Does anybody remember Richard PRYOR'S PLACE ?

[Thor]

I remember it from my childhood. The fact that he could have a kid's show bolws my mind as a adult,

[Mr Mego]

Jim Varney's show beats them both

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfZ0aAvvlkk

m

LMAO!!!!!!!

I'm a big fan of Ernest TV series, very cool!

[Figuremod73]

I remember it from my childhood. The fact that he could have a kid's show bolws my mind as a adult,

I never could understand that either. On HBO he was as dirty as he wanted to be, but then like that on saturday mornings? Come on....
It would be almost like George Carlin having a saturday morning show

[Toyman_Chris]

I HATE PeeWee's Playhouse! Krofft RULES!!

Totally agree. 100%

I remember seeing the ads for this in comics at the time. I seem to recall some of the puppets from another show? I had seen some of his concerts on HBO and even then knew Pryor had no business being on a kids' show!

Chris

That is the only way I recall it as well. Never saw the show, saw the comic ad.

The Toy is one of my favorite movies from him.

Unquestionably the best he ever did. I tell you, when Pryor is the janitor at the department store and playing with the Wonder Wheel.....that display of boxed MEGO behind him is AMAZING!

I remember it from my childhood. The fact that he could have a kid's show bolws my mind as a adult,

Did you ever see PeeWee's Playhouse when he did it as a stand up, before the Saturday morning kid's show?? How it went from that to a kid's show, I will never know. No one should be shocked he got into the troubles he got into.

[kingdom warrior]

Did you ever see PeeWee's Playhouse when he did it as a stand up, before the Saturday morning kid's show?? How it went from that to a kid's show, I will never know. No one should be shocked he got into the troubles he got into.

Ever read the uncensored Grimm fairy Tales? they were pretty morbid and frightening for kids they got pretty watered down as you may know.

CBS came to PeeWee and offered HIM a ****load of money to clean it up and he did and made a classic TV show.......

So one day he was playing with his chicken in a PORN THEATER were Detectives were Watching HIM beat his meat? So who are the bigger pigs? they outed him because someone reconized that he was Paul Ruebens.......mind you there were probably tons of other people doing the same thing.... but awww Yeah Pee Wee let's be big shots about that.......
Yet I'm sure there were drug deals going on right under their noses.......

[Toyman_Chris]

^^ I totally agree and can see how you might have thought otherwise with my statement
"No one should be shocked he got into the troubles he got into".

What I meant by that was simply that his "kids show" had deeper adult toned roots and the whole world completely overreacted to his arrest.

[kingdom warrior]

^^ I totally agree and can see how you might have thought otherwise with my statement
"No one should be shocked he got into the troubles he got into".

What I meant by that was simply that his "kids show" had deeper adult toned roots and the whole world completely overreacted to his arrest.

Ok Gotcha Yeah they totally did, Kinda ruining a gifted actors life for awhile. I was very happy to see him bounce back despite another setback in 2002 that was cleared up......

[jimsmegos]

I never could understand that either. On HBO he was as dirty as he wanted to be, but then like that on saturday mornings? Come on....
It would be almost like George Carlin having a saturday morning show

Carlin was Mr. Conductor on Thomas and Friends

[The4thDoctor]

I miss the old Banana Bunch Show....

[Figuremod73]

Carlin was Mr. Conductor on Thomas and Friends

lol, i didnt know that!

I didnt know about Paul Reubens act until years later. I guess the network executives felt like it was a similiar situation with Pryor: Bring in a talented guy on saturday mornings and see what happens.