Article: Mr. 'Saturday Night'; Twain Prize Winner Lorne Michaels, Nurturing Stars and Skits . . . Forever? [Correction 11/9/04]

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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