Lorne Michaels

Anne Beatts on the development of Saturday Night (Live) by Lorne Michaels and NBC executive Dick Ebersol's role in it

Anne Beatts on the difficulty in getting praise from Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels

Manager Bernie Brillstein on The Muppets appearance on Saturday Night Live

Bernie Brillstein on meeting Lorne Michaels and the beginnings of Saturday Night Live

Bernie Brillstein on the original cast and production of Saturday Night Live

Bernie Brillstein on censorship Lorne Michaels faced on Saturday Night Live; and on leaving SNL

Robert Caminiti on working Dick Ebersol and Lorne Michaels on Saturday Night Live, and on what made working as an assistant director on that show different from other shows

William Clotworthy on the people he worked with on Saturday Night Live

William Clotworthy on a typical work week at Saturday Night Live

William Clotworthy on Lorne Michaels

William Clotworthy on Lorne Michaels tribute to him when Cloworthy left Saturday Night Live

Billy Crystal on being bumped by Lorne Michaels from the first episode of Saturday Night Live in 1975

Jane Curtin on her first impression of Lorne Michaels

Greg Daniels on what he learned as a writer on Saturday Night Live

Joe DeTullio on the longevity of his Grand Central Station-themed "home base" set for Saturday Night Live, and on feedback on the design from Lorne Michaels and others

Dick Ebersol on Lorne Michaels and partnering up for Saturday Night Live

Dick Ebersol on hiring the cast of Saturday Night Live

Dick Ebersol on Chevy Chase joining the cast of Saturday Night Live, after being hired as a writer

Dick Ebersol on Andy Kaufman joining Saturday Night Live

Dick Ebersol on what Lorne Michaels thought of Ebersol's music selections for Saturday Night Live

Dick Ebersol on the friendship between Lorne Michaels and Paul Simon

Dick Ebersol on troubles between Fred Silverman and Lorne Michaels, and Michaels leaving the show

Dick Ebersol on the offices and awe inspired by 30 Rockefeller Plaza

Dick Ebersol on how crucial Lorne Michaels is to Saturday Night Live

Dick Ebersol on his friendship with Lorne Michaels

Carl Gottlieb on writing for a series of Flip Wilson Specials (along with Lorne Michaels) after the end of The Filp Wilson Show

Jon Hamm on working with Lorne Michaels on Saturday Night Live

Buck Henry on how he was asked to host Saturday Night Live by Lorne Michaels

Louis J. Horvitz on working on Paul Simon's Concert in Central Park with producer Lorne Michaels

Don Roy King on working with Lorne Michaels on Saturday Night Live

Eugene Lee on how he got hired as the original production designer at Saturday Night Live

Eugene Lee on Lorne Michaels' pitch for bringing him onto Saturday Night Live and why he said yes

Eugene Lee on Lorne Michaels needing to get the original model for Studio 8H for Saturday Night Live approved and money not being an issue after it was approved

Eugene Lee on Lorne Michaels' accessibility on Saturday Night Live

Eugene Lee on why his temperament is well-suited for being a production designer on Saturday Night Live and on working with Lorne Michaels

Eugene Lee on working with Frances Ford Coppola on Saturday Night Live and on working with Lorne Michaels

Eugene Lee on building a house near Lorne Michaels' house

Eugene Lee on Lorne Michaels and his idea for a pencil factory

Eugene Lee on for how much longer he'll be working at Saturday Night Live and how Lorne Michaels impacts his decision

Jodi Mancuso on her interaction with Lorne Michaels on Saturday Night Live

Beth McCarthy-Miller on working with Lorne Michaels on Saturday Night Live

Don Mischer on getting 2 job offers: one for Saturday Night Live, one for a new show with Howard Cosell and Roone Arledge

John Moffitt on turning down the chance to direct Saturday Night Live at its beginning

Garrett Morris on working with Lorne Michaels and graduating from "The Not Ready for Primetime Players"

Garrett Morris on how Saturday Night Live was first described to him

Garrett Morris on memories of working with Lorne Michaels on Saturday Night Live

Thad Mumford on writing for The Flip Wilson Show with Lorne Michaels

Laraine Newman on being cast on Saturday Night Live

Laraine Newman on the early weeks of Saturday Night Live

Laraine Newman on working with Lorne Michaels on Saturday Night Live

Don Ohlmeyer on Lorne Michaels wanting to produce a late night talk show with Conan O'Brien

Executive Don Ohlmeyer on the decision to pull Norm MacDonald from Saturday Night Live 's "Weekend Update"

Don Ohlmeyer on Lorne Michaels

Bernie Orenstein on hiring Lorne Michaels as a writer on The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show

Don Pardo on Lorne Michaels; on appearing on-camera occasionally on SNL

Keith Raywood on working as an art director for Lorne Michaels at Broadway video

Keith Raywood on production designing 30 Rock for producers Tina Fey and Lorne Michaels

