#lorne michaels

[adaptationsdaily]

Coneheads (1993) Dir: Steve Barron

#coneheads #Steve Barron #tv #snl #lorne michaels #moviegifs #fyeahmovies #userthing #useroptional #userpavlova #singinprincess #scifigifs #throwbackblr #uservintage #tvfilmsource #filmedit #ours #by natty #dailyflicks

[oldshowbiz]

SCTV cast member Dave Thomas recalls:

"When Chevy Chase left the original SNL cast, Joe [Flaherty], John [Candy] and I auditioned for the open slot.

"Lorne came into town acting like a little prince. It was a painful audition. We did what was probably the worst improv of our lives. Bill Murray got the part.

"Afterward, Lorne told John Candy not to give up his day job. It was a joke, but John never forgot that.

"By SCTV’s second season, the sense of competition with SNL had disappeared because they’d become so big. We were only getting smaller—stations started dropping us. People were discouraged, but we kept filming. Things turned around once we made it to American networks.”

#dave thomas #snl #sctv #lorne michaels #history of canadian comedy #john candy #joe flaherty #bill murray

[sydcarmyfan]

Congratulations Ayo! Dear SNL, I have an idea…

#a skit inspired by the under the table scene would be delicious #congrats Ayo I can’t wait to see you host SNL on feb 3rd #sydney adamu #sydcarmy #carmen berzatto #the bear #snl #ayo ‘booked and busy’ edebiri #ayo edebiri #jeremy allen white #lorne michaels

[contac]

#bugs bunny #lorne michaels #vhs #1987

[one-time-i-dreamt]

Jesus Christ

#not a dream #horatio sanz #sa tw #csa tw #jimmy fallon #lorne michaels #tracy morgan #tina fey #seth meyers

[luckydiorxoxo]

Lindsay Lohan and Jane Krakowski attendthe "Mean Girls" premiere

#lorne michaels #tina fey #Lindsay Lohan #jane krakowski

[coolthingsguyslike]

#Chevy Chase #Dan Aykroyd #John Belushi #Lorne Michaels #saturday night live #1970s

[fuckyeahforte]

Kristen Wiig had quite a few special guests join her for her SNL monologue, including previous SNL hosts and a few SNL alums like Will Forte and Fred Armisen!

#snl #saturday night live #kristen wiig #will forte #fred armisen #paul rudd #paula pell #martin short #jon hamm #matt damon #lorne michaels #ryan gosling #Youtube

[demifiendrsaalt]

Forgot About Lorne ft. Eminem - SNL

#SNL #Saturday Night Live #SNL 47 #Pete Davidson #Natasha Lyonne #Eminem #Lorne Michaels #Kate McKinnon #Kyle Mooney #Aidy Bryant #television #live action #live action television #music #sketch comedy

[dateinthelife]

24 April 1976

The Beatles are offered $3000 to appear on NBC's Saturday Night. While, coincidentally, John and Paul were watching together during one of Paul and Linda's unannounced drop-ins at the Dakota, they did not end up going down to the studio to claim their check. This writer is uncertain whether two Beatles would qualify for Lorne Michaels' deal, but it seems unlikely.

Paul and Linda did not join John and Yoko for the late night airing of The Time Machine, so we'll never know if they would have contemplated time travel together.

#today in the life #the beatles #paul mccartney #john lennon #Saturday night live #lorne Michaels #24 April #1976

[nerds-yearbook]

In Marvel Team-Up 74 (cover date October, 1978) TV Producer Lorne Michaels and the cast of Saturday Night Live (Dan Akroyd, John Belushi, Jane Curtin, Garrett Morris, Bill Murray, Laraine Newman, and Gilda Radner) made guest appearances. ("Live From New York, It's Saturday Night", Marvel Team-Up 74#, Marvel Comic Event)

#nerds yearbook #real life event #first appearance #comic book #marvel #marvel comics #october #1978 #chris claremont #bob hall #marvel team up #spider man #spiderman #mary jane watson #mj #rick jones #silver samurai #lorne michaels #saturday night live #dan aykroyd #john belushi #jane curtin #garrett morris #bill murray #laraine newman #gilda radner

[oldshowbiz]

1976.

Saturday Night Live: 40% Canadian.

#SNL #history of canadian comedy #lorne michaels #dan aykroyd #howard shore #paul shaffer #rosie shuster

[sydcarmyfan]

Ayo and Jeremy: SNL’s future hosts suggestions

I really want Ayo and Jeremy to host Saturday Night Live. It will be so funny and we deserve it.

Can you imagine a skit where Jeremy’s character has a huge crush on Ayo’s character so he keeps doing dumb funny stuff to win her over? So The Bear but it is LIVE.

Lorne Michaels, please make it happen. It will definitely be a great show!

#SNL meets The Bear #nbc snl #saturday night live #the bear #ayo edebiri #jeremy allen white #lorne michaels

[jerseyluck]

I believe the Cecily Tyson is the most-watched episode of SNL. And they absolutely biffed that episode. Just a terrible episode with just the most offensive material. (Dan Aykroid, an all-time great, manages to bring his 3 worst recurring characters into one night. And Frontier Midwife is all-time bottom tier sketch for those who are willing to watch it.

