A Time For Laughter: A Look at Negro Humor in America

Tv Series
Tv Show :
ABC Stage 67
Season 1
Episode Number :24
Rate : imdb 7/10
RunTime :60 mins
Air Date :1967-04-06
Story : Singer-actor Harry Belafonte produced this showcase of Negro humor, satire and self-parody. Sketches: A suburban couple (Godfrey Cambridge & Diana Sands) irritate their maid (Moms Mabley) by pretending to be white; in jail, a civil rights marcher (Dick Gregory) discusses Black Power; The clergyman doesn't show up for a funeral, leaving the nervous undertaker (Richard Pryor) to deliver the eulogy; In a barbershop routine, George Kirby plays seven parts, including Augustus X and Senator Irksen; A pool hustler (Redd Foxx) talks about poverty and civil rights; A judge (Pigmeat Markham) questions a quarreling couple (Harry Belafonte & Diahann Carroll). Songs included: Dogs - Harry Belafonte / Good Lovin' - Diahann Carroll / Jim Crow - Charles Moore & Bill Reilly.
Cast
Diahann CarrollSelf
Diana SandsSelf - Wife
Dick GregorySelf - Civil Rights Marcher
Godfrey CambridgeSelf - Husband
Moms MableySelf - Maid
George KirbySelf
Redd FoxxSelf - Pool Hustler
Harry BelafonteSelf
Dewey 'Pigmeat' MarkhamSelf - Comedian