Hey, remember that time that SNL "went there"?

[sir pball]

Warning, N-word…

That said…"DEAD HONKY"

[EYESORE 9001]

1. I do indeed remember that skit, having seen it live from New York that night

It certainly got my attention and provided plenty of food for thought.

[Mr.Bill]

2. I remember seeing it, too.

Richard Pryor always provided plenty of food for thought, along with a generous helping of laughter. I really miss him.

[Boomerproud]

3. As ballsy as it gets. Does anyone remember who wrote it,?

I had a book about the early years of SNL and of course it was covered in the book but I don't remember the back story.

[sir pball]

4. The Wiki is...mixed.

Authorship of the sketch is disputed, with claims being made both by Chase and by Paul Mooney.

According to Mooney, when Pryor agreed to perform on Saturday Night Live, one of his conditions was that Mooney be hired as a scriptwriter. Mooney's interactions with Lorne Michaels and NBC executives were not positive, and he wrote the sketch as a direct response. He also noted that Pryor "despise(d)" Chase.

"After all the bullshit I've been put through to get here, the fucking cross-examination Lorne subjects me to, I decide to do a job interview of my own. Chevy's the boss, interviewing Richard for a janitor's job. The white personnel interviewer suggests they do some word association, so he can test if the black man's fit to employ."

Chase, conversely, has described it as the result of a peaceful collaboration with Pryor, in which the paucity of anti-white slurs, relative to anti-black slurs, was "reflective of the lack of bigotry in [Pryor]."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_Association_(Saturday_Night_Live)

[TexasBushwhacker]

5. I think Chevy is universally loathed n/t

[Torchlight]

6. If there's ever a movie about the trump administration, Chevy would

be perfect for the role. These days, word is he'd only have to be himself.

[Mr.Bill]

7. I remember an interview of Pryor by Barbara Walters.

The topic if the N word came up. Pryor, of course, used the word often in his comedy in those days. Walters says she could never say it. Pryor insisted that she say it, promised it wouldn't bother him, it's just a word, etc. So she said it, singly with no context and said it rather meekly.

She stepped into a trap Pryor had set. As soon as she said it, he shot back "I can tell that's not the first time you've said it." Damn.