pryors place

[FreedomforHaiti]

Sid & Marty Krofft have long wanted to do Alice in Wonderland with a black cast. I have a link to an article about it on my YouTube page.

[FreedomforHaiti]

That caused me to have a flashback!

[gtz1975]

We're gonna party so don't be late...

[gtz1975]

I want this song as a RINGTONE!

[gtz1975]

57 people want to party at Pryor's place...

[gtz1975]

53 people want to head out to Pryor's place where they can laugh at their own mistakes...

[gtz1975]

EVERYONE'S welcomed at Pryor's place...

[gtz1975]

EVERYONE'S welcomed at Pryor's place...

[gtz1975]

Let's get on over to Pryor's place...

[arhuxtable]

I'm assuming Ray Parker and his Raydio bandmates reunited to reocrd this theme song. Like I once said,it sounds like a Raydio recording.

[pernelldh]

We're anxious if "Pryor's Place: The Complete Series" coming to DVD soon from Vivendi Home Entertainment as the part of "The World of Sid & Marty Krofft" collection.

[loveisok]

Don't remember this, but I love the theme song!

[artzamy23]

I remember this show.

[Lesrevesdhiver]

the only episode I ever saw is where some kid was in love with this girl in his class but was afraid to tell her. Thru the whole episode he is having various daydreams about telling her, but at the end, he asks where the girl went and the teacher said she had moved to a different school, and the narrator said, "to this day I wish I would have just told her, she might have laughed in my face but at least she would have known."

[SgtTravisBickle]

The Original Ray Parker Jr. Theme That Was Rejected: Who ya gonna call? RICHARD PRYOR! I ain't afraid Gene Wilder...

[DJCandyManMike]

I swear, this needs a DVD release, and BAD! I remember this show vaguely, but the theme song will NEVER leave my memory! The VHS tapes are so expensive, so I really hope there's a DVD release in the future.

[TwisterB]

NO disrespect to Richard Pryor, but this is HILARIOUS when you know the creator was a crack head who lit himself on fire....Oh kid's shows....

[davedirt01]

@TwisterB If I'm remembering correctly (and it *has* been 27 years, so I may not be) I seem to recall that this show was actually part of some sort of "community service" related to the whole drug thing.  I remember watching it, especially one episode when he was visited by Willie Nelson. Wish I could find that clip!

[EnigmaChild]

@tvnutboy Either that or part of a deal he struck with the judge for community service...LOL

This brought back so many memories....damn I miss Richard Pryor

[TheRetro64]

Everytime I hear this song, my head starts to hurt, my stomach gets nauseous, and my breath starts to smell like beer. That's because during the time this show was on i used to wake up on Saturday mornings with a hangover from partying the night before.

And hey, I made the 100th comment for this video!!

[benihona1]

i luv this so much ~~! 

[setpunk12]

man, i used to watch this show when I was a kid

[gerryono]

I'm surprised this man did this

[pinheadthegreat]

lol

[BeefAndBroccoli]

I'm certain that the first 4 seconds of the introduction were entirely Richard Pryor's idea. Poetic Justice.

[countblah31]

I used to watch this too(have no idea why...it wasn't that good) and I still can't get this stupid theme song out of my head. Its a horrible song and at 0:40 police brutiality on a child!!! (OoO)

[arkansoul]

I actually used to watch this...

[robinsonr]

after the fire-- all i can say

[lamareaton]

They let Richard Pryor near kids? I don't remember this show. Man, that set must have been crazy, little kids finding crack pipes and cocaine in Richard's dressing room. Those kids probably got a good scarface education.

[atomiswave2]

so crazy

[orangeleaf08]

Man, I have had this song in my head for over 25 years. RPJ is even better than I remember :)

Long live the 80's!!!!!!

[TheMariposaloca]

I was in middle school when "Pryor's Place" came out. Initially, there was a lot of brou ha ha, because people couldn't fathom how RIchard Pryor could do a children's show.But the topics that were featured in the show were quite wholesome.

[youtoubakias]

I like allot richard pryor i have see some films,i see now that with the commersials when the show started play commersials at once,like our stupid channels do now!

