Saturday Night Live · season 1, episode 7 · Saturday, December 13, 1975 Host: Richard Pryor. Musical guest: Gil Scott-Heron. • Gil Scott-Heron performs "Johannesburg" and "A Lovely Day". • Thalmus Rasulala appeared as one of the priests in the "Exorcist II" sketch. Annazette Chase appears as Polly in the "Black & White" sketch. At Richard Pryor's insistence, his ex-wife Shelley and Kathrine McKee, his then-current girlfriend make cameo appearances. • Sketches include "Samurai Futaba," "The Land of Gorch" and an Albert Brooks's film, "sick". This was the first appearance of John Belushi's Samurai character. • The episode introduces the recurring catchphrase "Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead" during Weekend Update. • At Pryor's insistence Paul Mooney was hired as a writer Mooney wrote some of Pryor's routines, including the "Racist Word Association Interview". • The show was broadcast on a seven-second delay. • First episode in which someone other than Chase says, "Live from New York...", in this case, Garrett Morris says it, since Pryor is the first African-American to host. Wiki link