Cut to 45 years later and we get Ayo Ederbiri, a popular black actress hosting the show. More people were watching, and once again Lorne blows it. There nothing outstanding that people are going to remember when the season except for bad decision of cameos and the next host. Just poor planning from a production side all along.

Both hosts are trying their best but the material around them lets them down.

Time is a flat circle.

#snl #saturday night live #snlseason49 #cicely tyson #dan aykroyd #ayo edebiri #lorne michaels #just retire Lorne

[annlarimer]

#snl #lorne michaels #comedy

[dragoneyes618]

Dear Lorne,

A long time ago, you began your career as a television writer for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, before moving to Los Angeles, and eventually getting a shot at producing Saturday Night Live in 1975. It’s important to remember that the odds of becoming as powerful and rich as you have is a longshot at best. A man who has garnered over 60 Emmys, produces several television shows and films, and has turned names like Sandler, Ferrel, Rock, Belushi, Chase, Radner and Murphy into very rich and famous people says something about your power.

But here’s the thing.

Spider-Man warned us that with great power comes great responsibility.

Now don’t get me wrong. No one loves a hard laugh more than me. In fact, for many years, I was the class clown, making jokes and getting laughs, having spent many hours in the principal’s office or detention. Sometimes, I went a bit far but ultimately, I knew where to draw the line. I’m not so sure that you do.

Last week, former Saturday Night Live star Cecily Strong backed out of playing Representative Elise Stefanik on the show because she was “uncomfortable” with the heavily criticized sketch. You know, the one where you mocked Rep. Elise Stefanik, the one person trying to stop blatant hatred of Jews. You could have mocked and castigated Mrs. “It depends on the context” Magill, the clown who couldn’t say a genocide against Jews constitutes bullying or harassment. Now that, Lorne, would have been funny. But don’t take my word for it. There were many people who were shocked at that decision.

Journalist Jake Wallis Simons asserted, “Can’t believe SNL decided to mock those demanding tougher action on Jew-hatred on campus rather than those making excuses for calls for genocide.”

Meghan McCain mentioned that there is a “400% increase in antisemitic hate crime since October 7th and SNL thinks it’s hilarious…This is vile. Vile.” Dr. Sara Yael Hirschhorn noted, “This is really appalling – [NBC] do you think antisemitism is acceptable as the punchline of a joke about American society? This needs to be investigated by the FCC.” Kevin Haggerty wrote, “The disconnect from humor caused by the ‘woke mind virus’ found Saturday Night Live taking heat for a ‘vile’ skit. This is no longer satire. This is propaganda.” The ADL has tracked multiple ‘Weekend Update’ jokes this season that inappropriately using Jews as the punchline.

In fact, a few years ago during the Corona crisis, host Michael Che “joked” about Israel’s coronavirus vaccine rollout: “Israel is reporting that they’ve vaccinated half of their population. I’m going to guess it’s the Jewish half.” The ADL told Fox News that “basing the premise of the joke on factual inaccuracies and playing into an antisemitic trope inspires the mass murder of countless Jews throughout the centuries.”

Lorne, we all appreciate that ratings are key. But you could have found a dozen things to make fun of, yet instead chose to mock someone who is defending your rights. And Lorne, I think we all know that if the victims of these three morally bankrupt school presidents were not Jewish but black, that skit never would have aired. Even Al Sharpton, hardly a close friend of Jews, agreed and commented that if this vitriol was directed toward the black community, buses and protests would immediately line the streets.

The question that begs to be asked is why? Why do you continually choose to satire and mock Jews when you are one yourself?

The NBC office and the Rockefeller walls are not immune to mobs of terrorists like the ones who ran through colleges chanting “death to Jews.” As history has shown us, Hitler didn’t discriminate between the Jews he gassed.

What’s worse, the humor fell flat and opened the door to more haters of Jews. The only people that should have been mocked were the three antisemites in sheep’s clothing. Instead, your writers castigated the one courageous woman who chose to stick up for Jews when practically everyone else remained silent. And she’s not even Jewish.

Rather than mock her, you should thank her for her courage in fighting injustices.

No one is asking you to give up your $500 million empire. No one is asking you to march in Washington or donate to an Israeli cause. Asking you to stop adding fuel to the fire of antisemitism is not a huge ask.

In many ways, G-d chose to place you in a powerful position to help. To make a difference. But perhaps without intending to do so, you hurt a lot of people who take these threats and attacks very seriously. In fact, we have 6 million reasons to take these actions very seriously. You could follow the lead of other powerful individuals, like Arnold Schwarzenegger, David Schwimmer, Steven Spielberg, Patricia Heaton, Debra Messing, Jamie Lee Curtis, Mayim Bialik, Amy Schumer, Jon Voight, Madonna, Adam Sandler, Michael Rapaport, or the countless others who have chosen to stand up against tyranny and hate. Yet, for some reason, you chose the opposite.

Perhaps the most ironic aspect is that you were born on a kibbutz before your parents emigrated to Toronto.

Imagine if they decided to stay on that kibbutz.

Imagine if your whole family was there on October 7.

Ten to one, I’ll bet it wouldn’t depend on context.

#lorne michaels #antisemitism #israel