Paul Mooney, Richard Pryor's co-writer, used experiences behind the scenes on "Saturday Night Live" to come up with the infamous "Word Association" sketch.

"'You’ve all been asking me to put Chevy [Chase] and Richard [Pryor] together,' I say. After all the bullshit I’ve been put through to get here, the fucking cross-examination Lorne [Michaels ...

But one of the sketches that put Saturday Night Live on the map was a controversial two-minute interview between a Chevy Chase character and Richard Pryor’s character, who had applied for a ...

Watch SNL's 'Word Association' Sketch With Chevy Chase and Richard Pryor “Chevy was certainly easy on the eye back then. And he was also full of himself.

One of Pryor's sketches with cast member Chevy Chase was featured as part of "SNL 50," which aired Sunday on NBC. Background: Comedy legend Richard Pryor forever linked to Peoria ...

Chevy Chase certainly holds up his end of the bargain as a pencil-pusher interviewing applicants for a janitor job, but Richard Pryor is the life’s blood of this sketch, and it was written by ...

"The show would take a hit, but we’d still be O.K.," said Michaels. Chase also appeared to clash with some guest hosts and cast members, including comedian Richard Pryor.

One of Pryor's sketches with cast member Chevy Chase was featured as part of "SNL 50," which aired Sunday on NBC. Background: Comedy legend Richard Pryor forever linked to Peoria ...

Excerpted from "Becoming Richard Pryor" Between 1973 and 1975, Richard Pryor managed the ambiguously impressive feat of sowing different forms of havoc across the three major TV networks. In 1973 ...

Such funny and nice guys!” The party made him miss his “dear friend,” comedian Richard Pryor, who died in 2005 of a heart attack at age 65. “He should’ve been there,” Chase wrote.

But in a new profile of Michaels, Saturday Night Live star Chevy Chase appeared to have a different opinion about the 80-year-old and just how much of the sketch show's success is because of him.