All Of The Controversies On Saturday Night Live Throughout The Years

Published on July 15, 2021
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Elon Musk

When it was announced that billionaire Elon Musk would be hosting the show, there was a lot of backlash. Even certain SNL cast members criticized the choice. Despite the backlash, Musk went on to host the episode and even shared that he has Asperger syndrome.

Elon Musk

Elon Musk

Richard Pryor

In December 1975, NBC network ordered the show to run the episode featuring controversial comedian Richard Pryor to be shown on a five-second delay. The engineers on the show did not know how to do this at this point, so the delay did not happen. In later airings, the episode was censored.

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Richard Pryor

Richard Pryor