From Richard Pryor to In Living Color to Dave Chappelle, the best of comedy is on DVD display.
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THE RICHARD PRYOR SHOW
- Starring: Richard
Pryor
- Format: Color, Box set
- Rated: NR
- Studio: Image Entertainment
- DVD Release Date: March 23, 2004
- Summary: After hosting a highly successful special on
NBC in 1977, Richard Pryor was offered a ten-week contract by
the network to present his own show. However, bizarre scheduling
problems and Pryor's paranoia concerning his abilities meant that
it only ran to four shows. Although the ratings didn't manage
to live up to expectations, the shows have subsequently undergone
something of a critical rehabilitation, and are now regarded to
be amongst Pryor's best work. Combining a mixture of political
satire and his inimitable rapier wit, Pryor worked with a variety
of special guests on the shows to produce some classic comedic
subject matter which still resonates to this day. Guests include
John Belushi, Maya Angelou, Robin Williams, Sandra Bernhard, and
many others.
- DVD Features:
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IN LIVING COLOR - SEASON 1
- Starring: Damon Wayans, Jim Carrey, David Alan Grier, Keenen Ivory Wayans,
Tommy Davidson
- Format: Color
- Rated: NR
- Studio: Fox Home Entertainment
- DVD Release Date: April 6, 2004
- Summary: In 1990, comedian Keenan
Ivory Wayans ushered in a new brand of comedy with IN LIVING COLOR.
Taking his cue from legendary sketch-based shows like SATURDAY
NIGHT LIVE and SCTV, Wayans injected color into the formula and,
in the process, helped to forever change the face of television.
With a boundlessly talented cast--including Tommy Davidson, Jamie
Foxx, Damon and Marlon Wayans, and Jim Carrey--IN LIVING COLOR
exploded into living rooms with one hilarious sketch after another.
This long overdue release contains every episode from the show's
acclaimed first season, giving a whole new legion of viewers the
opportunity to believe the hype for themselves.
- DVD Features:
- 13 episodes on three discs: Pilot, The Wrath of Farrakhan,
Lean On Me Beautiful, Transitions, A Date with Grace Jones,
Jheri's Kids, Don King - The Early Years, Endangered Species,
Introducing... Homey D. Clown, Vera Dimilo, Anton in The People's
Court, Conspiracy, Homey D. Clown Returns
- Commentaries on select episodes
- "Looking Back In Living Color: The First Season" featurette
- "In Living Color: The First Season" featurette
- "Back in Step with the Fly Girls" featurette
- HBO Comedy Festival 2001
- Full-screen format
- Number of discs: 3
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CHAPPELLE'S SHOW - SEASON ONE UNCENSORED
- Starring: Dave Chappelle
- Director: Bill Berner & Andre Allen
- Format: Color, Closed-captioned, Box set
- Rated: Unrated
- Studio: Paramount Home Video
- DVD Release Date: February 24, 2004
- ummary: Comedian Dave Chappelle
trains his satirical eye on the vagaries of pop culture in his
highly-rated Comedy Central television program Chappelle's Show.
The comedian brandishes his risque brand of street-smart comedy
to skewer everything from car commercials to the KKK, blending
sketches, parodies, and live musical performances into a hilarious
and edgy sendup of modern life. This 2-volume set presents all
12 episodes from the show's first season in uncensored and unblurred
versions.
- DVD Features:
- All 12 uncensored and unblurred episodes with commentary
on 5 from creators David Chappelle and Neal Brennan
- Deleted scene/gag reel (30 mins.)
- "Ask a Black Dude with Paul Mooney" featurette (20 mins.)
- Number of discs: 2
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