 After moving to LA, Richards worked the door at The Comedy Store and eventually started to perform stand-up.In 2000, Richards became a featured player in the cast of "MADtv", appearing in 3 episodes of the show's 6th season.The following year Richards joined the cast of "Saturday Night Live" during its 27th season, giving him the distinction of being the first person to be a cast-member of both sketch comedy shows (Taran Killam would later become the only other performer to do so).