[OZWIZARD182]

"Pryor co-wrote Blazing Saddles starring Gene Wilder. Pryor was Bart,, Mel Brooks chose Cleavon Little. 1980 freebasing accident, Pryor was replaced by Gregory Hines. History of the World, Part I& Billy Ray Valentine on Trading Places,. , Pryor hosted Pryor's Place. It was canceled shortly after its debut, despite the efforts of famed puppeteers Sid and Marty Krofft and a theme song by Ray Parker, Jr. of Ghostbusters fame." Nominated for guest spot Chicago Hope, & hosted the Academy Awards

[arhuxtable]

Other shows produced by Sid and Marty Krofft included LAND OF THE LOST,THE BUGALOOS,THE LOST SAUCER starring Jim Nabors,FAR OUT SPACE NUTS starring the late Bob Denver,aka Gilligan(post-Gilligan's Island),H.R. PUF 'N STUF and SIGMUND AND THE SEA MONSTERS.

[ScrewAttackEurope]

They have ads after the opening credite???

[vikingsmb]

@ScrewAttackEurope

in the states, they are obssessed about commercials, try watching real ghostbusters on here and see what i mean :) not like the UK :)

[gtz1975]

Let's get on over Pryor's Place...

[ctdsnark]

Richard Pryor on Saturday morning TV.

Richard. Pryor. On. Saturday. Morning. T. V.

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>system down<

[blacklannmuzik1]

OMG!!! Watching & hearing this brought a tear 2 my eye because it brings back so many memories! I haven't heard or seen this in ages. Times were so much better then. What a GREAT song (intro). Ray Parker, Jr. is an underrated genius!

[arhuxtable]

Another Raydio recording,CHRISTMAS TIME IS HERE,sounds just like this.

[thegreatbungholio21]

I remember this show. I love how Ray Parker Jr. sang the opening song. He made his dough back then between this and Ghostbusters.

[arhuxtable]

Don't forget when he started with his band Raydio. The theme song has the Raydio style.

[Trashfished]

@arhuxtable who was in raydio??

[arhuxtable]

Ray Parker Jr's Raydio bandmates were Ollie & Arnell Carmichael(don't know if they're related) and Jerry Knight. Ollie & Jerry had their own hit in 1984 called THERE'S NO STOPPIN' US from the movie BREAKIN'.

[Trashfished]

@arhuxtable thanx!

[arhuxtable]

Ray Parker Jr. even hit paydirt in 1984-85 with his composition MR. TELEPHONE MAN,recorded by New Edition.

[arhuxtable]

Happy 56th birthday to Detroit-born Ray Erskine Parker Jr. tomorrow,May 1,2010.

[fbebeats]

Mannnnnn.. Ray Parker Jr. was makin' serious bank back in the day

[arhuxtable]

Back in 1984,at the time of Pryor's Place,Ray Parker Jr. was still on and off the charts. That year,his biggest-selling hit GHOSTBUSTERS was a chartbuster. Not long earlier,Parker disbanded Raydio,and the theme song was Raydio style. Richard Pryor was a movie favorite but not hot on stage like Eddie Murphy was then.

[arhuxtable]

RIP Richard Pryor 12/1/1940-12/10/2005

[gtz1975]

RIP RICHARD PRYOR

[gtz1975]

Let's get on over to Pryor's Place...

[JayJuBo]

i watched these ...on vhs in the 90's

[BoogieDownBronxGod]

I used to watch THIS on a REGULAR.RICHARD PRYOR was the GREATEST: RAUNCHIEST COMEDIAN,& veteran ACTOR who did a TOTAL 180, & blessed us with a CHILDREN's TELEVISION show.....the 1st to ever do that too.

[arhuxtable]

Richard Pryor,Eddie Murphy,Chris Rock,Robin Williams,Dennis Miller and Dave Chapelle are the world's raunchiest comedian and were all chastised by Bill Cosby for their profane humor,an adjective that does not describe Cosby's. LOL

[tnawcwvictoria]

@arhuxtable don't forget about Bob Saget, he's not kid friendly either and not to mention Kathy Griffin and Judy Tenuta

[Odawg96]

@arhuxtable That might be true, but Pryor was always in a class by himself. Richard Pryor was ALWAYS popular with little kids from the start of his career. When revamped his act in the 70s, while kids couldn't listen to his albums, we still saw him on TV shows (like "Sesame Street"). That's another example of Pryor's genius: as raunchy as he could be with adults IN HIS PRIME, he could be just as gentle and JUST AS FUNNY with kids. You can't say that about most of the other people you've named.

