The Richard Pryor Show was an American comedy-variety show starring Richard Pryor. It premiered on NBC on Tuesday, September 13, 1977 at 8pm. Pryor filmed only four episodes of the show.
In this skit, Pryor appears with a team of European archaeologists in Egypt (1909). In a lost tomb, he discovers the Book of Life, which reveals that Black people were the creators of the greatest civilization on earth. However, the skit ends with Pryor being locked in by the European archaeologists who does not want the knowledge he has discovered to be shared with the rest of the world.
Meserette Kentake is the founder of Kentake Page. She was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and currently resides in London. Kentake holds a BSc degree in Counselling Psychology, but her passion has always been Afrikan/Black history. Her special "love" interest is the Maafa/Atlantic slavery. Kentake spends her free time reading, researching, and writing up the posts on the site. Contact her at meserette@kentakepage.com
