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Saturday Night Live
S1.E7
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Richard Pryor/Gil Scott-Heron

  • Episode aired Dec 13, 1975
  • TV-14
  • 1h 6m
IMDb RATING
8.3/10
411
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Richard Pryor in Saturday Night Live (1975)
ComedyMusic

The host for the episode is Richard Pryor, and the musical guest is Gil Scott-Heron. The skits for this episode are as follows: Garrett Morris tricks Chevy Chase into taking a bad fall durin... Read allThe host for the episode is Richard Pryor, and the musical guest is Gil Scott-Heron. The skits for this episode are as follows: Garrett Morris tricks Chevy Chase into taking a bad fall during a skit. Richard Pryor does an opening monologue about why he doesn't drink or take LSD. ... Read allThe host for the episode is Richard Pryor, and the musical guest is Gil Scott-Heron. The skits for this episode are as follows: Garrett Morris tricks Chevy Chase into taking a bad fall during a skit. Richard Pryor does an opening monologue about why he doesn't drink or take LSD. A man checks into a hotel managed by a samurai who speaks no English. A black author talks... Read all

  • Director
    • Dave Wilson
  • Writers
    • Anne Beatts
    • Chevy Chase
    • Al Franken
  • Stars
    • Richard Pryor
    • Gil Scott-Heron
    • Shelley R. Bonus
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    8.3/10
    411
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Dave Wilson
    • Writers
      • Anne Beatts
      • Chevy Chase
      • Al Franken
    • Stars
      • Richard Pryor
      • Gil Scott-Heron
      • Shelley R. Bonus
    • 2User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    Richard Pryor
    Richard Pryor
    • Self - Host…
    Gil Scott-Heron
    Gil Scott-Heron
    • Self - Musical Guest
    Shelley R. Bonus
    • Self - Guest Performance
    • (as Shelley Pryor)
    The Muppets
    The Muppets
    • Various
    • (as Jim Henson's Muppets)
    Albert Brooks
    Albert Brooks
    • Self (segment "Sick in Bed")
    Dan Aykroyd
    Dan Aykroyd
    • Old Dad…
    John Belushi
    John Belushi
    • Samurai Futaba…
    Chevy Chase
    Chevy Chase
    • New Dad…
    Jane Curtin
    Jane Curtin
    • White Mother…
    Garrett Morris
    Garrett Morris
    • News for the Hard of Hearing…
    Laraine Newman
    Laraine Newman
    • Regan (segment "Exorcist II")
    Gilda Radner
    Gilda Radner
    • White Polly…
    Annazette Chase
    Annazette Chase
    • Black Polly (segment "Black & White")
    Thalmus Rasulala
    Thalmus Rasulala
    • Father Merrin (segment "Exorcist II")
    Bilal Sunni Ali
    • Self
    • (uncredited)
    Jacqueline Carlin
    • Wife (segment "New Dad")
    • (uncredited)
    Tom Davis
    Tom Davis
    • Player on the Right (segment "Pong")
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Al Franken
    Al Franken
    • Player on the Left (segment "Pong")
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Dave Wilson
    • Writers
      • Anne Beatts
      • Chevy Chase
      • Al Franken
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    8brutusalwaysminded

    "If You Didn't Watch The Show We Hope You Made Love!"

    Pryor, as I expected, was the highlight in this episode. I've started watching selected eps since PeacockTv made all 46 seasons available for free streaming. This was the first choice and, man, was it a great choice. It isn't the best episode I've seen but a great intro as some of the trademark sketches were just being broken in. There are some misses but all skits have something interesting to offer. Guest musician, Gil Scot-Heron, who's cut short on his second number, looked and sounded great. And they let Pryor loose near the end. One of the fun ones!

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    • Trivia
      Richard Pryor agreed to host the show only if his friends poet Gil Scott-Heron, actors Thalmus Rasulala and Annazette Chase, girlfriend Kathy McKee, and ex-wife Shelley R. Bonus could perform on the show. He also demanded that his writer Paul Mooney write all of his sketches. Flying back to New York, a frustrated Lorne Michaels said, "He'd better be funny."
    • Quotes

      Chevy Chase: You're probably pretty ready for the job... we got one more, kinda psychological test, just a word association, I'll, uh, just throw out a few words, anything that comes to your mind, just throw back at me, ok, just an arbitrary kinda thing, so if I said "dog", you'd say...

      Richard Pryor: Tree.

      Chevy Chase: Tree! Dog...

      Richard Pryor: Tree.

      [Chevy continues through several inoffensive words]

      Chevy Chase: Negro?

      Richard Pryor: Whitey.

      Chevy Chase: Tar baby...

      Richard Pryor: Whadja say?

      Chevy Chase: Tar baby...

      Richard Pryor: Ofay!

      Chevy Chase: Colored?

      Richard Pryor: Redneck!

      Chevy Chase: Jungle bunny!

      Richard Pryor: Peckerwood!

      Chevy Chase: Burrhead!

      Richard Pryor: Cracker!

      Chevy Chase: Spearchucker!

      Richard Pryor: White trash!

      Chevy Chase: Jungle bunny!

      Richard Pryor: Honky!

      Chevy Chase: Spade!

      Richard Pryor: Honky Honky!

      Chevy Chase: NIGGER!

      Richard Pryor: *DEAD* HONKY!

    • Alternate versions
      Some slight changes were made for early home video releases, including the replacement of the opening theme with a prerecorded version and new title cards that omit any mention of the show being "NBC's Saturday Night", but instead calling it just "Saturday Night". In addition, a graphic reading "December 13, 1975" appears on "Weekend Update", along with a newly recorded voiceover by Don Pardo that indicates that "Weekend Update" comes from "Saturday Night News Headquarters".
    • Connections
      Edited into Saturday Night Live: Elliott Gould/Anne Murray (1976)
    • Soundtracks
      Johannesburg
      Written by Gil Scott-Heron
      Performed by Gil Scott-Heron

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    • Release date
      • December 13, 1975 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official Site
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • NBC Studios - 30 Rockefeller Plaza, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production company
      • NBC Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 6 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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