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Customer Reviews of The Richard Pryor Show, Vols. 1 & 2 plus Bonus Disc

Simply Beautiful
BUY this DVD today. Be sure to purchase the boxset as it is the only way to get the RICHARD PRYOR SPECIAL? and Mudbone bonus footage. This groundbreaking series paved the way for not only (the obvious) IN LIVING COLOR and CHAPPELLES SHOW, but other subversive TV like South Park which attempt to inject social commentary while challenging the censors. It not only captures Pryor at his comedic peak, but gives us early glimpses of folks like Robin Williams, Sandra Berhard, Marsha Warfield and John Witherspoon. This show has never been available on home video and has basically been out of circulation since its initial run, thus it is a jewel to behold. Watching Pryor as "The "Mojo", "the First Black President" and "Rev. White"--who has his own way to drum up "the big bucks"-- will have you laffing for hours. But Pryor also presents scketches that weren't designed to be laugh out loud funny, but challenge you in other ways, like the wino sketch that turns into a Maya Angelo performance. Or the "Satin Doll" sketch, which has no laughs at all, but aims to capture the feeling of post WWII Black america with a fantastic song-and-dance number starring Paula Kelly (choreographed by Michael Peters.) I seriously doubt these five hours of television would have come out the same if the NBC censors had been completely undertanding, sensitive and supportive of Mr. Pryor's vision. The Special is an extension of Mr. Pryor's hosting of SNL. The subsequent series itself reminds me of Marvin Gaye's HERE, MY DEAR. While it is not Marvin's most listenable or even best work, through pain he finds beauty and truth. This boxset is a must-have for fans of TV comedy and shoud be copped by any means necessary.

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STRAIGHT FUNNY!!!!
I LOVE RICHARD PRYOR AND JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT HE DOES EVERU MOVIE, EVERY STAND UP AND ESPECIALLY THIS SHOW. THIS IS A DEFINITLEY MUST HAVE FOR ANYONE WHO ENJOYS RICHARD PRYOR AND IF YOU ARE A FAN OF HIS BUY THIS DVD COMPILATION YOU WOULD DEFINITELY EJ=NJOY IT. MY MOST FAVORITE SKIT IS THE REVEREND JAMES L. WHITE. AND IT REMINDS ME OF "WHICH WAY IS UP?" WHEN HE PLAYED THE REVEREND. I USED TO WATCH THIS IN THE SUMMERTIME AT NIGHT IT WOULD ALWAYS COME ON IN AUGUST I USED TO ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THIS SHOW. I CAME ACROSS THIS VUDEO YESTERDAY AT THE STORE AND SPARED NO EXSPENSE I ENJOY THIS VIDEO IT HAS ALL KINDS OF SKITS. ONE OF MY FAVORITE SKITS IS WHEN THE DIFFERENT BLENDS OF BLACK WOMEN ARE DESCRIBED SUCH AS HONEY, CARAMEL,BROWN SUGAR, AND OTHER BLENDS.(BLACK BEAUTY). I LOVE RICHARD PRYOR. HE WILL ALWAYS BE MY FAVORITE COMEDIAN OF ALL-TIME. THIS MAN WASN'T PERFECT BUT HE IS HUMAN AND HE SURE IS FUNNY AND HE IS THE BEST COMEDIAN AND WILL ALWAYS BE THE BEST COMEDIAN IN MY OPINION. RICHARD IS A LEGEND ; HE HAS HAD MANY HARDSHIPS;BUT HE DID BECOME SUCCESSFUL AND ONE OF THE MOST FUNNY COMEDIANS LOVED BY MANY. BY SEEING THIS VIDEO RICHARD SHOWS HIS "BLACK PRIDE" AND HE SHOWS STRUGGLES OF BLACK PEOPLE. AND HE DEPICTS BLACK PEOPLE I ENJOY THIS HE HAS A LOT OF CHARACTERS ON HERE SUCH AS SHIRLEY HEMPHILL, LAWANDA PAIGE, GLYNN TURMAN, AND MANY OTHERS I LOVE RICHARD HE IS THE BEST. MAYA ANGELOU IS ON HERE SHE DOES AN EOTIONAL POEM . EVERYTHING ON HERE IS GREAT AND I TRULY LOVE THIS AND HAVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR THIS FOR THE LONGEST TIME I REALLY DO LIKE THIS VIDEO AND I WOULD TRULY RECOMMEND ANYONE WHO LIKED RICHARD PRYOR'S SHOW BACK IN THE DAY OR IF YOU ARE A FAN OF HIS THEN I WOULD DEFINITELY SUGGEST THAT YOU BUY THIS VIDEO. RICHARD BECAME SUCCESSFUL BUT NEVER FORGOT WHERE HE CAME FROM AND HE ALWAYS STAYED PROUD OF WHO HE WAS AND HE WAS ALWAYS HIMSELF AND TOLD IT LIKE IT WAS THANK YOU, RICHARD ONE OF YOUR BIGGEST FANS, ALESHA I WILL ALWAYS LOVE RICHARD PRYOR I OWN JUST ABOUT EVERY FILM HE HAS MADE AND THIS WAS A GREAT FIND TO ADD TO MY COLLECTION . THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR RELEASING THIS. THANKS YOU FOR THE MEMORIES AND THE LAUGHTER AND HANG IN THERE I HOPE THAT YOU GET BETTER. LAST, THIS VIDEO SHOWS BLACKNESS AND ILOVE IT IF YOU ARE BLACK AND IF YOU ARE PROUD THEN BUY THIS VIDEO BECAUSE IT DEFINTELY MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD AND IF YOU ARE A BLACK WOMAN AND IF YOU ARE PROUD THERE IS A SKIT IN HERE ABOUT THE BEAUTY AND THE DIFFERENT BLENDS OF A BLACK WOMAN THEN YOU WOULD DEFINITELY ENJOY THIS FILM THERE WOULD NEVER BE ANOTHER RICHARD PRYOR!!!!!! I LOVE THIS DVD COMPILATION!!!! IT HAS A LOT TO OFFER AND ENJOY....

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Where's Belushi?
Good stuff, but not as good as the SNL appearance mentioned in another review.

One mystery: There is a photo on one of the DVD cases (also appears in the Pryor CD box set book) of Pryor and John Belushi doing a sketch where they are onstage with guitar, harmonica and upright bass. This sketch is not on the DVDs...where is it?