Lorne Michaels, Saturday Night Live and sketch comedy

Lorne Michaels Isn't Ready to Leave ‘Saturday Night Live' Quite Yet: ‘I Don't Feel I'm Done'
Though many are curious when he'll enact his succession plan and what it will be, Michaels still denies he's ready to part with the comedy institution he birthed in 1975.
The (Sketch) Show of Shows: Author Susan Morrison on Lorne Michaels and 50 Years of Saturday Night Live
At the center of all the televised festivities for the 50th anniversary of Saturday Night Live is Lorne Michaels, the dry-humored Canadian who, when Johnny Carson stopped airing reruns of The Tonight Show on Saturday nights (he wanted to run them during the week, in order to take time off), created a live sketch comedy show to fill that 11:30 spot.
Taylor Swift Once Tried To Stop A ‘SNL’ Sketch About Her, According To Lorne Michaels
Yesterday (February 14), during a sit-down with New York Magazine, Lorne Michaels called out Taylor Swift for attempting to stop a sketch about her on Saturday Night Live.
Ahead Of Its 50th Anniversary, ‘SNL' Boss Lorne Michaels Says "I Don't Feel I'm Done"
Lorne Michaels is not done with Saturday Night Live. The man who created NBC's long-running comedy series has flip-flopped over the years about his potential exit from the show. But today, two days ahead of the 50th anniversary of the show,
Meet Alice Barry, the Wife of 'SNL' Creator Lorne Michaels
Live's founder Lorne Michaels is celebrating 50 years of 'SNL,' but who will be toasting alongside him? Here’s everything we know about his wife.
How ‘SNL’ episodes come together in 1 week — with ‘very involved’ Lorne Michaels
SNL” production designer Keith Raywood said, “I don’t think any other show on television has ever been done that way.”
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Why a Request From Taylor Swift Was Once Turned Down By ‘SNL’s Lorne Michaels: ‘I Don’t Negotiate With Terrorists’
Lorne Michaels had a message for Taylor Swift after she made a request he did not want to honor: look what you made me do.
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How Lorne Michaels’ Biographer Convinced ‘SNL’ Chief to Reveal Rare View of Life Off-Camera
Morrison spent years chatting up Lorne Michaels, the NBC impresario who has seen “SNL” transform itself from an upstart, avant-garde program into an American institution on par with Apple ...
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Book Review: ‘Lorne,’ by Susan Morrison
as Susan Morrison puts it in “Lorne,” her new biography of Lorne Michaels, the creator of “Saturday Night Live,” “a man of some physical grace.” If he’s remembered otherwise ...
Taylor Swift allegedly asked SNL producer to cut ‘Bad Blood’ bit
Taylor Swift allegedly once took offense to the creator and producer of Saturday Night Live on a sketch he wanted to run ...