8.1/1052 votes#1 - (Episode 1)
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/13/1977
Guests: --Paula Kelly (singer-dancer) --The O'Jays - sing ""Work on Me"" Sketches: --""Star Wars Bar"" - Mudbone (Pryor) works as a bartender at the galactic bar from ""Star Wars."" --Presidential Press Conference - The first Black president (Pryor) holds a press conference. (Marsha Warfield, Robin Williams, and Sandra Bernhard appear as reporters.) --""Club Harlem"" - Paula Kelly plays a chanteuse in a WWII era nightclub.
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- 8.1/1032 votes
#2 - (Episode 2)
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/20/1977
Richard Pryor is a Black samurai, a Mississippi prosecutor, the owner of a pet head, an archeologist in Egypt, a come-from man, and a rock-star from Black Death.
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- 7.1/1024 votes
#3 - (Episode 3)
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/27/1977
Richard Pryor is a diner who uses his food as foreplay; a caveman who discovers fire; Mr. Fixit; and Little Richard. A woman describes a lesbian encounter.
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- 7.2/1026 votes
#4 - (Episode 4)
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/20/1977
Richard Pryor is a Chinese chef, a wino, El Neggro, a ranch owner, a survivor of the Titanic and Santa Claus. The cast roasts him. Charlie Hill tells jokes.
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- NaN/100 votes
#5 - (Episode 5)
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired Unknown
Sketches: Pryor plays former Ugandan President Idi Amin Dada and a clergyman hustling for donations; Belushi portrays the master of a slave ship. Also: the Pips demonstrate how they would sound without Gladys Knight.
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The Best Episodes of The Richard Pryor Show Season 1
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The Richard Pryor Show is an American comedy variety series starring Richard Pryor. It premiered on NBC on Tuesday, September 13, 1977 at 8 p.m....
Genre:Comedy
Network:NBC
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"(Episode 1)" is the best rated episode of "The Richard Pryor Show" season 1. It scored 8.1/10 based on 52 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/13/1977. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "(Episode 2)".