00:00We're just killing time here. None of this could be used.
00:05Live from New York, it's Lorne Michaels. Lorne Michaels. The man who created Saturday Night Live.
00:11What is funny? It's like pornography. You know it when you see it.
00:17I don't think I would advise you to try and capture Lorne. Jesus.
00:21You wouldn't be happy with that, and then you'll capture a guy who's not happy.
00:25Is this really necessary?
00:29I was probably too driven to be a hippie.
00:31What I wanted was a voice in the culture, and SNL was that vehicle.
00:37He has this man behind the curtain, mystique about him.
00:41I don't know Lorne the way Alec Baldwin knows Lorne.
00:44I've never stood in the ocean with Lorne.
00:47He's going to have notes that are impossible to understand.
00:51And you will be clingy, asking beats.
00:54You'll know it's not playing the way Lorne thought it was going to play
00:57when he does this.
00:59It feels like he's blowing your soul out of your body.
01:05That's funny.
01:08Lorne is the ultimate show business survivor.
01:11He's still here, and a hundred executives are not.
01:15You really have to search in terms of why you're here.
01:19I don't say that often, but you're the best at it.
01:24All of life is reinvention.
01:26So, to be understood, it's not going to happen.
01:31So, you're going to retire?
01:34Hey.
01:37That was mine.
01:40For all I know, he works for the CIA.
01:43If he told me he made maple syrup, I would believe you.
01:45I think his favorite band is Nirvana.
01:47I think his favorite band is Nirvana.
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