Lorne Michaels on the early years of SNL

[kaseykillemall]

Lorne Michaels is my greatest idol ever.................ever. EVER.

If he said he was the second coming of Jesus, I'd believe it.

[WhyIAm7]

...does lorne michaels just not age???

and i disagree. sure the older snl was a lot better, but i mean the new SNL isn't bad. its a different kind of comedy. the newer generation likes it, the older classic SNL watchers don't. isn't that the way it is for everything like movies, music, especially music. its just a lot different.

[bloodsling]

and yeah how could I forget Norm Macdonald..the greatest wit that show ever had

[bloodsling]

the best SNL cast as follows in my opinion,Dennis Miller,Phil Hartman,Mike Myers,Dana Carvey,Jon Lovitz,Nora Dunn,Jan Hooks,Victoria Jackson..still decent with the next batch of Sandler,Farley,Spade..the show has tanked ass for the past 10 years

[r0bb3d]

Lorne = Dr. Evil!

[thethoughtsofme]

Given that drug use was heavily promoted and condoned during the first years of snl, do you feel responsibile in part for the drug related deaths that occurred, especially to those younger victims who watched and loved the show?

[mgoodmanjoe]

You can guarantee one thing about SNL, people will say "It sucks now, it was better 5 years ago and 10 years ago it was great!" They will say this till the end of time no matter the year.

[SaintForeverBlue]

Lorne Michaels is an old jewish man who lives in the 80s, comedy wise.

He is so sad, so unhip. And old. Give us back our farm report at 11:30 p.m. on Saturdays! The farm report has more wit and intelligence than Saturday Night Dead.

[SaintForeverBlue]

Lorne Michaels changed his name from Lipiwicz to Michaels.

I am sitting shiva until he changes it.

[8cire]

Lorne was a genius. April 24 1976 he offered the Beatles 3,000 to reunite!

[gsizzles]

"This series is over!!!!!" - Michael Kay after the Yankees beat the Rangers in Game 1 of the 2010 ALCS

bwhahahahaha!!

[loughlin14]

Man, he's a a great producer.

[RealTime88]

@loughlin14 I have to agree. I also love pop culture, politics, and comedy!!! Lorne is a genius!!!

[UsernameRogen1978]

Uhhhhh....

[JackHauss]

Lorne Michaels is Dr. Evil

[SaintForeverBlue]

Lorne Michaels was formerly named Lorne Sipowicz. Cast members keep saying Sipowitz wans to become Britishized.

How bizarre, this WASP wannabe.

[dshiznitturk]

hey Lorne, if you're thinkin bout creatin a teen version of SNL, me and my friends wud be perfect for the cast...just saying..

[tseka23]

SNL has had it's good and bad seasons, but, recent years have been just atrocious. The performers are very talented but the writing is just so non-sensical. Does everything have to be about politics today?

I miss the old Dana Carvey,David Spade,Norm Macdonald days.

[RealTime88]

Well the best stuff is the Weekend Update and political sketch. It's great that more people are watching the news and when the news gets crazy it can be made fun of.

[TheDaveDays]

Politics are interesting every 4/8 years due to elections. Thats why they have been doing politics.

[jimmyjfx]

Absolutely!

[manny5442]

Go back to the Beginning...Chevy Chase, Dan Akroyd, John Belushi and all of those. That is what I remember as the BEST. I guess every Group after that had it's Fans. To me the First was the BEST.

[byrnecobain]

@tseka23 Yes Norm MacDonald was the greatest.

[thatnerdfightergrrl]

@tseka23 This current season has actually been pretty awesome

[MrScottyG]

Jimmy Fallon was quite popular, many believed that he and Horatio Sanz were far too derivative of Farley and Sandler, from Sanz's constant bumbling right down to Fallon playing the guitar and singing during Weekend Update. Both were criticized for laughing through their lines. This became more common, in spite of the fact that Lorne Michaels swore his show would never become amateurish like The Carol Burnett Show

[jimmyjfx]

Well said.

[dumbdumbsk8terdude]

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