Lorne Michaels Reflects on His ‘S.N.L.’ Legacy Ahead of the 50th Anniversary
Will Ferrell once worried that his affectionate portrayal of George W. Bush on “S.N.L.” had helped the Texan win the White ...
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The Lorne Michaels Book-Event Thread Is the Reply-All Disaster We Need
On Thursday evening, New Yorker editor Susan Morrison sent out a mass email invitation to an event for her forthcoming ...
Lorne Michaels Reveals Taylor Swift’s Reaction to ‘SNL’ Spoofing Her 2015 Girl Squad
A second sketch, “Tina & Amy’s Dope Squad,” aired on SNL later that season. It featured Tina Fey and Amy Poehler recreating the “Bad Blood” music video, as well as appearances by Aidy Bryant, Gayle ...
Lorne Michaels convinced Dave Chappelle to cut non-binary joke from SNL monologue
Still, despite being a well-known name-dropper, he didn’t get where he is today by kowtowing to celebrity at every ...
12 times ‘Saturday Night Live’ made a cultural bang over the past 50 years
NEW YORK (AP) — “Saturday Night Live” was built with a cast of young no-names performing countercultural comedy. Fifty years ...
'Saturday Night' Got This 'SNL' Origin Story All Wrong About Lorne Michaels
Saturday Night might have gotten a lot of things right about the first SNL airing, but they messed up one bit about Lorne Michaels and Weekend Update.
How Lorne Michaels’ Biographer Convinced ‘SNL’ Chief to Reveal Rare View of Life Off-Camera
Lorne Michaels' biographer, Susan Morrison, reveals how she convinced the "Saturday Night Live' chief to discuss his ...
Book Review: ‘Lorne,’ by Susan Morrison
Live” turns 50 this year, and a monumental biography of the man who created it attests to his enduring role as America’s ...