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Original ‘Saturday Night Live’ Star Garrett Morris Talks About Marching in the ‘60s, Racism at ‘SNL’, Richard Pryor, and Why Sun Ra is Better Than Mozart
Morris, now 87, struggled with stereotypical writing, personal demons, and the pressures that came with being the show's first Black cast member. “I got a letter from the NAACP,” he recalls, “telling me to straighten up and fly right.”
Morris, now 87, struggled with stereotypical writing, personal demons, and the pressures that came with being the show's first Black cast member. “I got a letter from the NAACP,” he recalls, “telling me to straighten up and fly right.”