[luv4feet30]

I remember this show!

[TEMPmichaelhansen]

Sid and Marty Krofft did this???

I think this was sometime after Richard Pryor recovered from his setting himself on fire.

Pryor's Place was broadcast on CBS (at 11:30 AM E/T) from September 15 to December 8, 1984, with repeats airing until June 15, 1985. Four video tapes were released between September 1997 and June 1998 by Rhino Entertainment, each containing one episode of the series.

[arhuxtable]

The entire series can be released on DVD now,and should be.

[HypnoToad72]

He looks like Billy Dee Williams at the start... or is that Ray Parker Jr? Both were singers, and the latter always sung about womanizing, yuck...

Bringing in Kroftt's drug-induced puppets didn't help either.

[iknowdasright]

I spent a week in the Bahamas with him back in 1987. If you saw what he was carrying in those speedos, you would know why he gets away with womanizing.

He got a BIG Ego! Such a Huge Ego! and I looooved his Big Ego!!!

[iknowdasright]

@iknowdasright btw. i am referring to Ray Parker Jr., not Richard (God rest Him).

[marioTmaggot]

I used to love this show. I think it only stayed on for 2 seasons.

[bubbabraun]

I can't believe I remember this! Nice song. Crappy show.

[sdot74]

damn i remember this..back in the 80's saturday morning cartoons were sacred to me now there is no more sat.mornin cartoons just dumb things to keep kids occupied

[PaperP1ate]

It's nice to know my memory didn't fool me. I was only 4-5 in 1984 but I vaguely remember watching this but nobody else seems to remember it, especially when you consider what an insane notion that you'd expect Richard Pryor to star on a childrens program. Wonder if there are any complete episodes online, seeing the theme again after 25 years makes me want to see more.

[parkercadie1]

Marla Gibbs played the teacher-I know that.

[unique74muzik]

one of the reasons I miss Richard Pryor..Rest Well..

[arhuxtable]

Ray Parker Jr. wrote and recorded two similar sounding songs with Raydio,YOU CHANGE THAT and OLD PRO.

[lurch321]

Anyone remember the episode with Henry Winkler? I think he played some type of counselor or mentor.

[panamaniak]

Lol! Yeah,vaguely. Miss those days!

[arhuxtable]

This looks like it's from the mid-80's. The theme carries the Raydio sound. Ray Parker Jr. led the band until disbanding it in 1981 or '82.

[Lesrevesdhiver]

I saw only one episode of this show. It was about the young guy being in love with some girl but afraid to tell her. The whole episode he is playing it out in his mind but at the end, he finds out she moved away. The narrator was like "I just wish I had told her..."

[jmoon219]

Didn't metallica do a cover of this song?

[pluto4847]

This brings back old memories of my childhood. Please don't laugh. I am a grown man, and this song makes me cry.

This was a special time for me when I was young and had dreams of the future. Things didn't quite end up the way I wanted them to, but this song gives me some motivation and brings back the person I was when I was just a youth.

My teacher would often record episodes of this show and show them to the class during study hall.

[TLDavis1230]

I think it is so cool to have those kind of memories

[noblebeech]

Never saw this show, but oh man, the Ray Parker Jr theme tune is truly fantastic!

[arhuxtable]

Ray Parker Jr. is one of my favorite R&B artists. I once thought he was a one-hit wonder with Ghostbusters.

[phoenixmoon3]

MAN this was my show! thank you and i love the theme song. i just came on here to hear it again. MAN i miss being a kid sometimes.

[jerbojones]

I used to watch this after dungeons and dragons went off...I really liked this show.

[geoffck6969]

Chills says don't steal!

[jmoon219]

Wasn't T-pain on this show? Also, isn't Richard Pryor reprising his role on this show and making a new Pryor's place?

