Saturday Night Live Transcripts
Season 1: Episode 7
75g: Richard Pryor / Gil Scott-Heron
Suicide Pill
General…..Dan Aykroyd
Major…..Richard Pryor
General: Evening, major. Team One is mighty glad you were selected for this mission.
Major: [softly] Thank you, sir.
General: You did a beautiful job of cleaning up Paraguay. Okay. While in the Ukraine, youll be using the following items:
[Dan picks up a device which looks like a grapnel hook attached to a toaster.]General: This is a laser-guided electronic gaphook. This will help–this will help you get over the fuel dump selector fence perimeter. Its a beautiful software item.
[picks up an object which looks somewhat like a dagger]General: This is the digispan target fighter. Team Lab Ones newest piece of personnel elimination equipment. Youll love it.
[points to items on desk]General: And, uh, take that, and take that pill.
[Obediently, Pryor picks up the pill and swallows it. He chases it with a sip of water.]General: Okay, now… the chopper will drop you here, in Quadrant B, and, uh…
[points to Pryor with pen]General: That pill, by the way, is an L-Pill. Kills within 20 seconds of time of consumption. Poison lab came up with it. Take it if they try to capture you.
[Pryor stares at the map in disbelief while audience roars with laughter.]General: [turns to map] Okay. This is what well be doing. Well be dropping here in Sectors 5, 7, and 8…
[Pryor slumps slowly to the floor. Totally oblivious, Dan keeps talking and pointing to the map.]General: Sectors 5, 7, and 8, well be cross-breeding in here.
[Pryor lies motionless next to the desk.]General: Major? You listening? This is a life-or-death matter here, now listen. What were going to do here… this is vital, Major, please pay attention.
Submitted by: Joe Cornfield