Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels fought hard with NBC executives to book the provocative Richard Pryor as the host of the show's seventh episode on Dec. 13, 1975. Because the network ...

SNL has only used a time delay twice since Pryor’s episode. First for the 1986 episode hosted by Sam Kinison and again for the 1990 episode with Andrew Dice Clay.

'SNL 50' called out its own problematic history during the anniversary show, including an iconic clip featuring Chevy Chase and Richard Pryor of Peoria.

'SNL 50' called out its own problematic history during the anniversary show, including an iconic clip featuring Chevy Chase and Richard Pryor of Peoria.