The Richard Pryor Special? (1977)

Comedy
TV Movie

Richard Pryor wanders around the NBC Studio, encountering various eccentrics. Meanwhile, the Reverend James L. White, the Ugandan dictator Idi Amin Dada and others are taping their own segments.

Cast

Self / Various
Richard Pryor
Willie's Wife
Maya Angelou
Choir
P Pat Hodges
Choir
D Denita James
Self
J Jessica Smith
Older Woman
Lois January
Security Guard
J John Wheeler
Self
A Alice Jubert
Self
D Debbie Hoffman
Self
J Janice Morgan
Self
J Jan-Minika Hughes
Self
D Diane Whitmore
Pushy Fan from Tour Group
Shirley Hemphill
Self
Y Yvonne Mooney
Self
Azizi Johari
Drunken Bar Patron
Peter Cullen
Bar Patron
N Norma Miller
Bar Patron
J Jeri Gray
Old Man
Arnold Johnson
Kid
E Eddie Singleton
Kid
Kristoff St. John
Writer
Dick Anthony Williams
Writer
Mike Evans
Sister Mabel Williams
LaWanda Page
Writer
Erik Kilpatrick
Writer
Sandra Bernhard
Writer
L Ludie C. Washington
Self
W William Guest
Self
M Merald Knight
Self
E Edward Patten
Booster Johnson
Glynn Turman
Slave Driver / Bartender
John Belushi
F Falstaff Wilde

Crew

Director
J John Moffitt
Writer
R Rocco Urbisci
Writer
Alan Thicke
Writer
Paul Mooney
Writer
B Bob Ellison
Writer
Richard Pryor
Additional Writing
Maya Angelou
Casting
Paul Mooney
Associate Producer
G Garry Blye
Producer
B Bob Ellison
Executive Producer
B Burt Sugarman
Art Direction
B Bill Bohnert
Makeup Artist
H Harry Blake
Makeup Artist
D Donl Morse