Manager Bernie Brillstein on The Muppets appearance on Saturday Night Live
00:44
Bernie Brillstein on meeting Lorne Michaels and the beginnings of Saturday Night Live
19:20
Bernie Brillstein on the original cast and production of Saturday Night Live
13:21
Bernie Brillstein on censorship Lorne Michaels faced on Saturday Night Live; and on leaving SNL
08:56
William Clotworthy on the people he worked with on Saturday Night Live
02:07
William Clotworthy on a typical work week at Saturday Night Live
03:39
William Clotworthy on Lorne Michaels
06:25
William Clotworthy on Lorne Michaels tribute to him when Cloworthy left Saturday Night Live
01:47
Dick Ebersol on Lorne Michaels and partnering up for Saturday Night Live
21:17
Dick Ebersol on hiring the cast of Saturday Night Live
02:42
Dick Ebersol on Chevy Chase joining the cast of Saturday Night Live, after being hired as a writer
03:43
Dick Ebersol on Andy Kaufman joining Saturday Night Live
08:01
Dick Ebersol on what Lorne Michaels thought of Ebersol's music selections for Saturday Night Live
00:55
Dick Ebersol on the friendship between Lorne Michaels and Paul Simon
02:35
Dick Ebersol on troubles between Fred Silverman and Lorne Michaels, and Michaels leaving the show
09:29
Dick Ebersol on the offices and awe inspired by 30 Rockefeller Plaza
02:12
Dick Ebersol on how crucial Lorne Michaels is to Saturday Night Live
00:49
Dick Ebersol on his friendship with Lorne Michaels
01:48
Eugene Lee on how he got hired as the original production designer at Saturday Night Live
02:07
Eugene Lee on Lorne Michaels' pitch for bringing him onto Saturday Night Live and why he said yes
06:31
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
02:10
Eugene Lee on Lorne Michaels' accessibility on Saturday Night Live
00:31
Eugene Lee on why his temperament is well-suited for being a production designer on Saturday Night Live and on working with Lorne Michaels
01:03
Eugene Lee on working with Frances Ford Coppola on Saturday Night Live and on working with Lorne Michaels
02:09
Eugene Lee on building a house near Lorne Michaels' house
01:03
Eugene Lee on Lorne Michaels and his idea for a pencil factory
12:49
Eugene Lee on for how much longer he'll be working at Saturday Night Live and how Lorne Michaels impacts his decision
01:05
Paul Shaffer on how Lorne Michaels gave the creators of sketches full producing powers on SNL
01:41
Paul Shaffer on how Lorne Michaels geared the schedule of Saturday Night Live to the evening hours
01:14
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)
01:27
Paul Shaffer on leaving Saturday Night Live after five years
01:39
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
08:34
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
09:07
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
09:05
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"
05:26
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
11:48
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
01:20
SNL Production Design Team on Lorne Michaels' input into the Saturday Night Live home base set
04:44
SNL Production Design Team on Lorne Michaels' input into the Saturday Night Live home base set
04:44
SNL Production Design Team on Lorne Michaels' input into the Saturday Night Live home base set
04:44
SNL Production Design Team on Lorne Michaels' input into the Saturday Night Live home base set
04:44
Alan Zweibel on meeting Lorne Michaels and being hired to write for Saturday Night Live
03:27
Alan Zweibel on jokes he wrote for Lorne Michaels to audition to be a writer on Saturday Night Live
00:57
Alan Zweibel on the first episode of Saturday Night Live hosted by George Carlin, and on how Lorne Michaels handled it
04:58
Alan Zweibel on the fifth season of Saturday Night Live, and on Lorne Michaels announcing he was leaving the show
03:04
Alan Zweibel on writing for the Lorne Michaels-produced The New Show
04:51
Alan Zweibel on what makes Lorne Michaels a strong and capable producer of Saturday Night Live
03:00