Remembering Robert Caminiti

We are sad to learn that Saturday Night Live assistant director Robert Caminiti has passed away at the age of 88. He began his career as a stage manager for NBC before going on to become an assistant director, a move that led to work on Tomorrow with Tom Snyder, as well as his decades at Saturday Night Live.

Below are some selections from his 2018 interview:

On his responsibilities on Saturday Night Live:

On the best advice he was given in the business:

On how he would like to be remembered:

Watch Robert Caminiti’s full interview and read his obituary in LateNighter.