7. Richard Pryor with Gil Scott-Heron (1975)
Live From New York, it's... Richard Pryor! Sketches Include: Samurai Hotel, Looks At Books, Line-Up #1, Word Association, Pong, They're Taking Over, Line-Up #2, L-Pill, Jim Henson's Muppets, Line-Up #3, Exorcist II, Assassination
Release date: 1975-12-13
User rating:
7.8 / 10
5 votes
Season number: 1
Episode number: 7
Runtime: 67 minutes
Director: Dave Wilson
Writers: Tom Davis, Lorne Michaels, Anne Beatts, Tom Schiller, Alan Zweibel, Herbert Sargent, Al Franken, Rosie Shuster, Michael O'Donoghue, Chevy Chase, Marilyn Suzanne Miller, Paul Mooney
Guest stars
Gil Scott-Heron
as Self - Musical Guest
Annazette Chase
as Black Polly (segment "Black & White")
Thalmus Rasulala
as Father Merrin (segment "Exorcist II")
Albert Brooks
as Self (segment "Sick in Bed")
Jim Henson
as King Ploobis (as Jim Henson’s Muppets) (voice)
Richard Hunt
as King Ploobis’s Right Hand (as Jim Henson’s Muppets) (voice)
Jerry Nelson
as Scred (as Jim Henson’s Muppets) (voice)
Frank Oz
as The Mighty Favog (as Jim Henson’s Muppets) (voice)
Richard Pryor
as Self - Host
Al Franken
as Player on the Left (voice) (uncredited)
Tom Schiller
as Audience Member (uncredited)
Harry Shearer
as Dr. Joseph Shuster (voice) (uncredited)
Cast
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Shelley Pryor - Self - Guest Performance, Alice Tweedy - Queen Peuta (as Jim Henson’s Muppets) (voice), Tom Davis - Player on the Right (voice) (uncredited), Rosie Shuster - Audience Member (uncredited)