Editing Dynamite Chicken (section)

==Legacy==
The "magazine" format of blending comedy, unusual documentary coverage, and music featured in ''Dynamite Chicken'' would serve as the template for the subsequent [[WNET]] variety series ''[[The Great American Dream Machine]]'', on which ''Chicken'' co-star Marshall Efron was a contributing writer. [[Ken Shapiro]], another contributor to the show, would perform a improvisational dance on New York City streets, similar to the Ron Carey priest sketch, in his own comedy project ''[[The Groove Tube]]''. Members of [[Ace Trucking Company]] would participate in the 1976 sketch comedy film ''[[Tunnel Vision (1976 film)|Tunnel Vision]]'', which featured a stripteasing nun segment similar to the "Sister Filomena" sketch.

In 1982, Seymour Borde<ref name="variety/1117796410">{{cite news |title=Seymour Borde |url=https://variety.com/2000/scene/people-news/seymour-borde-1117796410/ |access-date=17 November 2023 |work=Variety |date=8 December 2000}}</ref> & Associates reissued ''Dynamite Chicken'' to theatres and drive-ins, with a new ad campaign, poster, and trailer, that focused almost entirely on Richard Pryor's presence, capitalizing on the success of Columbia Pictures' concert film ''[[Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip (film)|Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip]]''. Pryor was upset with the campaign's misleading tone suggesting that it was a new film and not a reissue, and that he was the star when his contribution only amounted to 10 total minutes, and initially filed a $6 million lawsuit to stop its distribution until the ads were changed. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge John Cole issued a preliminary restraining order to the distributors on November 13, 1982, and ruled on December 2 in Pryor's favor, saying that the campaign must be corrected to properly reflect Pryor's limited role.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rkEDAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22dynamite+chicken%22+lawsuit&pg=PA58 | title=Jet | date=6 December 1982 | publisher=Johnson Publishing Company }}</ref>

Despite the ruling, almost all subsequent video releases of ''Dynamite Chicken'' have centered Pryor as a primary star of the film.<ref name="dangerousminds/dynamite-chicken">{{cite web |last1=Schneider |first1=Martin |title=Richard Pryor's 'Dynamite Chicken' is a raunchy, NSFW time capsule of the hippie era |url=https://dangerousminds.net/comments/richard_pryors_dynamite_chicken |website=DangerousMinds |access-date=17 November 2023 |date=4 February 2015}}</ref>