Description
Richard Pryor starred in this award-winning kids TV Series depicting life lessons from his childhood. He invited an amazing cavalcade of his friends to guest star in his fantastic neighborhood.
Trivia:
Marty Krofft approached CBS with the idea of Richard Pryor doing a children’s show. They said, “If you can get him we’ll give you the show!”
Later, at a press conference, Richard Pryor was asked why he agreed to do the show, and Richard said, “It’s easier to say “yes” to Marty Krofft than it is to say ‘no.’”
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Bios
Many of the most colorful and fondly remembered children's series of the 1970s and 1980s sprang from the imaginations of Sid and Marty Krofft. Their groundbreaking, live-action fantasy shows were...
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Music City News
Barbara Mandrell, Program of the Year, 1981
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Action for Children’s Television
Pryor’s Place for Achievement in Children’s Television, 1985
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Youth In Film
Lifetime Achievement Award, 1992
History
It all started when Sid & Marty Krofft's father Peter Krofft, discovered seven-year-old Sid (born July 30, 1929) had puppeteering talent and auditioned him in his own production of “Snow...
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