[gossamer93]

hes dead

[cpompeyrunsc]

Man this was my shit back in the day me and brother eating corn flakes with pounds of sugar in our draws, watching cartoons all morning from 5:30 am until 1:00 pm man them was the days. Good looking out on the memory fam.  Gotta call my brother peace

[dubsmax]

i'll never forget early 80s saturday morning cartoons, im talkin bout watchin smurfs followed by the snorks then scooby and scrappy doo while eatin your frankenberry crunch cereal, or wuz it crispy critters, no it wus smurf berry crunch, damn them 80s rocked

[2008goo]

@dubsmax yeah, i loved me some snorks!

[arhuxtable]

FAT ALBERT AND THE COSBY KIDS was on CBS Saturday mornings from 1972 to '84. Comedian Bill Cosby pulled the plug on FA&TCK to work on another project,the Emmy-winning THE COSBY SHOW on NBC for 8 years.

[iambernig]

I sorta remember that show. Saw only one episode and sadly wasn't old enough to appreciate his genius at the time. Now that I'm older and wiser, I wouldn't mind seeing these shows again. RIP Richard Pryor!

[EarthWindFire82]

I love this because of Ray Parker, Jr....

[buzzlewie]

Long live Saturday mornings, eat your suger coated cereal, put the oat brand away, and stay in your pajamas all morning.

[Koolazzmike]

I remember this, my childhood! What ever happened to TV and times like this?! Everything was innocent and people got along. Now everything is sex and violence and stupid reality TV! The 80s were the bomb!

[katcon67]

This was a great show for kids (and the rest of us). I recall that Lily Tomlin was "Trudy" on some episodes. It was too well done to last very long. The theme song is also SO well done by Ray Parker Jr... Thanks for posting!

[ramester]

THIS was a show that was AHEAD of its time. Hope to see more about it on youtube! Classic stuff!

[mrceleb2006]

This was the show that introduced me to Sid and Marty Krofft Television Productions when it originally aired on CBS back in 1984. The company logo that year was a Telidon rendition of the Kroffts' "Psychedelic Rainbow" logo with a weird synthesized rendition of the Kroffts' very first jingle.

[2199]

Long live Saturday mornings. Sugar coated cerals, toy and jean commercials, and cant forget those really cool PSA as well. RIP Saturday Morning.

[bps3013]

Holy shit, I totally remember this! MASSIVE lulz at the breakdancing cop! WTF 80's!

[TR50003]

Yeah I remember this. I used to watched this on Saturday morning. Man I missed the 80s.

[ThesisDone]

That Puerta Rican cop was off the chain.

[AnakinSkype]

the boy at 0:58 looks like michael jackson kind of.

[scottbaino]

Whoa, I remember this and most of the theme song! It was on fall 1984 Saturdays at 11:30 AM.

[56thAlbanyProd]

Cool to see this again, the entire series is now on DVD at Best Buy wheer you can order it.

[ogbruticus]

This was the last Saturday morning show produced by Sid and Marty Krofft. And probably the least chessy, remember Land of the Lost?

[acholl980]

Actually their revised Land of the Lost (1990) was their last, though it was just as cheesy as the original.

[bearspaw1967]

cool show

[RussellAthletics]

Yes I remember this from back in the day.lol

[djneedles76]

damn. I havent thought about this since it got cancelled back in the 80's. How about that theme song huh? Ray Parker Jr. did his thing sun! lol

[DJCandyManMike]

@djneedles76

I didn't learn that until yesterday myself, but once I did find that out, my first thought was, "No wonder this intro is so awesome!"

[TLDavis1230]

One of the many things that I will truly miss about Richard Pryor.....RIP, my brother.

[Drayton42677]

Thanks I80's&90's for the post. Thanks TL for the send... Fond childhood memories on Saturday Mornings

[TLDavis1230]

Talk about a throwback moment from back in the day.....I used to loooooove this and Ray Parker, Jr. singing the song was just an added bonus. Thank you twenty million times for posting this!!!!!!

[JPfromFlint]

I used to love this show! It's still hard to imagine Richard Pryor with a Saturday morning kids show!

[otishendryx]

i wish they played this shit in Australia when i was a kid... why am i only finding out about this stuff now? :(

[Sweetbabyvixen]

Yeah, this was a great show....I could swear he won an Emmy for it. Is that Tyra Ferrell as a nurse?

[TLDavis1230]

Yes, it is.

[1bigmann]

What a mental throwback!!! I never thought I'd see this intro again in life.Thankx a million