The Midnight Special · SEASON 2
Host: Richard Pryor
Episode 37 · 1974-05-24

Episode overview
Richard Pryor (host) - appears in comedy segments throughout the show --Bobby ""Blue"" Bland - ""Ain't That Loving You"" & ""Gotta Get to Know You"" --Marvin Hamlisch - ""The Entertainer"" & ""The Way We Were"" --New Riders of the Purple Sage - ""Glendale Train"" & ""South American Man"" --Olivia Newton-John - ""Let Me Be There,"" ""If You Love Me Let Me Know"" & ""If Not for You"" --Melvin Van Peebles - ""Eyes on the Rabbit"" & ""A Birth Certificate Ain't Nothin' But a Death Warrant Anyway"" --Boz Scaggs - ""You Make It So Hard to Say No"" & ""Slow Dancer""
Season 2 episodes
1. Host: Curtis Mayfield1973-09-14
2. Host: Wilson Pickett1973-09-21
3. Hosts: Seals & Crofts1973-09-28
4. Hosts: Gladys Knight & the Pips1973-10-05
5. Host:The Bee Gees1973-10-12
6. Hosts: War1973-10-19
7. Hosts: Sly and the Family Stone1973-10-26
8. Chuck Berry1973-11-02
9. Host: Jerry Lee Lewis1973-11-09
10. The 1980 Floor Show starring David Bowie1973-11-16
11. Host: Peter Noone1973-11-23
12. Hosts: Procol Harum1973-11-30
13. Hosts: The Four Tops1973-12-07
14. Hosts: Loggins & Messina1973-12-14
15. Host: Jose Feliciano Guests: Clarence Carter, Roger McGuinn, Linda Ronstadt, Sha Na Na1974-12-21
16. Host: Marty Robbins1973-12-28
17. Million Sellers hosted by Wolfman Jack1974-01-04
18. Hosts: Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show1974-01-11
19. Host: Smokey Robinson1974-01-18
20. Host: Steve Miller Guests: Brownsville Station, Tim Buckley, The James Cotton Blues Band, Genesis, The James Gang1974-01-25
21. Host: Helen Reddy1974-02-01
22. Hosts: Ike and Tina Turner1974-02-08
23. Host: Roy Orbison1974-02-15
24. Host: Gordon Lightfoot1974-02-22
25. Hosts: Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show1974-03-01
26. Hosts: Gladys Knight and the Pips1974-03-08
27. Hosts: The Pointer Sisters1974-03-15
28. Host: Bill Withers1974-03-22
29. Hosts: The Guess Who1974-03-29
30. Hosts: The Righteous Brothers1974-04-05
31. Host: Roy Clark1974-04-12
32. Host: Curtis Mayfield1974-04-19
33. Host: Charlie Rich1974-04-26
34. Hosts: The Spinners1974-05-03
35. Host: George Carlin1974-05-10
36. Host: Frankie Avalon1974-05-17
37. Host: Richard Pryor1974-05-24
38. Host: Marty Robbins1974-05-31
39. Hosts: The Kinks1974-06-07
40. Host: David Steinberg (All-Comedy show)1974-06-28
41. Host: Anne Murray1974-07-05
42. Host: Bobby Womack1974-07-12
43. Host: Helen Reddy1974-07-19
44. Host: Leon Russell1974-07-26
45. Host: Leon Russell1974-08-02
46. Hosts: Sly and the Family Stone1974-08-09
47. Host: Little Richard1974-08-16
48. Host: B.B. King1974-08-30
49. Marvin Gaye1974-09-06
50. Hosts: The O'Jays1974-09-13