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Ellen Holly on what she learned at the Actors Studio, and why she didn't like Lee Strasberg as a teacher

Ellen Holly on what she learned from her time on One Life to Live, including advice she would give to young actors about the business-end of television

Robert Smigel on the writers' room at Saturday Night Live when he joined in 1985; on the experience of his first week on the show and learning that even the funniest sketches in the room may bomb in front of a live audience; on when he first started writing on SNL and what it meant to him to be part of a show he grew up watching; on being a comedy “nerd”; on feeling like he didn’t fit in; on not knowing what kinds of sketches Lorne wanted him to write; on the early sketches he was writing being more oddball

Robert Smigel on Chevy Chase's return to Saturday Night Live as the show's host in 1986 and his unique take on the "Weekend Update" segment; on Jon Lovitz being the breakout star of that season; on Dennis Miller on "Weekend Update"; on some of the other SNL performers who were on the show during his tenure like Randy Quaid, Joan Cusack, Robert Downey, Jr. and Victoria Jackson; on the change in the cast when Dana Carvey and Jan Hooks came on the show;

On writing about the ending of Saturday Night Live while being aware the show was in threat of being cancelled; on Tom Hanks guest-hosting on the show; on the bit with Tom Hanks with three guys who sounded like Jerry Seinfeld (a swipe at that style of conversational comedy) saving his role on the show (1985-86 season); on a cliffhanger sketch about the end of SNL he wrote for the season finale in May 1986 with George Martin setting the studio on fire and Lorne Michaels (as himself) only saving Jon Lovitz but sending the writers straight into the flames; on Jim Downey’s contribution to the sketch putting a "?" next to each player's name in the end-crawl; on SNL coming back for another season but with some major cast and crew changes

Robert Smigel on his second year writing on Saturday Night Live; on changes to the writers' room and cast; on castmember Jan Hooks' versatility; on the first show back his second season and the sketch "Game Show Psychic" with Dana Carvey and Jan Hook, and on how it was a completely different show with the new cast