ... Wally
Michael Sheehan ... Puppeteer

Special guest stars

Ron Cey (episode: Sax Education)
Sammy Davis Jr. (episode: To Catch a Little Thief)
Kim Fields (episode: Cousin Rita)
Marla Gibbs (episode: Voyage to the Planet of the Dumb, episode: Kimosabe Blues, episode: Sax Education)
Shirley Hemphill (episode: Sax Education)
Pat McCormick (episode: Voyage to the Planet of the Dumb)
Pat Morita (episode: Voyage to the Planet of the Dumb)
Rip Taylor (episode: Sax Education)
Lily Tomlin (episode: Cousin Rita)
Robin Williams (episode: Sax Education)

Recurring cast

Danny Ponce... Charlie (episode: Voyage to the Planet of the Dumb)
Danny Nucci ... Freddy (episode: Voyage to the Planet of the Dumb)
Angela Lee ... Sheri (episode: Voyage to the Planet of the Dumb)
Patty Maloney... Dummy #1 (episode: Voyage to the Planet of the Dumb)
Jimmy Briscoe... Dummy #3 (episode: Voyage to the Planet of the Dumb)
Tony Cox ... Allen/Dummy #2 (episode: Voyage to the Planet of the Dumb)
Spring Mooney... Denise (episode: Cousin Rita)
Lily Mariye... Lily (episode: Cousin Rita)
Regina Hooks... Regina (episode: Cousin Rita)
E Hampton Beagle... Anything Shop Owner (episode: To Catch a Little Thief)
Milt Kogan... Solly (episode: To Catch a Little Thief and episode: High Noon at 5:30 p.m.)
Stephen Rumph... Jake (episode: To Catch a Little Thief)
Chez Lister ... J.D. (episode: To Catch a Little Thief)
Carol Lipin ... Woman in Prison (episode: To Catch a Little Thief)
Keland Love ... Meatrack (episode: High Noon at 5:30 p.m.)
Elliot Sarkin ... Ronny Chung (episode: High Noon at 5:30 p.m.)
Scooter Stevens ...Kid #1 (episode: High Noon at 5:30 p.m.)/Sid (episode: Kimosabe Blues)
Leanne Richelle... Patty (episode: Kimosabe Blues)
Sean Garrett McFrazier... Marty (episode: Kimosabe Blues)

References

External links

[1] Retrojunk.com - Pryor's Place (intro)

[2] TV Party - Saturday Mornings 1984

[3] Vol. 1 at AllMovie

[4] Vol. 2 at AllMovie

[5] Vol. 3 at AllMovie

[6] Vol. 4 at AllMovie

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v t e 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) Mutt & Stuff (2015) Sigmund and the Sea Monsters (web series) (2017)
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 appearances	The Dean Martin Show (1965) The Banana Splits (1968) New Zoo Revue (1972)
Pilots and TV specials	Fol-de-Rol (1972) The World of Sid & Marty Krofft at the Hollywood Bowl (1973) Really, Raquel (1974) NBC Saturday Morning Preview Revue (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) The CBS Saturday Morning Preview Special (1983) Saturday's the Place (1984) The Cracker Brothers (1984) 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) Middle Age Crazy (1980) Side Show (1981) Harry Tracy, Desperado (1982) Land of the Lost (2009)
Live shows	Howdy, Mr. Ice of 1950 (1949) Les Poupées de Paris (1961) Circus (1966) Funny World (1966) Kaleidoscope (1968) Fol-de-Rol (1968) A Broadway Baby (1984) Comedy Kings (1988)
Other	Electra Woman and Dyna Girl (2016 web series) The World of Sid and Marty Krofft theme park Sid & Marty Krofft Television Productions Inc. v. McDonald's Corp. Toby Terrier and His Video Pals Tales of the Okefenokee

v t e 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 (1978–82, 1983) 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) Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle The Lone Ranger The New Adventures of Zorro Blackstar (1981–83) The Kwicky Koala Show (1981) Trollkins (1981–82) Gilligan's Planet (1982–83) Pandamonium (1982–83) Meatballs & Spaghetti (1982–83) The Dukes (1983) The Biskitts (1983–84, 1985) Saturday Supercade (1983–85) Dungeons & Dragons (1983–86) The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show (1983–86) The Get Along Gang (1984–85) Muppet Babies (1984–92) Pole Position (1984) The Berenstain Bears (1985–87) The Wuzzles (1985) Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling (1985–87) Wildfire (1986) Dennis the Menace (1986–88) Galaxy High School (1986–87, 1988) Teen Wolf (1986–88) Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater (1987–88) Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures (1987–89) Popeye and Son (1987–88, 1989) The Adventures of Raggedy Ann and Andy (1988–90) Superman (1988) Garfield and Friends (1988–94) Dink, the Little Dinosaur (1989–91) The California Raisin Show (1989–90) Rude Dog and 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) 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 (1975–85) Shazam! (1980–81) Speed Buggy (1982, 1988) Shirt Tales (1984) Land of the Lost (1985–86) He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1985) The Transformers (1987) Kidd Video (1987–88)
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