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Article: Mr. 'Saturday Night'; Twain Prize Winner Lorne Michaels, Nurturing Stars and Skits . . . Forever? [Correction 11/9/04]
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- The Washington Post
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- October 24, 2004
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America is the land of "What's next?" Or so it's suggested to
Lorne Michaels. "And it ruins the present," he says. "It just ruins
the present."
What's next for Lorne Michaels, and mere hours away, is to report
to the Kennedy Center tomorrow night to accept this year's Mark Twain
Prize for American Humor. What else is next is easy to predict. On
24 Saturday nights a year, you will find Michaels in NBC's Studio 8-
H producing, pacing and agonizing over "Saturday Night Live," which
is arguably the most influential comedy program in TV history.
It isn't history yet, though; it's still in there swinging,
wailing, rocking, rolling, introducing new stars and raising old
eyebrows, a combination ...
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Article: `SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE' PRODUCER LORNE ...
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);
October 11, 2001 ;
522 words
...FEEDBACKGood idea: It's appropriate not to make fun of our commander in chief during a time of national crisis. 90; Bad idea: If we stop using our God-given right to poke fun at elected officials, the terrorists have partially won. 51; "Saturday Night" who? It's yet another sign that the show lost
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