Rob Reiner on hosting an early episode of Lorne Michaels' Saturday Night Live

Heino Ripp on working with John Belushi and Lorne Michaels on Saturday Night Live

Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf on Lorne Michaels first writing job in the U.S. - for Phyllis Diller

Herbert S. Schlosser on how Saturday Night Live, produced by Lorne Michaels, came to be, and on Tomorrow with Tom Snyder

Paul Shaffer on how Lorne Michaels geared the schedule of Saturday Night Live to the evening hours

Paul Shaffer on how Lorne Michaels gave the creators of sketches full producing powers on SNL

Paul Shaffer on the problem encountered by musical guest John Sebastian while performing the Welcome Back, Kotter theme song on Saturday Night Live (and producer Lorne Michaels stepping in live on the air to ask him to start over)

Paul Shaffer on leaving Saturday Night Live after five years

George Shapiro on how Andy Kaufman got the role on Taxi and the gig on Saturday Night Live

Robert Smigel on Lorne Michaels coming to see a show Smigel had written and produced, and auditioning for Lorne who had just returned to Saturday Night Live after a hiatus; on the act he performed with comedian Doug Bale for Michaels doing impressions of Howie Mandel and Pee Wee Herman as a take-off of the famous "Who's on First" bit; on getting hired on SNL by Lorne Michaels as a writer; on how Michaels was redefining the show

Robert Smigel on leaving Saturday Night Live as a writer; on Lorne Michaels not wanting him to leave SNL; on Michaels wanting Conan O'Brien to produce the Late Night weekday slot first held by Steve Allen and later Jay Leno; on Michaels initially wanting Dana Carvey to host the show; on Conan O'Brien turning downing producing the late-night show slot because he wanted to be an on-camera performer again; on Conan auditioning for Lorne Michaels to take over Late Night; on Michaels' involvement with Conan's show

Robert Smigel on how much Lorne Michaels liked the "Ambiguously Gay Duo" sketch that Smigel brought to Saturday Night Live; on Lorne Michaels’ return to SNL; on Michaels asking Smigel to return to the show; on pitching the “Saturday TV Funhouse” animated sketches to Lorne; on the "TV Funhouse" catchphrase “Come back here with my show” mimicking Lorne Michaels; on impressions of Lorne Michaels by himself and others including Tom Hanks and Mike Meyers; on a parody of Lorne Michaels which inspired the idea for a "Five Timers Club" recurring sketch on Saturday Night Live which Smigel wrote with Conan O’Brien

Robert Smigel on his "TV Funhouse" animated sketch on Saturday Night Live skewering NBC's parent company GE; on getting notes from Standards & Practices at NBC to tweak his "Conspiracy Theory Rock!" sketch; on the sketch airing on SNL just as NBC president Bob Wright happened to be watching; on this sketch never re-airing; on SNL assistant director Robert Caminiti letting Smigel know the sketch had been pulled; on Lorne Michaels' continued support for Smigel's sketches despite the backlash; on the sketch's continued popularity; on J. J. Sedelmaier getting original artists who had worked on the original Schoolhouse Rock to animate "Conspiracy Theory Rock"

Robert Smigel on his involvement with the 25th anniversary special of Saturday Night Live in 1999; on the animated sketch "Life of a Catchphrase" he created for "TV Funhouse" that aired during this special; on another "TV Funhouse" sketch he wrote for the special which aired later on the "X-Presidents: episode; on his penchant for making fun of SNL’s producer Lorne Michaels and his deep affection for Michaels; on the special celebrity audience that was present for the anniversary show

G.E. Smith on working for Lorne Michaels on Saturday Night Live

G.E. Smith on his influence on Lorne Michaels in booking musical guests for Saturday Night Live

Saul Turteltaub on hiring Lorne Michaels as a writer on The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show

Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf on Lorne Michaels first writing job in the U.S. - for Phyllis Diller

Brian Williams on hosting Saturday Night Live

Leo Yoshimura on his and Eugene Lee's early understanding with Lorne Michaels about the production design of Saturday Night Live, and on designing the early home base set

SNL Production Design Team on Lorne Michaels' input into the Saturday Night Live home base set

Louie Zakarians on Lorne Michaels' preference for cast members being visible under their makeup on Saturday Night Live

Jeff Zucker on his relationship with Lorne Michaels

Alan Zweibel on meeting Lorne Michaels and being hired to write for Saturday Night Live

Alan Zweibel on jokes he wrote for Lorne Michaels to audition to be a writer on Saturday Night Live

Alan Zweibel on the first episode of Saturday Night Live hosted by George Carlin, and on how Lorne Michaels handled it

Alan Zweibel on the fifth season of Saturday Night Live, and on Lorne Michaels announcing he was leaving the show

Alan Zweibel on writing for the Lorne Michaels-produced The New Show

Alan Zweibel on what makes Lorne Michaels a strong and capable producer of Saturday Night Live